Continuing the image editing thread, 14th issue!
General rules:
A previous round winner presents a busy or just not so interesting image, having at least some potential for different crops or visions.
Anyone (except author of original image) can edit the presented image, up to three distinct edits in separate posts are permitted.
All edits must be based on original image, not on another people's edits (of course borrowing ideas would not be a problem).
Short explanations about your editing intentions are encouraged, but not required.
Once the deadline for images has been reached, no new image versions will be accepted. Questions and (polite) discussions of techniques are welcome, so that we can learn from one another how certain edits were achieved.
The edited version gathering most likes within the announced period, wins and its author will start next round.
On the closing day for voting, if there is a draw in the number of likes for two or more edits, then the person that posted the original image will decide the winner.
Editing rules:
All "normal" adjustments (brightness, colors, curves etc) are permitted (both local and global ones).
All geometric adjustments (perspective, cropping etc) are permitted.
Artistic effects (brushes, textures etc) are allowed.
No additions or replacements may be made to the main subject matter of the image; non-essential objects may be removed, and parts of the original image can be "moved" to a different position in the image. Sky replacements are OK unless the sky is the main subject. (We are still refining this rule).
Generative AI must not be used
Get your images posted by December 31. As always, you can vote during the entire contest plus one day after the image submission deadline. I'll post reminders. You can peruse the entries and finish up voting on January 1.
Here's an (old) Sony RX100 (Mk I) image (jpeg format) from just off of Jamestown Rhode Island. I'm away from my regular computer at the moment, so an older file that was never properly edited will have to do. There's no SOOC jpeg for this, but it probably would've looked something like this...
This was shot one-handed and deliberately a bit wide from a kayak in bumpy conditions, so some cropping/leveling is certainly in order. The exposure is a bit dark, but the highlight detail is intact. There is some significant fog in the background, but the foreground was actually quite bright and dynamic in "real life'. There may be a bit of vignetting and loss of contrast to deal with from the less than stellar non-coated glass on the front of the waterproof housing. Good Luck with it.
Here's a link to the original RAW file...
