Continuing the image editing thread, 33rd 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 and/or techniques 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 wins and its author will start next round, unless they would prefer to pass the torch to someone else.
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 from the the photos receiving the most votes.
Editing rules:
-All "normal" adjustments (brightness, colours, 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..
-Generative AI must not be used.
Timing:
Get your images posted by June 27. As always, you can vote during the entire contest plus one day after the image submission deadline. I'll post reminders.
The photo:
This was shot in Tokyo Bay in January 2015, shortly after sunrise on the deck of the USS Bonhomme Richard, LHD-6. The aircraft is Knight Rider 06, of HSC-25 (Island Knights). A sailor is doing preflights on top of the aircraft, with another doing them next to it. I shot this looking for a dramatic image, and I don't think I did too terribly. I'm really interested to see what other's do with it. Sorry if it's not quite what you all were looking for; I'm actually in the process of going through decades of scattered photos and combining/sorting them all on my new NAS. Due to this I'm a bit scattered right now. I chose this one because I haven't been able to edit it in a way that I think does what I want with the image; it looks good at first glance but I'm struggling with the final product.
The JPEG is below, the ORF is in the following link:
drive.google.com/file/d/1pPwD1EgDjTX_C8mUOHUsEUnA0Tt8opG1/view?usp=sharing
