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Edit me an Image #55 - Girl in a doorway

AlanSh
Jan. 11, 2026
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    AlanSh
    Forum Admin 3834 posts
    Jan. 11, 2026, 1:01 p.m. Jan. 11, 2026, 1:01 p.m.
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    Continuing the image editing topic, 55th 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 person'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 midnight UTC, Jan18th. As always, you can vote during the entire contest plus one day after the image submission deadline.

    This image was taken in York showing a young lady doing something in a doorway. Can you make it better?

    Link to the Raw file is here www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/l3fds5rfy1fvxanx79f8q/EAEF0029.RAF?rlkey=d4ldofoi6ec374xwjtc4hrjnj&dl=1

    Have fun

    EAEF0029_Superlarge.JPG

    EAEF0029_Superlarge.JPG

    JPG, 4.6 MB, uploaded by AlanSh on Jan. 11, 2026.

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    AlainCh2
    Members 603 posts
    Jan. 11, 2026, 5:11 p.m. Jan. 11, 2026, 5:11 p.m.
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    DXO PL9 - Crop - Changed light perception - reduced Red

    A bag with its girl in a doorway

    EAEF0029_DxO.jpg

    EAEF0029_DxO.jpg

    JPG, 10.1 MB, uploaded by AlainCh2 on Jan. 11, 2026.

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    AlainCh2
    Members 603 posts
    Jan. 11, 2026, 5:20 p.m. Jan. 11, 2026, 5:20 p.m.
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    DXO PL9 - Crop - Changed light perception - reduced Red

    A bag with its girl in a doorway - 2 - Shot from a cellphone

    EAEF0029_DxO-5.jpg

    EAEF0029_DxO-5.jpg

    JPG, 10.7 MB, uploaded by AlainCh2 on Jan. 11, 2026.

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    xpatUSA
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    Jan. 12, 2026, 4:23 p.m. Jan. 12, 2026, 4:23 p.m.
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    Big crop - wanted to know where she was:

    dukle of york.jpg

    Here she was:

    duke door and sign.JPG

    Not looking for "likes" - when Alan said "York", I immediately thought "The Shambles" ...

    duke door and sign.JPG

    JPG, 326.2 KB, uploaded by xpatUSA on Jan. 12, 2026.

    dukle of york.jpg

    JPG, 1.2 MB, uploaded by xpatUSA on Jan. 12, 2026.

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    tclune
    Members 22 posts
    Jan. 12, 2026, 11:12 p.m. Jan. 12, 2026, 11:12 p.m.
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    I will be away for the next week, so I don't want to compete in the challenge. But I did want to take a run at the photo. I worked in Affinity and Topaz Photo AI as a plugin. I added a touch of clarity, tweaked the perspective, cropped to taste, removed the garbage under the window, added lighting to the woman and sharpened her a bit.
    EAEF0029.jpg

    EAEF0029.jpg

    JPG, 4.3 MB, uploaded by tclune on Jan. 12, 2026.

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    xpatUSA
    Members 1297 posts
    Jan. 13, 2026, 3:45 p.m. Jan. 13, 2026, 3:45 p.m.
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    @tclune has written:

    I will be away for the next week, so I don't want to compete in the challenge. But I did want to take a run at the photo.

    As requested, this is not a vote - but I liked it.

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    AlanSh
    Forum Admin 3834 posts
    Jan. 13, 2026, 7:04 p.m. Jan. 13, 2026, 7:04 p.m.
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    Not many entries this week. Too hard or too boring? 😁

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    ArvoJ
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    Jan. 13, 2026, 7:46 p.m. Jan. 13, 2026, 7:46 p.m.
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    Boring of course :) Too busy actually to find some fresh and new aspect to develop :(

    The pipe

    editme55_DxO.jpg

    DXO PL9, little adjustments to light and colors and jacket, geometry, crop

    editme55_DxO.jpg

    JPG, 1.1 MB, uploaded by ArvoJ on Jan. 13, 2026.

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    Stormyboy
    Members 14 posts
    Jan. 14, 2026, 1:58 a.m. Jan. 14, 2026, 1:58 a.m.
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    Like many others, I cropped, adjusted skin color, among other minor things.
    EAEF00290final.jpg

    EAEF00290final.jpg

    JPG, 15.7 MB, uploaded by Stormyboy on Jan. 14, 2026.

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    Stormyboy
    Members 14 posts
    Jan. 14, 2026, 2:25 a.m. Jan. 14, 2026, 2:25 a.m.
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    Attempt 2 for me is a focus on the young woman.
    EAEF0029youngwoman.jpg

    EAEF0029youngwoman.jpg

    JPG, 654.3 KB, uploaded by Stormyboy on Jan. 14, 2026.

    tclune, davidwien, TimRichards and 2 other users like this.

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    ArvoJ
    Team 1123 posts
    Jan. 14, 2026, 7:05 p.m. Jan. 14, 2026, 7:05 p.m.
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    Fixation

    editme55_DxO_1.jpg

    DXO PL9 Tri-X rendering, multiple global and local exposure and clarity corrections (jacket, face, hand), geometry, crop; no noise reduction

    editme55_DxO_1.jpg

    JPG, 1.1 MB, uploaded by ArvoJ on Jan. 14, 2026.

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    NCV
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    Jan. 14, 2026, 9:17 p.m. Jan. 14, 2026, 9:17 p.m.
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    Incredible how much I could crop this shot.

    EAEF0029.jpg

    EAEF0029.jpg

    JPG, 1.1 MB, uploaded by NCV on Jan. 14, 2026.

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    ErikWithaK
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    Jan. 15, 2026, 7:19 a.m. Jan. 15, 2026, 7:19 a.m.
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    Here's my try. B&W seemed to serve it well and I didn't want to crop all the context out of it (girl in a doorway), so this is what I came up with...

    12.57.08ID edit.jpg

    12.57.08ID edit.jpg

    JPG, 9.6 MB, uploaded by ErikWithaK on Jan. 15, 2026.

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    AlainCh2
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    Jan. 18, 2026, 10:51 a.m. Jan. 18, 2026, 10:51 a.m.
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    Dxo heavy crop - lightening change saturation changes

    A bag in the doorway - without a girl

    EAEF0029_DxO-6.jpg

    EAEF0029_DxO-6.jpg

    JPG, 929.2 KB, uploaded by AlainCh2 on Jan. 18, 2026.

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    AlanSh
    Forum Admin 3834 posts
    Jan. 18, 2026, 7:24 p.m. Jan. 18, 2026, 7:24 p.m.
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    Only a few more hours to submit - and then one more day to vote.

    There've been some really interesting ideas posted here so far.

    Alan

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    AlanSh
    Forum Admin 3834 posts
    Jan. 20, 2026, 9:34 a.m. Jan. 20, 2026, 9:34 a.m.
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    And the winner with the most votes is Stormboy with this lovely closeup.

    EAEF0029youngwoman.jpg

    Well done - and over to you for number 56.

    Alan

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