• Members 158 posts
    Jan. 26, 2026, 10:38 p.m.

    Continuing the image editing topic, # 57 issue.
    Many thanks to Stormyboy for the previous challenge.

    SIZE WARNING !
    Chalenge #57 JPEG.jpg

    The challenge subject; "The Nobbies" Phillip Island Victoria
    A real tourist spot with an excellent walkway to a half decent blowhole on the right day.
    The offshore reef is a seal colony, in case you were wondering about the bumps.
    Taken with the excellent little Sony 50/2.5G, this one has plenty to play with, in spite of the overcast.
    Here's the RAW....
    drive.google.com/file/d/1Hzw4r0fixxQqIuTJcTq6UJyeSfy0NGbr/view?usp=drive_link

    Enjoy, Ron.

    *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 for submissions:
    Let's cut off at midnight Wed 4th of Feb UTC.
    As always, you can vote during the entire contest plus one day after the image submission deadline.*

    Chalenge #57 JPEG.jpg

    JPG, 62.7 MB, uploaded by RonP on Jan. 26, 2026.

  • Jan. 26, 2026, 11:03 p.m.

    Oh wow - what a great picture. There's so much in there. Shame I only have 3 tries.

    First try - straighten the horizon, mess around with colours and stuff and crop it so I lose the foreground grass and some of the sky to make it more of a panorama shot.

    From that, I have the rocks at the front leading my eye to the lage rock with the boat subtly there in the background. Horizon & boat should be at the top third. (Can't you see I'm doing a session on "composition" to my camera club soon 🤣😂😊]

    Challenge #57 -1-2_(Large).jpg

    Challenge #57 -1-2_(Large).jpg

    JPG, 1.3 MB, uploaded by AlanSh on Jan. 26, 2026.

  • Members 12 posts
    Jan. 27, 2026, 4:28 a.m.

    My first attempt

    Challenge57.jpg

    Challenge57.jpg

    JPG, 86.5 MB, uploaded by Stormyboy on Jan. 27, 2026.

  • Members 606 posts