Continuing the image editing thread, 63rd 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 April 5th. As always, you can vote during the entire contest plus one day after the image submission deadline. I'll post reminders.
The photo:
Oh no, wrong ISO !
This photo was taken in November 2020 during a visit to the "Südsteiermark" (Southern Styria, Austria)
We spent a few days just before another Covid-19 Lockdown on a hiking tour, with a competent guide and bird photographer.
We were trying our luck, under his guidance, to take some photos of the fast winged Black Woodpecker and so I'd set my ISO quite high.
While waiting, I saw this nice autumn scene with some houses on the edge of the forest and some wood smoke coming out of the chimney.
Forgetting about my current ISO, I took the shot which led to this very noisy underexposed image!
Just goes to show that at 1/2000s you don't get much light hitting the sensor ;-)
So, who can remove the noise best, and yet keep, or even enhance the detail?
Maybe this is a case to let AI help ?
And what else is possible ?
Looking forward to your edits.
Here's the jpg
And the RAW file can be found here
