• Members 246 posts
    July 14, 2026, 4:56 a.m.

    Continuing the image editing thread, 74th issue.

    General rules:

    ♦ 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.
    ♦ Generative AI must not be used.

    Timing:
    Get your images posted by July 22. As always, you can vote during the entire contest plus one day after the image submission deadline.

    The photo:
    Graduation

    Sorry for the delay. A simple snap, really without a lot going on, but I'm curious how folks will choose to present this scene - Natural, augmented, stylized, B&W?

    Looking forward to your edits.

    Here's the jpg. There's no original SOOC jpeg, so this is a simple rendering from the RAW with all detail intact at both extremes:

    T20S4299-IridientEdit.jpg

    Here's the RAW:
    www.dropbox.com/t/Ovri8TFydwdp1LRY

    T20S4299-IridientEdit.jpg

    JPG, 13.2 MB, uploaded by ErikWithaK on July 14, 2026.

  • July 14, 2026, 10 a.m.

    This is hard...

    Anyway, I noticed the sign and the "reserved" seats at the back.

    T20S4299-1.jpg

    T20S4299-1.jpg

    JPG, 402.3 KB, uploaded by AlanSh on July 14, 2026.