• Members 1647 posts
    Nov. 8, 2024, 3:57 p.m.

    Continuing our image editing thread, 8th issue already :)

    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)
    • the edited version gathering most likes within a week or so, wins and its author will start next round

    Editing rules (some minor changes, see below):

    • all "normal" adjustments (brightness, colors, 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. (We are still refining this rule).
    • generative AI must not be used

    Short explanations about your editing intentions 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.
    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.

    Get your images posted by November 15 . As always, you can vote during the entire contest plus one day after the image submission deadline. I'll post reminders. Have some fun!

    About this image: This outfit is near Clarksdale, MS, home of blues music. It's a collection of cotton plantation sharecroppers' residences that have been moved to the grounds of an abandoned cotton gin and turned into a motel of sorts. The famous Crossroads where Robert Johnson supposedly sold his soul to the devil in return for his skills on the guitar is a mile down the road. The most famous of the old blues musicians, including Johnson, Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Watters, and Son House lived on delta plantations near here and played in the juke joints up and down Highways 49 & 61. The property is full of interesting discarded junk from their era.

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    Unedited jpeg attached, ORF raw file in this dropbox link. www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/7uakog0futrso3ug96ufm/_B120272.orf?rlkey=obs51uj7e878svjt90anf367b&dl=0

    _B120272.jpg

    JPG, 9.6 MB, uploaded by minniev on Nov. 8, 2024.

  • Nov. 8, 2024, 11:01 p.m.

    American dream

    editme8_ad v1.jpg

    editme8_ad v1.jpg

    JPG, 3.3 MB, uploaded by ArvoJ on Nov. 8, 2024.

  • Nov. 9, 2024, 12:04 a.m.

    I'd like to ask a question about this image. I didn't want the car, so I cropped out as much as I could and then used generative AI to remove the last little bit.

    So, this is before I used it

    _B120272 copy.jpg

    And this is the final image

    _B120272 copy 2_0000.jpg

    So, is removing that last little bit of car allowed?

    Alan

    PS - I'd like Arvo to answer the question please.

    _B120272 copy 2_0000.jpg

    JPG, 1.8 MB, uploaded by AlanSh on Nov. 9, 2024.

    _B120272 copy.jpg

    JPG, 1.6 MB, uploaded by AlanSh on Nov. 9, 2024.

  • Members 182 posts
    Nov. 9, 2024, 1:19 a.m.

    I thought the main subject was the car so tried to emphasise it as much as I could without doing very heavy editing/cloning; unfortunately the background is too busy but here it is.

    Untitled-143.jpg

    Untitled-143.jpg

    JPG, 5.0 MB, uploaded by Quarkcharmed on Nov. 9, 2024.

  • Members 322 posts
  • Members 219 posts
    Nov. 9, 2024, 9:51 a.m.

    Drill baby, drill.jpg

    Drill baby, drill.jpg

    JPG, 4.5 MB, uploaded by Andrew546 on Nov. 9, 2024.

  • Members 1172 posts
    Nov. 9, 2024, 10:30 a.m.

    b120272a.jpg

    b120272a.jpg

    JPG, 3.5 MB, uploaded by Bryan on Nov. 9, 2024.

  • Nov. 9, 2024, 12:27 p.m.

    Removing last bits of car is not a problem, because it is not main subject of your final image. Using generative AI is a problem though, I would suggest to use simple cloning or something. Generally I wanted to avoid using generative AI to generate additional objects, this is not clear case here.

    I could also raise some questions about the @finnan edit, where he has got rid of the car in the centre of image - but I think even this could be allowed.

    Let both questions for @minniev as contest host to decide :)

  • Members 1647 posts
    Nov. 9, 2024, 1:17 p.m.

    I agree with Arvo. Removal of items that are not the main subject are OK (just don't use AI to replace the car edge with a peacock or something like that).

    Text with emphasis

  • Members 1647 posts
    Nov. 9, 2024, 1:20 p.m.

    Removing last bits of car is not a problem, because it is not main subject of your final image. Using generative AI is a problem though, I would suggest to use simple cloning or something. Generally I wanted to avoid using generative AI to generate additional objects, this is not clear case here.

    I'm inclined to allow Finnan's interpretation because he has chosen the old gin as the subject. Therefore, whatever is NOT the old gin is fair game for removal.

  • Members 1647 posts
    Nov. 9, 2024, 1:21 p.m.
  • Nov. 9, 2024, 1:31 p.m.

    Agreed. And if our users think that some edit is gone too far and violates rules, then they just may choose not to hit the Like button :)

  • Nov. 9, 2024, 2:39 p.m.

    OK -thanks for the clarification. I will not ask for my picture to be 'liked' (and you can ignore any likes it gets when the competition closes) as I could never do as good a job as the generative remove did - look at the quality of the rusty post and the addition of the bicycles (and maybe compare it with Finnan's car removal details).

    [But I still think my picture was good - but then, I'm biased 🤣😂😁]

    cheers

    Alan

  • Nov. 9, 2024, 5:53 p.m.

    Stormy
    (DXO Photolab, Corel PSP Chrome effect, little adjustments)

    editme8_wb v1.jpg

    editme8_wb v1.jpg

    JPG, 6.7 MB, uploaded by ArvoJ on Nov. 9, 2024.

  • Members 382 posts
    Nov. 9, 2024, 11:20 p.m.

    A dull photo given the lighting conditions.
    I wanted to give this photo a bit of vibrancy with global adjustments.

    _B120272.jpg

    _B120272.jpg

    JPG, 6.3 MB, uploaded by Kumsal on Nov. 9, 2024.

  • Members 182 posts
    Nov. 10, 2024, 2:07 a.m.

    ... and with an Australian twist.

    Untitled-144.jpg

    Untitled-144.jpg

    JPG, 4.8 MB, uploaded by Quarkcharmed on Nov. 10, 2024.

  • Nov. 10, 2024, 1:03 p.m.

    Rusted
    DXO Photolab, incl local adjustments

    editme8_r.jpg

    editme8_r.jpg

    JPG, 3.8 MB, uploaded by ArvoJ on Nov. 10, 2024.