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