Continuing the image editing thread, 82nd 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, 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..
♦ Generative AI must not be used.
Timing:
Get your images posted by October 8th, 23:59 EST. As always, you can vote during the entire contest plus one day after the image submission deadline. I'll post reminders.
This week's challenge:
Shot somewhere along the road in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado following a wildfire. This was an extremely high DR situation (the sun had set behind me, but the clouds in particular were still VERY bright). Shot ETTR, all the necessary highlight and shadow detail is intact in the RAW file, but it isn't an easy image to work with. Gook luck...
No SOOC jpeg exists, so I produced this one with all the dynamic range crammed in and viable for anyone who doesn't want to work with the RAW. The original scene was quite a bit more dynamic and vivid...
And the RAW file:
