Editing Ideas

[Bluesman]

for this photo I took a while back.
Foggy and cold morning and a Great Blue Heron that kept his distance from me. Other than a 30% or so crop to get rid of a man made structure I didn't do anything.
The picture isn't special other than it captures a very quiet and peaceful scene. The picture as on my monitor is very close to what I actually saw.
If you care to play with it, have fun, but maintain the quiet moment.
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[Snakelover]

The picture as on my monitor is very close to what I actually saw.

I'm good with that. While there is certainly nothing wrong with editing a picture to make it look like something other than what you saw, that to me is kind of a separate art from photography itself.

[Blue Eagle2]

Peacefull looking

[TB80]

thought i'd play... messed with the lighting a bit. added a sepia filter and some film grain to give it an old timey feel.

the original pic really didn't need any work though. i thought it was really cool.

[Bill M]

Mr. Bailey I tend to agree with Snakelover but I had to play a little. I could see the sun shining in the background and wanted to bring that out a little. I pushed the vibrance and saturation a little and then tweaked the exposure just slightly. Also sharpened just a touch. Haven't compared it to the original though.

[Traumamedic]

That is great picture on its own. very peaceful. maybe play with the levels but already nice as is.

[Snakelover]

OK, I'll play!

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[Coach]

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this one looks good!

[Hawg]

Thought I'd play a bit too... Don't ask me what I did, cause I played with everything. And, I agree with everyone else, the original shot was really great. No need to mess with it.

[Shane]

What a beautiful shot, Bill. Here's my attempt...

[Bluesman]

Mr. Bailey I tend to agree with Snakelover but I had to play a little. I could see the sun shining in the background and wanted to bring that out a little. I pushed the vibrance and saturation a little and then tweaked the exposure just slightly. Also sharpened just a touch. Haven't compared it to the original though.

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Hi Bill,
It wasn't long before the sun lit up those trees in the background but the bird was long gone

[Bluesman]

Guys, thanks for playing along. Interesting stuff there David

Here's another:

[Bluesman]

My short term memory loss prevents me from remembering all that I did but this one looks a bit better.