Edit me an image : Number 5

General rules:

• The 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
• 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

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 object addition or replacement is allowed, non-essential objects may however be removed but parts of the original image may not be moved to a different position in the image
• generative AI must not be used
• short explanations about your editing intentions are encouraged, but not required

About this photo: Eastern Red Cedar conjoined at base about 5 ft wide, Dappled noon sunlight.

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Get your Images posted by Oct. 16. Vote whenever you want. Voting will be extended for one day after Oct. 16 for those who would prefer to vote after everything is posted.

F R E E D O M !!!!
after all those years of being squeezed and supressed by the two big powers, the little tree finally breaks away for a life on his own!

Technical note:
- "non-essential objects have been removed" then just added a little tone curve adjustment ;-)

LOL, by coincidence the big power on the right got blasted by lightning this year and is now no more.

Wow, as if the edit was seeing into the future :-)
So that little tree is now half way there already !

V02

Here's a crop and a conservative edit to make it look more like the old red cedars on my land by warming it a bit. They are my favorite trees! So much personality.

And here is a really radical edit but I promise I broke no rules. A crop, edited in PS with mixer brushes , color and a texture. No AI, nothing added or removed, not even any filters, just brushwork.

V2

Last day to post edits please ...

Last day to add a "like" ...

Congratulations to @minniev with seven likes for dprevived.com/t/edit-me-an-image-number-5/6335/post/86342/ and a well-done to @Maoby for four likes for dprevived.com/t/edit-me-an-image-number-5/6335/post/86253/.

Gee thanks, folks! Mixer brush art is a lot of fun, so if you use Photoshop I'd encourage you to try it. Not sure what other programs offer similar. I've done something like it in Corel Painter and Rebelle. I'll try to start a new thread today, but I am away from home in a remote area with very limited internet access so I'm not very confident about how it'll turn out...