Lens Artists Photo Challenge #382 – Rejected

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For this challenge Egidio is asking us find some photos that we have rejected because for whatever reason we have not previously published them. Maybe the lighting is wrong, they are out of focus, they are too busy or they just don’t look right.

Egidio gave us some great examples and ideas on how to improve a photo that didn’t turn out the way we hoped. I chose a few photos to work with and had fun using some of his suggestions to edit them to create a better image.

A year ago we took a boat tour through the swamp in a Louisiana Bayou. The conditions were terrible for photographs. It was winter and pouring down rain. I used my cell phone because I didn’t want to have my camera get soaked. As our guide was telling us stories about witches and ghosts in the swamp we passed by an old cemetery. In the photos below the first photo is the original unedited version I took as we went by the cemetery. It is out of focus and doesn’t have the creepy feeling I wanted. I started the editing process by cropping the photo. I then added an old paper filter and added texture to get the effect I wanted.

In the next pair the unedited version in the first photo was taken a few years ago on a jaunting tour through Killarney National Park in Ireland. I wanted the person in the blue shirt to stand out more so I cropped out the horse’s head and added some texture to the finished photo.

I took the original photo of the Devil’s Tower in Wyoming as we were driving towards the park entrance. I thought the original was kind of boring so I converted it to sepia tones and added texture to give the feeling of an old photograph.

My final edit is of a herd of bison in Custer State Park, South Dakota. The unedited original on the top is ok, but not great. For my edited version I started out by cropping for a closer image. Next I adjusted the color a little and added a texture to give the effect of a painting.

Thank you to everyone who participated in Ritva’s Minimalism in Black and White last week. I really enjoyed seeing all of your great responses.

Many thanks to Egidio for his challenge Lens-Artists #382: Rejected. I hope you will join us for the challenge. Be sure to tag your post with Lens-Artists and link back to Egidio’s post.

Be sure to check back on Saturday, January 24 at noon eastern time when Egidio will be hosting our next challenge.

You can learn more about how to join the Lens-Artists challenges here.

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37 thoughts on “Lens Artists Photo Challenge #382 – Rejected”

    1. Thanks Karen. I’m glad you liked the buffalo image. I use Photoshop Elements and there are option to add texture to a photo. It’s pretty fun to play with it and see what it does. It doesn’t always work but I liked the way it turned out with the buffalo.

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  6. Beth, you did wonderfully with the edits you created. The canvas look in the closing shot is great. The tighter crops and effects in the other photos worked very well by creating an engaging photo. However, I tip my hat to your outstanding opener. You brought that cemetery to life (pun intended) in your edit. What a difference!

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    1. Thanks Egidio! Thanks for this fun challenge. I found myself having way too much fun editing these photos! The cemetery was the most fun to work with. I am happy with the finished image. I’m glad you like it, too.

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  7. As you are showing, Beth, a poor photo can be saved and enhanced. Normally, I take enough so that I can pick and choose, but even a good photo can be improved. And then there are those times that a poor photo is all you have and it is important to whatever message you are trying to get across. That’s when the real doctoring takes place! My fav here was the buffalo.

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    1. Thanks Curt. I’m like you. I usually take a lot of photos so I can choose the best ones. There have been many times when I couldn’t control the time of day to be where I wanted to be so the light would be wrong or there were too many people around to find a good spot to take the photo. I have fun with the editing. I’m glad you liked the buffalo.

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