as some of you may know, i also post at 52Frames... the theme there this week is "edited by someone else"... i do not love this theme... 🙃 it's supposed to be about letting go of the creative process or something, but i really struggle with the concept... to me it makes no sense... i'm fine if you edit my image... i love seeing others' creativity at play... but then it's not my image anymore - it's yours...
and sure - you may see something differently from me, or you may see something in an image i took that i missed - and that's great! but it isn't what i saw or my vision so again - not my image... anyhoo... the last two years i ditched for this theme... this year i thought i would give it a go...
but i still need to find someone willing to edit my shot...
any takers out there? note that you'll get full credit when i post...
i have to have the thing done by Sunday, so not huge amounts of time...
why don't you post the pic on here and let the members, who are brave enough to edit perfection that is your photograph, have a go at it. then by sunday you can choose whichever you want. kinda like a mini "wwyd".
i was thinking of having you edit mine but i don't have any compelling shot that i'd be proud to present to you. i think i'd ditch the prompt this year. 🥴
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This may be too bloody obvious ... but why don't you two edit each other's photos since you are both doing the 52 frames thing-ma-jig.
You are both amazing photographers with stupendous editing abilities (and you kinda know each other - lol).
And, Vikki - you know that northy will do an awesome job on whatever you give her so don't worry about what to give her.
@30pics4jackiesdiamond - well…. That’s the point… you’re not meant to edit like I do…. You’re meant to edit like you do!😊
Anyhoo…. I can post the image here and let folks have at it…. In theory I’m only supposed to ask one person (I think so I don’t get to pick and choose the end result, if you know what I mean)…. But I’m kind of hesitant to do that because as I said, I really struggle with this prompt…
@summerfield not perfection…. Not ever…. And particularly given that it will be unedited…. The whole thing really gives me the heebiejeebies for some reason…
@summerfield Vikki... if you want me to edit one of your photos, i will... not comfortably, because i would worry very much about not doing justice to your vision, but i'd be willing to give it a go...
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Fascinating discussion! Perfect possible solution Wendy. Good on you for picking up the gauntlet Jackie. Can't imagine you being so inhibited Vikki. I always thought you lived in Cali Joe. Be safe as you can right now. Still trying to figure out why you struggle with this northy! ♥
@grammyn used to lived in NYC,then moved to LA for 31/2 yrs before finally settling down here in Fl..⛱️
Planning to move back in NY again,tho’ love oceans and beaches,can’t take Hurricane anymore 😢!!
@grammyn hi Katy... i struggle with it because it seems so contrived... if the prompt was to edit someone else's shot and post it i could probably do that more comfortably, although even that bothers me... but fundamentally it just seems wrong to me to post someone else's work... and in my mind, once someone else has edited it, it isn't mine anymore... so i can look at @joemuli 's take on my image, or @joysabin 's and think that they are freaking cool - but they aren't mine and i don't feel i've really gained knowledge or experience from a photographic perspective... i can look at these and honestly say it never occurred to me to try "that"... but it doesn't make me want to run out and try "that" now... so - i just don't get the point of this exercise... maybe i'm overthinking it, but honestly, i really and truly don't understand it...
@northy Had fun going through your project to find layers. I was actually looking one of those dark hallways with a door cracked open shots but found everything else! That shot of the person walking across the pavement is still one of my favorites.
Hope you don't mind but I did another one. This time I thought more about you. You don't like colour, you protect your anonimity and use gaussian blur a lot. So i kept the original as was but blurred it and added you in BnW as if boxed in by this task!
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i was thinking of having you edit mine but i don't have any compelling shot that i'd be proud to present to you. i think i'd ditch the prompt this year. 🥴
This may be too bloody obvious ... but why don't you two edit each other's photos since you are both doing the 52 frames thing-ma-jig.
You are both amazing photographers with stupendous editing abilities (and you kinda know each other - lol).
And, Vikki - you know that northy will do an awesome job on whatever you give her so don't worry about what to give her.
@summerfield you can't ditch the prompt again, you could do the mini wwyd!!
You could both do as Wendy suggested
Anyhoo…. I can post the image here and let folks have at it…. In theory I’m only supposed to ask one person (I think so I don’t get to pick and choose the end result, if you know what I mean)…. But I’m kind of hesitant to do that because as I said, I really struggle with this prompt…
@summerfield not perfection…. Not ever…. And particularly given that it will be unedited…. The whole thing really gives me the heebiejeebies for some reason…
@farmreporter @joysabin
here is the image... completely unedited...
@summerfield @farmreporter @30pics4jackiesdiamond @joysabin
So I’ll join you in the game if you don’t mind..😎
Sorry about Idalia…. I’m hearing that it’s really a doozy!
Fascinating discussion! Perfect possible solution Wendy. Good on you for picking up the gauntlet Jackie. Can't imagine you being so inhibited Vikki. I always thought you lived in Cali Joe. Be safe as you can right now. Still trying to figure out why you struggle with this northy! ♥
Planning to move back in NY again,tho’ love oceans and beaches,can’t take Hurricane anymore 😢!!
@joysabin - ok - that's pretty wild!
@joemuli - love the starburst effect, and your choice of yellow... very very cool!
@lsquared - yep - anyone... and i don't mind... the more the merrier 🙃
thanks everyone... i do appreciate you all being some game to try this!
I approached it as a collaboration- taking the essence of your vision and adding a dose of mine. I hope it does you justice!
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thank you everyone who participated... you folks are awesome! in the end i went with @olivetreeann's take on the base image (I could only post one), but i really liked the other ones as well...
so again - thank you for playing along and keeping me from losing my head over this one 🙃