Be Creative In 'Rescuing' an Image with ETSOOI-154

August 4th, 2023
Many thanks to Bill @365projectorgbilllaing for hosting ETSOOI-153, to all who took part to enter and all who voted. It is my honour to host this the 154th challenge.


The ' ETSOOI' phrase was coined by Mary Beth Dailey many years ago here on 365. When she took a photo that didn’t turn out as Mary Beth expected she "Edited the Shenanigans Out Of It" (or as others have translated it as "Editing the 'S#*#' Out Of It"). Repairing what she thought of as a failure with a huge amount of post-processing Mary Beth was able to come up with a satisfactory outcome. She then turned this experience into a challenge for the 365 community and now many challenges later, you are invited to participate in ETSOOI #154

There are only two rules for this challenge:

1) Your starting image MUST be taken within the designated time frame and

2) You MUST have taken the picture yourself.

There are no boundaries on the way you edit your picture. So, be creative; the more creative the better!

If you're new to this challenge and need some help there are plenty of programs available to upload to your computer: Affinity, Photoshop, Lightroom, Topaz and more. There are free on-line programs at websites such as ribbet.com, fotor.com, befunky.com

For the phone and tablet there are many apps: Snapseed, PicsArt, Pencil Sketch, Free Camera360, Deep Art Effects, Distressed FX+, Hyperspektiv, and ToonCamera.

Please feel free to explain your step by step process and the program(s) you used in your narrative; it may help others new to this challenge.
Enter as many times as you wish, but I may only shortlist one of your entries.

The starting date is July 28, 2023
The end date is August 31, 2023
Tag entries: etsooi-154

Entries can be seen here and do please post them in the thread below to keep this challenge current in the 'Latest Discussions'
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