Keep it or leave it

I often have a huge amount of photos after my holidays. So on the initial edit round I sometimes miss some pics which are worth to keep. Therefore, I usually revisit the photos after some time. Searching for hidden gems, which show their beauty only after some editing, because the photo was not taken carefully but just on the go.

Most of the time it’s not that hard to identify them. But sometimes I’m quite unsure. Just like with this pic. What do you think? How would you make a nice picture out of this RAW?:

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I think it’s good. IMO it wouldn’t work without all the seagull activity but it’s nice with it :slight_smile:

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I think it is a nice one, the color composition is nice and the birds add a special atmosphere :grinning:

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It’s as usual great to see you participating. Your edits are always very far away from what I do, and usually I’m not convinced of this style. Anyway somehow you are almost every time able to convince me with your edits. :heart_eyes:

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Here are a couple of ideas:
A watercolor (oil painting):


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Or replace the sky:
Day:

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Night: (Yeah, we know there are no seagulls at night, but if there were a super full moon… :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:)

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Greetings!

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Reminds me a bit of the Little Prince artworks

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I’d say keep it. Without anything fancy, I have brought out the gulls into the limelight

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I would keep it… tried a hyperbole on it, it’s quite a desolate place…
Regards, Jetze


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I wanted to tinker with the sky, but no, that’s what I think it was.


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dt 5.2

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Maybe “vintage bleak” but with a fancy frame and mat…so it looks like art instead of a possible rejected image? :grinning:

dt 5.2

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My take with dt (agx):


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GIMP

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with Art 1.25.9.


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