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"French Bread" by Charles Went was taken (and eaten) during a visit to Lyon. The original picture was "cleaned up" and cropped to achieve the very successful end result.

 

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Derek Watkins took this shot whilst on holiday in Cornwall. All the processing was carried out in Adobe RAW . The processing adjustments were to the exposure, contrast and sharpness.

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This striking picture of a "Snowdonia Sunset" was taken by
Nigel Davies

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"Where River meets Lake" is the title of this attractive picture taken at Lake Louise BC, Canada by Tony Chadwick . Apart from a little sharpening no other adjustments have been made.

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Thelma O'Donnell took this interesting doorway while holidaying in Tuscany. The picture was sharpened and adjusted to produce a fine end result.

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Derek Wood took this picture of "Arches" in Cyprus.The final version has been improved by way of colour balance and use of the curves feature in Photoshop. The introduction of a figure (and shadow) gives a focal point and improves the perspective.

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The question being posed by John Morgan is : which presentation of the same image is most pleasing? The first image has been designed to show a keen dog breaking through the frame and the second version is in a letterbox format. Answes on a postcard please.

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