Been without internet (or phone, or cable) since the lightning storm early Thursday morning (and now finally restored via fiber replacing copper). Lots of great photos to play with and also fantastic results since then. Anyway, thought I would return with a chalk.

teapot, how nice that result.
Lyle, happy you have your internet working. so I was missing your plays. This one is great, a bit dark but a nice effect.

my try with Image 5225

Brilliant white tiger - had to have a play

Contrast
Shadows - Highlights
GMIC's Dynamic Range
GMIC's Texture Enhance Increase
Photo look a bit over sharpened. Not sure how?

Two great outcomes, Sallyanne. Lovely you playing in this thread.

IMG_5285.



IMG_5310.



IMG_5293.

David and teapot. your outcomes are always nice creative and very well done.
teapot, nice idea in your creation.

IMG_5267.

Out of curiosity I decided to try the colour cast reduction plug-in, followed by a lightening of the darkest parts with curves.



IMG_5287.

Cropped. I have tried to make the ropes and the post less distracting. Saturation M and L increased.



IMG_5320.

Emphasised the colour of the wood and made the pathway darker.

David, you got your aims brightly

Issabella,
The three line-art pictures are very effective. Each one has a different feel.

Thank you, David.

IMG_5451.

Contrast mask followed by Saturation H M L plug-in.

Thanks David, you got such beautiful colours from stones.

Since I cannot draw, I might as use all these colored pencils for something.

En Plein Air

Click the link for the full render (way too many MBytes to host here): https://1drv.ms/i/s!AjRMH1bRWU2SgagtDfR ... A?e=yfe6P8

Attached just a crop.

Lyle, thanks, How active you are! Nice outcomes.

All photos only have subtle changes. I like to use the contrast Swiss Mask (Just found it recently) Most of the filters I used were GMIC ones too and only 3 of those were used