I have no doubt that punchy delicious colours and heavily altered contrast can grab the attention of viewers. I saw Fantasia, I look at Facebook.

It’s not a matter of right or wrong, or right or left. With modern software, tweaking colour and contrast has never been easier.

Below are three versions of an image I exposed digitally in the Rhein Valley. Not necessarily in order: One image is RAW (straight out of the camera, only reduced in size for internet), the other two have been altered.

Of these latter two images, one is my interpretation of how the scene appeared at the time I exposed the photo, the other is pure fantasy.

I’ll let you sort out which is which. Of the three, which do you like the most?

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