So when my pictures arrive in Photoshop in their droves, most of the work has been done for me. I use it principally to save photos which are on the brink of deletion:

What started off as a washed-out mediocre picture of Kelly Jones of the Stereophonics becomes a bold iconic image worthy of the Pop Art era. Well at least I think so - it has been my desktop wallpaper for the last two-and-a-half years.
So Photoshop came to the rescue and put the finishing touches to what was never going to hang on a wall into something I'm really quite proud of. But then again I only fettled the brightness and contrast.
All this is bringing me nicely to my latest jumping photo. I didn't take it. I took about a hundred that evening. There was a beautiful sunset and I decided to go out with a couple of friends for a walk along the beach. The hazy sun left a lot of glare on the camera lens and silhouetted everything in the foreground. Ok so it might not be everyone's cup of tea, but it certainly makes for some effective pictures:
Still, even though it's a nice picture, I think it could be made a little better... With a bit of brightness/contrast fettlage I'd be quite happy to put that on my wall, and, to keep the Stereophonics theme, I reckon they could use that picture for the cover for their greatest hits: A Decade in the Sun.
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