Winter Berries

I know I've shared something similar before, but I really love the contrast of bright berries on a snowy background. So here's another! This is also from when I was travelling all over the countryside. I took a little break to admire these beautiful berries.

I'm not sure how well my attempts at editing this one worked. In trying to brighten all the details, I think I may have made it a bit grainy or pixelated. I did crop it quite a bit, trying to take in to account some of the things we were told after the last competition. I also tried cloning out a few little dark items from the snow, because they were distracting without contributing anything.

Wordless Wednesday - Surfer's Paradise

(Here I practiced straightening the horizon.)

Photo editing - the beginning

I'm just learning how to work with photo editing. Here's a picture I was working with a couple of weeks ago:

And here is the version after I played with it:

Some things are better, some... well, I think are worse. But there you have it. Attempt #1.