On Jan. 14 I bravely said:
“Here is the deal folks (drum roll please)… all this month I am posting undoctored images. That means there are no parts of the frame that were not in it in the first place. This is my modest effort to try some new learning for me… shooting straight. ;-) Everything is genuine.

How did I do? Well I’m giving myself a B. There were 2 or 3 that were desaturated, and one that had a major filter fix added to hide the grain. Several eagle-eyed members commented on these “transgressions.” Only one image was an out-and-out violation; albeit one that was posted before I made the promise.

I did learn some things and posted a couple of images that were real winners. Applying curves carefully certainly helped improve several of my better ones.

So folks, thanks for trying to keep me honest. ;-), and for all the wonderful comments.

Starting February 1st I’ll move on to a new self-challenge.

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