Here are just a few of the before and after editing views of the pictures I’ve been playing around with today. I’m doing this for my benefit so that I can see the variations on the shots next to each other. Anyone else who wants to look is welcome.
Five Years After the Storm
Original Photo:
Edited Version:
Bird on a Pier
Original Photo:
Edited Version:
Bird on a Pier II
Original Photo:
Edited Version:
Bird on a Pier III
Original Photo:
Edited Version:
Now I have to decided which one(s) of them all I like best, and whether I like it (or them) well enough to submit to the Composing With Images book on the Gulf Coast. I have all the way up until tomorrow to decide whether to submit anything. I’m not sure I have the confidence. I’m very much an amateur here. I even used a free online photo editor because I don’t understand Photoshop. 
Sharon, submit them!!!! Bill and I talked this morning and we’d love to have your images included. I really like your perspective and your images are different from the ones we’ve received from others. (Like me, other folks want to take photos of water. ;-)) So, please, submit!