Part of this editing challenge is to work with what I’ve got. Making blah pictures at least usable for family photo books or blog posts. 🙂 Our travels are family vacations and I’m usually shooting on the fly, as we’re walking. Sometimes, when I get home and look at my shots, I’m left with pictures like this – half a gate and the house number. I wish I could have composed the shot better while I was there (another thing I need to challenge myself on), but this was what I got. I decided to turn it a little retro and dreamy.

The original – I actually don’t mind the color temp, but I decided to play with it to see what I could come up with. I also needed to crop out the blue arm and dog ears.
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