Ugly gourds

Don’t judge a book by its cover or a gourd by its bumps?

The original photo was dark. I cropped in to focus more on the gourds and not on the surroundings. I made various adjustments and just wasn’t happy with what I was getting, so I ran a preset and liked the results! Here is the original:

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