When your pet donkey is the only thing you have.
We went Mexico on a mission trip. We visited this neighborhood, I can’t remember the name, to deliver basic supplies. When I took this picture I was focused on the donkey and his rope lead. I don’t think I noticed the neighborhoods on the hill in the background. I can’t imagine what these people think when they see those neighborhoods looking down on them, and I can’t imagine what the people in those hilltop neighborhoods think when they look down into the valley.
The original needed to be cropped a bit to get rid of much of the dirt and draw the eye from the donkey to the hilltop neighborhoods. I increased the exposure and clarity and lightened the shadows. I decreased the contrast, highlights, and blacks. I increased the vibrance of the blue in the sky and decreased the noise. Here’s the original:
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Not So SAHM 