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This was a tough one for me to consider.  I originally thought that the image was mighty  Nikon Editing Challenge-1.jpg   282.45KB   92 downloads dark and the sun-flares and glare made the dark image even harder to see.  My eyes are not the best.  So, here's what I did:

Converted to black & white

Lightened shadows

Raised the highlights and whites

This is a moment captured between my daughter and my granddaughter with the Nikon D750/24-70 f2.8 lens combo.  Just love the emotion I captured, especially with the rain on the window.

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Thanks for this thread Tony.  Here's my take on a swirl, although, it is probably considered more of a spiral.  The original photo was taken at the Missouri Botanical Garden's 'Garden Glow' in St. Louis.  I perfected the swirl effect using the standard Photoshop distortion filter.  I painted over the clutter at the bottom of the photo to give the look I wanted.

Pentax K-3 with Kit lens smc DA 18-135mm

Focal Length 68mm

SS 6 seconds

f/16

ISO 100

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Because I had the luxury of seeing posts made by other participants, I decided to find a middle of the road between B&W and crisp saturation.  So I went for a muted look by converting the photo to 'mostly' B&W by sliding the Vibrance slider in the Basic panel of the Lightroom Develop module all the way to the left..this left the photo with just a few of the original colors and muted those that were left behind.  I then added a gradient filter to darken the sky and a radial filter on the left to highlight the buildings on that side.

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Would like to say "Thank You" to both Merco_61 and Adam for helping me join-in this challenge...I'm new to the website and am still getting used to the process.  If i've done anything against the rules or out of place, PLEASE, SOMEBODY let me know.  So, Malice, I love your photo just as it is.  Here's my take..., I did a slight crop off the left because to my eye, some of the objects on that side were a little distracting.  I then bumped up the colors using the HSL sliders in the Lightroom Develop module.  I turned up the luminance on virtually every color slider except purple...don't know why, but the purple took out some other colors that were more attractive than the purple.  Anyway, fun picture, thanks for sharing!  Looking forward to seeing other ideas.