I took this shot very quickly, but because I didn’t have much experience at the time… I fumbled it. There was no chance to get a second shot as the subjects were moving too fast. So editing was the only hope to make something of it.

Cropping with constraints meant a weird image, so I was left with a little triangle of blank goodness on the top right. I finally cloned, stamped, bodged, and liquified it out of existence. Can you tell? Finally, I added a little vignetting around the main participants including the brighter area top right. I hope it’s not too obvious. In small images, it’s accentuated… but regular size, it seems okay.

Most of the editing was handled in LR, except the patching (PS).

By KJ Dickson

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