Edit Me An Image #12 - December 10

Continuing the image editing thread, 12th issue!

General rules:

• A previous round winner presents a busy or just not so interesting image, having at least some potential for different crops or visions.
• Anyone (except author of original image) can edit the presented image, up to three distinct edits in separate posts are permitted.
• All edits must be based on original image, not on another people's edits (of course borrowing ideas would not be a problem).
• Short explanations about your editing intentions are encouraged, but not required.

Once the deadline for images has been reached, no new image versions will be accepted. Questions and (polite) discussions of techniques are welcome, so that we can learn from one another how certain edits were achieved.
The edited version gathering most likes within the announced period, wins and its author will start next round.
On the closing day for voting, if there is a draw in the number of likes for two or more edits, then the person that posted the original image will decide the winner.

Editing rules:

• All "normal" adjustments (brightness, colors, curves etc) are permitted (both local and global ones).
• All geometric adjustments (perspective, cropping etc) are permitted.
• Artistic effects (brushes, textures etc) are allowed.
• No additions or replacements may be made to the main subject matter of the image; non-essential objects may be removed, and parts of the original image can be "moved" to a different position in the image. Sky replacements are OK unless the sky is the main subject. (We are still refining this rule).
• Generative AI must not be used

We are experimenting this week with a shorter submission period since most of our entries come in the first few days. Get your images posted by December 15. As always, you can vote during the entire contest plus one day after the image submission deadline. I'll post reminders.

About this image. It's a quick shot I made on a horrible grey day in London, looking out from Tower Bridge, towards the City. The original Nikon NEF is below

www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/name9y1k8eglqvotgdrjv/ADS_3233.NEF?rlkey=zsepva85yz2vgk8ph8eywrveh&st=d2cvo7x2&dl=0

Here is the JPEG

I lost track, just tried a few buttons I'd never used before.

Looking at all that horrible high-rise crap, I never want to go back to England ...

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Interesting that there are opposite crops by @minniev and myself ...

I like the old architecture better too. I have my second version planned in my head but haven't made it up yet. Then I'll try to do one of those two dissonant parts together.

The Tower of London dates from the Eleventh Century, but those walls in the picture are probably from the Thirteenth Century.

I liked the contrast between the old and new architecture, in this shot.

I see that there are just a few extreme crops, which I thought were possible with this shot.

The revival