Countless Possibilities

After having taken a photograph there are countless possibilities how to proceed in post processing. Sometimes this can give me quite a headache as with this image. I liked the subject and composition but wasn't quite sure how to really "absorb" the viewer into the forest. I tried a lot of different processing options and ended with a photo I liked but there was still something missing. After uploading it on Flickr I even replaced it three times but each version didn't feel "right" either...

 

So I forgot about the picture for a week or so until I came about a photography competition by the www.lens-flare.de/blog. I had another look at my photo and this time I tried a completely different approach by converting it into black and white, realizing that the colors had "distracted" me before. Now I was quite happy with the result and submitted it. Well, and guess what -- I even won the competition with my picture, which was quite a shock (albeit a pleasant one) for me.

 

I guess there are always countless possibilities -- not only with a certain subject but also what to do about it after having taken the photograph. And sometimes it pays off to just wait a few days and think about it before uploading it. So what do you think? Does it look better now? Or just different? I welcome your opinions...

 

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