This photo would look a lot better without the white in the middle top around the leaves. I was able to take it out using colour balance - less blue, but it turned the water green ...........................The water probably needs colourizing any how.

I have scaled this photo a couple times so I hope it is alright to work with still.

playing a little with your image, SallyAnne

Here my try Sallyanne.

Well done Akros and Issabella. How did you get that blue spot out of the photo Issabella?
It is in the original and I have no idea what it is.

Hey Gimpers!
I saw this photo and i had fun with it!
The sky is from an other photo. It was easy get a layermask from the original.
Some play around with RGB curves, light effect and gradient layer over it.
Greets,
Chris

Sallyanne I cloned the leaves around to cover it before I started my procedure on the photo. I thought it couldn't belong to the tree.
Chris F, thanks for sharing your way to proceed.

nice outcome, Chris!

just to see another look



we may call it....Fall in love!

...in the nutella river! just a little joke. I like the warm tone in your edit.

Very nice Chris and Dinasset. Don't know why I didn't think of that Issabella.
@ Chris, that drain is bone dry most of the year. This would have been mid Winter when we had a bit of rain. It's not very wet in Adelaide.

Includes some typical elements
not good, but it was fun.
No fue bueno, pero fue muy divertido.

Here's what I came up with.

hahaha, the roos look like they are right at home by the stream!
Who dumped the AquaShade in Wallace's river?

Very nice. Love the kangaroos too.

Thought I'd have a go at this one.

Dinasset, I like your version a lot.
Akros, yours is great! and it's very original.
Wallace, I like the sky and your blue river. It's great!
Gnu Tux, your outcome is like a beautiful picture. well done!
Sallyanne, your pic has been a resource of imagination, thank you

Further recalling radiant and sunny image of Chris, and almost crystalline waters of Issabella.

Very cool to see so many people participating as creatively and having fun with it.

Wallace, the river in purple color would also be cool!

Gntux gave me an idea, an atmosphere of winter with snow and penguins.

Sally, that his picture was asking to be edited. Thanks for sharing it.

Yeah artistic!

difficult to evaluate all these outcomes! great!
- Issabella: a hot summer vision, in which the fresh water is inviting for a dive...
- Chris: a springtime vision, with pleasant colored lights in the air...
- Akros: excellent and very creative...(say the truth: you want to win SallyAnne's premium!
- Wallace: a charming joy of colours...
- Gnutux: it looks like a "alla-prima" outdoor sketch for a painting, to be completed at home...
- Chris (2°): a real painting...
Congrats to everybody, certainly SallyAnne didn't expect such a rich collection of experiments!

Still playing as I liked your outcome Chris, Here my new one