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Years ago, I passed through the very small town of ILA, Georgia (US) — population 345 people — while en-route to another destination. In the middle of the tiny "downtown" area is a row of buildings which I thought was pretty and had potential if the photo was processed in just the right way.

I think I was correct, and here is the pic of this charming little block of buildings:

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I used a processing technique which took me a long time to master. It makes the resulting image look slightly like High Dynamic Range (HDR) photography, but it isn't true HDR (so I call it quasi-HDR processing). I have used this technique rather often in photographs of barns, as it helps to being out the details in dark spots rather well.

Just for fun, I will now show you the original shot which I took from the back seat of the car while we were stopped at a traffic light (the only traffic light in town!). As can be seen, I did a lot of painstaking editing to remove power-lines because I thought they distracted from the scene.

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I have recently been employing a different technique for processing some of my photos, as can be seen in some of my recent Old Barn Project posts as well as my entry into the recent Tell Me About Where You Live contest. Really, go ahead and click that link, look at the photos, then come back, I will wait... 😁

So, I wondered how the town of Ila would look with the recent processing employed and tried two different twists to the technique. Here is the first:

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And here is another edit with a vibrant, more 'electric' effect on the colors:

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Which are your favorites?
—the original?  —quasi-HDR?  —new technique?  —vibrant?

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17-Sep-2019

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Nice work looks really nice :)

Nice retouching interpretations. Personally like most exactly the first one

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I remember when I was in the US last (a long long time ago...) passing through small towns like this in the midwest in out-of-the-way places in SD and Kansas and Wyoming.... To me, they are the quintessential rural towns, very distinct architecture.

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I like them all my friend! Can't pick just one... but if I had to, I'd probably say the first one. This reminds me of the towns my Aunt used to create... and those apple people ... remember those? Dried apple pieces with stockings pulled over them? Ah... memories...

Beautiful photos and story... as always! Thank you for sharing with us...

I do love playing around with effects on photos, just to see what I can come up with. I like the top one; reminds me a bit of old-time "hand tinted" photographs and postcards... which goes well with the building styles, too!

My goodness, this looks like a watercolor @thekittygirl. Well done :) It almost makes the original phot look too harsh and formal. Love it!

I like the first one the most; I like the colours and think the sky looks good and foreboding.

I'm also not a fan of power lines. I've passed over many a good photo opportunity - or just deleted the photo - because power lines are all over the place. Main Street here is like that, too.

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I liked the quasi-HDR the most
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