Artistic expression is boundless, particularly in its digital form. A photograph is often a starting point for creative manipulation and often the results, as we see here, can be fantastic. A mix of the real and the imaginary… The original photograph here is far from uninteresting, the composition is fine with strong lines and colours and contrast, the blurred barbed wire adding to the original frame. However this competition is about the photography, about focus, about detail, about composition and not about manipulation and special effects that can be inspired from that. Lines must be drawn and this lovely piece cannot go beyond the first selection because its traditional photographic quality has been damaged.
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