Photo Editing: Transformation

Sometimes I edit to improve my original image – set the grey scale, tweak the detail, raise the contrast.  Sometimes it’s to remove elements – the garbage can sitting the background, the telephone wires draped across the sky, the back end of a car destroying the balance of the image.

And sometimes I like to transform my image – using distortion techniques, or extreme zoom, or in this case, the power curve …

My original is below – please click on any image for a larger view