The votes are in and the winner of the 5th DPNow Photo Fix Challenge is...

(Above) This is the original image that set the challenge.

(Entry No.5 above - click to view/download the entrant's full resolution image)

And you voted for entry number 5, the clear winner in the voting, from Geoff Jackson - many congratulations to Geoff! And what a difference Geoff has achieved, thanks to extracting unseen details from the supplied RAW file.

Geoff was kind enough to send some information about his entry: "Please find attached my effort for the Photo Fix 5 challenge. My aim was to bring out all the detail of the image using the raw version to start off with, obviously the sea needed bringing out and colouring blue a little, and the boys needed enhancing but I have not added anything else to the image. This was done in Photoshop CS4, it was a bit of a tricky task but I think I got there in the end! Your picture is a good example of how much detail is captured in a raw file before it is converted to a jpg."

Now I have to make a confession; the burned out background wasn't sea, or even water. It was just some brush land, although there was a lake out of the picture. Nevertheless, Geoff has produced a ver attractive result and it's unsurprising that his entry earned so many votes.

(Entry No.4 above - click to view/download the entrant's full resolution image)

Entry number 4, from Matthew Stephenson, came in second. And, finally, the third favourite...

(Entry No.1 above - click to view/download the entrant's full resolution image)

Entry number 1, from Audrey, was the third in the vote.

Thank you everyone for the entries and voting and look out for the next challenge soon.

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