Elephants Walking to Water under Yellow Acacia Trees

In the last year I have learned a lot about the post processing of digital photographs. When shooting with color film, the adage was get it right the first time. So when I switched to digital, I displayed or printed what I shot without realizing that a great deal can often be done to make the photos more realistic and interesting.

Now I am going back to all the digital color photographs that I have ever taken and taking a second look. I am reprocessing some. In doing so, I am no longer sticking to the constraint that the proportions have to be the 3 X 2 ratio of a 35mm slide. Here is an example. Click on it to see it full size.