Photo Modification

I was playing around in GIMP this morning and having fun modifying one of my recent photos. I took this photo when I was out walking around a disc golf course. There was an inviting path going between a line of trees and some bramble bushes. Someone has been maintaining it well and mowing back the bushes.

From out of the darkness and into the light

Here's the original to compare it with:

To me it feels like it lost a bit of the mystery once you see the original. I debated if I wanted to even post it. I actually was not intending to initially but I loaded the wrong file by mistake. Once they were both up there I thought that seeing them side by side was kind of nice.

Let me know what you think, if you want.

Thanks for reading! I always value your support and comments. The picture was taken by me with my Galaxy S9+ and modified in software. Text and graphics copyright lightsplasher & litesplasher.