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Thank you for this interesting challenge! I think the line between "editing" and "manipulating" is quite thin. Why don't give full freedom and see where it goes? When blended, arts are even better and more interesting :P Just a suggestion :)))

I honestly thought about it as well but I don't think I wanna see surfing dinosaurs 😄

There are quite a few other competitions which offer the full manipulation option.

But it's only the first round - There can be changes anytime.

Thanks for the input buddy!

I absolutely understand you. I avoid and generally don't like manipulating, as a good photo rarely needs any :) That's why my favorite image editing software is Lightroom, not Photoshop :)

Right on! :D I got now more feedback and more people think the same as you. So I might give it a shot in the next round.

(Same, I use 99% Lightroom and 1% PS)