We try to do at least one “Photoshop” contest per year in the themed photography contests called Contest Corner Challenges - we call them “Digital Darkroom” challenges. Unlike our regular Contest Corner Challenges, where you’re asked to take a photograph with a certain theme, the Digital Darkroom challenges have you take at least 3 of the provided photographs, and use your post-processing skills (with programs like Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro) to combine them into one completely new image. It’s been over a year since our last Digital Darkroom Contest Corner Challenge, so it’s been a long time coming: Contest Corner Challenge #76: Digital Darkroom #4. You can see the photographs you’ll have to work with here in the contest thread, (also thumbnails on the right —->) or you can download all the full-size photos here (a ~16mb file).

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You’ve got a couple of weeks to put your “photograph” together, so head on over to the contest thread and download the photos, then open up your favorite post-processing program and start being creative in the digital darkroom! Entries are due in by August 3rd, and voting will begin on the 4th.