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From a mural in Hollywood, CA.

I usually strive for accuracy in the photographs I make of places and things. But the original photograph of this mural (which looks like this sta.sh/0azvlhfx02f ) had so much interference around it that it failed completely in communicating the work. I was struggling in Lightroom and decided to really post the image as if I had the freedom to invade the original artwork as well as its setting. The exercise has much more integrity in Lightroom than in Photoshop where the image itself (not just the presentation) can be completely altered with additions and deletions. I wish Photoshop offered the immediacy and simplicity of Lightroom . The Lightroom controls are so much better for me. In any event, this image is what the mural makes you feel when you look at it standing on its side of the street. It turns Ms. Del Rio into the icon that she is to the Latin community.

This is a short bio of the artist: "Alfredo De Batuc studied arts in Academia de Artes Plasticas in Mexico, and 1975, moved to Mexico City and then Los Angeles. He began exhibiting his work in 1984, both in the U.S as well as globally. His other works include a children’s book about California Missions. (Robin K. Dunitz, Street Gallery, Guide to over 1000 Los Angeles Murals)"

Sadly, here are before and after pictures with restoration unlikely:

Description
From a mural in Hollywood, CA.

I usually strive for accuracy in the photographs I make of places and things. But the original photograph of this mural (which looks like this sta.sh/0azvlhfx02f ) had so much interference around it that it failed completely in communicating the work. I was struggling in Lightroom and decided to really post the image as if I had the freedom to invade the original artwork as well as its setting. The exercise has much more integrity in Lightroom than in Photoshop where the image itself (not just the presentation) can be completely altered with additions and deletions. I wish Photoshop offered the immediacy and simplicity of Lightroom . The Lightroom controls are so much better for me. In any event, this image is what the mural makes you feel when you look at it standing on its side of the street. It turns Ms. Del Rio into the icon that she is to the Latin community.

This is a short bio of the artist: "Alfredo De Batuc studied arts in Academia de Artes Plasticas in Mexico, and 1975, moved to Mexico City and then Los Angeles. He began exhibiting his work in 1984, both in the U.S as well as globally. His other works include a children’s book about California Missions. (Robin K. Dunitz, Street Gallery, Guide to over 1000 Los Angeles Murals)"

Sadly, here are before and after pictures with restoration unlikely: