We’ve already received a few submissions to our August Touch Up D.C. photo editing extravaganza, so here’s our very first selection, by Flickr user htlvhwy, titled “Tessie, the Tidal Basin Monster.” The serene paddle boaters are a particularly nice touch to this mashup of Scottish folklore and American tourism. Well played, htlvhwy! In case you missed yesterday’s announcement, inspired by our sister site Londonist’s regular Touch Up London feature, we’re going to run the…

If you’ve never visited our sister site Londonist and checked out their fantastic Photoshop-based feature, Touch Up London, you really should right this minute. Every week, Londonist editors ask their photo editing-skilled readers to take an iconic image of their city and “touch it up” into something funny, freakish, or just plain wonderful. There have been 55 selected Touch Up London images already, but this one, by Londonist reader Andy Fisher, is one of…