Smokey Mountain Stream - Middle Prong

[Peterretep]

This was recently photographed and I morphed it into this after finishing the "normal" version. Just wondering the kind of feedback I might receive. C&C is welcome! Thanks for looking.

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

Nope.

[RSL]

+1

[Dave (Isle of Skye)]

Oh how I have missed you guys and the deeply profound and incisive critiques that can be found on this forum

Dave

[stamper]

Apart from the copyright bang in the middle I like it. It is over the top but it works. Me thinks that it is sale-able.

[Arlen]

It's appealing for what it is, but it departs too much from the conventional to receive much approval on a mainstream photography site like this one. Try posting it on a more graphic arts oriented site, and it will probably generate more enthusiasm.

[MattBurt]

I think it's not bad and the right person might buy something like that.
Looks like it is a good shot before the processing which is important. Kind of a fun edit IMO but would probably get tiresome if done to many images.

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

I'll side with Stamper, Arlen, and MattBurt on this one, instead of with my good friends Slobodan and Russ.
I wouldn't do this myself, but I can see the appeal.

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

Oh how I have missed you guys and the deeply profound and incisive critiques that can be found on this forum

Dave

 

P.S. Welcome back, Dave!

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

Another, one-word, "deep and incisive," critique: kitsch.

[Peterretep]

Thanks for the comments both for and against. Yes, over the top was what I was aiming for and no, approval, though good to get wasn't what I was hoping for. I was only looking for honest opinions for something I rarely do. The vast majority of my work is pretty straight photography. That is I try to make images, mostly architecture and landscapes, that have proper color, contrast, lighting and composition. So this image was a fun departure from my comfort zone. However I did attempt to make it more of a product of my own creativity rather than it being just software derived. There is quite a bit of detailed work that went into this. FWIW, I like it though I usually groan at most oversaturated hdr images. Stamper, you're right about it being sale-able, I've had good luck with this image and hope to have more.

Here is the photo it was derived from.

[donbga]

Thanks for the comments both for and against. Yes, over the top was what I was aiming for and no, approval, though good to get wasn't what I was hoping for. I was only looking for honest opinions for something I rarely do. The vast majority of my work is pretty straight photography. That is I try to make images, mostly architecture and landscapes, that have proper color, contrast, lighting and composition. So this image was a fun departure from my comfort zone. However I did attempt to make it more of a product of my own creativity rather than it being just software derived. There is quite a bit of detailed work that went into this. FWIW, I like it though I usually groan at most oversaturated hdr images. Stamper, you're right about it being sale-able, I've had good luck with this image and hope to have more.

Here is the photo it was derived from.

I dig your composition a lot. Iwould experiment with blending a faint b&w layer with a slightly less saturated color layer and play around with luminosity layers to selectively darker some areas. Play with it ,you are on to something.

[Jeremy Roussak]

Here is the photo it was derived from.

That's a hell of a lot more pleasant to look at.

Jeremy

[francois]

That's a hell of a lot more pleasant to look at.

Jeremy

I can only agree 100%…

[stamper]

There is obviously room for both.....if one is open minded?

[Rob C]

Even the 'straight' one seems too much for me; it could even be straight straight, but feels Disney. But then, I have little feeling for these subjects at all, despite hoping against hope for illumination. I guess straight might not equare (my neologism of the day, combining equate with square in one handy little package) with natural every time.

I didn't know Mama Nature could play the tart...

;-)

Rob C

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

There is are obviously rooms for both....

Separate rooms, that is

[RSL]

That's a hell of a lot more pleasant to look at.

Jeremy

Except for the insanely pushed saturation.

[stamper]

Separate rooms, that is

You should be in a padded one.

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

You should be in a padded one.

My comment about "separate rooms" meant that digital art and digital photography are two separate and distinct categories, even when the former is derived from the latter. There are fans and admirers (and buyers) for each, but they are hardly one and the same group. Let's just say that this forum doesn't seem to be populated by fans of digital art.

By the way, your personal attack is duly noted.