Now it's glowing. I like this much better.
How about "blurry," or "hard on the eyes?"
"Realistic?"
There's a difference between painting and photography, Peter. I don't really have any beef with this kind of abstraction. I see plenty of this kind of thing in various artforms, but I'd certainly not call it "photography." The term, "photographic" pretty much sums up what makes a "photograph."