Photoshopping out a lot of the photographic detail makes it easier to appreciate the amount of color (not edited) in the winter landscape.
Here (added in later, by request) is the original, unchanged except for being reduced in size and pixels for faster upload:
Very very cool...impressionistic photography! And what a LOT of color too, pretty!
ReplyDeleteFascinating study. For we photoshop impaired
ReplyDelete(the redeye function mostly makes my eyes red
when attempting it), it would be instructive
to have the 'before' photo as well!
I thought of posting the unaltered original and may add it later (no can do from slow dialup connection) but really wanted to "focus" on the color, which was especially bright in the late afternoon sun.
ReplyDeleteLooks like I cropped the altered one a bit, too, but I think it's clear when comparing the two how much more one focuses on COLOR in the altered version. In the original, don't you just see mostly winter-bare trees on a sunny day? The color is there, but it doesn't jump out the same way. At least, that's how the two look to me.
ReplyDeleteA agree there is more (apparent?) color in the
ReplyDeleteimpressionist version. When I imagined, or 'focused' the shopped version, I thought the forground to consist of redbark brush:
surprised to find it an orchard. My college
art prof suggested that my appreciation of
technique blinded me to art as art.
From photograph to impressionistic painting....
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