A big thank you goes to my wife for agreeing to walk a couple of miles through muddy woods to the site of my "OFS" submission which turned out to be useless to me. On the way back she noticed another little pond in the middle of nowhere which resulted in this pic.
Image "flipped" adjustments to contrast& saturation..some cloning to get rid of distracting leaves.
No artistic filters..No external filters..No Neat Image!!!!!!
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I think it looks like I may have missed the point with this challenge. I thought we were supposed to achieve impressionism through photography!
You should have a little gif attached to this Gordon - but then this challenge was all over the place.
Thanks to all for the comments.
Jon, judging by the submissions and the comments that accompanied them..it would appear that everyone had a different take on "Impressionism" and how it should be achieved...I went for the painting approach without using filters (Boring and unimaginative to some perhaps) but that was what I saw as the purpose and intent of this challenge..but I`m quite willing to accept that perhaps I got that wrong too as some voters seemed convinced, not only that I had used filters but that I had missed the theme completely.
However, I must admit, I did enjoy the challenge and as usual there were some very inventive submissions.
Challenge link: total. Perfect assessment of the brief and exercises many facets of the challenge.
Image critique: excellent in all respects. Great choice of focus and composition is clearly sound. I do wonder what it would look like in mono too - even more illusive I should imagine. If anything this is one shot that may have benefited from a border, as the colours wash out a bit next to the DPC grey.
Out-of-challenge appeal: I'll definitely revisit this one and I'm sure many others will appreciate it.
Absolutely wonderful effect. Great colors...soft and very well composed. If I could change one thing it would be to see just a little more of the face detail...not easy with this reflection...9
returning for comments:
a very interesting image with good impressionistic feel. The colors are great and the the ambiguity between sky and water works very well. The image speaks well and If I could resolve the mystery created by the walking figure I would feel better. The darkness seem to suggest that the figure is carrying something. bumping up.
This picture haunted me. I had to view it on a CRT to finally realize that the gamma had gone on my home LCD. When I first saw it I could not see the umbrella and it looked like a headless person holding a mirror. I like this shot very much, but the leaves in the lower corner are too much of a reality check. Great technique in the impressionism!
Such a difficult challenge to judge given the subjective nature of impressionism.
This image expressed "wet to the bone" in a clear yet casual manner. It's a very good interpretation of impressionism imo. The trees and wotnot don't seem to contribute to me. I gave you a 9. Good luck!
I like this, but if you are the one that did the bridge, I liked that one more. The leaves in the water create a nice mellow contrast to the sharpness of the rest of the picture.
Very colorful and jubilant. I like the filtered effect which truly looks like a reflection. The image of the person is mystifying and interesting. It makes me wonder what He/She is doing. Is that a reflection of you taking the picture. On second thought, don't tell me. Keep it a mystery!!
while you've captured the essence of impressionism, i think the leaves actually take away from the image. i'd probably enjoy gazing at this a little more if the details of the person were just a bit clearer. as is, i can't quite tell if they are holding an umbrella, or what. interesting image, none the less.
Very nice final result no matter how it was achieved. The figure is distracting to me, only because of the odd shape caused by the umbrella/backpack or whatever it is.
The upside-down reflection gives some nice textures to this photo, but I'm not wholly convinced by the composition. The colours and autumn leaves give a great mood. 6
Exceptional piece, very nice impressionistic feel. I like that a figure with an umbrella was included to balance this composition... but I think I would have preferred they be looking the other way. (But thats just me.) 9
Nice positioning fo your main subject, and very good use of water to reflect. I like how you've given her/him an umbrella to stand out more (or captured this that way). 8
Is that person carrying an umbrella or a very very large backpack? It would help if s/he carried the umbrella (if that's what it is) up a little higher to give it some separation from his/her body. I like the effect you gave the picture though. Very nicely done
Don't really understand impressionism...decided to vote on what appeals visually,sensually and what I could imagine on someone else's wall, or more rarely, on my own wall. Really like this image. The colours, shapes, textures are very appealing. I could imagine this on my wall! Great work!
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