Lady-Bird

There is an excitement to painting without planning, without a subject

in mind, allowing brush strokes, color, direction, forms, etc. dictate

or suggest what is to follow. There is a tension and a kind of fear

in not knowing where you are going. If everything works-out and you

don’t get in the way you eventual understand what the painting is all

about and you have a piece of art. The drawback in painting this way

is you don’t feel you can take full credit for the results. Imaging

lens bokeh is the closest I have come to this way of "painting" with

photograph. Comments and critique welcome.

Hi Wayne,

As a compliment to your work, I thought that you imaged a very fine painting at first !

A very nice Artistic effect with your camera/lens setup.

Best Regards y friend, Mike

 

Mike,

Thanks for the kind comment.  Glad you appreciate this form of "photography painting".

Hi Wayne,

  Wonderful creative image with great processing.  Take care, Patsy

I can see the bird, yes and the lady too!  I like this impressionist type of work. I guess with all types of photography in the field there is always an element of luck, this kind of pushes the boundaries a stage further. 

Compliments! 

 

Alf 

Patsy,

Thanks.  Less processing and more happening on its own.

Alf,

Thanks, Alf.  A very insightful critique.  It's like letting luck happen.

Interesting result!

Svetlana,

Thanks.  Kind of you to notice and comment.

Wayne.  I think the result is lovely.  I have been experimenting with this type of technique and think you really got this one right.  Also, it has been my experience that a bit of luck is part of the process.  All the best.  Dana...

Dana,

Thanks.  I have been experimenting for some time without a lot of success. It is like what the mind does with clouds and tweaking with placement of tonal value to hopefully allow others to see what the "mind's eye" sees.

Beautiful artistic result.

Gunnar,

Thanks for stopping by and the kind comment.  I now follow (and cannot figure out why I have not been following) your work - strong, unique perspective and design.

It's just fantastic Wayne! I love it! 7 Congrats!

Sadegh,

Thanks for the rating and kind comment.  Appreciation of your art by fellow artists is especially encouraging.

Without any rush, painted by a brush.

Indeed, an artist's eye, this I do not deny.

 

Wayne! photo editing and painting has always subjectief.Je make your self a choice when editing a photo, and the results that jou want."And the results very nice!! softlight-contrast and beautiful atmosphere  (creative work) best regards janegber

Tony,

Thanks for the poetic compliment.  Sometimes with photographs I like to "brush stroke and draw" on an image much like when painting but this image did most of the work itself.  I primarily had to see it and give it a little "touch-up".

Janegbert,

Thanks.  Sometimes an image is more given than taken. 

Richard,

Many thanks.  The results of this one surprised me.

This method naturally results in a lot of misses but the marriage of chance and intent often comes up with surprisingly fresh images, such as you have produced here.

Jack,

Thanks. Well stated.  When it happens, it is hard to take credit.