with hands on hips

… Lost and found edges in a painting/picture titillate the mind of the

viewer. It titillates and more my mind. I once read an account of

a woman describing what she understood to be an enlightenment

experience. The following, taken from the Three Pillars of Zen by

Philip Kapleau, was one of the things she learned (was revealed) to

her from the experience: “The physical world is an infinity of

movement, of Time-Existence. But simultaneously it is an infinity of

Silence and Voidness. Each object is thus transparent. Everything

has its own special inner character, its own karma or “life in time,”

but at the same time there is no place where there is emptiness, where

one object does not flow into another”. I think we artists, when our

awareness shifts and we find that balanced composition, when we feel

all elements of a scene coalesce, we too experience a taste of

enlightenment. Comments and critique welcome.

I like the painterly effect you created in PP.  The "painting" invites me to look more closely as the figures emerge.  I seem to get stuck on the round bluish circle beneath the right hand tree trunks and wonder if my eye would move more smoothly without it.  Great composition.

Thanks, Lynne.  I agree.  Probably lazy processing again.  But I confess to a tendency to intentionally leave one or two "flaws" in an image - trying to copy a technique of some painting masters.

Wayne,

  Wonderful image with beautiful composition, lighting & colors.  Take care, Patsy

I think the scene is great, yes the blue balloon is ever so slightly distracting but the effect is so good it almost has me thinking it belongs there. The write up is really good Wayne and I agree with your assessment regarding photographers and that enlightened moment. I would love to feel that far more often than the few times I have;-)  Great work.

BR, Holger

Thanks, Patsy. The trees at time were displaying amazing color.

Holger,

Many thanks for taking time with this image.  I too wish I had that "enlightment" experience more often.  As you know we are sometimes lucky to experience it sometimes after the fact as we process our images.

I like it!

I was looking at your portfolios Wayne, very nicely done work.

This one caught my eye, I have been converting some of my images to paintings and wonder how the painters feel about that 

This is exceptional the way the colors melt together

Tony,

Thanks.  I try to paint.  I get excited when I can do things with a photograph that I try to accomplish with my paintings. Not sure how much this is appreciated by photography purists.