Impressionistic Landscape 43

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Impressionistic photography has always appealed to me. It forces the appreciator to view it as an art form, not merely as a mimetic medium. It is a style you certainly have a handle on. Kudos!

It looks like a dream. I love impressionistic images, and you do them very nicely. Now tell me how you do this one more time. Beautiful.

Aaron, thanks for your nice comments.

 

Jayme, the process is fairly simple for most of these shots. Zoom telephoto (I use 74-300 at 300mm usually), polarizer, warming filter. Set ISO to 100 @ f22 and try to get an exposure time of a 1/2 to 2 seconds. Try to find a subject with interesting colors and is evenly lit. Then move the camera during exposure and hopefully get something that is pleasing to the eye. This is really a trial and error process. Then adjust levels and contrast in PS, and perhaps do some dodging and burning. That's about it. I hope that helps.