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Thanks You very much, glad You like it... previous version was a little dull so I increased the contrast.

Flourishing New Year!

Thanks Elaine,

Semitransparent stones and crystals are fascinating... looking through microscope (or macro lenses) we can see entire new worlds.

Cheers.

No se ven muchos peces en la piscina :)

Muy buena!

Bonitas piedras... muy original composicion.

Son tu coleccion privada o es tu profession? donde las consigues?

Estos filtros los puedes ver en Topaz impression y tambien uso Nik filtros.

Saludos.

Thanks Jack, it is taken in an steep dune of the beach... you don't need beach chairs in that beach to be sitting 45 degree, sandy dune does the job.

The angle of the picture is on purpose to call the attention ... minimizing the sea to not be too unpleasant.

Iconic, for its simplicity.

Balanced, everything in the right place.

... perfect!

Thanks Jack for your comment...

I need to fix the size of that white church to be more visible like human eye correct those.

I was thinking the lack of comments was mostly due to the painting effect... but I agree with You that people are not yet finding the right place to click for commenting in new interface :)

Nik for viveza and sharpening.

Topaz impression for the painting effects and...

Freezing temperatures for the texture in the surface of the lake :)

Thanks, digital painter in any case :)

Soon there will be better tools to blur the difference between photography and painting, what do you think?

Thanks Gianni, this is the famous Mardalsfossen, called "Norwegian Natural Cathedral", 655m high cascade.

50% painting filter applied to the final image.

Just beatiful, I love it!

The "center" rule is meant to be broken in situations like this :)