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There is tension in. What was : what will be ..

Great scene ... a ghost car is running?

Thanks you are right: thats the special effect. The right one is far away or is not started yet. Indefinite scene : enforced by the foggy atmosphere.

Expressive eyes ... the position of the hand works great: self protection?

Michael, now the largest version is in UploadForComment: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18153431

Its an art work showing limits of a moment, but the pastern are not to strong. The body is powerful. The bald tire show the chance to roll out. At least a feeling to come out, what I see. BR Joerg

Michael, first of all Happy New Year 2016 to you and your family. I will try to find out the maximum size via photonet upload. BR JV

Arthur,, thanks, yes its a main question to ask: what are the differences between “pure” photographs, corrected photographs, treated photographs or even manipulated photographs and paintings? Let me try to define the difference between treated photographs and paintings. Treated photograph: The dominating detail information and the total structure were on the film (sensor) in a single shot, only a substructure is added. A painting ? We know what it is. Good luck when visiting the dentist! By the way, everyone can get InTheLonlyHour for free if I have a working e-mail. It will be a great pleasure if it will be on walls around the world. BR JV

Robin, thanks, also for the mentioning the school. I was looking in: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbizon_school. BR Joerg

Love the star effect, has to be a 5 blades lens? Great lines in. BR JV

Endof, thanks, your comment made me smiling. BR JV

It is always difficult to find the best balance between shadow and light. If you reduce the light a little bit to show the "painting" at the bridge? The right trees will become dark, however the left ones not: a good contrast effect? BR JV

Great technical historical shot, love the color. BR JV

Dear Michael, yes indeed thats a basic question to ask - always! BR JV

Dear Lannie, thanks for the commrnt. I will mail you the file, if you interested in it. It will be a great pleasure if you will have it on a wall! Might be a pohoto canvas will work best. BR Joerg

Arthur , thanks for the experiment. Yes indeed “ the result shows the marked difference between the healthy trees and those that seem to have been attacked (as the leafless branches seem to show).” We have been creating different versions including BW. It is a great learning process. I agree “Perhaps Fred's point regarding absence of drama or impact in the original is maintained in these modifications “. BR JV

David, thats a great statement: It's not about what it means, but about how it makes you feel, best regards to your wife! JV

The link doesnt work, sorry, hopefully it will be now ...

Dear all, made now an experiments: only by FastStone image viewer: only shadows, brightness, saturation , contrast changes: no color chanal changes or other changes. BR Joerg /photodb/photo?photo_id=18151150

Saad thanks, your treatment suggestion is impressive, but doesn’t reflect the contradiction LIFE-DEPTH strong enough. A great hint from you is your finding that the duck plays a great rule. Its exactly in between and has not only the chance to fly to the depth area and life area: it has a chance to fly in the bright sky to another future (not shown here). That’s the imagination, or isn’t it. BR Joerg

Fred thanks, yes indeed we can ask it is still a photo or it is now a painting? It’s a cropped photo with a treatment: color and texture. Nothing was retouched, or brushed, even no distortion was corrected. The structure of the image is point by point taken by the sensor. Often we are accepting that photographers extremely retouch photos, correct details etc. However, I agree that the final image has a touch of a painting. Have a great 2016. BR JV