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Sugar Coated Orchard

Gallery: Weekly ChallengePosted January 24, 20172,504 views11 comments

Taken with Sony A6000 in illustration mode. Yesterday's snow transformed the bland, grey, winter world into a magical fairy land. The illustration mode, in my humble opinion, completed the magic feel to the scene. I assume photo art is not excluded from the weekly challenge, so I want to share this in this forum. Moderators feel free to move it if necessary.

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11 comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on January 24, 2017 at 12:35 PM

Rules say anything that fits in "any" of the other Galleries, so I think you're safe, Patricia. A very neat effect and an excellent composition. I'm seeing little hints of red here and there in the image. I don't know where it might be coming from, but wonder if a conversion to black and white would finish this off?

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on January 24, 2017 at 3:31 PM

The photoart treatment gives this a fine "oriental drawing" style, Patricia. The foreground tree stands out very nicely as your treatment emphasizes its fine shape . I like this a lot. (There are lots of trees here, so it fits! sad

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Comment posted by Barb Pflaum on January 24, 2017 at 4:04 PM

That's a very cool effect, Patricia, and I agree it helps give a magical feel to this scene. I like the comp, too. Very nice!

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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on January 24, 2017 at 4:33 PM

A delightful graphic quality to this, Patricia. I can see it as a book illustration to some magical tale - that foreground tree has such a vivid personality !

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Comment posted by Kathy Barnhart on January 24, 2017 at 4:59 PM

I like this very much and think the processing adds to it. Very Asian feel to it, and does look like it could be an illustration for a book.

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Comment posted by D.A. Edwards on January 24, 2017 at 7:58 PM

Very cool rendition, Patricia. My only suggestion would be to clean up some of the odd, darker vertical lines in the snow level especially around that line/tree on the left side... or maybe just clone that line away entirely.

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Comment posted by Ed Williams on January 24, 2017 at 11:13 PM

Wonderful Patricia. I love the treatment. I say keep it here.

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on January 25, 2017 at 11:19 AM

I absolutely love this. It's magical.

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Comment posted by Doug Koepsel on January 28, 2017 at 10:31 AM

I like the swaying curves in the foreground tree.

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on January 28, 2017 at 11:40 AM

Patricia: Didn't expect this from the thumbnail! Delightful creation and a superb rendering of the scene. 2 thumbs up! >=))>

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Comment posted by Mike Ramy on January 31, 2017 at 9:30 PM

Hey Pat,
Very Cool, great title and a pleasant change of pace for this week's challenge.
Well done . . . laugh

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