Sandstone Revisited #1

I like this a lot, Tony. A whole lot. Does not seem overprocessed to me, but that depends on how interpretative you want it to be. This one looks quite natural, but with beautiful color and pattern. 

Works great for me Tony. I really like the deep rich tones of browns and the wonderful patterns of lines and swirls. Of course I like deep saturation too.

It looks fine to me. I like the deep tones

I really like this abstract image, Tony. I do not think the processing is exaggerated.

Mattia

Tony,

This is fascinating and fantastic!  No references here so one doesn't know if this is looking down towards the ground, on a wall or what.  The natural abstractness here is wonderful and despite the randomness of the patters, shapes and colors, there is a pleasing downward flow to this that just makes for nice composition too.

As far as processing goes, I would say this is quite mild compared to some of your bolder interpretations.  In fact I'd say this fits right in to my own mantra of pushing things just a little, but keeping it real.  IMHO, this is not pushing it "too far."

Wild and wonderful.  Looking forward to more!

Lon

It's a lovely, warm sandstone abstract, Tony.  I lke the big "orangish triangle" and how it glows just a bit extra.  If you rotate it, that triangle starts to look like the devil...

This is a fabulous abstract, it's forms suggesting many thoughts and feelings. I don't feel that this is overprocessed because this is art, a representation of reality, and therefore doesn't have to look perfectly like reality. I feel that this can take the same liberties as an expressionist painter who depicts a scene without perfect realism. Would some of the highlights in the upper half look better if toned down to the whites in the lower section? I don't know.

Feels like a lot going on here, as if the colors and shapes are coming in all directions, but it is organized such that the top, bottom, and right side coral the central areas.  A tactile sense as well, like the way you processed it.

Excellent!!! The processing looks good, aggressive, but not over the top to my eye. It still has the look of reality. Really a wonderful abstract, a feast for the eyes and brain. 

Wonderful abstract, Tony.  I love how the sandstone appears to be melting.  Is it pushed? For sure.  Is it pushed too much? Not for me.  Hope you got some more in the archives.

My thoughts align with Lon's pretty much word-for-word. Certainly nowhere near the liberties that you have taken in the past with some of your rock images that have occasionally been a bit much for me personally. That being said, those "pushed" images have always been fascinating works of art.

I'm enjoying this image's rule-of-thirds conventionality, particularly the right half. Not sure if that was intentional but it caught my eye.

It's fun to go back through the archives and look for images that, for whatever reason, were not initially worked on; I look forward to your other posts.

This image has an amazing mix of lines, and I think your composition pulled it all together well. I'd love to see this as a large print; it would be mesmerizing to sort out all the little details.