The Painted Photograph

So this is the view from Artist Point.

Well, let me clarify. This is my artistic view from Artist Point.

Being that this is Artist Point, I decided to take more artistic license than I ever have in the past to produce this. This photograph is so far removed from SOOC that I don't even call it a photograph anymore.

 

You can scroll down to see the images as they were processed and merged to create this, but here is the breakdown of how this came about. I was shooting his scene and for some stupid reason, I was not using a tripod. I think I was mostly just lost in the moment of a beautiful scene.

Later, I get home, and this picture just jumped out at me. The problem is, every picture was either over, or under exposed. So, I tried several processing versions, and nothing really worked for me.

A few days later, I started over from scratch. About an hour or so hours later, I had a photo I almost liked, but not quite. I put it aside again, and a couple days later came back to it. This time, after about 2-3 hours, I had a photo that I again almost liked, but not quite. It didn't seem real. That is when It clicked for me. Who the f'ck cares if it looks real. Just try to make it some what good. A this point, I had a slight vision of what I wanted. In stead of starting from scratch, I took what I had, and began work everthing together. A few hours later, I had something that I liked. I put it aside, and came back to it he next day. A few touch ups, a few adustments and fixes, and I was left with what you see now.

 

I am still not sure how I feel about it, but I am currious what you think. I know I will be revisiting this image again. Even better, I will hopefully be revisiting this scene again.

 

Done