Sunday Scenery

This is just beautiful... like a painting. I love the cloud formations...

Wow, that looks like it's painted. Very nice. Mine will be up in the morning.

Beautiful. It does look like an art print or painting. Nice.

I would dearly love to visit that part of our country. My dad loved it and that makes it special to me!
~~~Blessings~~~

I think everyone has said it - very fine.

You must have played around with this one a bit with some editing program but it is a very successful finish on it. It really looks like a painting. The scenery you started with is so very eye pleasing too.

You caught me! :D I wasn't really trying to fool anyone, but yes, I did some editing on this one. I took it into Dynamic-HDR and created a pseudo-HDR image by tone mapping the original RAW image. The original photo was under-exposed and lacking contrast.

The difference between this and a true HDR is that at least three images at different exposures are used to create a true HDR. This was used what information was available in the single RAW image. I was very please with how it turned out and I've printed an 8x10 version that I'm going to mount.

Thanks for everyone's kind comments. I'm glad you didn't hold it against me that I "cheated" on this one. :D

To me, this looks like a delightful watercolour, letting the colours of the landscape intermingle, blurring defined shapes and creating a very artistic interpretation of the landscape! Beautiful!

This is a fantastic shot. I like the editing you did on it, the painting effect is magical. Have a wonderful day.

Amazing. Ever since you talked (a long time ago) about this HDR stuff I have wanted to try it. However, I don't even know what a RAW image is, so I am not ready yet.

Vixen, RAW is the native formation that dSLR and higher end digital cameras actually capture images in before the camera converts them to JPG or TIFF files for you to be able to read on the computer. Think of RAW as being the undeveloped film in digital cameras. The information that is captured on the censor is stored as a RAW file that must be further processed before you can see the results. Here is a Wikipedia article that does a good job of explaining what RAW images are.

that looks just like a water-colored painting! Impressive Indeed!

I looked at the picture and thought... wow, this looks just like a painting... and then I read the comments and noticed everyone saying the same, so I'm just chiming in...

What an amazing photo, Lee!!!
Your adjustments elevated it to work of art status!!! Guau!!!

You inspired me to put up a NC pic myself. I really like this meme!
(Though I can't seem to add my name to Mr. Linky.)

OK. That's it. My Queen has to take me to the Blue Ridge Parkway this summer....That is gorgeous. Did i spell gorgeous write u now eye cain't spil i'm jest a dog.