We have a familiar conversation here in my house, I take a photo I am interested in playing with and apply various photoshop filters to it and then show it to my husband, who almost always thinks its too much and likes the original version better. Sometimes I am not sure, its not that I think one is better, there are just subtle shifts in mood and I can’t decide which I like more. For example we just went to Brookville Lake in Indiana and I was fascinated with the massive perfect green slope of the dam against the blue sky and fluffy clouds. It was stark, beautiful and surreal and I kinda liked that a little ‘paint’ filter put on it made it even more removed from realistic, but he thought it looked to strange and childish. What do you think, I’d love to hear comments, I’ve been trying for years to get a feel for what people thought of these kind of images. Here’s some plain and filtered versions, you can’t tell the difference in thumbnails, so click on them and check them out bigger….
We had a great time at Brookville, in addition to the cool pics the beach was nice and the scenery great, we will be going back later to try some of the hiking trails. I found Brookville when I met fellow photographer Kim Meadows online, she is opening a new gallery in Brookville called Studio 714. Along with her photography studio and business she will be showing area artist of various mediums, renting space for artist, giving classes, having contest and just generally providing a great hub for artistic activities and events. For more info check out her web site which I will post on the right of this page.
