Beautiful Day In The Aspens

My wife is a very enthusiastic watercolor painter, and it annoys her to no end when I use Photoshop to simulate painterly effects in my photos. She hates the idea that she can spend an afternoon laboriously putting an artistic vision on paper, and in a microsecond PS can provide a paint by numbers rendering that some folks like just as much.
So, I guess I shouldn't show her these. Yesterday was just an extraordinary day in the hills and these photos looked like paintings to me anyway so I went ahead and mucked with some filters in PS to see what I could create. No apologies for any lack of realism, I approached it like I was trying to paint a photo, not record the scene.

Maybe if I put her in one she'll feel better.
So, I guess I shouldn't show her these. Yesterday was just an extraordinary day in the hills and these photos looked like paintings to me anyway so I went ahead and mucked with some filters in PS to see what I could create. No apologies for any lack of realism, I approached it like I was trying to paint a photo, not record the scene.

Maybe if I put her in one she'll feel better.

Jay
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Here are a couple of mine, which I always label as "photo illustrations." One of the cool things you can do, of course, with Photoshop is edit out things you don't want. I could have edited out my motorcycle in the second one but, of course, I like it like it is. There are some dedicated plug in programs that work really well with PS. These are way better than I was ever able to achieve as a painter... with a LOT more work and fussing.
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Here's the photo I used as the basis for the second image workup. Not too shabby as is. What a wonderful afternoon and evening, the light was spectacular.