Orton technique... new to me...

Kevin L. Kitchens

Just heard about this and it can produce some very cool nature/landscape effects. What are your expert opinions here?

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Couple more examples and steps on my blog...

http://photographyvoice.com/pv/KitchensSync.aspx

Duffy Pratt

The blur effect makes me want to go cross-eyed. Not my cup of tea. I would be very careful what sort of images you used this effect on. It's not subtle, and most people don't like everything blurry.

Duffy

DavidTO

Cool technique. Keep playing with it, and you'll end up with something that even Duffy likes.

gus

I usually dont go for this sort of thing but i sat & gave it some thought about where this could be used & i thought 'story books'. Maybe there is a mkt there ? but think of some cartoon type characters in the field.

claudermilk

I see potential there, but in this case I'm with Duffy. To me it's a little too in my face (that front bush particularly bugs me). I wonder if there's a way to tone it down a bit. But of course that's all purely subjective.

mwgrice

claudermilk wrote:

I see potential there, but in this case I'm with Duffy. To me it's a little too in my face (that front bush particularly bugs me). I wonder if there's a way to tone it down a bit. But of course that's all purely subjective.

Lower the opacity of the blur layer. Subtler is usually better for this sort of thing.