Painterly Landscape ~ Read The Rules - Capture Date Requirement

Challenge #12 in the Outside The Box series. Hosted by JamesWG.

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Your challenge is to create a landscape that looks like it might be a watercolor or oil painting. Although there are many "filters" and "textures" prepackaged with various applications, I would like you to create your own textures to enhance your entry and NOT use the "off the shelf textures". The texture should be consistent with the original image - some examples might be tree bark for a forest, rippling water for a lake etc.

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Announced:

Tuesday, 12th June, 2012 (GMT)

Submissions:

Tuesday, 19th June, 2012 – Monday, 25th June, 2012 (GMT)

Voting:

Tuesday, 26th June, 2012 – Monday, 2nd July, 2012 (GMT)

Processing rules:

Take your primary image (Landscape) and add via a layer (not just filtering the main image) a second image to create a textured look for your entry.
HDR is okay, but the entry should not look like HDR was the only technique used for the challenge. (See my example image)

Capture date rules:

Images must be shot after the announcement date of the challenge.

Additional rules:

You must explain how you achieved your final image and what image you used (created) to add texture to you entry.
You must include this information or you will be disqualified.
Your primary image must conform to Capture Date Requirements
Please observe DPR rules regarding content.
No Frames.
No Watermarks or Signatures.
I expect you to vote if you submit an image.
Please do not solicit votes from friends as this only skews the results and gives a false impression of the quality of your entry.

Maximum number of entries per user:

Maximum number of entries in challenge:

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452 votes

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The Rocky Mountain and Lake

by Sir FotoBright

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This picture was taken near a later afternoon sunset time and with the remote Rocky Mountain clouds and thunderstorm imminent over the Mountain. The scenery has very nicely reflection in the little lake.

Camera:	Nikon D300
Lens:
Submitted:	Monday, 25th June, 2012 04:25 (GMT)
Taken:	Thursday, 14th June, 2012
Focal length:	32 mm
Shutter speed:	1/500 sec
Aperture:	F4.8
ISO:	200
Notes:	The new layer was applied with highly saturated colors and thus de-emphasized dark clouds and made the sunset colorful and beautiful. A high contrast setting further enhanced this effect. With the Dodge tool, and the brush sizes were controlled to create different enhanced details for the trees, people, mountain and sky. The Diffusion effect was applied to blur the water reflections and faraway trees.
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Galleries:	View this photo in Sir FotoBright's gallery

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