This lake scene...

...started out real but after I twiddled a few knobs and turned it into a painting effect it was still beautiful I thought. Taken about a year ago.

Quite good on the black.

[Annie D]

makes a lovely painting

[Maggiemae]

@annied Its a bit Kitsch but I wanted to see how it looked!

[Annie D]

@maggiemae i like the details it kept

[Tony]

Wow, you twiddled those knobs to the limit. Any more and you'd have run the risk of destroying a beautifully captured scene. Fav

[Maggiemae]

@tonydebont Yup - the knobs just about fell off, Tony!

[Joyce]

Love the way you've edited this. I thought you'd painted the scene at first.

[Maggiemae]

@thistle I think this would be great picture to use if you really wanted to paint it!

[Louise & Ken]

Kitch! Not at all! It's marvelous! If you read the column Ross sent out today, the first item was about what to do photographically on a rainy day. One of the suggestions was to reprocess an old photo! I think he would be impressed, too with what you did here! (Personally, I'd be delighted to have a photo turn out like this!)

[Maggie]

You have given it a tapestry effect ... now get out your needle and stitch.

[Maggiemae]

@snaphappi Yes, I can see this - not into tapestry though Maggie! I've got shaky fingers!

[Cally]

Fun effect. I love laying with effects every so often too.

[Maggiemae]

@callymazoo I hope you actually play with them rather than 'lay' with the?

[Beryl Lloyd]

You have taken us into the world of abstract art ,Maggiemae !! Stunning lines and colours ! Well done you !!

[Peter Day]

An exceptional result.

[belinda]

Definitely an ETSOOI shot!

[Maggiemae]

@Weezilou I knew I needed a photo with trees and water in it so just looked back in my 'thousands' of photos in my albums!

[Barb Newcomb]

I wish I could "play" as well as you do!

[Maggiemae]

@beachdog thanks Barb but I've got several photo apps that I can use and I just keep experimenting!

[Karen H]

Nice painterly look

[katy]

Actually quite marvelous on black. Fantastic artistic rendition.
Only five days 'til go time!!

[richard saffold]

this worked out quite well.

[gloria jones]

Indeed, you've achieved a colorful painting...and does pop on black

[Lindy]

Looks just like a painting

[Graham Thresher]

Great shot and edit.

[Bep]

Love this!

[KWind]

Looks great! Love the composition and colours.

[Simply Amanda]

So beautiful and artistic!

[Francoise]

nice twiddling

[ChristineL]

It reminds me of a vintage travel poster for the English Lake District. Fav.

[Margo]

Love it. Id like to be able to do that!! A FAV

[Gena Pegg]

Beautifully processed!!

[Daisy Miller]

Lovely creative effect.

[Nina Ganci]

awesome processing
fav

[Ann Williams]

Wow, fantastic twiddling Maggiemae. This is amazing.

[bruni]

You're getting so good with your processing. instant fav.

[Kim Harper]

Absolutely love the painted version!! I'll take a copy for my wall. :)

[Jen Hudson]

This's so so effective, it's even more so on black.

[Pat Knowles]

Do you know I always love this painterly affect, must try it on mine again! Shows off the lovely light coming in from the right.

[Karen Mitchell]

Really fun effect this... love the colours.