Another Monet style, though maybe a bit less so: Wanted to push myself. Your impressions would be appreciated. #2 is my workflow. #3 was my inspiration for colors and season. #4 is the...

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

Wanted to push myself. Your impressions would be appreciated.

#2 is my workflow.
#3 was my inspiration for colors and season.
#4 is the heavily edited photo from 2017 that I started with.

Thanks for your time!

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Environs de Honfleur, Neige by Claude Monet 1867

Blair Shaw Jr Loc: Dunnellon,Florida

Linda: These are great .....and it's nice to see your posts again. Hope you are well. I always enjoy your helpful suggestions. Thank you again.

Cany143 Loc: SE Utah

My "impression" is that while your image has an interesting 'impressionistic' feel, it is 'heavy' on the right (you might note that the actual Monet you appended is not....). Achieving visual balance --in terms of either weight, volume, space or tone-- could be worth further investigating --or worth cropping towards-- in your creation.

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

I like both your start and your finish, Linda! Your willingness to expand your horizons is inspirational.

R.G. Loc: Scotland

If Claude Monet was still with us I'd be telling him to watch his back

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I partly agree with Cany but I think the reason is the RHS is just a bit too dark.

Fstop12 Loc: Kentucky

R.G. wrote:

If Claude Monet was still with us I'd be telling him to watch his back

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I partly agree with Cany but I think the reason is the RHS is just a bit too dark.

Agree

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

Thank you all. I very much appreciate your comments and feedback. I've attached one below that addresses Cany's and others' observations about balance and dark.

This one is cropped, with a couple of other changes. I actually prefer the wider aspect, so I'm working on other possible solutions (simply dodging didn't do what I wanted). With this many layers, it's hard to avoid a domino effect

Yetta

Simply beautiful...

R.G. Loc: Scotland

Try #1 with a horizontal stretch (as long as the sun doesn't go too elliptical).

AzPicLady Loc: Behind the camera!

These are lovely and look like great fun. I do like the version with the lightened right side.

L-Fox

Linda From Maine wrote:

Thank you all. I very much appreciate your comments and feedback. I've attached one below that addresses Cany's and others' observations about balance and dark.

This one is cropped, with a couple of other changes. I actually prefer the wider aspect, so I'm working on other possible solutions (simply dodging didn't do what I wanted). With this many layers, it's hard to avoid a domino effect

You could work on this faux Monet for months and get dozens of renditions. I prefer the original post. It leaves one to wonder ... sunrise/sundown? ... storm coming/storm abating? Your version has a flow to it.

On a personal note -- I like most Monet works, but some of them look like something that fell from the dinner table and need to be cleaned off the floor.

FotoHog Loc: on Cloud 9

Linda From Maine wrote:

Wanted to push myself. Your impressions would be appreciated.

#2 is my workflow.
#3 was my inspiration for colors and season.
#4 is the heavily edited photo from 2017 that I started with.

Thanks for your time!

My opinion is, of course, just as subjective as everybody else's. Thus, I'll say that each one of your versions has its own merit and appeal to specific tastes. This is probably a more "cowardly" thing to say in view of much stronger opinions from UHH's venerable art critics (?) . . . .

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

R.G. wrote:

Try #1 with a horizontal stretch (as long as the sun doesn't go too elliptical).

I went another way

Thanks for staying with the thread, R.G. Much appreciated.

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Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

AzPicLady wrote:

These are lovely and look like great fun. I do like the version with the lightened right side.

Thanks Kathy! Now there's a third version (in reply to R.G.'s newest comment). I have deleted about six truly horrible versions

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

l-fox wrote:

You could work on this faux Monet for months and g... (show quote)

There have been many surprises in this little exercise, not the least of which is as you describe - the variety of Monet's works.

Thanks so much for explaining your reason for preferring #1. It's the moon, but we don't have to go down that road

Take care Larry!