Trees, Strensall Common 2
by SaraR

Comment:
First Impressions: as compared with the previous photo this one has a tighter crop (in camera) and this makes it much less busy; more movement caused a lot of detail to disappear leaving it with a more focused impression; the vertical texture has almost brush-like feel; the lighter part has still enough presence not to be washed out; great balance
Technique: more vertical movement on slow shutter, different PP
Suggestions: I like it as is.

Overall a beautiful photo in the style of the in-camera photo impressionism (I coined a new term :)

Trees, Strensall Common
by SaraR

Comment:
First Impressions: dreamy, serene, beautiful scene; I like the forest, the colors and the textures (I love birches)
Technique: vertical movement on slow shutter, little PP
Suggestions: not sure how to emphasize light - add some luminance? But it looks good as is.

Overall great photo and spot on the style of photo impressionism I am trying to learn :)

Lighthouse Beach, Midwinter
by Bear_Music

Comment:
First Impressions: for some reason sadness (maybe because there is some blue) and being lost
Technique: I assume a normally taken photo with a dramatic PP in NIK? There is also some kind of special border used.
Suggestions: not sure

Overall it looks more like an expression rather than an impression of reality to me. Probably due to the dramatic texture effect.

Remembering Summer
by NeVeRyn

Comment:
First Impressions: I noticed diagonal lines at first, the colors are very muted
Technique: I assume taken with shallow DOF against side light
Suggestions: I probably would play around with color saturation and crops

Overall I am not sure what style it represents. Maybe we should come up with our own categories? :)

Scenic Overlook
by bohemka

Comment:
That was yours! WOW!! CONGRATS!!

River Bend
by GeneralE

Comment:
First impressions: calm, relaxing, blur makes it look soft
Technique: I assume no special impressionistic PP as the blur was from the original shot
Suggestions: rectangular vignette with more blur around the edges; was it shot through a window? There are patches of mysterious fog in places.

Overall an example of a non-intentional blur that created a nice photo in a style of an impressionistic painting.

IMG_5927-moorings
by Bear_Music

Comment:
First impressions: calm, relaxing, smooooth
Technique: I assume PP with a lot of smoothing? (I don't use Topaz so I don't know how it was achieved; in Lightroom I would go negative on Clarity but that's probably too simplistic?)
Suggestions: I would try a tighter crop losing the boats and the large house on the right (there is nothing wrong with a square photo! :)

Overall I thought it was a good example of a photo in a style of an impressionistic painting.

(How am I doing with this commenting business?? Is this OK?)

wanderlust
by bspurgeon

Comment:
I haven't yet discovered DPC when this challenge was on. I am interested in techniques, petroleum jelly is now on my list of techniques to learn.

I like the dynamism of the blur contrasted with the stillness of the forest in focus. The tilt adds to the dynamism of the image.

Rockport MA
by Denise

Comment:
Beautiful colors and textures.

Serenity
by Kelli

Comment:
Not sure about the title. The jagged lines make me feel anxious. Nice composition.