Once In A Lifetime
by macrothing

Comment by laurie241:
love the way the edge of the water seems to 'sparkle' like it has diamonds in it. nice job.

Once In A Lifetime
by macrothing

Comment by eransh10:
Very interesting...

Once In A Lifetime
by macrothing

Comment by Imagineer:
Striking abstract - like it.

Some colour noise present which can be reduced by converting to LAB colour in PS and blurring channels 'a' and/or 'b'. (Plenty of alternative methods too.)

Once In A Lifetime
by macrothing

Comment by chromeydome:
This is a really fun abstraction! 7

Once In A Lifetime
by macrothing

Comment by HeiSch:
beautiful abstract

Once In A Lifetime
by macrothing

Comment by epescala:
Great abstract! 8

Once In A Lifetime
by macrothing

Comment by Strikeslip:
Very pretty! A great view of water, and it's how I often see it. Whimsical.

Once In A Lifetime
by macrothing

Comment by Melethia:
A lovely abstract.

Once In A Lifetime
by macrothing

Comment by Retroesque:
This is so VERY, VERY Beautiful!

Outside
by macrothing

Comment by macrothing:

Originally posted by Simms: THe thing is with this, the composition is great, you cant fault it, but the choice to go with purple was a moment of madness.. It adds nothing to the shot (expect purple). I would like to see a natural colour version of this shot..

Thanks for the honesty and criticism. I have quite a few 'moments of madness', especially when editing (also known as 'freefloat') - I envisioned what I'd like to have 'wallsized' hanging in my living room, at the time (based on 'mood'), this is the result. As I said, not to everyone's taste, but that's what happens when you take a 'pure photograph' and tweak it 'artistically'. Here's the 'pure' (which has sadness in it, because of the 'raw truth' that I can see, which I guess is another reason I 'turned it into something else' - hard to explain):