Theme: Summertime - leisurely on the beach!

[Indranil Sircar]

I guess i am yearning to get to a beach!!! This one is from Oahu... used DAP, blended with the original and used a mask to expose the water and part of the sky. Hope you like it. C&C will be appreciated.

~ Indranil

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

Indy
this is awesome buddy! Stunning result with your careful preparation.

[Julie Kenward]

Indranil, this is beautiful - very peaceful tones and colors! I do wish the left tree weren't cut off down the middle and might consider cropping a bit off the right side. The DAP effect couldn't be better, though. It's lovely.

[Mark Fuge]

Nice image. I thought it looked familiar. In fact I have one very similar that I was going to post yesterday before the site crash. I will hold it as it is too similar to yours. But agree, Hawaii and the beach are summer 12 months a year! ;) My favorite corner of the world, as least as I've experienced it so far in life. ;) :D

No major issues with the image, I would however maybe remove (clone out) the partial tree trunk in the lower left corner. Understand the closeness of the trees prevents major cropping, due to overlap of branches.

[Dan Brown]

Beautiful Indranil! Impressionistic! I agree with Mark re: removing the partial trunk on the left edge. Great work!

[Dave Mills]

Hi Indranil, As stated nice impressionistic feel to the image. The person in the chair adds alot to the image giving it a sense of scale. I would also clone out the tiny piece of tree trunk on the left and the small blob on the horizon to the right of the right hand tree. Nice image!

[Harold Davis]

if you hadnt said it was hawaii, i would have sworn it was biscayne blvd in miami. looks exactly the same!! a very familar site and one i like a lot. nice job with the conversion. looks perfect!!

[Cindy Cone]

Very nice effect, Indnaril. I agree with Mark about the little bit of cloning.

[Fabs Forns]

I guess a peaceful beach looks like a peaceful anywhere :)
It looks like South FLorida too, well done :)

[Cheryl Slechta]

Indranil - beautiful image. Great job with DAP:)

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Cheryl

[Dave Phillips]

love the combined effects....nice tropical hues.
Maybe the foreground should be equally blurry as the trees?

[denise ippolito]

Indranil, I love the treatment on the trees esp. The image is beautiful and I really love it!!Well done.

[Indranil Sircar]

Thanks for all the kind words...

Here is a repost with the cloned out tree section and the blob on the right...

[Randy Smith]

I am wondering what "DAP" is (filter?, App?), Glue manufacturing is what comes to mind. I think I have narrowed it down to an application acronym but my google results turn up one person using it but with no name. Thanks from dummies like me.

[denise ippolito]

Hi Randy, DAP stands for Dynamic Auto Painter. It's a program that allows you to change your photos into paintings by famous artists. They offer a free trial and it is worth a try. It is a stand alone program.

[Randy Smith]

Thank You Much
looks like a program to annoy the Art World, I'll check it out. Nice application of it in this image.