Theme: Mont St Michel

[Michael Gerald-Yamasaki]

Sometimes things just happen. Probably over 50 layers just playing around. The largest impact probably from a posterize-like filter I made. Curves and inversions and SEP and Simplify. Difference and Multiply and Hard Light blends... Eventually the ooo that's kinda cool thing happened. Original image was early morning overcast and hazy.

Thanks for looking.

Cheers,

-Michael-

[Dennis Bishop]

I think it's the difference in the looks of the roadway (???) in the foreground and the rest of the image that makes the whole thing work so well for me. One thing the difference does is give a sense of depth, but that's not all. Probably because of your posterization filter, the foreground and background have similar midtones. Accompanying that in the foreground is the darks which give local detail. In the background the midtones are accompanied by the lighter tone and very little detail. I think the detail in the foreground and the light in the background compete for my attention in a good way. There's a lot happening.

[Jackie Schuknecht]

It almost looks like some kind of crystallized negative. I was undecided about the bg, but I like it as it adds to the overall dark, brooding feel of the image. I like the leading line of the fence and the almost silhouette of the church.

[Michael Gerald-Yamasaki]

Dennis, Jackie,

Thanks much for your comments. The foreground element is a set of locks separating the river from the bay smoothing the famous tides there. I was looking at this again and was surprised that short of some small variation this image is made up of only 6 or 7 tones.

Cheers,

-Michael-

[Nancy Bell]

I like that the posterization highlighted the Mont St Michel so the eye travels right up to the top. And yes to what Dennis said. The details in the roadway/bridge in the foreground add an interesting base layer and provide a contrast to the soft buildings of the bkgd.