Harbor painting

[Cheryl Slechta]

I took this in St. Augustine last week at the Birding and Photography Festival. I used Topaz Adjust>Venice, then DAP>Benson at 60% opacity, then lightened it up a bit with a slight Nik Skylight filter, then added sandstone texture and a frame from www.free-photo-frames.com.

Comments and suggestions always welcome:)

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hi Cheryl,
The curves of the harbor are very nice and the effect applied works just right. I am never a big frame fan.......but that is personal preference.

[denise ippolito]

Beautiful painted look and lovely colors. I love the scene Cheryl. Very nicely done.:)

[Barbara Kile]

Beautiful painting, Cheryl. I love the sky colors. Well done w/processing.

[Mark Fuge]

Nice image and application, Cheryl.

Like the feel of the effect on the seascape.

Nice shark cloud as well, in the upper left! :eek: ... ;) :D

[Kerry Perkins]

Cheryl, as soon as I saw the thumbnail I thought "Benson!". It's one of my favorite looks in DAP and this is a very nice use of it. Love the gentle curve of the shore and the delicate layers of color in the sky. I saw the shark too! ;)

[Stu Bowie]

Lovely scene Cheryl, and I like the effect you have created. As its a painting theme, the frame works for me.

[Ian McHenry]

Hi Cheryl
Nicely composed image with well edited oil painting look.
Cheers: Ian Mc

[Nicki Gwynn Jones]

Hi Cheryl,
Beautiful colours in this and the textures that you have applied are lovely. Well done :)
Best,
Nicki

[Christopher Miller]

Very lovely, Cheryl! Beautiful scene and effect. Love the colors. :)

[Cheryl Slechta]

Thanks everyone, I appreciate your kind words. I think Dave Phillips turned us all on to DAP and I followed a tip
he posted on one of his images - it turned out better than my other DAP efforts.:)

[Kerry Perkins]

Cheryl, you are right about Dave. He was not the first to post a DAP image, but he was passionate about it and his enthusiasm encouraged us to learn how to use it. I miss him a lot...

[Patti Edens]

Cheryl,

Benson is one of my favorite DAP filters as well and this was a perfect scene for it. I love all the gold colors in the painting and I think the gold frame looks great with it.

Patti

[Anita Bower]

Good Impressionist look to this image. Well done. The frame works perfectly. Thanks for telling us where you got it.

[Michael Pancier]

beautiful work. I love the topaz Venice setting myself. Also not a fan of the frame, but it's no big deal.

[denise ippolito]

Cheryl, Congrats! Your image has won our weekly theme contest!!:)

[Anita Bower]

Congratulations. Well deserved win!