Chinese Ink wash painting?

[Hui Song]

I reprocess some of my fog images taken one month ago at Pompton Lake on a foggy morning. I try to get Chinese ink wash painting feeling to these images. C&C welcome.



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#7

[Shadowman]

Very artistic.

[HijoD]

Since I do not know the process it's hard to critique these. I absolutely love them though. Is this technique available with a quick Google search.

Thanks for sharing.

[deetheturk]

Super images Hui!

[AB26]

Hi Hui,

Just my very personal opinion:

I think you have a very good eye and inner artistic inclination. Personally I do not believe you need to do any additional “trick processing” to “make” good images. You have a talent for capturing images that are pleasing to the viewers eye.

Your original set was as good as it gets. Just let your inner feeling for nature and your talent for capturing those moments flow. Your style – your trade mark.

[John 2]

Nice set Hui, processed or not but no. 2 in particular works for me.

[Karm Redland]

Hui, I like these images a lot. Nice job processing.

karm

[Wavelength]

These are really great images.... these images is a recommended set for a new home with white walls, white curtains etc

[flashback]

Hui,
Numbers 1&2 are my favorite, but really liking #1 the most. Great images.

[rpcrowe]

All are nice but, #3 is my absolute favorite!

[bnnrcn]

I like all of them Hui,thanks for sharing.

[Daisy Mae]

Hui,

These are utterly exquisite and I am totally in awe of your talent.

[Geoff F]

Funny how people see things differently.

#2 is the only one that doesn't work for me; at least not without a substantial crop from the foreground.

[flashback]

Funny how people see things differently.

#2 is the only one that doesn't work for me; at least not without a substantial crop from the foreground.

I agree with Geoff, #2 I think it would look great cropping some off the bottom, so the trees and hills are centered.

[Karm Redland]

When I first looked at these images I had the same thought as Geoff about eliminating a lot of the foreground on the second image. However, the more I look at these images (3 times today) the more I like the foreground. For me it has a certain level of energy that draw me in. I can now see it going either way.

karm

[ShaneS]

I like where you went with these image Hui. I will be a bit different is saying the I like #4 and will throw different idea at you for the second image...instead of cropping out the foreground (which I like and has been suggested) why not take out the top portion of the sky to just above the white cloud? Then the foreground becomes even more powerful IMHO.

[Mike Buckley]

It's one thing to make a stunning photo. It's quite another thing to make a stunning series of photos. You've done the latter.

[Hui Song]

Since I do not know the process it's hard to critique these. I absolutely love them though. Is this technique available with a quick Google search.

Thanks for sharing.

Sorry for reply your comment late. I was too busy to get on CIC last too days.

Chinese Ink wash is a traditional Chinese brush painting style. There is no such technique application in PS or LR to precess image to this style. I just have the character of this style in my mind and use all the basic tool in LR and PS to achieve that.

[Hui Song]

Hi Hui,

Just my very personal opinion:

I think you have a very good eye and inner artistic inclination. Personally I do not believe you need to do any additional “trick processing” to “make” good images. You have a talent for capturing images that are pleasing to the viewers eye.

Your original set was as good as it gets. Just let your inner feeling for nature and your talent for capturing those moments flow. Your style – your trade mark.

Hi Andre,

Thanks for your comments. But after I open the original raw file in computer, I feel these are not fully represent my feeling. It stake me a while to figure out how to do the PP for these image. I think the final idea of "Chinese ink wash painting" style does match these fog image in my mind.

[Hui Song]

Hi John, David, John 2, karm, Nandakumar, Jack, Richard, Binnur, Sharon, Mike,

Thanks all of you for your warm words.