Poipu Palms Painting Acrylic Print

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From our hotel balcony after sunset. On the south side of the island of Kauai, Hawaii, USA. The town of Poipu had a population in 2010 of 979 people . . . and almost as many hotels.

The original photograph was altered to achieve the look of a painting. By employing the 'pixel peeper' provided by Fine Art America" and looking at the palm fronds, the viewer can see what a dramatic difference has been applied to get this rendition.

Through my photography, I share the things I see in the natural world around me. My photographic aim is to end up with a photograph I can share that looks like what I saw in my mind's eye and to have it appreciated by the viewer. To that end, I shoot in camera raw and develop it in my digital darkroom to achieve a high quality, realistic-looking photograph of what I viewed. Beyond that process, I sometimes take a photograph to an additional step by rendering it as an Impressionist might have painted it centuries ago or by giving it a 'dreamy' look through my own technique . . . it all depends upon the photograph in front of me and how I wish to present it. I feel there exists an immediacy in much of photography that does not exist in...