More Impressionist Photography

Feedback is candy.

... it asks what size I want them, I type that in, and it puts them up full size. To resize them I have to use the LJ edit function. I don't always remember to do that. These pictures should appear smaller now. I don't like the way huge photos mess up my screen.

Impressionist art is supposed to capture the essense of a thing rather than its exact visual appearance:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impressionism
http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761553672/Impressionism_(art).html

When the first batch of photos came out mostly awful, I still posted some because I'd promised to show people the results whether good or bad. Several folks independently compared the very blurry flower photos to the light, spontaneous, soft-focus Impressionist school of art. (There is actually a photography stunt that involves using vaseline to get a blurry effect.) So I figured that was worth exploring further.

Cool. Art can be lots of fun if you don't take it too seriously. There are plenty of good books on the topic, and good websites. You might enjoy exploring the different "schools" or "styles" of art and what makes each one distinctive. Another fun thing is to investigate different media such as watercolor, oil, acrylic, etc.

I highly recommend that you visit haikujaguar and read her art posts. She often includes photos of paintings in progress, plus discussion of techniques and processes.