
Slight crop, slight color intensification. I think this works better as a piece of abstract art than most of the others in my headlight/taillight series.

Slight crop, slight color intensification. I think this works better as a piece of abstract art than most of the others in my headlight/taillight series.

Cropped, color intensified.

Cropped, with slight color intensification.

Cropped and color-intensified. I try to keep my reflection from appearing in these headlight/taillight photos, but sometimes it’s inevitable.

Cropped and slightly color-intensified.

Tight crop, color intensified.

Tight crop, slight color intensification.

Very tight crop, color-enhanced, watercolor filter applied.

I cropped the photo and ramped up the color slightly. No other adjustments.
This is a copy of “Stormy Day,” the Isaac Levitan painting that I posted to my Facebook page recently. I applied a watercolor filter to the second palette crop. Actually, I think this palette is for another painting I’m working on that I’ll probably paint over. Whoops!
In searching for a photo of the Levitan painting, I came across many other paintings of his that I admire. See this site for a rich sampling of his work, especially “Shadows, Moonlit Night,” “Vladimirka Road,” and “Footpath in a Forest, Ferns.” The latter seems especially remarkable as a sort of Impressionism/Realism hybrid. Wow! Plaudits to I Require Art’s Facebook page for bringing to our attention the work of little-known artists such as Levitan, as well as lesser-known works by widely known artists such as van Gogh..