The Moat

Very nice image Ann, great work :))

I suspect the ‘dreamy’ effect comes from the ‘orton’ technique (which I’ve seen listed as ‘luminence’ and a few other names!!) ... certainly is a lovely end product … well done.

Love the orton effect Ann!!!!!!!! Love the soft feel of the Gorgeous and Beautiful Color. And the reflection is AWESOME!!!!! :-)

Fantastic shot

very nice

beautiful light and colours, great reflections too

This is an amazing image!

Beautiful light & reflections. Really lovely work Ann.

Excellent HDR,amazing colours!

Beautiful image!

Great image – sort of looks like you’ve gone back a couple of hundred years!

Great work

Stunning!

Stunning image
Love the horizontal framing

Very nice I like this.

I’m so Happy you decided to put this piece in our group Ann…... It’s a beautiful image and a wonderful addition to the Happy Haven Group!! :-)

wow it’s like a painting but what about the Orton Technique?

Your use of HDR and the Orton technique on an already beautiful image have taken it to another level. Bravo.

a wonderful shot.. well done

What a lovely image (though the techniques are beyond my small brain at present!)

Beautiful colours, lovely leading lines and wonderful treatment – A beautiful image Ann!

Stunningly beautiful

First of all Ann (because they pay me) excellent and I mean GOOD. As for those who want to know, the Orton Effect, named after Michael Orton who first used the technique, is a sandwich of two images, one in focus the other out of focus. Freeman Patterson and Andre Gallant have both used the technique successfully in their work as well.
The Orton image has traditionally been done using slide film with the first, sharp image overexposed by two stops and the second, out of focus image over exposed by one stop. It is important to use a tripod for this type of work to ensure your photographic elements remain in register on the film. The shots were then sandwiched together in a single slide mount to produce a beautiful, impressionistic image. We are beyond that now and with so many things in the world of digital photography, we can now duplicate the same effect in multiple ways.

John – thank you for explaining the original technique – those interested a digital method can be found here www.naturephotographers.net/articles0106/dw0106-1.html which also has a link to the creator – Michael Orton’s own website

Many thanks all for your time and comments

Beautiful work again Ann.

wow looks so pretty

Lovely colours, tones and reflections

beautiful!

So smooth and colorful!

Wonderful treatment..I relly like the dreamy atmosphere:)

stunning

Gorgeous colors and dreamy effect – and thanks for the link to the orton effect!

super creation Ann…. gorgeous feel to the effect…!

Beatutiful!

Stunning creation, love the mixture of effects. A true work of art.

wow – what a fantastic effect! great one.

fantastic there’s not much else you can say

wonderful image

Well done on all the treatments you used. This is beautiful!

Wow – that’s stunning. The colours and reflections are brilliant

YOU have an amazing style and your colour values here are enormous! great image!

Great image, stunning colors…like the effect

So very beautful :)

Wow stunning , lovely work

Beautiful treatment, I like it a lot.

serene and peaceful:)

Truly a stunning piece :)

Very beautiful.Great work.

congratulations on the home page with this fantastic distinctive image!! well done and thoroughly deserving!

Stunning piece of work

wow – what an incredible image – so love this!

congratulations on the homepage, beautiful HDR image and fantastic colours

This is a truly magical image

Top stuff Anne and all congrats on being featured on the home page.

Ann what a fantastic work of art. I can’t believe my eyes. Joe

Congratulations, Ann on the “Home Page” billing !!! An honour, thoroughly deserved for such a beautiful image with perfect, composition, lighting, tonal balance and reflections !!

Wonderful image – excellent effect

Wow, beautiful.. do you know if there is more information on HDR tone mapping here on RB? Looks like an interesting tool.

stunning image!

Very dreamy and romantic, lovely work!

Love the colors and reflections. Fantastic work.

Beautiful work!!! Congrats on the “front page” feature!!! ;-)

Lovely image, so colourful.
The reflection is wonderful.

Fabulous image. Orton technique suits this shot perfectly. Congratulations on your feature on home page. Excellent work.

Pictorially perfect

beautiful

outstanding, gorgeous, spectacular … oh, let’s just whip out the thesaurus and add in all the lovely adjectives we can find!!! Now, you’ve gotten me playing with trying to make Ortons all afternoon (not wildly successfully, tho) and I was supposed to be doing housework!!! OOOPPS!!! Seriously, fabulous shot!!!!! I LOVE it!!!!

CONGRATS ANN ! A stunning capture !

Completely well deserved !! What an honour!! I am so happy for you!!

Congratulations Ann, lovely photo!

... and congratulations on your Feature on the Front Page, too!!!!

... and congratulations on your Feature on the Front Page, too!!!!

Absolutely stunning, Ann. Congrats on the main page feature!

Beautiful Place and nice capture!

Very fine work. This looks more like a painting than a photo. the powerful colours, which remind me of a watercolour (my own medium).

This is beautiful work Ann. It looks like a watercolour. Love it :-)

Beautiful shot.:) Great colors.

This is a nice effect. Well done.

Gorgeous!!!!! An instant fav for me!!!!!