I've worked on this shot and had to use the filters in CS5 to give it more impact. Do you think this is too much effect? Is it still a photograph or has it become art?
Well I like the second one better! lol Less dark shadows on the petals and the branches. Doesn't look washed out at all......looks more real, actually.
My 2 cents . . . I like the first one, but then my preference is always for the colors to pop . . . and so what if it looks like a painting . . . it's beautiful and evokes an emotion, so that makes it art!