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Aqueduct of Gier (France)

All the infos about the acqueduct here
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aqueduct_of_the_Gier

What did I try?
I'm steel trying to experience ICM technic. Here I took several photos that I added one on one with Gimp 2.10. I shot by moving the image around th acqueduct, like impressionist painters. That's what I tried to reach : a sort of like-painting photography.
For the moment, my attempts consist in shooting basic and single objects. When I try with landscapes, resulting pictures may turn into abstractions.

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I like the idea but not the results.
Perhaps a blend of in focus and soft focus images at post will give you more artistic control.
This one is too blurred for me and might be how I see things when I have cataracts.

Thanks for your post. Neither do I really that picture that much. I've to go further in making scenes more abstract, as I'd like.

I think you've succeeded quite well in your aim here, David! ICM photos very rarely speak to me, but this one does. It is very impressionistic and painterly, and. reminds me of Turner's "Rain, Steam and Speed". I think this is one of your best.

Or maybe I've just got cataracts!

That is not an optic problèm with your eyes!!! Thanks a lot for your very kine comment.

Hey David, this is an interesting technique and I feel you are on the right track.
I think the aqueduct itself looks good, but like all images all elements must support the composition.

In this case I don't think the vignetting is adding anything to the image, and as there is little to balance the main subject I think it might be better to increase it's impact in the frame.

Here's a quick crop just to use as comparison. This is highly subjective so go with your own gut feeling.

Well, you are right by considering the acqueuct. My goal, notably, was to see it into the environment. Little by little, i am about to be interested in subjects with landcapes. That's what I will try to reach: a basic object, probably very singular to be extracted from dits landscape which would be common and would be a sort of cloud of lines and tones. That's what i prefer the acqueduct into a wider landscape, and not an image focused on an object.

Sounds good David, you have to go with your own interpretation.
I'd be interested in seeing this the other way, as a smaller part of an expansive landscape if that is an option.

I love the technique and look forward to seeing more form you