We have all had times when the scene before us looks better in person than it does through the camera. Rather than deleting those images try applying an artistic filter to add some interest. Photoshop has many built in and some free available for download. Depending on your needs and budget there is a myriad of plugins available for purchase. I've purchased the photographer bundle from Topaz Labs. Among enhancement filters there are artistic filters. The best part is the effects are customizable. The following image was a panoramic HDR of the forest that surrounds the Gull Lake timeshare our family enjoys every fall. Initially the panoramic didn't really have the interest that I was looking for. After using a couple different filters the final image was much more to my liking.
For the final image I used a plugin that gave it the look of an oil painting. If you go to
my SmugMug site and look at the image full size (original size) you will see it even adds brush strokes. I had it printed as a 10x30 and am quite pleased with how it turned out. It would look even better on canvas.
Next time you have an image that didn't capture quite as you would like, try getting creative with the processing and you may find that a dud image turns into something great.
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