Sometimes it's straight photography but other times...

[newmikey]

I like mucking about in post to see what I get using a wide variety of techniques from sketch filters to mirroring (parts of) images and using extreme B&W contrasts. It just makes photography as a whole so much fun to always discover new ways to express reality and capture it in a flat image. Here's a few samples (clicking will take you to larger previews on my own web album site).

A traditional Dutch landscape with the ubiquitous windmills


An Egyptian or scifi pharaoh-like mask which is merely the interior staircase of a tower (for the Dutch here: het Monument op de Afsluitdijk) on a sunny day


Modern architectural details (Utrecht CS)

 

[bgreg]

Nice-

 

[PentUp]

I like the Dutch windmill... If I could do that I would print on canvas and pretend to my friends that I was also a fine artist

 

[phinew]

Me too, the windmill landscape is terrific. Nicely done.

 

[Box Man]

I like this colored sketch with pencil. It could be mistaken for a photograph.

 

[newmikey]

I like this colored sketch with pencil. It could be mistaken for a photograph.

Well, it started out as a photograph as you can see from its EXIF info. I didn't do any sketching, I can assure you. (it would have looked really bad if I'd have tried)

 

[TripleC]

Wonderful series and yes the windmill image is superb. Nicely done