Japanese-Influenced Icicle Images

This past weekend, I shot some outdoor pix, focusing on icicle formations. Some of them reminded me of traditional Japanese landscapes paintings, like this one:

So even though I hardly ever use the Photoshop filters any more, I though this particular photo would look interesting with the Sumi-E filter applied:

I liked it so much that I did a few more:

Takeaway points: it's your art and no one else's. Be inventive. Play with your software's tools. Create works that please yourself first and foremost. The joy that you get from creating pieces you love will attract the kinds of patrons to whom you want to entrust your "babies."

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