Further experiments

For a long time I have been interested in the look of a painting and the look of a photograph. What makes a scene depicted by a painting so interesting and the same scene using a camera so dull and mechanical. I have been testing testing testing trying to get some answers - for example - the photo below to me has a certain painterly look about it that you can see well before you peek at the detail - or lack of it. I find this kind of thing fascinating.