March Madness

Today being Saturday, naturally beside the running outside and shooting the azaleas, the bees on the blueberry, the clouds in experimentation, I mostly sat in doors and watched NCAA men's basketball. Florida, then Louisville, the several in between capping after 11 tonight with Wisconsin and the four white men starting. Tomorrow it continues with Kentucky.
First thing this morning at 9:30 I made my way down to the Gateway Gallery where two Gainesville artists, Karen and Cindy, came over to give the few of us that showed up, ideas on decorating the 6x6 squares for the May fundraiser for the new gallery location downtown.
I would like to paint one but also have the option of attaching a photograph, or doing a woodcut type of work.

The last photograph above of the trees, the one signed, was one of  twenty five I played with on the Canon S100 in the backyard. This option somehow made the sky monochrome, leaving the trees alone. It was the one I found most interesting.I also liked the one where I made the trees blue as well.
It goes to show you can create an infinite amount of affects and looks from one scene. The trick is getting to know all these options well enough and being able to quickly apply the look to a scene, knowing mentally what look would best serve the scene.
I still wish there was the in camera make it look painted option, like I can achieve somewhat in the post processing.