I shot the original picture with high exposure against a sunny sky. It reminded me a bit of my Aunt's Artwork (http://lindapence.com/galleries), so I decided to try to enhance the effect. I wanted to achieve the feel of water color, but I didn't want to distort it so much that it didn't appear to be a photo. I'm thinking of printing it out and giving it to her as a gift when I go to visit her next month. Any critique/suggestions would be warmly welcomed.


http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/1617/img0769edit11024nw8.jpg

It is sort of neat and might be a nice background for something but it is just too washed out to be much of a photograph IMO.

OTOH If you think your aunt will like it go for it!