You all have been holding out. First of all, Neil, you have an incredible gallery of impressionist stuff. I don't if it's proper forum etiquette, but here's the link: http://www.thewarmland.com/p122120818
Melanie, your work is really interesting. I personally have mixed feeling about HDR pics that lie between more traditional photos and the really surreal stuff that you have, but I have no qualms about taking it to the extreme. I do not, however, have any idea how to get those effects - do you care to share how you get your HDRs to look like oil paintings? They're hardly recognizable as photographs and they are hauntingly beautiful.