The International Landscape Photographer Of The year

The word we are looking for is "Commercial Art". I am happy with that, and then bereft of the label "photograph", these images in the main part are compelling.

It depends on the goal the photographer has for the final image - documentary, artistic or a mixture of the two.

My default workflow, especially with landscapes, is to first create a documentary version and then where I see potential, to create an artistic version without caring about maintaining total reality.

Then you haven't looked in the right places.

Many people like 'sterile and hygienic' and many people do not.

The big question one must ask oneself, when pushing those post processing tabs is, why am I creating this effect, and what does it communicate to the viewer.

Otherwise we are dealing with an electronic version of a childhood box of paints to make blobs of colour and strange effects for no other purpose than simulating a trip on magic mushrooms.

That is correct.

But people interpret images, especially artistic images, differently and so like most images some will like it and some won't.

You clearly don't like some of the images in the op but many people do.

And now for something completely different, and much more interesting. 😀

David

Yes, these are much more natual and more interesting for that.