[henk4]

Originally Posted by pat_ernzen

First of all, that is in no way comparable to my pic. I would absolutely agree that that is far too saturated. If it were my pic I wouldn't take it nearly that far. Yes, the unedited pic is obviously more natural as the second one is just weird looking.

However, photography is an art form. Like all art, the artist should take their personal vision and go with it. I imagine you're the type of guy that hates Salvador Dali's paintings... Afterall, they're not very "natural" looking and a hair on the "unreal" side. My editing is far from extreme or "excessively reworked" IMO. Sure, it's pretty damn bold, but again, compare it to the original and clearly it's no where near as extreme as what you did. Besides, who are you to say I'm "overdoing it"?

first, I was at the track and waiting for the car to pass me but it did spin before that, so it is not "positoned" too far away, I simply had not enough lense to get it full frame....

Your comparison with Dali is out of order, personally I am a great fan of Jeroen Bosch's paintings.....

What I am trying to convey here is that we are a community with (semi) amateur photographers (or semi pros at best), who want to show what they see in front of their camera, and not what they would like to see.