http://www.pbase.com/clairabella/image/41755294

I find that when I see photos like this, they tend to be somewhat
striking, but I don't mentally retain them the way I do a good
"realistic" photo.  Some of them seem to exist only to illustrate
a "shock" value.  I was looking in a magazine the other day (Brit) and
it had landscape shots that were exaggerated in terms of colour and
contrast, violently so. To me, it defeats the purpose of having
a good landscape at your disposal, one that can be interesting
as it looks, rather than modified in a "scifi" kind of way.
But art is art I guess.
-Rich