Abstract smallscapes

[churly]

For a bit of a change - A couple of shots that lean toward the abstract.

[MikeWhitten]

My gut reaction to the first: "That's beautiful!"

Curiosity: What is it?

[Michael H. Cothran]

Abstracts are always difficult to judge or critique. Moreso than straight-forward images. One can only go on gut instincts as to how you react upon seeing them.
I find the first image to be very energetic, and the second to be quite peaceful, yet eery.

[jalcocer]

love #2, great shot

[luxborealis]

Love them both for entirely different reasons. Wonderful movement in photograph 1 - my eye continually moves through the photograph - I could look at it all day.

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

Love them both for entirely different reasons. Wonderful movement in photograph 1 - my eye continually moves through the photograph - I could look at it all day.

Me too. These are definitely my cup of tea.

[sdwilsonsct]

1: engaging. Just enough structure to suggest its origins and lots of motion to keep the viewer looking. Nice.
2: I like the use of real variation in background darkness to convey depth.
Scott

[eleanorbrown]

I love photographic abstracts and always look for images like these myself to shoot. Nicely done! Eleanor

[sailronin]

I really like the second one, very well seen.

[churly]

Thanks everyone for the comments.  It is hard to evaluate abstracts - it seems you either like them or you don't and it is often difficult to know why.  I tend to like abstraction because it opens up possibilities.

Mike - the first one is just a patch of long grass hanging over a short run of white water and a bit of circular camera motion - a bit of fun.

Cheers, Chuck

[ivan muller]

I like both and can only echo what everyone else has said...bravo...!