Show us some Abstracts!

[32BT]

"Castellation"

[David Eckels]

Too Many Balls in the Air!

[David Eckels]

To Infinity and Beyond!
Made me think of the Buzz Lightyear movie 

[John R]

Colour interrupted.

JR

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

“Crossing the red Line”

[32BT]

Colour interrupted.

JR

But beautifully interupted it is.

[32BT]

“Crossing the red Line”

Yes, for some reason i like this one a lot better than the one with the lamppost.

[John R]

Yes, for some reason i like this one a lot better than the one with the lamppost.

I didn't think it was much on my phone, but once at home you can see it is really striking.

JR

[John R]

But beautifully interupted it is.

Thanks Oscar. Bought another piece of glass to continue my experiments on light and colour.

JR

[armand]

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[pegelli]

Mechanical abstracts

[Peter McLennan]

Mechanical abstracts

Beautiful!  What are those mechanisms?

[drmike]

It's as acstract as many here.



Mike

[John R]

It's as acstract as many here.



Mike

Very cool Mike. The Slanted shadow really adds tension and interest to the image.

JR

[Tony Jay]

It's as acstract as many here.



Mike

Bravo!

One of the best I have seen in a long while...

Congratulations

[pegelli]

Beautiful!  What are those mechanisms?

Thanks, it's the internals of a mechanical calculator, it's an exhibit in the Science Museum in London.

[drmike]

Re lamp on wall - thanks for the support guys

[32BT]

It's as acstract as many here.

I'm not sure: is this a justification for its existence?  ;-)

For the sake of discussion i'd like to be a nay-sayer on this one. As far as abstraction goes this one would work as well (and in my personal opinion; better) if the lamp wasn't visible. Cropped just below the lamp so both shadows are visible would have equal tension, and possibly even a little more intrigue.

Additionally, the image seems to be (lens) distorted, which, for these type of images, is detrimental.

[drmike]

Without the lamp I think it feels too light with no substance, I think the lighter more delicate lines need that lump of near black as a contrast. But of course I am prejudiced as I saw and shot it like this which is pretty much out of camera.

I tried fixing the apparent distortion but couldn't eliminate it so I concluded it might be on the wall. I'm also pretty poor at fixing stuff like that, as fix one aspect another one goes wrong so in the end I think rude word it all I'll just go with what I have

Mike

[32BT]

Without the lamp I think it feels too light with no substance, I think the lighter more delicate lines need that lump of near black as a contrast. But of course I am prejudiced as I saw and shot it like this which is pretty much out of camera.

I tried fixing the apparent distortion but couldn't eliminate it so I concluded it might be on the wall. I'm also pretty poor at fixing stuff like that, as fix one aspect another one goes wrong so in the end I think rude word it all I'll just go with what I have

Mike

Well, the vertical colorgradient over the original size is very appealling but there is a fascinating reversal happening in the lampshadow. But that gts kind of lost because the lamp itself clearly isn't an abstraction and it doesn't quite "interact" with the available shadows or structures to form a story or intrigue. For me it kind of reduces the trigger to look at the image as an abstract and more-or-less pulls one into the reality of: "oh, it's a lamp on a wall."