Show us some Abstracts!

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

Been looking at JMR pictures too often, so obviously this happens: 30 exposures of a Dandelion.

I uploaded a large file, because you have to see the actual pixels to believe it...

I love it!
It does seem a bit like the Essence of JMR.   

[pegelli]

A wormhole?

[32BT]

A wormhole?

Slinky

[pegelli]

Slinky

Close but no cigar, it's much bigger

[32BT]

Close but no cigar, it's much bigger

Of course it's bigger. I didn't mean to suggest that it actually is a slinky. It being an abstraction, it just reminded me more of a slinky than a wormhole. But that may be a direct result of lack of wormhole memories on my part. ;-)

[John R]

No, a little Sony WX350. handheld, deliberately moving. Then stacking the images in post.

Oscar, did you have to align every image, or did you just stack as is? I kept this link to try stacking about 50 images for a very impressionist image. But I have hard time bringing myself to take fifty separate images!

See here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bFbbtosBd4

[32BT]

Oscar, did you have to align every image, or did you just stack as is? I kept this link to try stacking about 50 images for a very impressionist image. But I have hard time bringing myself to take fifty separate images!

See here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bFbbtosBd4

No, I didn't align every image but there is not too much difference between position in shots. I used burst mode and shot 10 pictures with each burst which takes about a second. I moved and rotated slightly during the shots, figuring that a single subject would possibly work best with slight rotation.

Aligning is possible though in the post-stacking process. Doesn't particularly take long, and would be well suited for the pictures as shot in the video. The attached image is a burst of 10 with alignment, which somewhat reveals the actual movement I apparently made.

[churly]

Lots of great shots guys!
A couple left over from winter.
Chuck

[John R]

No, I didn't align every image but there is not too much difference between position in shots. I used burst mode and shot 10 pictures with each burst which takes about a second. I moved and rotated slightly during the shots, figuring that a single subject would possibly work best with slight rotation.

Aligning is possible though in the post-stacking process. Doesn't particularly take long, and would be well suited for the pictures as shot in the video. The attached image is a burst of 10 with alignment, which somewhat reveals the actual movement I apparently made.

I prefer the first. Much more impressionistic.

JR

[John R]

I was too late for the pink fruit blossoms but I did get some crab apple blossoms. You make do and photograph what comes your way. Looks much better in large format.

JR

[Jim Kasson]

[John R]

Jim, you have been tampering with the Universe again. It's a time fabric weave oscillating. Or perhaps someone is compressing musical notes. Wonderful!

JR

[John R]

Ambiguous lines.

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

Here is an accidental abstract:

[John R]

More impressions courtesy of spring blossoms.

[David Eckels]

A Shadow Falls Upon the Land

[32BT]

More impressions courtesy of spring blossoms.

OMG, you're totally going Bob Ross on us...

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

Here is an accidental abstract:

Some of you guys, especially John R, use some fancy techniques to produce your abstract images.
I'll offer a free beer (but you have to come to Boston to collect) for the first person who can describe in sufficient detail the technique I used to produce my "accidental abstract."   

Eric

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

... I'll offer a free beer (but you have to come to Boston to collect) for the first person who can describe in sufficient detail the technique I used to produce my "accidental abstract."   

You were putting your iPhone back into your pocket and accidentally pressed the button.

P.S. Ah, the lengths I have to go to get a free beer!

[John R]

You were putting your iPhone back into your pocket and accidentally pressed the button.

P.S. Ah, the lengths I have to go to get a free beer!

Maybe I will reveal all for a bottle of wine!

JR