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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 21, 2014, 10:24:13 am

Title: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 21, 2014, 10:24:13 am
I use the term "abstract" quite loosely, and I don't want to start any definition wars, so if you have something that YOU want to call an "abstract" image, feel free to post it here.

For me, an "abstract" is something that doesn't fit neatly into other categories, like "street," "landscape," or "portrait." It may or may not be a photograph of a recognizable object, but if so, the subject isn't what is important. If it is an interesting pattern, suggests something other than what it is, is evocative of some mood, or whatever, it's OK.

So hear are a few of mine in black and white to start things off.

Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 21, 2014, 10:26:38 am
And here are some in color, too.

If you really want to know, "what is it?" just ask.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: RobbieV on January 21, 2014, 10:56:07 am
(http://ppcdn.500px.org/49140964/5d3075fe2d33d0b94773fc62a84b10ee329fc753/2048.jpg)

(http://ppcdn.500px.org/6782282/7fea8f2fef3b4abe84eea012ed0c64758972310c/5.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: wmchauncey on January 21, 2014, 12:57:07 pm
A Crack in the Universe...

(http://i329.photobucket.com/albums/l383/chauncey43/crack-in-universe-copy.jpg) (http://s329.photobucket.com/user/chauncey43/media/crack-in-universe-copy.jpg.html)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: cjogo on January 21, 2014, 02:00:16 pm
Really like ::

                   ERIC  >>  RRAbstract -- a Brett Weston all the way  

                                      &
                   ROBBIE -- your B&W architecture ~!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: cjogo on January 21, 2014, 02:42:41 pm
abstract of a abstract    -- WW II metal sculpture  -- some projects of Poland I was walking .. A body blown apart in battle and shaped  to metal (0);
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Trevor Murgatroyd on January 21, 2014, 07:48:33 pm
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Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Richowens on January 21, 2014, 08:25:45 pm
(http://richowens.smugmug.com/Art/Childs-Play/i-B3BfL3X/1/L/_DSC0110-L.jpg)

(http://richowens.smugmug.com/Art/Childs-Play/i-v6KWxct/0/L/_DSC0394-Edit-L.jpg)

Thanks Eric, this is fun.

Rich
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on January 21, 2014, 08:43:49 pm
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8395/8708017903_b82709d7d2_c.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/slobodan_blagojevic/8708017903/)
Moving Walkway (http://www.flickr.com/photos/slobodan_blagojevic/8708017903/) by Slobodan Blagojevic (http://www.flickr.com/people/slobodan_blagojevic/), on Flickr
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 21, 2014, 08:46:20 pm
Good stuff, folks! Keep 'em coming!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: michael ellis on January 21, 2014, 11:31:35 pm
Two squashes
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: michael ellis on January 21, 2014, 11:33:20 pm
Some very nice photographs everyone. Thanks for starting this Eric.

Michael
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: cjogo on January 21, 2014, 11:59:19 pm
Maybe not really a abstract -- but lends itself to be different ....Velvia -- long exposure -- roof top --
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 22, 2014, 12:18:03 am
Nice!
It fits my broad definition just fine.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Bart_van_der_Wolf on January 22, 2014, 05:25:56 am
Hi Slobodan,

Funny, when I started reading this thread I thought I'd participate with this one, shot on my return from the Photokina:

(http://bvdwolf.home.xs4all.nl/temp/OPF/2137+39_Return-from-Photokina.jpg)

You just beat me to it with the posting of your version of the concept.

Cheers,
Bart
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on January 22, 2014, 09:05:21 am
Hi Bart,

Seems that your flight from Photokina was in first class (i.e., with unlimited servings of alcohol)?  ;D
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: davidh202 on January 22, 2014, 09:40:14 pm
I'll play
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: cjogo on January 22, 2014, 10:53:31 pm
P&S Olympus -- HP film -- '95
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rory on January 22, 2014, 11:42:38 pm
From a recent trip to NZ.

(http://roryhill.zenfolio.com/img/s8/v83/p1443027868.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: cjogo on January 23, 2014, 12:11:00 am
Top of the Pass -- Washington State ---
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Michael West on January 23, 2014, 01:09:12 am
I have  posted this here before in a thread devoted to "bubble" photographs

 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/41811370@N02/5254037463/)
(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5166/5254037463_e7d6f96173_b.jpg)
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bubble 2K (http://www.flickr.com/photos/41811370@N02/5254037463/) by povwest (http://www.flickr.com/people/41811370@N02/), on Flickr
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Richowens on January 23, 2014, 01:57:38 am
That's OK Michael, makes a beautiful abstract.

Rich
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: cjogo on January 23, 2014, 01:59:34 am
Some great colour abstract/images here ... I'll find mine someday ...
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: bns on January 23, 2014, 04:13:44 am
Interesting thread! I gladly show one which I am sort of proud of.

Boudewijn Swanenburg
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on January 23, 2014, 06:33:52 am
Not too abstract but here's one

Edit: and a second one (more abstract)…
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Peter McLennan on January 23, 2014, 12:30:33 pm
Superb, Michael.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Peter McLennan on January 23, 2014, 12:32:04 pm
My turn.  Burned computer power supply case found at an illegal dump.


(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7362/12104921903_164c305b0b_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 23, 2014, 12:35:20 pm
I'm really delighted with the offerings so far in this thread. There is a nice playful attitude.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on January 23, 2014, 12:35:26 pm
Love that one, Peter!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Peter McLennan on January 23, 2014, 12:40:28 pm
Thanks, Slobodan.  I love it, too.  It's a 40" square canvas on my living room wall.

You are FAST!  Are you directly wired to Lula?  :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: muntanela on January 23, 2014, 01:47:33 pm
Ice and water
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Bruce Cox on January 23, 2014, 02:32:10 pm
I like 1645-46-48QN, though I think it needs a catchier title.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: michael ellis on January 23, 2014, 04:21:03 pm
Interesting thread! I gladly show one which I am sort of proud of.

Boudewijn Swanenburg

That is certainly one to be proud of. A beautiful shot.

Thanks for showing it.

Michael
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: michael ellis on January 23, 2014, 04:24:27 pm
I noticed this a few years ago but didn't make the shot until today. This is a quick first take in B&W.

Michael
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: cjogo on January 23, 2014, 10:26:22 pm
SouthWest --- roadside ruins ...
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: langier on January 23, 2014, 10:32:03 pm
You like abstracts? You got 'em! Just a few of my many, many favs in b&w.

Enjoy!

FWIW-caption info--Sevier Lake playa, Utah; Crumpled flivver in the Mojave, California; Wheelmove irrigation, Oregon; Roadside paddle marker, California.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Peter McLennan on January 23, 2014, 10:32:45 pm
Beautiful ice shots muntanella.

We should start a separate ice shots thread.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on January 23, 2014, 10:36:18 pm
Love that sprinkler shot, Larry!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: cjogo on January 23, 2014, 10:48:27 pm
Some great images on this thread ~!!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: cjogo on January 24, 2014, 01:00:52 am
Still running across a few --  1984  -- Rollei SL 66

Three frames in row , off the roll --- the fourth image of a Danish photographer --started shooting in 1932  
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: wolfnowl on January 24, 2014, 02:56:07 am
Not sure if these are 'abstract' enough, but...

(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7019/6637423423_350c9f9e58_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wolfnowl/6637423423/)
2011 Lighted Ships Parade (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wolfnowl/6637423423/) by wolfnowl (http://www.flickr.com/people/wolfnowl/), on Flickr
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7030/6637410087_8b850061d1_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wolfnowl/6637410087/)
2011 IEOA Lighted Truck Parade (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wolfnowl/6637410087/) by wolfnowl (http://www.flickr.com/people/wolfnowl/), on Flickr
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7141/6565567259_58a3278434_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wolfnowl/6565567259/)
Clouds (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wolfnowl/6565567259/) by wolfnowl (http://www.flickr.com/people/wolfnowl/), on Flickr
(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3707/9891040394_a5dfbd6524_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wolfnowl/9891040394/)
Zygote (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wolfnowl/9891040394/) by wolfnowl (http://www.flickr.com/people/wolfnowl/), on Flickr
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8430/7846465560_3ff3b211a2_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wolfnowl/7846465560/)
Vents (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wolfnowl/7846465560/) by wolfnowl (http://www.flickr.com/people/wolfnowl/), on Flickr
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7278/7580494106_c1d1900f1c_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wolfnowl/7580494106/)
Underlying Currents (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wolfnowl/7580494106/) by wolfnowl (http://www.flickr.com/people/wolfnowl/), on Flickr
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8012/7123366483_99263befca_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wolfnowl/7123366483/)
Bubbles (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wolfnowl/7123366483/) by wolfnowl (http://www.flickr.com/people/wolfnowl/), on Flickr
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7200/6981151665_643c46e584_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wolfnowl/6981151665/)
Fun With Mirrors - Spider (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wolfnowl/6981151665/) by wolfnowl (http://www.flickr.com/people/wolfnowl/), on Flickr

Mike.

Vents, Underlying Currents and Bubbles are Marcia's not mine.  She uses her cell phone and I push them around in LR.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: muntanela on January 24, 2014, 04:02:29 am
I like 1645-46-48QN, though I think it needs a catchier title.

Thin ice on the flowing waters of the Roasco Creek, as seen from the small bridge near the Casera, West Grosina Valley. (I fear it's even less catchy to english speaking people than the alphanumeric one)


Not sure if these are 'abstract' enough, but...




... but in the zygote there are some signs of Kandinsky :o
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: sdwilsonsct on January 24, 2014, 01:24:06 pm
Great thread! I like your truck (?), Mike.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: bns on January 24, 2014, 04:25:44 pm
Got another one.

Boudewijn Swanenburg
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 24, 2014, 04:42:18 pm
Ooh! I like that!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: churly on January 24, 2014, 05:23:32 pm
Ooh! I like that!



Me too!
Title: Variations on a Theme
Post by: churly on January 24, 2014, 06:00:24 pm
I'll throw this one in under the sensu lato definition of abstract.

(http://churly.zenfolio.com/img/s10/v106/p402405456-4.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 24, 2014, 06:59:01 pm
That is definitely in the top ten so far, IMHO.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 24, 2014, 10:15:36 pm
Lots of good stuff. I used to poo poo "abstracts." But I finally learned that no matter what we shoot or paint or draw or sculpt, if people can relate to it and you like it, it is worth the look and effort. Here's a few from a series after a snow storm. I could not resist the red amid the snow:

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Winter-in-High-Park-2013/i-tVXdsXR/1/M/Dec%2015-%202013%20High%20Park%20106%20smugcopy-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Winter-in-High-Park-2013/i-tVXdsXR/A)

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Winter-in-High-Park-2013/i-hZPcGxN/1/M/Dec%2015-%202013%20High%20Park%20112%20smugcopy-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Winter-in-High-Park-2013/i-hZPcGxN/A)

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Winter-in-High-Park-2013/i-CmxbVRq/1/M/Dec%2015-%202013%20High%20Park%20108%20smugcopy-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Winter-in-High-Park-2013/i-CmxbVRq/A)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on January 25, 2014, 12:08:01 am
These two are as real as it gets, yet I hope qualify at least as semi-abstracts. From the Lake Superior:

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 25, 2014, 12:21:59 am
They're fine. Sometimes reality is abstract.
Title: Re: Variations on a Theme
Post by: wolfnowl on January 25, 2014, 01:02:45 am
I'll throw this one in under the sensu lato definition of abstract.

Well seen, and captured!

Mike.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: muntanela on January 25, 2014, 04:30:03 am
Another (the last) icy "abstract", some years ago: my favorite (loved) pool at the end of September. You can see reflected the sky and the  "Visega" (Festuca scabriculmis, yellow, by that time). West Grosina Valley, near the Rusgiai...


Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Peter McLennan on January 25, 2014, 07:02:19 pm
That is definitely in the top ten so far, IMHO.

Yup.  Beautifully done, churly.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Michael West on January 25, 2014, 09:30:43 pm
That's OK Michael, makes a beautiful abstract.

Rich

Thank you. The unexpected play of the light made photographing these seemingly mundane soap bubbles quite the experience

(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3377/5720536557_497f25229a_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/41811370@N02/5720536557/) 

 (http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3476/5791985931_817cae94b9_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/41811370@N02/5791985931/)
 
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: wolfnowl on January 26, 2014, 02:22:21 am
Some great work here!  Peter's 'wooden web' reminded me of this one, from a few years ago.  Sort of an electrician's nightmare:

(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5011/5490151647_d125187bdb_b.jpg) (http://flic.kr/p/9n9sP2)

Mike.

(And yes, that is a bush).
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 26, 2014, 10:26:52 am
Hey Mike, really like your abstracts. I lean more to the subtle ones, like your zygotes. I think Freeman Patterson called a lot of these, non-representational imagery rather than "abstract." Of course many are abstract. It doesn't matter, if done well, I still like them.

Here are three which I did using in-camera motion techniques.

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Oakville/i-4TmNm4s/0/M/Sept%208-2013%20Oakville-RBG%20227%20copysmug-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Oakville/i-4TmNm4s/A)

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Oakville/i-q2MGJdm/0/M/Sept%208-2013%20Oakville-RBG%20228%20copysmug-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Oakville/i-q2MGJdm/A)

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Oakville/i-LgQXt8C/0/M/Sept%209-%202013%20James%20Gardens%20168%20smugcopy-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Oakville/i-LgQXt8C/A)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Christoph C. Feldhaim on January 26, 2014, 01:40:13 pm
WOW !
This thread is exploding within no time - seems it was overdue.
And there's some stunning work in it !

Time to contribute:
Though I am not exactly sure which of these qualify as abstracts I posted them.
At least , I believe, they have some sort of abstraction of something in them.

Cheers
Chris
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: bns on January 26, 2014, 01:50:39 pm
This time one quite different from my previous one.

Boudewijn Swanenburg
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John E on January 26, 2014, 02:16:44 pm
Haven't posted in a while, so what the hey. Of all the shots I took at The Wave a few years back (most of them forgettable), this one stood out for me.

It was shot as you first climb up into the main wave segment.

John
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 26, 2014, 07:11:22 pm
Though I am not exactly sure which of these qualify as abstracts I posted them.
Chris
They certainly fit my loose definition of abstract. Nice ones. Welcome to the playpen, Chris!

Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: wolfnowl on January 26, 2014, 07:29:51 pm
They certainly fit my loose definition of abstract. Nice ones. Welcome to the playpen, Chris!

Eric


Yes, I thought about mentioning 'non-representational' vs. abstract at the beginning, but I thought, "Let's just have some fun!"

Mike.

P.S. I was at a presentation recently with Robert Bateman and he was talking a bit about his history in art and different styles of art.  At one point he put up an abstract piece and he mentioned that people have asked him, "What is it?"  The answer is, "It's a painting." Often the next question is, "A painting of what?"  His reply is, "It's not a painting of anything.  It's a painting.  We don't ask, 'It's a butterfly wing... of what?' or it's a sandstone mosaic...of what?'  It's a painting."
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 26, 2014, 11:21:57 pm
Right! This thread is for Photographs! The ones that aren't "Photographs of ...," unless they're just photographs of fun.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: muntanela on January 27, 2014, 05:22:51 am
You like abstracts? You got 'em! Just a few of my many, many favs in b&w.

Enjoy!

FWIW-caption info--Sevier Lake playa, Utah; Crumpled flivver in the Mojave, California; Wheelmove irrigation, Oregon; Roadside paddle marker, California.

I like them all very much, "abstracts" with very dense meaning... (The first, "Hiroshima-like",  is very eloquent in this respect) not only a play of forms.

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: stamper on January 27, 2014, 05:49:31 am
Washed up, just like myself. ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: wolfnowl on January 27, 2014, 09:33:47 pm
These might fit in here:

(http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2442/3998665973_178fb05aa0_o.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wolfnowl/3998665973/)
Full Circle (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wolfnowl/3998665973/) by wolfnowl (http://www.flickr.com/people/wolfnowl/), on Flickr

(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3255/2882561591_b7cf389284_o.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wolfnowl/2882561591/)
IMG_1444 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wolfnowl/2882561591/) by wolfnowl (http://www.flickr.com/people/wolfnowl/), on Flickr

Both made with an old Canon 6MP camera.

Mike.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Richowens on January 28, 2014, 12:45:54 am
(http://richowens.smugmug.com/photos/i-LnRzx9m/0/L/i-LnRzx9m-L.jpg)
  New Beginnng

(http://richowens.smugmug.com/photos/i-Bt7LQF2/0/L/i-Bt7LQF2-L.jpg)
  Storm Surge

(http://richowens.smugmug.com/photos/i-Kfr6Cz4/0/L/i-Kfr6Cz4-L.jpg)
  Here Today....


Rich
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: wolfnowl on January 28, 2014, 02:15:41 am
Love the leaves colour patterns in the third one!

Mike.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 29, 2014, 11:12:09 pm
Not to difficult to figure out.

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Oakville/i-WL2sM94/0/M/Oct%208-%202013%20Burlington%20Pier%20142%20smugcopy-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Oakville/i-WL2sM94/A)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Peter McLennan on January 30, 2014, 10:19:51 pm
One more.

(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5520/12184350964_fa29c7587a_o.jpg)

From Dante's View, Death Valley.

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Michael West on January 30, 2014, 10:50:45 pm
(http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6079/6054994100_74eddd4c82_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/41811370@N02/6054994100/)
Emptying The Net  (http://www.flickr.com/photos/41811370@N02/6054994100/) by povwest (http://www.flickr.com/people/41811370@N02/), on Flickr
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: wolfnowl on January 31, 2014, 01:32:42 am
That's a bubble maker and a half!

Mike.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: bns on January 31, 2014, 05:02:05 am
My version of a wave.

Boudewijn Swanenburg
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 31, 2014, 10:22:23 am
Neat!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Bruce Cox on January 31, 2014, 10:24:08 am
Both of the poles are graceful, but ….
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Michael West on January 31, 2014, 12:03:27 pm
That's a bubble maker and a half!

Mike.

I do wish I could find where this guy is "practicing" for his piad performances these days..

For me..there has never been a "subject? so insanely varied and rife with new opportunities. From the multi bubble prodcuing net bubbles to the mammoth bubbles several feet long changing in whatever light is available.

Ive shot photographs of these things as early 6 AM  in the summer,,and as late as 8 oclock on occasion and theres always something fresh to explore

Thank you.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Christoph C. Feldhaim on January 31, 2014, 05:14:52 pm
Rummaging in my box of lost shots ...
rumble .... rumble .... rumble .... rumble ....  ???
 ::) Here it is:



Strato


(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7307/12241612435_21bf64f955_c.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/feldhaim/12241612435/)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 31, 2014, 10:21:17 pm
I very much like Strato. Here are some more:

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Port-Hope-and-Cobourg/i-X4zPvVR/0/M/Mar%204-12%20Gastown%20184%20smugcopy-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Port-Hope-and-Cobourg/i-X4zPvVR/A)

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Port-Hope-and-Cobourg/i-g8ZGd4F/0/M/Mar%2011-12%20UofT%20008%20smugcopy-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Port-Hope-and-Cobourg/i-g8ZGd4F/A)

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Port-Hope-and-Cobourg/i-jHKNdjt/0/M/Sept%209-12%20Downtown%20TO%20012%20smug%20bwcopy-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Port-Hope-and-Cobourg/i-jHKNdjt/A)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on January 31, 2014, 10:45:38 pm
A recent one
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: bns on February 01, 2014, 09:28:50 am
I very much like Strato. Here are some more:
Number 2 is special IMHO.

Boudewijn Swanenburg
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 01, 2014, 10:26:17 am
Number 2 is special IMHO.

Boudewijn Swanenburg
Agreed!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: bns on February 01, 2014, 01:20:03 pm
After this one I am running low on abstracts I am afraid.

Boudewijn Swanenburg
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 01, 2014, 01:34:14 pm
That's a fine one.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: cjogo on February 01, 2014, 10:55:58 pm
somewhat abstract ....
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: wolfnowl on February 01, 2014, 11:28:56 pm
Somewhat abstract... is that like 'a little bit pregnant'?  Sorry, couldn't resist.   ;D

Mike.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: wolfnowl on February 01, 2014, 11:31:01 pm
Marcia captured this with her phone.  She was going to throw it out and I said no.  Pushed around a little in LR...

Mike.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 02, 2014, 08:36:21 am
Thank you, Marcia. Nice save, Mike.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Christoph C. Feldhaim on February 02, 2014, 08:42:06 am
I like this thread more and more - really good stuff coming up with some occasional gems.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: cjogo on February 02, 2014, 04:16:03 pm
Looks to be a ..
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 02, 2014, 05:40:17 pm
A fabulous thread, and as Mike says, forget the definition, and lets see what you think is abstract, visually or conceptually.

JR

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-W5RxSC5/1/M/May%2019-12%20Rhodo%20pk%20142%20smugcopy-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-W5RxSC5/A)

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-FKH7857/1/M/Sept%202-12%20Milton%20tractors%20047%20smugcopy-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-FKH7857/A)

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-chLG65n/1/M/Aug%2026-12%20Evans-QEW%20bldg%20101%20smugcopy-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-chLG65n/A)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: sdwilsonsct on February 02, 2014, 05:57:23 pm
From the Rockies.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: cjogo on February 04, 2014, 01:19:51 pm
Poland  -- Kracow  > abstract  :::  Entrance to a Hotel ..
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: utahmike on February 05, 2014, 11:13:51 am
Long exposure - Surf in Palm Beach, FL.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: muntanela on February 06, 2014, 12:59:46 pm
Lago Turchino (Blue Lake) in september.


Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Richowens on February 06, 2014, 04:17:44 pm
(http://richowens.smugmug.com/photos/i-jd8gw4b/0/L/i-jd8gw4b-L.jpg)

                                Rain On My Window
                                          2005
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Michael Haspert on February 08, 2014, 05:09:38 pm
Do these qualify?
BTW, the apparent face in the eucalyptus bark was found, not photoshopped.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 08, 2014, 08:09:03 pm
Took some today in downtown Toronto in the freezing cold- brrr! I missed the sun on the steps which would have given the image some real punch, but it works nicely as BW.

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-Q8brcCR/0/M/Feb%208-%202014%20Downtown%20Toronto%20115%20bw-smugcopy-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-Q8brcCR/A)

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-Lp9VW5Q/0/M/Feb%208-%202014%20Downtown%20Toronto%20119%20bwsmugcopy-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-Lp9VW5Q/A)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: wolfnowl on February 09, 2014, 01:55:08 am
Loving the work in this thread.  Keep 'em coming!

Mike.

P.S. A few more images from Marcia's cell phone (and LR)

(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8470/8390073023_dcbe3c7fa3_o.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wolfnowl/8390073023/)
Hydrangea Dream (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wolfnowl/8390073023/) by wolfnowl (http://www.flickr.com/people/wolfnowl/), on Flickr

(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8456/7934715542_58d13d04ba_o.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wolfnowl/7934715542/)
Sailboat (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wolfnowl/7934715542/) by wolfnowl (http://www.flickr.com/people/wolfnowl/), on Flickr

(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8011/7580492210_ba8554f561_o.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wolfnowl/7580492210/)
Night Patterns (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wolfnowl/7580492210/) by wolfnowl (http://www.flickr.com/people/wolfnowl/), on Flickr

(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7278/7580494106_2c26030f0e_o.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wolfnowl/7580494106/)
Underlying Currents (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wolfnowl/7580494106/) by wolfnowl (http://www.flickr.com/people/wolfnowl/), on Flickr

(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7122/7580493128_f0f8e681f6_o.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wolfnowl/7580493128/)
Bark (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wolfnowl/7580493128/) by wolfnowl (http://www.flickr.com/people/wolfnowl/), on Flickr

(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8291/7580491678_801bc3efd3_o.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wolfnowl/7580491678/)
Softly Smiling (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wolfnowl/7580491678/) by wolfnowl (http://www.flickr.com/people/wolfnowl/), on Flickr
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Bruce Cox on February 09, 2014, 03:13:32 pm
X
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Calohan on February 10, 2014, 11:05:21 am
High Pollen Count

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Calohan on February 10, 2014, 01:42:56 pm
Thanks, Peter.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 10, 2014, 02:01:34 pm
Quite a number of really nice ones since I last checked in.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: wolfnowl on February 11, 2014, 01:58:14 am
Well done, Chris, and I like Bruce's 'acid trip' too.

Mike.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Bruce Cox on February 11, 2014, 11:46:41 am
Well done, Chris, and I like Bruce's 'acid trip' too.

Mike.

I am glad you like it.  I am retreading old ground here.  However, I see it more as moderist stiyles from 1920's Paris than as "acid trip".

  
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rajan Parrikar on February 11, 2014, 01:36:12 pm
Quite a number of really nice ones since I last checked in.


I missed this thread entirely.  The 3rd images in your original first and second posts are beauties.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 11, 2014, 09:39:20 pm
The house was painted and I bought a new point and shoot camera at the same time. Here is one I took of a series of abstracts, more or less, of the walls and house.

JR

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-2mw3ppS/0/M/Jan%203-2014%20House%20003%20smugcopy-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-2mw3ppS/A)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: cjogo on February 12, 2014, 06:28:13 pm
Catching the tide
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 13, 2014, 12:40:36 pm
Time to add more of my own. Three very recent ones, all of ice from Plum Island a week ago.
1.   Bubbles in very thin ice.
2.   Ice pastels.
3.   "Rhein III"   ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: churly on February 14, 2014, 06:49:35 pm
Time to add more of my own. Three very recent ones, all of ice from Plum Island a week ago.

Eric - #1 is particularly fine.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: andaremos on February 15, 2014, 08:19:46 am
I had a bit of a layover so I went for a walk around the T4 in Madrid's airport.


(http://www.andaremos.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/madrid-barajas-t4-blinds.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Calohan on February 15, 2014, 07:03:40 pm
Abstract One A and Abstract Two B off my back porch.

 
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Michael West on February 15, 2014, 10:31:29 pm
Abstract One A and Abstract Two B off my back porch.

 

Is that not the Green Hand of Man in Abstract Two B ?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Calohan on February 16, 2014, 12:19:52 am
Naw, it's my fly swatter.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 16, 2014, 09:00:17 am
Naw, it's my fly swatter.
Like Michael, I thought it was Russ's hand.  ;)

Both nice. I like the fact that folks are being playful in this thread, and stretching the definition of "abstract" in any way they feel like it.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Michael West on February 16, 2014, 10:55:44 am
by virtue of function....an extension of the hand of man ;D
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Michael West on February 16, 2014, 10:59:10 am
Like Michael, I thought it was Russ's hand.  ;)

Both nice. I like the fact that folks are being playful in this thread, and stretching the definition of "abstract" in any way they feel like it.


ho hand of man here..expect those on my camera

(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5258/5415178180_e1a3a36275_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/41811370@N02/5415178180/)
Flying Carpet (http://www.flickr.com/photos/41811370@N02/5415178180/) by povwest (http://www.flickr.com/people/41811370@N02/), on Flickr
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Michael West on February 16, 2014, 11:05:04 am
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5246/5242925544_017f43334a_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/41811370@N02/5242925544/)
Industrial strength  (http://www.flickr.com/photos/41811370@N02/5242925544/) by povwest (http://www.flickr.com/people/41811370@N02/), on Flickr
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 17, 2014, 12:02:50 am
I am going to find some new ones, bt for now here are a few.

JR

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-JFrXcc7/1/M/June%2021-10%20Stratford%20021%20LScopy-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-JFrXcc7/A)

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Guelph/i-5gJV35c/0/M/Dec%202-%202013%20Guelph%20outing%20084%20smugcopy-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Guelph/i-5gJV35c/A)

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Port-Hope-and-Cobourg/i-ZJHvcZw/0/M/Sept%2016-12%20Downtown%20TO%20133%20smugcopy-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Port-Hope-and-Cobourg/i-ZJHvcZw/A)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Calohan on February 17, 2014, 08:02:49 am
An Abridged Pictionary
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Bruce Cox on February 17, 2014, 11:15:03 am
An Abridged Pictionary

The over all image works well and I like your dramatic separation of the reflections.  A little more space in there and you could rent it.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Bruce Cox on February 17, 2014, 11:28:33 am
I am going to find some new ones, bt for now here are a few.

JR

You may have heard this a thousnad times, but: the ones you chose fit together so well that they could do so tightly.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Bruce Cox on February 17, 2014, 12:52:23 pm
Blue* Star

[Modified in the afternoon so that it is less blue [not blue at all, really].]

[Re-modified 2/19/2014 I'll get it right yet. Anyway, it's blue again.]
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Ray Cox on February 17, 2014, 01:11:31 pm
Can't use a cell phone while driving, but, can photograph thru the windshield at a traffic light.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Calohan on February 17, 2014, 03:59:40 pm
Blue* Star

[Modified in the afternoon so that it is less blue.]





I'm having cataract surgery on my left eye, Wednesday so I will chalk up the missing color to a bum eye...well, not completely as the other eye still works marginally.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Bruce Cox on February 17, 2014, 04:34:16 pm
I'm having cataract surgery on my left eye, Wednesday so I will chalk up the missing color to a bum eye...well, not completely as the other eye still works marginally.


    I posted the first version immediately after finishing it in the morning.  When it soured on me, as many would have predicted, I chose to preserve some continuity the earlier posting in the interest of those who had correctly [modified to include Eric] liked or disliked it.  


  I encouage you to trust and take care of your eyes.  They are more true than my images, much less my captions.


Bruce
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 17, 2014, 04:51:00 pm
I admit I, too, was startled to see that someone had walked off with the blue in the star.
It's nice either way, as are many of the recent ones.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: bns on February 18, 2014, 01:52:35 pm
Found another one.

Boudewijn Swanenburg
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 19, 2014, 07:29:33 pm
I am sure you can figure out what this really is.

JR

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-whGkrrq/0/M/Aug%2026-11%20RBG%20070%20smugcopy-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-whGkrrq/A)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 19, 2014, 11:03:24 pm
I am sure you can figure out what this really is.

JR

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-whGkrrq/0/M/Aug%2026-11%20RBG%20070%20smugcopy-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-whGkrrq/A)
Absolutely, John. It's an abstract!  ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: huguito on February 20, 2014, 01:06:12 am
Really beautiful stuff everyone. This is mine, underwater shot from somewhere in the Philippines, Sea Urchin
Hugo
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: huguito on February 20, 2014, 01:07:13 am
One more
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: wolfnowl on February 20, 2014, 01:53:24 am
February Flowers...

Mike.

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Calohan on February 20, 2014, 02:19:50 pm
Elevator Music #1: Tall and tan and young and lovely, the girl from Ipanema goes walking
And when she passes, each one she passes goes - ah

Elevator Abstract # 2: Going Down



Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: David Eckels on February 20, 2014, 02:23:01 pm
Nice Chris!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on February 21, 2014, 10:41:01 am
I am sure you can figure out what this really is.

JR

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-whGkrrq/0/M/Aug%2026-11%20RBG%20070%20smugcopy-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-whGkrrq/A)

Tulips and Iris?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on February 21, 2014, 11:57:00 am
I just came across these
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 21, 2014, 03:14:38 pm
Nice rhythms.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: jjj on February 21, 2014, 04:03:42 pm
By chance a few hours before I came across this thread, I rediscovered of sub folder of abstract images in my film scans folder.
[Though Tinsley Viaduct shot is digital].


Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: jjj on February 21, 2014, 04:09:44 pm
This set of images did start out as an unusual portrait but got abstracted a lot further. And then hacked around some more.
So not really sure they are photos anymore.

.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 21, 2014, 04:50:02 pm
Nice ones, jjj. My favorite is the triptych.

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Christoph C. Feldhaim on February 21, 2014, 05:00:28 pm
I'm amazed again by this thread - so much interesting and beautiful stuff!
Cheers
~Chris
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Michael Haspert on February 21, 2014, 05:26:04 pm
jjj;
Dang. "Corrugated Green Fence" reminds me of something.
Ah. Here it is.
Title: !!
Post by: John R on February 21, 2014, 06:27:41 pm
Close Armand. But I don't really know. I was going to say "flowers!" The truth is I get so caught up in the colours, shapes and composition that I barely notice what kind of flowers they were. Of course if I were taking documentary style shots, then I would probably know the name of the flowers. It's been a few years now that I decided, even when the the weather is not that good, I will try some experimental technique to make it all worthwhile or interesting. Not to mention fun!

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: jjj on February 21, 2014, 08:47:56 pm
jjj;
Dang. "Corrugated Green Fence" reminds me of something.
Ah. Here it is.
Just needs a rivet!  ;D
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: graeme on February 22, 2014, 05:24:35 am
Very interesting thread: Here's my contribution.

Graeme
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: churly on February 22, 2014, 05:53:46 pm
A new contribution   "Around the Next Corner"
Chuck

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: jjj on February 24, 2014, 10:30:41 am
A couple more.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: powerslave12r on February 24, 2014, 11:45:53 am
Excellent work in this thread. Here's my (weak) simple addition, hopefully I'll have more to contribute soon. Picked this one out of the bin so I could play along.

I took this about 4.5 years ago and I don't agree with the choice of PP anymore.

(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2668/3914236193_b45a74dcc3_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/garagenoise/3914236193/)
Misaligned (http://www.flickr.com/photos/garagenoise/3914236193/) by power slave (http://www.flickr.com/people/garagenoise/), on Flickr
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: jjj on February 24, 2014, 11:51:40 am
I took this about 4.5 years ago and I don't agree with the choice of PP anymore.
I do that at times too. And at sometimes it's because the software has improved, so I can do a better job that I could then.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 24, 2014, 01:42:00 pm
I do that at times too. And at sometimes it's because the software has improved, so I can do a better job that I could then.
Me too. And often it's because I've finally learned how to use the software better.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: powerslave12r on February 25, 2014, 10:06:15 am
I don't know if this qualifies for this thread, but I quite like it.

Best viewed large (click through)! I love the overlapping ripples.

(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3711/9492927138_a85bd8aa1d_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/garagenoise/9492927138/lightbox/)
Untitled (http://www.flickr.com/photos/garagenoise/9492927138/lightbox/) by power slave (http://www.flickr.com/people/garagenoise/), on Flickr
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on February 25, 2014, 03:03:17 pm
reflections
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on February 26, 2014, 04:24:43 am
Another one…
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on February 26, 2014, 07:53:20 pm
bench
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: wolfnowl on February 27, 2014, 02:29:58 am
I continue to be amazed by the broad range of interpretations of the term 'abstract'.  Some excellent work here!

Mike.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on February 27, 2014, 05:17:51 am
I continue to be amazed by the broad range of interpretations of the term 'abstract'.  Some excellent work here!

Mike.

Yes, abstract for some might not be abstract for the next person… But I like the images so far.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 27, 2014, 09:21:07 am
I continue to be amazed by the broad range of interpretations of the term 'abstract'.  Some excellent work here!

Mike.
Me too. And I'm delighted that this is one thread that hasn't bogged down in arguments over definitions.

Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: graeme on February 27, 2014, 06:56:00 pm
Another 'abstract'.

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: jjj on February 27, 2014, 08:49:20 pm
Me too. And I'm delighted that this is one thread that hasn't bogged down in arguments over definitions.
I'm amazed by that to be honest.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: jjj on February 27, 2014, 08:51:52 pm
Anyway here's another…..


.

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 27, 2014, 09:09:39 pm
In many ways this thread, is, and hopefully will remain similar to the "Without prejudice" thread.

One more:

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/AGO/i-G27DrBR/2/M/Nov%206-11%20AGO%20167%20smugcopy-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/AGO/i-G27DrBR/A)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: muntanela on March 04, 2014, 03:09:02 pm
Cars and hares.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on March 04, 2014, 03:35:35 pm
Anyway here's another…..


.




That's bloody good!

Rob C

P.S. How come the image doesn't repeat here in this reply?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Michael West on March 04, 2014, 03:50:49 pm

That's bloody good!

Rob C

P.S. How come the image doesn't repeat here in this reply?

images being called from wen storage display

images that are attachments uploaded to the server here dont.

the image in the message you quoted was an attachment
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: stevenf on March 04, 2014, 03:54:58 pm
I wonder if this is abstract enough for this category.

Steven

http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on March 04, 2014, 04:10:32 pm
images being called from wen storage display

images that are attachments uploaded to the server here dont.

the image in the message you quoted was an attachment


No wonder I'm always perplexed!

Rob C
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: cjogo on March 04, 2014, 04:15:58 pm
somewhat abstract..
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: jjj on March 04, 2014, 05:16:43 pm
That's bloody good!

P.S. How come the image doesn't repeat here in this reply?
Only the t'interweb gremlins know.
And ta. :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Michael West on March 04, 2014, 09:43:06 pm

No wonder I'm always perplexed!

Rob C

that "wen" technology is tricky stuff!  :o
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 09, 2014, 03:24:04 pm
From the land of cold:

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/On-a-winters-day/i-Tf436Wj/0/M/March%203-%202014%20Badlands%20in%20winter%20036%20bw-smugcopy-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/On-a-winters-day/i-Tf436Wj/A)

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/On-a-winters-day/i-MXQfZ4H/0/M/March%203-%202014%20Badlands%20in%20winter%20111%20smugcopy-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/On-a-winters-day/i-MXQfZ4H/A)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Mjollnir on March 09, 2014, 05:23:30 pm
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7318/9532708068_4652bebe77_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/87368247@N00/9532708068/)
Hollywood August Morning, Stylized (http://www.flickr.com/photos/87368247@N00/9532708068/) by tanngrisnir3 (http://www.flickr.com/people/87368247@N00/), on Flickr
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Christoph C. Feldhaim on March 09, 2014, 05:32:23 pm
Time for another contribution to this wonderful thread:



(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7346/12882302143_6ccb74afa6_n.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/feldhaim/12882302143/in/set-72157641746785553)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: graeme on March 09, 2014, 08:03:09 pm
I'm quite pleased with this one.

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: jjj on March 10, 2014, 07:23:39 am
I'm quite pleased with this one.
From the thumbnail it looked like an office block through a window, but then it is kind of the opposite, which is quite interesting.

Have another...
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Bruce Cox on March 10, 2014, 11:51:42 am
Practice Sheets
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: cjogo on March 11, 2014, 03:53:53 am
a touch of abstract --how nature sees itself
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Bruce Cox on March 12, 2014, 07:21:43 pm
Imitation Cat Food.  Will she be fooled?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 12, 2014, 08:17:59 pm
That's the funniest one yet in this thread.
I always appreciate a cat that likes abstract art.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: kencameron on March 13, 2014, 07:24:56 am
Collaboration



Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Bruce Cox on March 13, 2014, 09:39:04 am
Collaboration





Yes, two bugs are smarter than one. 

At first I wanted to see more to the right and or left. 
However, with a little study, I see the scale is right for the simi-inclosed "M" shape in the middle. 
Not that I should, but I want to color it in.

Bruce
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: muntanela on March 13, 2014, 10:46:40 am
The forest barber shaves everyone in the forest who does not shave himself...
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on March 15, 2014, 09:20:59 pm
.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Calohan on March 17, 2014, 12:09:07 am
Rule of Thirds
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: cjogo on March 17, 2014, 02:20:25 pm
80's San Fransisco  -- 250mm Rollei  
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: cjogo on March 17, 2014, 11:30:17 pm
Mistaken -- double exposure ...
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Bruce Cox on March 18, 2014, 10:32:47 am
Mistaken -- double exposure ...

It makes the close rock look animated.

Bruce
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Bruce Cox on March 18, 2014, 10:50:34 am
Railing in a Pond
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Peter McLennan on March 18, 2014, 12:14:49 pm
Beautiful, Bruce. Is that ice?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Calohan on March 18, 2014, 12:18:06 pm
The Midges Dance to the Music of the Setting Sun
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: cjogo on March 18, 2014, 12:52:08 pm
It makes the close rock look animated.

Bruce

Just forgot to crank the shutter -- when changing a back ...   

Looks very strange. Especially,  since I took this shot in the early 80's and have just seen it. :-)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Bruce Cox on March 18, 2014, 01:23:04 pm
Beautiful, Bruce. Is that ice?


It has been cold enough, though generally too dry for ice this winter.  This is glare on wood.

Bruce
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: kencameron on March 27, 2014, 10:13:15 pm
Fissure

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on March 27, 2014, 10:34:46 pm
.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: David Eckels on March 28, 2014, 10:26:07 am
Ken and Armand: Both photos fantastic!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on March 28, 2014, 01:29:07 pm
Thank you.

A couple abstracts that are a little more traditional (the first might be questioned as an abstract to start with)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Bruce Cox on March 29, 2014, 09:55:26 pm
Pier
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: jjj on April 02, 2014, 07:47:50 am
Östermalm, Stockholm.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on April 02, 2014, 02:43:45 pm
Mosaic Rainbow
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Michael West on April 02, 2014, 11:28:12 pm
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2521/3852727822_41f32909a8_o.jpg) (https://www.flickr.com/photos/21247579@N04/3852727822/)



Hand Painted Detail (https://www.flickr.com/photos/21247579@N04/3852727822/)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: cjogo on April 03, 2014, 11:52:49 am
Walking the alleys -- Berkley in the 80's
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: chuckn on April 10, 2014, 03:32:55 pm
Rock sculpture, Hells Roaring Canyon, Utah
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: cjogo on April 10, 2014, 06:59:55 pm
Eastern Oregon
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: MattNQ on April 14, 2014, 09:47:32 pm
spa

(http://mattlarsen.smugmug.com/Other/Mashup/i-pF4r8xL/0/M/P1063998_edit%20mod1-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: cjogo on April 19, 2014, 02:04:19 am
Extachrome -- softar 1 -- Nikkor 105
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 19, 2014, 09:04:21 am
That one is wild!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: cjogo on April 19, 2014, 02:10:10 pm
That one is wild!


cleaned it up a little ... 
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Bruce Cox on April 19, 2014, 06:37:40 pm
Good job of cleaning.  The view of the moon lit trees reflecting in the still lake is so relaxing I see bits and pieces floating in the sky.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: cjogo on April 19, 2014, 09:49:02 pm
Good job of cleaning.  The view of the moon lite trees reflecting in the still lake is so relaxing I see bits and pieces floating in the sky.
  Nice  interpretation :-)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Calohan on April 20, 2014, 12:22:47 am
Shadow Play
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: cjogo on April 20, 2014, 04:13:43 am
Brno -- CZ Republic
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Peter McLennan on April 20, 2014, 08:57:04 am
Love this, Arlen.  Makes me happy and thirsty.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: wolfnowl on April 22, 2014, 01:59:48 am
A nearby ocean shore (as in about 300m from here).

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Bruce Cox on April 22, 2014, 12:44:51 pm
A nearby ocean shore (as in about 300m from here).



It seems the water has turned to stone.  When will it go back to water again?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: wolfnowl on April 22, 2014, 06:41:54 pm
Frozen in time perhaps?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on April 23, 2014, 06:41:52 am
A nearby ocean shore (as in about 300m from here).



Very chaotic, I like that.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Calohan on April 27, 2014, 12:23:24 am
Life in the Fast Lane
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Bruce Cox on April 28, 2014, 08:55:24 pm
In a Redbud Tree

Modified 5/5/2014
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: David Jilek on April 29, 2014, 09:52:40 am
Okay try this one.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 29, 2014, 11:08:16 am
Works for me!

There have been lots of good ones lately.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on April 29, 2014, 11:43:14 am
Okay try this one.

This last one is really abstract and very nice…
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Bruce Cox on April 29, 2014, 01:23:52 pm
I think making the top a little less bright helps.  
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: cjogo on April 29, 2014, 01:32:38 pm
Maybe not that abstract --
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: David Jilek on April 29, 2014, 04:54:14 pm
played with that Idea myself but it always seems to lose some purity to me. but that's me. Maybe if we met in the middle???
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: MattNQ on May 01, 2014, 12:32:37 am
Kind of abstract?
(http://mattlarsen.smugmug.com/MonochromeMagic/Light-and-Dark/i-RKqVn8z/0/L/DSC_8210mod1-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: jjj on May 01, 2014, 08:10:29 pm
.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: jjj on May 01, 2014, 08:12:22 pm
.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on May 01, 2014, 10:21:18 pm
.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: wolfnowl on May 02, 2014, 03:08:55 am
Some really intriguing work here!

Mike.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on May 02, 2014, 05:46:45 am
Are those ones, from Armand, from a science museum? I like them very much.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on May 02, 2014, 02:09:38 pm
Are those ones, from Armand, from a science museum? I like them very much.

Thank you.
Chicago Science Museum.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 02, 2014, 10:54:46 pm
(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-d2hCGvj/0/M/IMGP0064%20smugcopy2-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-d2hCGvj/A)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Peter_DL on May 03, 2014, 02:07:51 pm
"psychodelic flowers", at least that's how I named the corresponding Photoshop action
(which essentially preserves the most saturated colors while the rest is sent through some filters).

--
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: jjj on May 03, 2014, 04:20:43 pm
Trentham Estate, Woods
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: David Jilek on May 06, 2014, 12:48:51 pm
In the tall grass
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: PeterAit on May 06, 2014, 01:08:34 pm
While photographing an old building with warped metal siding, I came across this face-like pattern.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Bruce Cox on May 06, 2014, 04:22:04 pm
While photographing an old building with warped metal siding, I came across this face-like pattern.

I thought it could be a little more face like if it was a little less metal siding like.

Bruce
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Bruce Cox on May 07, 2014, 01:16:24 pm
Maybe not that abstract --

FRONT GRILL Paint BW.jpg is maybe not that original or rare either other than that you have done a better job of than almost anyone else.  I enjoy it very much.

Bruce
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: cjogo on May 07, 2014, 02:02:49 pm
FRONT GRILL Paint BW.jpg is maybe not that original or rare either other than that you have done a better job of than almost anyone else.  I enjoy it very much.

Bruce

Yes,  nothing too original ... just had gotten a the new Canon 20 D with the B&W feature ,,,
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: RSL on May 07, 2014, 02:46:28 pm
Abstract.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: David Jilek on May 09, 2014, 11:58:51 am
No Buffalo
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: RSL on May 09, 2014, 01:52:17 pm
OK. Here's another one with one or two elements out of the lens.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: David Jilek on May 09, 2014, 03:00:20 pm
I think you need to take one more element out. Its still way to sharp for my taste  :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: RSL on May 09, 2014, 03:10:39 pm
Maybe I could try just knocking the sensor out of alignment. That might be simpler.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: David Jilek on May 23, 2014, 10:41:20 am
And another one this time of Chicago. All done in camera of course.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: wolfnowl on June 05, 2014, 01:05:14 am
Nicely done!

Mike.

P.S. Was in an art store last weekend and saw a book on painting 'Realistic Abstracts'. I thought, "Isn't that an oxymoron?"
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on June 06, 2014, 08:22:39 pm
.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on June 07, 2014, 12:06:48 am
Nice, Armand. Especially the first.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Michael West on June 07, 2014, 12:32:19 am
The third image is outsanding
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: David Eckels on June 10, 2014, 10:23:46 pm
Palouse abstract
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on June 10, 2014, 10:40:32 pm
Beautiful, Dave!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on June 10, 2014, 11:21:29 pm
Beautiful, Dave!
Yes!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: muntanela on June 11, 2014, 04:56:17 am
Abstract.

masterful (and very concrete, material)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: wolfnowl on June 11, 2014, 01:55:58 pm
Well done, folks! Dave, have you tried adding a little blur to your palouse abstract to see if it becomes watercolour? Fine as is but might be fun.

Mike.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: David Eckels on June 11, 2014, 07:24:48 pm
Well done, folks! Dave, have you tried adding a little blur to your palouse abstract to see if it becomes watercolour? Fine as is but might be fun.

Mike.
My, but that would be impressionistic! ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Calohan on June 11, 2014, 10:45:12 pm
Superb!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: David Eckels on June 12, 2014, 09:11:39 am
I think this is more where I was headed in terms of seeing. The colors were indeed absolutely wonderful, but the silky textures, contours, and shadows were fascinating and I think more emphasized by the monotone treatment and toning to bring them together. BTW, it's number 20 sepia in SEP2.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: sdwilsonsct on June 12, 2014, 09:40:58 am
Very nice monochromes!
But colour has the advantage of reminding me that this is indeed a landscape, a revelation I enjoy.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on June 12, 2014, 12:16:38 pm
These are terrific, David. The color ones, too.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on June 12, 2014, 08:48:14 pm
I figure it's about time for me to show some more of my own, so here are four of my own favorite sand abstracts.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on June 12, 2014, 08:49:30 pm
And a mystery shot in a different vein.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on June 12, 2014, 08:58:40 pm
Beautiful, Eric! They (sand shots) must look fabulous in print. I am imagining rich, juicy, warm, dark tones, and glowing highlights!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on June 13, 2014, 12:15:54 am
Thanks, Slobodan. Yes, in my humble opinion they look great in prints.
I find I have better mastery of color balance in black and white than I do in color.  ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: muntanela on June 13, 2014, 12:28:16 am
I figure it's about time for me to show some more of my own, so here are four of my own favorite sand abstracts.

Great, misterious and (PlumIsland2) sensual .

 
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: David Eckels on June 13, 2014, 07:18:41 am
Beautiful, Eric! They (sand shots) must look fabulous in print. I am imagining rich, juicy, warm, dark tones, and glowing highlights!
That about says it all.
I find I have better mastery of color balance in black and white than I do in color.  ;)
I have the same experience; fancy that!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: churly on June 13, 2014, 06:17:00 pm
Wow! Some great shots from David and Eric!

Here is something from another corner of the genre.
Chuck

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on June 13, 2014, 11:58:03 pm
Very classy, Chuck!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rajan Parrikar on June 14, 2014, 12:27:10 pm
Eric,

Your four images above are top notch.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on June 14, 2014, 12:55:16 pm
Thank you, Rajan.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: graeme on June 14, 2014, 05:55:50 pm
Great images Eric.

Three from Lyme Park UK
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: graeme on June 14, 2014, 05:57:50 pm
And B & W versions - I'm dithering.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on June 14, 2014, 10:44:35 pm
I'm a big fan of black and white, but I think the color actually does add something to these, Graeme.
Nice set.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Bruce Cox on June 15, 2014, 11:44:58 am
Compound
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: James Clark on June 16, 2014, 04:53:03 pm
Here's a little geological detail from Death Valley.  Yes, another Zabrieski shot  ;D

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on June 18, 2014, 08:08:40 pm
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Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: wolfnowl on June 19, 2014, 01:19:12 am
Thanks for sharing, folks!

Mike.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: muntanela on June 19, 2014, 09:13:11 am
Läch de la Basa in June, Pedruna Valley, West Grosina Valley, Valtelline Valley.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 23, 2014, 09:36:34 pm
From a garden:

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-tKhvSJQ/0/M/June%2023-%202014%20James%20Gardens%20020%20smugcopy-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-tKhvSJQ/A)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: wolfnowl on June 26, 2014, 02:14:09 am
Did you happen to see Dorothy or Toto in that twister, John? :)

Nicely done.

Mike.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on June 26, 2014, 06:43:29 am
From a garden:


……

Beautiful but I feel like sea sick. It's so mesmerizing!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 26, 2014, 07:36:20 pm
I have been told Mike, all I have to do is click my heels three times and I can make these abstracts a full time occupation- in other words, retire ;)

Thanks for the comments Francois and Mike.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: diuser on July 04, 2014, 12:12:43 pm
scrapings
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 04, 2014, 12:31:34 pm
Wow!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 07, 2014, 06:34:17 pm
A good example of "painting with light."
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 07, 2014, 08:34:18 pm
Pattern abstracts

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-dvpHR2B/0/M/July%207-%202014%20James%20Gardens%20014%20copysmug-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-dvpHR2B/A)

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-jGH7rcF/0/M/July%207-%202014%20James%20Gardens%20004%20copysmug-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-jGH7rcF/A)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Calohan on July 09, 2014, 08:53:20 am
Dinner Barge.....

Peter

Nice one, Peter.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 29, 2014, 06:35:35 pm
From the colourful Garden.

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-48VVjmw/0/M/July%2028-%202014%20James%20Gardens%20116%20copysmug4-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-48VVjmw/A)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Steven Dente on July 30, 2014, 09:55:09 pm
Nice to meet all of you.  Great thread, with very positive vibe.  I am new to photography, and this wonderful site, so I thought I might dip my toe in and make my first post in this thread.

Abstracts are some of my favorite images.  Here is one of a rose bush, and some fronds I did using camera movement.  Enjoy!

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 30, 2014, 11:39:45 pm
Nice work. You have the hang of the technique.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Steven Dente on July 31, 2014, 10:39:02 am
Thanks John, I have enjoyed your images in this thread very much.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 03, 2014, 05:23:04 pm
Somewhat abstract, but definitely a bit surreal.

JR

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-DDQsDGH/0/M/Aug%203-%202014%20James%20Gardens%20008%20smugcopy-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-DDQsDGH/A)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Steven Dente on August 03, 2014, 06:16:20 pm
Nice John!

Below are two of mine that may not be true abstracts, they are of birds.  First the feathers of a Nicobar Pigeon, and second a B&W of the back side of a Peacock.

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 03, 2014, 07:40:05 pm
Very nice. I like the fan-like composition and the complimentary colours. The bw is also well done. Love the luminescent quality.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 03, 2014, 11:22:13 pm
Nice work, guys!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: David Eckels on August 10, 2014, 01:24:35 pm
Another...
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 10, 2014, 03:23:13 pm
That's a real winner, Dave!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: wolfnowl on August 12, 2014, 07:42:02 pm
Definitely. Looks like a great 'underwater with polarizer' image. Well done.

Mike.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Steven Dente on August 12, 2014, 08:04:00 pm
David,
  Nice image.  I love the images I have seen from the Palouse.  Its on my list to photograph.

Steve
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Steven Dente on August 12, 2014, 08:09:28 pm
A few more from my "Botonical" collection.  Enjoy!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: churly on August 13, 2014, 05:05:28 pm
'Light Rushing to Fill in the Void'

Wouldn't dare post this anywhere else on Lula but Eric is pretty broad with his definition of abstract.

Chuck
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 13, 2014, 05:49:25 pm
It fits nicely, Chuck! Not just a water reflection, either. A metaphor.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: sierraman on August 14, 2014, 09:47:22 am
Antelope Canyon
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Steven Dente on August 14, 2014, 10:01:09 am
I like it Churly!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Steven Dente on August 14, 2014, 10:02:07 am
Antelope Canyon is one of Natures finest abstracts.  You did a nice job with it.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Steven Dente on August 14, 2014, 10:06:13 am
Here is a Rose done Antelope Canyon style. LOL!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on August 14, 2014, 02:37:26 pm
Antelope Canyon is one of Natures finest abstracts.  You did a nice job with it.

Yes, beautifully done! Congrats.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: matoqui on August 14, 2014, 06:55:44 pm
One from home.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Steven Dente on August 15, 2014, 11:18:01 pm
From a walk along the San Diego waterfront.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 18, 2014, 07:52:49 pm
Here are a couple.

JR

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Badlands-of-Caledon/i-VV96vvD/0/M/Aug%2018-%202013%20Caledon%20Badlands%20136%20smugcopy-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Badlands-of-Caledon/i-VV96vvD/A)

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Badlands-of-Caledon/i-FfJJkRX/0/M/Aug%2018-%202013%20Caledon%20Badlands%20127%20smugcopy-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Badlands-of-Caledon/i-FfJJkRX/A)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Jim Kasson on August 18, 2014, 08:22:44 pm
Here's one:

(http://www.kasson.com/ll/BL373.jpg)

For how it was done, see this (http://blog.kasson.com/?p=1736).

Jim
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: wolfnowl on August 20, 2014, 03:29:15 pm
I know that technically an abstract isn't a picture 'of' anything, but I was looking at this rock face in LR and noticed subtle colours in the stone, so I pushed Vibrance and Saturation both to 100...
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 20, 2014, 08:55:39 pm
I know that technically an abstract isn't a picture 'of' anything, but I was looking at this rock face in LR and noticed subtle colours in the stone, so I pushed Vibrance and Saturation both to 100...

Just don't tell us that it's a rock face and it makes a perfectly good abstract.  ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on August 21, 2014, 06:38:10 am
Just don't tell us that it's a rock face and it makes a perfectly good abstract.  ;)


I can see a fossilised tulip… Lovely - abstract or not!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 03, 2014, 07:43:26 pm
Ring around the rosy...

JR

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-sJqVt3D/0/M/Sept%202-%202014%20RBG%20085%20smugcopy-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-sJqVt3D/A)
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Post by: wolfnowl on September 13, 2014, 09:50:28 pm
That would have been some challenge to plant!

Mike.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on September 13, 2014, 09:58:56 pm
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Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: wolfnowl on September 15, 2014, 06:03:27 pm
Intriguing. Looks like star trails, but I'm not so sure.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on September 15, 2014, 06:56:43 pm
Intriguing. Looks like star trails, but I'm not so sure.


That's what it is. It's a failed shot on that respect but I played with it and by going up on the vibrance and saturation I discovered the stars were colored differently (maybe an astronomer here can explain) so not all was lost.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: MattNQ on September 22, 2014, 10:07:44 pm
Twisted strings

(http://mattlarsen.smugmug.com/Other/Mashup/i-W4zKrqZ/0/L/DSC_5418_edit_1mod1-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on September 22, 2014, 11:22:38 pm
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Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 23, 2014, 01:20:56 pm
Fiery grasses and somewhat abstract reflections on my car.

JR

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-bJpnpJp/0/M/Sept%2021-%202014%20High%20Park%20034%20smugcopy-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-bJpnpJp/A)

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-MM9M8qG/0/M/Sept%2020-%202014%20Rockwood%20046%20smugcopy-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-MM9M8qG/A)
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Post by: armand on September 27, 2014, 12:05:44 am
.
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Post by: fdisilvestro on September 28, 2014, 03:52:03 am
Rising star
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Post by: francois on September 29, 2014, 06:46:08 am
Rising star

Intriguing!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 29, 2014, 08:25:19 am
Intriguing!
Very!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on October 01, 2014, 02:51:41 pm
Ceiling:

(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2947/15413223485_53e4ef5bfe_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/pu1Nmv)
Ceiling (https://flic.kr/p/pu1Nmv) by Slobodan Blagojevic (https://www.flickr.com/people/20843597@N05/), on Flickr
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 01, 2014, 05:09:37 pm
The last two are really fines shots Slobodan and Francisco D.

Here is mine. Not really an abstract, but I would rather place here than elsewhere.

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Algonquin-Area-Autumn-2014/i-FbvPBdZ/0/M/Sept%2028-%202014%20Algonquin%20Area%20104%20smugcopy-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Algonquin-Area-Autumn-2014/i-FbvPBdZ/A)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Jim Kasson on October 01, 2014, 06:02:51 pm
Lights, with an unsteady hand holding the camera.

(http://www.kasson.com/ll/_E301826.jpg)

Jim
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 01, 2014, 06:33:02 pm
This thread just keeps getting better.
Nice work, folks!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on October 02, 2014, 05:06:06 am
This is truly abstract, clean and beautiful!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: wolfnowl on October 04, 2014, 08:29:35 pm
That's what it is. It's a failed shot on that respect but I played with it and by going up on the vibrance and saturation I discovered the stars were colored differently (maybe an astronomer here can explain) so not all was lost.

Armand: We stars as white dots because our eyes can't accurately render colour in low light, but every star has its own colour based on, among other things, the size of the star, the distance from us and the age of the star.

Mike.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: wolfnowl on October 04, 2014, 08:30:15 pm
Just don't tell us that it's a rock face and it makes a perfectly good abstract.  ;)


Thanks, Eric!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Calohan on October 04, 2014, 08:35:00 pm
Strange Brew
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 04, 2014, 08:50:43 pm
Hey Jim K. Had a look at your website. Really enjoyed the images. I would say you are doing motion and e-motion studies.  Keep up the fine work!!

JMR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Jim Kasson on October 05, 2014, 12:18:15 am
Hey Jim K. Had a look at your website. Really enjoyed the images. I would say you are doing motion and e-motion studies.  Keep up the fine work!!

<blush>  I like the e-motion thought. I may use it.

Thanks,

Jim
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 06, 2014, 01:59:58 pm
Here is one that I took because I was taken not only by the colours, but also by the subtle lighting.

JR

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Algonquin-Area-Autumn-2014/i-zfmKVtM/0/M/Oct%204-%202014%20Haliburton%20and%20Oxtongue%20Rapids%20369%20smugcopy-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Algonquin-Area-Autumn-2014/i-zfmKVtM/A)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 06, 2014, 02:55:19 pm
Lovely, John.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on October 07, 2014, 02:54:52 pm
leaf
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: churly on October 08, 2014, 05:27:33 pm
Another botanical to follow armand.
Chuck
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Diego Pigozzo on October 09, 2014, 04:17:49 am
May I join?

Little scorched urban deserts (single shots and tryptic)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on October 09, 2014, 09:02:33 am
Of course, you're welcome!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 09, 2014, 12:12:17 pm
Good seeing, Diego!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: wolfnowl on October 12, 2014, 01:13:41 am
And thanks for posting!

Mike.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on October 17, 2014, 01:23:12 pm
.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Wolven on October 18, 2014, 01:41:48 am
Any feedback would be most welcome!

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-dN1YE3z1_HY/UUR9ZjKbVrI/AAAAAAAAGDA/WUqOeT7UffY/w1016-h929-no/Ripples.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: KMerv on October 18, 2014, 01:19:01 pm
Some of mine:

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-dFE1PS8a-EU/UV6l7Q8dHmI/AAAAAAAAA00/tZQbv2L0I9Y/w987-h595-no/_8140041_DxO.jpg)




(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-si589AEQm3I/UV6l7GiAyYI/AAAAAAAAA0w/FF0YOzXyJjA/w612-h787-no/_8130007_DxO.jpg)




(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-t1aUyDtTwDc/U0g8nJYtNGI/AAAAAAAAA2w/6qVyna70ITk/w649-h839-no/_3280400_DxO.jpg)




(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-xH1VxQpuB-Y/U0g-0F9AtZI/AAAAAAAAA28/zJsy8oQkbHQ/w552-h648-no/_3280414_DxO.jpg)




(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-rKBdyoNFJdM/U0g8mi365CI/AAAAAAAAA2g/-rTRBM8fj8s/w982-h588-no/_3280388_DxO.jpg)




(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-qcImEwrRNMY/U0g8nXQBA5I/AAAAAAAAA2s/JaTtVBGHYGA/w649-h839-no/_3280406_DxO.jpg)


Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on October 18, 2014, 01:58:37 pm
Hey, KMerv, these are really beautiful abstracts (and photographs in general). Well, maybe with the exception for #2  :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 18, 2014, 07:45:46 pm
Yes, they are very fine.
Perhaps the second is only semi-abstract. After all, it's really about the pattern formed by the objects rather than the objects themselves,
so I'd still consider it (loosely) an abstract.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 18, 2014, 10:52:19 pm
I agree with Eric. Nice work KMerv. Even the "(loosely)" based abstract is good in my books.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on October 19, 2014, 10:00:54 pm
One from today:
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 19, 2014, 11:58:37 pm
Quite organic, Slobodan.   ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: wolfnowl on October 20, 2014, 04:13:35 am
I thought so too!

Mike.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: SanderKikkert on October 20, 2014, 06:19:01 am
Hey, KMerv, these are really beautiful abstracts (and photographs in general). Well, maybe with the exception for #2  :)

+1 ! and allthough technically #2 would/could be named a 'semi' it's certainly fully equally gorgeous, inspriring stuff, thank you for posting (and making) these beauties.

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: graeme on October 20, 2014, 06:32:48 pm
Haven't posted for a while ( Computer Hell ).

Here are a couple of recent abstracts.

I'm very much enjoying this thread.

Graeme

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: MattNQ on October 21, 2014, 07:58:52 am
palm tree perspectives?
(http://mattlarsen.smugmug.com/Other/Mashup/i-477BZH5/0/L/P9161127-L.jpg)

(http://mattlarsen.smugmug.com/Other/Mashup/i-mxSqb9v/0/L/P9161123-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Stephen Girimont on October 21, 2014, 09:36:07 pm
(http://theintimatelandscape.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Impressions-1.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Stephen Girimont on October 21, 2014, 09:37:40 pm
(http://theintimatelandscape.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Sea-foam-Dream-I.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 21, 2014, 10:37:35 pm
Very nice, Stephen. Minimalist and beautiful!

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 21, 2014, 11:07:36 pm
Very nice, Stephen. Minimalist and beautiful!

JR
+1.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on October 22, 2014, 05:04:07 am
+1.


Smooth lines, fantastic soft colors, it's a stunning image.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Stephen Girimont on October 22, 2014, 09:00:23 am
Thanks everyone!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: fdisilvestro on October 23, 2014, 10:06:37 am
Experiment in post processing
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: bob_noble on October 24, 2014, 02:38:31 pm
Willow leaf floating under an willow tree.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Michael West on October 25, 2014, 11:50:31 pm
child's play

(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3939/15008015394_25a31cec55_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/oSd177)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Wolven on October 28, 2014, 01:35:53 am
Would you consider this an abstract?

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-L_VpIRFVa4Y/VE4oM7ouCPI/AAAAAAAASIY/Z42NoOIbP_4/w1566-h998-no/Large_The-creation-of-life.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Michael West on October 29, 2014, 12:09:54 am
in that the image was abstracted from "the whole" of the "subject" it is an abstract.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Wolven on October 29, 2014, 01:44:02 am
in that the image was abstracted from "the whole" of the "subject" it is an abstract.

Thanks Michael.

My simplistic understanding was if a photograph or painting is not readily identifiable or classifiable into a specific subject, then it would be considered an abstract.

Should an abstract always be a derived from a "whole"? Cannot "the whole" be considered an abstract in its entirety?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on October 29, 2014, 12:54:15 pm
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5613/15652907095_af0db9bb41_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/pRceWx)
Aqua Blue (https://flic.kr/p/pRceWx) by Slobodan Blagojevic (https://www.flickr.com/people/20843597@N05/), on Flickr
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Jim Kasson on October 29, 2014, 01:00:54 pm
Aqua Blue, Slobodan Blagojevic

Very nice.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 29, 2014, 01:28:59 pm
It's a beauty Slobodan. Of course I like the pattern and rhythm, but I particularly like the more subtle movement from dark blue to light.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 29, 2014, 01:37:51 pm
I really like all the recent posts here.

My own (very loose) definition of an abstract is something like this: "Any image that is interesting or fun to look at, where the interest doesn't lie in what the 'subject' was but rather in the visual effect produced."

In one sense, every "straight" photo is abstracted (via cropping in camera) from the scene in front of the camera, so I don't bother with that formal definition.

But that may be just me.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: seamus finn on October 29, 2014, 07:07:25 pm
Don't visit here very often. I'm glad I did now - that's a stunning shot.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: louoates on October 29, 2014, 07:24:18 pm
Here's one from a series of local "folk art" made of found items and suspended from wire beneath Chicago RR bridges. Many of the homeless who reside there under the RR bridges wanted to dress up their abode.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on October 29, 2014, 07:39:34 pm
Thanks all. In case anyone is interested in what the "whole" is in my abstract, it is a detail of the Aqua building in Chicago, known for its wavy balconies. Here is another view:
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: seamus finn on October 29, 2014, 08:19:35 pm
Oh, sweet. I think I'm on the wrong thread. Some stunning images here.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Wolven on October 30, 2014, 03:28:29 am
I really like all the recent posts here.

My own (very loose) definition of an abstract is something like this: "Any image that is interesting or fun to look at, where the interest doesn't lie in what the 'subject' was but rather in the visual effect produced."

In one sense, every "straight" photo is abstracted (via cropping in camera) from the scene in front of the camera, so I don't bother with that formal definition.

But that may be just me.


That was an excellent explanation! Thanks a lot.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Michael West on October 31, 2014, 10:36:46 pm
both

the entire image could be "abstract" in one sense...or abstracted in another..strictly speaking
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: wolfnowl on November 04, 2014, 11:44:13 pm
Great work, folks - keep 'em coming!

Mike.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: jjj on November 05, 2014, 04:30:31 pm
Stockholm.
.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Jim Kasson on November 05, 2014, 04:56:58 pm
Stockholm.
.

Eerie. Haunting. Good work.

Jim
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Jim Kasson on November 05, 2014, 05:00:18 pm
Las Vegas fountain.

(http://www.kasson.com/ll/_21_3989-Edit.jpg)

Jim
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: jjj on November 05, 2014, 05:29:54 pm
Eerie. Haunting. Good work.
Ta.
I like your Staccato stuff by the way. I used to do similar on slide film some years back where I had to hold camera in a really weird grip to prevent film from winding on as I took multiple shots and stalked my subject. Occasionally revisit that technique with digital. But although similar in concept, layered digital files don't quite have the same feel as bodged slides.   ;D
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Calohan on November 06, 2014, 08:05:18 am
Mexico Beach, FL lighthouse....Major Tom to Ground Control
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Post by: Bruce Cox on November 06, 2014, 12:35:56 pm
creek bed
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: RobbieV on November 07, 2014, 01:26:13 pm
(https://gp1.wac.edgecastcdn.net/806614/photos/photos.500px.net/80575125/4084135417e5a51ff75df3688324530270db8d45/2048.jpg)

(https://gp1.wac.edgecastcdn.net/806614/photos/photos.500px.net/74040373/bededed7b7c498ca6f383ded887d7cccdd29a2d2/2048.jpg)

(https://gp1.wac.edgecastcdn.net/806614/photos/photos.500px.net/74040367/3487874c0ab9245c2c4e4128c6ae60659fd4d075/5.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Bruce Cox on November 07, 2014, 06:37:53 pm
at home
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Tonysx on November 07, 2014, 07:37:38 pm
First one is fairly abstract and nice. The other 2 seem to be out of focus fireworks. How about the moon shot after a "couple" of whiskys over San Francisco bay with an 8 second exposure?

(http://tonysx.zenfolio.com/img/s2/v1/p788297556.jpg)

Oh! And since he started the thread, maybe Eric would comment on the entries?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on November 07, 2014, 08:16:25 pm
First one is fairly abstract and nice. The other 2 seem to be out of focus fireworks. How about the moon shot after a "couple" of whiskys over San Francisco bay with an 8 second exposure?

(http://tonysx.zenfolio.com/img/s2/v1/p788297556.jpg)

Oh! And since he started the thread, maybe Eric would comment on the entries?


Can't get more abstract than that  ;D
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Stephen Girimont on November 07, 2014, 09:11:20 pm
Took advantage of a flooded James River earlier this year...

(http://theintimatelandscape.com/shared_images/Rushing_Waters_at_Sunrise.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 07, 2014, 11:33:28 pm
I love the variety that you folks are bringing to the idea of "abstracts." Even "Content Protected by..."

I find the "out of focus fireworks" very appealing; more so than most sharp fireworks shots I've seen.

And Bruce's "At Home" is really far out: dreamlike.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on November 23, 2014, 11:23:27 am
New candy store on Michigan Avenue, Chicago:
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Bruce Cox on November 23, 2014, 05:01:43 pm
I feel Candy Store may be too much fun.

I think it could be made more serious.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 23, 2014, 09:04:09 pm
Since I'm more addicted to chocolate than to hard candies, I think Bruce's version may be an improvement.
But there's just a tiny chance that I'm being a bit subjective.

Question: Is either version more or less abstract than "Content Protected by...?"
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Paul Gessler on November 24, 2014, 03:05:40 pm
(First post of mine on LuLa!  :))

Here are some of my abstracts. Any/all comments appreciated.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10724484/MDPC/_DSC6594.jpg (https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10724484/MDPC/_DSC6594.jpg)
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10724484/MDPC/_DSC6217.jpg (https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10724484/MDPC/_DSC6217.jpg)
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10724484/MDPC/_DSC6066.jpg (https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10724484/MDPC/_DSC6066.jpg)
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10724484/MDPC/_DSC5247.jpg (https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10724484/MDPC/_DSC5247.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: jjj on November 24, 2014, 06:51:39 pm
(First post of mine on LuLa!  :))

Here are some of my abstracts. Any/all comments appreciated.

(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10724484/MDPC/_DSC6594.jpg)

(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10724484/MDPC/_DSC6217.jpg)

(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10724484/MDPC/_DSC6066.jpg)

(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10724484/MDPC/_DSC5247.jpg)
Nothing showing.  Try *url* tags not *img* tags for the links to see if that helps. At least you can then click on link [like below] to take you to image as image linking doesn't seem to work with your urls.  ???
I can see the links when I quote your reply, but nothing when it's posted. ?!?

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10724484/MDPC/_DSC6594.jpg (https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10724484/MDPC/_DSC6594.jpg)

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 02, 2014, 08:54:28 pm
I deliberately framed the image this way and took two shots: one in focus, the second out of focus.

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-DnTKCGM/0/M/Dec%202-%202013%20Guelph%20outing%20070%20smugcopy-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-DnTKCGM/A)

This is simple camera movement:

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-Th9Cgwh/0/M/Sept%2015-%202014%20High%20Park%20068%20smugcopy-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-Th9Cgwh/A)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on December 06, 2014, 09:51:07 pm
today
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Michael West on December 06, 2014, 11:18:38 pm
its has a distinctly DADA tone about it.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on December 11, 2014, 09:55:51 pm
reflections
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 11, 2014, 11:55:09 pm
Nice, Armand. And congratulations on making our 400th post in this thread!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on December 12, 2014, 10:29:39 am
Thank you, I didn't even notice the number.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on December 12, 2014, 11:47:53 am
Building reflection:

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 12, 2014, 01:03:07 pm
Nice one, Slobodan.
I find it much more appealing than either Rhein II or Lik's Phantom.  ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on December 12, 2014, 01:58:36 pm
Nice one, Slobodan.
I find it much more appealing than either Rhein II or Lik's Phantom.  ;)

Thanks! Ready to put your money where your mouth is? ;D
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 12, 2014, 03:24:00 pm
I like the zebra image, good eye.

My brother just go a new Nikon 7100, which he doesn't know how to use, so he asked me to take it out and help him learn the features. But I don't shoot Nikon, so I have to learn it too. Anyway, here are two from today which I think look better as BW abstracts. Especially since the light combined with the snow, was very harsh.

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Caledon-Badlands-20142015/i-S3nqcJv/0/M/Dec%2012%202014%20Badlands%20212%20bw-copysmug-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Caledon-Badlands-20142015/i-S3nqcJv/A)

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Caledon-Badlands-20142015/i-kWv5NzF/0/M/Dec%2012%202014%20Badlands%20215%20bw-smugcopy-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Caledon-Badlands-20142015/i-kWv5NzF/A)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on December 12, 2014, 03:48:19 pm
I like the zebra image, good eye.

My brother just go a new Nikon 7100, which he doesn't know how to use, so he asked me to take it out and help him learn the features. But I don't shoot Nikon, so I have to learn it too. Anyway, here are two from today which I think look better as BW abstracts. Especially since the light combined with the snow, was very harsh.

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Caledon-Badlands-20142015/i-S3nqcJv/0/M/Dec%2012%202014%20Badlands%20212%20bw-copysmug-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Caledon-Badlands-20142015/i-S3nqcJv/A)

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Caledon-Badlands-20142015/i-kWv5NzF/0/M/Dec%2012%202014%20Badlands%20215%20bw-smugcopy-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Caledon-Badlands-20142015/i-kWv5NzF/A)

They look very good!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 12, 2014, 09:53:03 pm
Thanks! Ready to put your money where your mouth is? ;D
If I had $6.5 million in my checking account, I'd definitely offer to buy one of yours, SB. 
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 12, 2014, 09:54:25 pm
John R,

Both very nice indeed!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on December 12, 2014, 10:33:44 pm
If I had $6.5 million in my checking account, I'd definitely offer to buy one of yours, SB. 

So you would give all your money?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on December 12, 2014, 10:55:58 pm
Building reflection:



It felt so familiar that I spent half an hour looking for it but gave up; this evening I found it by chance.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 13, 2014, 12:15:16 am
So you would give all your money?
I very carefully did not suggest how much of that $6.5 million I would offer.   ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Bruce Cox on December 13, 2014, 03:54:04 pm
in the park
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on December 13, 2014, 10:08:24 pm
in the park

I like it, don't know why but I do
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on December 13, 2014, 10:08:47 pm
.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 13, 2014, 11:23:37 pm
in the park
Best abstract selfie I've seen.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 14, 2014, 02:14:47 pm
One more to carry me through to the next snow storm.

JR

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Caledon-Badlands-20142015/i-k7XnzQr/0/M/Dec%2012%202014%20Badlands%20220%20bw-copysmug-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Caledon-Badlands-20142015/i-k7XnzQr/A)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: sdwilsonsct on December 15, 2014, 06:10:48 pm
Breakwater.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: fdisilvestro on December 16, 2014, 11:04:07 pm
Cavities or protuberances? I find my perception changes frequently in this image. If I look at the bottom left then I see cavities, when I look at bottom right it changes to protuberances

Regards
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: jjj on December 23, 2014, 05:25:16 pm
in the park
I like it, don't know why but I do
Me too.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: jjj on December 23, 2014, 05:30:38 pm
Chasing Bacon.
Shot on slide 12-13 years back just after visiting a Francis Bacon Exhibition.

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: muntanela on January 04, 2015, 07:58:37 pm
Sick weather yesterday in italian Alps.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on January 05, 2015, 03:48:26 am
Sick weather yesterday in italian Alps.

But good for photography, judging by this nice photo!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 05, 2015, 02:07:13 pm
But good for photography, judging by this nice photo!
Agreed!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on January 06, 2015, 03:32:25 pm
.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 06, 2015, 06:29:56 pm
Nice minimalist scene, Armand.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: muntanela on January 07, 2015, 09:18:33 am
I agree.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: bns on January 08, 2015, 03:38:39 am
Patterns

cheers,
Boudewijn Swanenburg
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 08, 2015, 02:46:12 pm
Nice! Suggests birds in flight.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: churly on January 08, 2015, 03:17:47 pm
Patterns

cheers,
Boudewijn Swanenburg

Nicely done.  A lot of room for interpretation.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 08, 2015, 03:51:27 pm
Nicely done.  A lot of room for interpretation.
I'd like to chime in, really nice.

I will be taking people on an outing this week to this wonderful place, where snow abstracts have no bounds.

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Caledon-Badlands-20142015/i-hxWjmZS/0/M/Dec%2012%202014%20Badlands%20076%20copycrop2-smug-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Caledon-Badlands-20142015/i-hxWjmZS/A)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 08, 2015, 05:16:26 pm
Do show us the fruits of your outing, John.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on January 09, 2015, 04:33:44 am
Do show us the fruits of your outing, John.


I'm eager to see the results…
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Jonathan Wienke on January 09, 2015, 10:35:57 am
Here's a couple of mine:
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on January 10, 2015, 12:09:28 am
Got snow
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Stephen Girimont on January 10, 2015, 09:39:57 pm
Not much going on today, so I decided to experiment with time and motion...

(http://www.theintimatelandscape.com/shared_images/Time_and_Motion.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 10, 2015, 11:29:14 pm
Here's a couple of mine:

Nice to see you shooting again, Jonathan.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 11, 2015, 12:05:42 am
Some really nice work from Stephen and Jonathan. this thread is great.

Went out this morning, but my fingers froze within one minute, so back in the pocket they would go. Went for a ride and jumped out once in a while and managed to grab something like this.

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Caledon-Badlands-20142015/i-gjFH8FP/0/M/Jan%2010-%2020115%20Caledon%20Badlands%20167%20smugcopy-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Caledon-Badlands-20142015/i-gjFH8FP/A)

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Tony Jay on January 11, 2015, 03:47:05 am
Fabulous!

Tony Jay
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: graeme on January 11, 2015, 05:57:00 am
Got snow

Snow 10 is lovely.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 15, 2015, 11:17:23 am
I went to the Badlands yesterday, but the light was very harsh and there were a lot of footprints to contend with. But I did get a few and here is one:

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Caledon-Badlands-20142015/i-NrqdRmv/0/M/Jan%2014-%202015-%20Badlands%20bwsample2-smug-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Caledon-Badlands-20142015/i-NrqdRmv/A)

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 15, 2015, 12:42:43 pm
Nice one, John.
I'm reminded of one of my favorite shots from Stovepipe Dunes in Death Valley, in which I had to spend an hour or more cloning out footprints.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on January 15, 2015, 09:55:25 pm
.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 16, 2015, 12:16:05 am
Very fine, Armand!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on January 16, 2015, 04:28:24 am
Very fine, Armand!


Puzzling but very nice!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on January 16, 2015, 09:11:26 pm
Thank you!
This is how it's done. I had the idea but it was more difficult than I thought to get a decent shot.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: churly on January 17, 2015, 11:03:02 am
Hi all.  Another shot for the abstracts thread.
Chuck
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 17, 2015, 12:39:20 pm
Nice.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Richowens on January 17, 2015, 03:10:49 pm
Yummy!!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: jjj on January 18, 2015, 06:35:44 pm
.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: BernardLanguillier on January 18, 2015, 06:44:09 pm
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7551/16125492168_3c60078952_o.jpg)

(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7566/16127181907_3615360e0d_o.jpg)

Cheers,
Bernard
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Jim Kasson on January 18, 2015, 06:55:42 pm
Bernard, those are lovely!

Jim
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Jim Kasson on January 18, 2015, 07:00:56 pm
(http://www.kasson.com/ll/_D309315.jpg)

Jim
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 18, 2015, 11:26:10 pm
Nice work, Bernard and Jim.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: BernardLanguillier on January 18, 2015, 11:35:11 pm
Thanks John and Jim!

Not really a domain I know well, but it's fun! ;)

cheers,
Bernard
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Bruce Cox on January 19, 2015, 10:16:26 am
.

I like TG Distorted Mirror...  

It has good use of grungy artifacts and black & white as colors.

It is pretty elegant for something so bedazzled.  Her good posture and the big red spot likely help that.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: jjj on January 19, 2015, 11:46:08 am
TA for the CC. It's also part of a larger work.
Taken on a 2.1mp Canon Ixus II some year back.

.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: bob_noble on January 20, 2015, 02:00:38 pm
Goose prints in bubbles embedded beneath the surface of the ice with lots of fracturing.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: duboisst on January 28, 2015, 07:58:02 am
Here's one I took while hiking at Mt. Baldy in California
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on January 28, 2015, 01:15:27 pm
ice rocks
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 28, 2015, 11:49:03 pm
Nice!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Calohan on January 29, 2015, 10:28:11 pm
So, there I am, 2 shots into a 5 shot bracket and this 10-12 pointer startles both himself and me as he comes around a clump of palmettos. He jumped, first toward me, then rapidly away though by then, I had not just ruined the bracketed exposures, I couldn't get any reasonable shot on him...though I tried anyway
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: churly on January 29, 2015, 11:16:19 pm
Essence of whitetail.  I rather like it.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 30, 2015, 12:41:12 am
He makes a very nice abstract.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on January 30, 2015, 07:11:57 am
Dynamic and abstract at the same time… I like it.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 03, 2015, 08:44:26 pm
Went out today and noticed the camera had a hard time focusing in the snow. But my eyes were not much better. I took this shot and notices that it is not all in focus, but I like it and can live with it.

JR

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Caledon-Badlands-20142015/i-s4wHLcL/0/M/Feb%203-%202015%20Bellfountain%20111%20bw-smugcopy-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Caledon-Badlands-20142015/i-s4wHLcL/A)

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on February 04, 2015, 02:40:15 am
Sweet curves!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 04, 2015, 09:47:59 am
Very classy, John!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: MattNQ on February 05, 2015, 07:31:10 am
tide
(http://mattlarsen.smugmug.com/Other/Mashup/i-nVvQ8gG/0/L/P2011487_edit-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 05, 2015, 11:50:41 pm
In the same vein as the splendid water movement of MattNQ, I have another kind of implied movement in the snow. My snow images are coming out really soft. So I think it is the inability of sensor to handle white of snow combined with so much bouncing spectral light. I think I will try a polarizer to see if there is difference.

JR

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Caledon-Badlands-20142015/i-HzCKGvb/0/M/Feb%206-%202015%20St%20Georges%20Golf%20Course%20074%20smugcopy-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Caledon-Badlands-20142015/i-HzCKGvb/A)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 06, 2015, 12:46:39 am
The softness doesn't spoil it at all for me, John. It's lovely.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: MattNQ on February 06, 2015, 12:54:55 am
It has a nice feel to it John. If anything, the softness enhances the subdued tones.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on February 06, 2015, 07:06:24 am
This is  smooth and I like the "flow" of those curves; there's a sense of speed!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 06, 2015, 09:53:08 am
Thanks for the comments. I developed one more, this time with a more graphic representation.

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Caledon-Badlands-20142015/i-r3FqJM7/0/M/Feb%206-%202015%20St%20Georges%20Golf%20Course%20082%20smug-bwcopy-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Caledon-Badlands-20142015/i-r3FqJM7/A)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 06, 2015, 02:40:51 pm
That's excellent, too.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: mbaginy on February 08, 2015, 06:10:01 am
Some years ago I was hiking along the still young Danube in southern Germany.  Weather was great as well as the light.  I enjoyed an hour of rest and photography along the shore.  Especially the colors, reflected in the river, caught my eye.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 08, 2015, 01:33:41 pm
Nice colors, nicely composed.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: mbaginy on February 08, 2015, 01:42:26 pm
Maybe you see a panther's head too.  I like tree bark.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: churly on February 12, 2015, 04:01:26 pm
One of my recent favorites.
Chuck
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 12, 2015, 08:50:38 pm
This is more like a landscape, as you can see the wind whipping the snow around. It was great to watch.

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Caledon-Badlands-20142015/i-qg2LzcH/0/M/Feb%2012-%202015%20Badlands%20Caledon%20039%20bw-copysmug-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Caledon-Badlands-20142015/i-qg2LzcH/A)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 13, 2015, 12:10:56 am
Nice one, John!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: churly on February 13, 2015, 05:46:50 am
Yes another nice shot John.  You seem to have an endless supply of of nice snow dunes.  Well done.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: DanPBrown on February 13, 2015, 08:34:03 am
Frost on a window.
Dan
www.danbrownphotography.com
(http://www.danbrownphotography.com/galleries/albums/userpics/4928.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: DanPBrown on February 13, 2015, 08:34:56 am
Another frost image.
Dan
www.danbrownphotography.com
(http://www.danbrownphotography.com/galleries/albums/userpics/February_Frost.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 13, 2015, 09:29:41 am
Thanks for the comments Eric and Chuck. I try to take advantage of every new snowfall before people trod on the hills. Dan here seems to have an endless supply of excellent frost patterns. I believe last year he also showed us some wonderful samples.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 13, 2015, 11:40:11 am
Dan here seems to have an endless supply of excellent frost patterns. I believe last year he also showed us some wonderful samples.

JR
Amen! We've had some frosty windows lately, but none in Dan's league.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on February 13, 2015, 12:09:37 pm
The last one is unbelievable!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Jim Kasson on February 13, 2015, 01:13:00 pm

Another frost image.


Wow!

Jim
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: DanPBrown on February 13, 2015, 03:49:52 pm
Thanks guys. I took some last year but nothing turn out well. The b&w image was taken in my shed back in 2007. It is a small pattern, about an inch across. The shed hasn't produced such patterns since.
I thought the frost images would be good sellers but they turned out not to be. The few people that did show interest in them were very enthusiastic though.
Dan
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: churly on February 13, 2015, 04:37:49 pm
I'm late to the game as usual but, these are indeed extraordinary shots Dan!
Chuck
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 15, 2015, 07:30:28 pm
It's nice to see that pictures are now visible again!  :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 16, 2015, 10:44:41 am
I'm trying to learn how to do effective bw conversions, and maybe I will try split toning as well. The effects I have seen can be quite good.

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Caledon-Badlands-20142015/i-bWdj2vc/0/M/Feb%2012-%202015%20Badlands%20Caledon%20099%20bwcopy-smugsize-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Caledon-Badlands-20142015/i-bWdj2vc/A)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: churly on February 19, 2015, 06:20:37 pm
"I Changed My Mind"

I'm not sure this one qualifies as an abstract.  Perhaps an abstracted story?  Anyway I find it amusing.
Chuck

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 19, 2015, 07:57:53 pm
I'd call it abstract, with just a nod toward "Street."
Nice.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on February 23, 2015, 05:46:31 am
…I'm not sure this one qualifies as an abstract.


Well, it depends on your imagination. For me, it works and I like it.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Kerry L on February 23, 2015, 01:08:17 pm
While I am enjoying looking at the recent posts of snow scenes and ice sculptures, I decided that I needed to spend sometime catching up on my own personal work. These are a few taken last summer at a spot NW of Toronto and a short drive from my home in SW Ontario.

Overall, I like how the red limestone (it's not been super-saturated) is shown in these, I also like the B&W versions of some of the images.

Taken with:
D3x using a 17-35mm @f11
No filters used
Processed with CaptureONE v8.1
3rd party B&W styles.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: churly on February 24, 2015, 06:16:25 pm
'Thought bubbles'
One of those days you just can't quiet the internal dialogue'

Chuck
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on February 24, 2015, 06:27:18 pm
Very nice, Chuck!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 24, 2015, 08:02:51 pm
How about abstract with some landscape:

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Caledon-Badlands-20142015/i-B3MMSGm/0/M/Feb%2012-%202015%20Badlands%20Caledon%20082%20smugcopy-bw-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Caledon-Badlands-20142015/i-B3MMSGm/A)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: David Eckels on February 26, 2015, 10:09:31 am
Fun Bush. OK, it's a crappy title :P
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: churly on February 26, 2015, 05:20:02 pm
Nice shot Dave.  I rather like the title as well.
Chuck
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: churly on February 27, 2015, 07:37:28 pm
'Whirlpools of Time'

Just a bit of fun.
Chuck
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Tony Jay on February 27, 2015, 07:44:18 pm
'Whirlpools of Time'

Just a bit of fun.
Chuck
Actually that is a very fine shot  - I like it very much!

Tony Jay
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: churly on February 28, 2015, 07:36:35 am
Actually that is a very fine shot  - I like it very much!

Tony Jay

Thanks Tony. 
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: -Tom- on February 28, 2015, 07:02:27 pm
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8601/16666997835_23783ac44c_c.jpg)
City lights
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Tony Jay on February 28, 2015, 07:11:27 pm
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8601/16666997835_23783ac44c_c.jpg)
City lights
Beautiful!

Tony Jay
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 01, 2015, 12:19:52 am
I like it, Tom!

And I'm delighted that this thread has passed the 500 posts mark.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 01, 2015, 09:22:59 pm
It is coincidence that one of these photos, taken today, is very similar to Tom's image. These were taken in a place called Graffiti Alley. You can elect to photograph the artwork or graffiti, as it appears, or, like I have done, have some fun and give it an abstract bent.

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Graffiti-Alley/i-FpNmjmn/1/M/March%201-%202015%20Graffiti%20Alley%20045%20smugcopy-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Graffiti-Alley/i-FpNmjmn/A)

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Graffiti-Alley/i-363LXvr/1/M/March%201-%202015%20Graffiti%20Alley%20241%20smugcopy-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Graffiti-Alley/i-363LXvr/A)

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Graffiti-Alley/i-ppxwf22/1/M/March%201-%202015%20Graffiti%20Alley%20244%20smugcopy-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Graffiti-Alley/i-ppxwf22/A)

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on March 02, 2015, 07:49:31 am
This is getting wild!

Bravo
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: David Eckels on March 02, 2015, 08:43:05 am
Artificial granite pattern  ;) ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Jim Kasson on March 02, 2015, 02:08:00 pm

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Graffiti-Alley/i-ppxwf22/1/M/March%201-%202015%20Graffiti%20Alley%20244%20smugcopy-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Graffiti-Alley/i-ppxwf22/A)



Love this one!

Jim
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 02, 2015, 03:05:03 pm
Thanks Jim. That's actually the same shot as N0 2, but with a downward pan - for want of better term.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on March 05, 2015, 10:11:07 pm
misc
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Bruce Cox on March 06, 2015, 09:49:31 am
rebop
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Jim Kasson on March 06, 2015, 12:45:16 pm

Thanks Jim. That's actually the same shot as N0 2, but with a downward pan - for want of better term.


I know what you are doing, and I like it a lot. I'm a big fan of shaking the camera.

(http://www.kasson.com/ll/lv1.jpg)

(http://www.kasson.com/ll/lv2.jpg)

(http://www.kasson.com/ll/lv3.jpg)

(http://www.kasson.com/ll/lv4.jpg)

(http://www.kasson.com/ll/lv5.jpg)

Jim
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 06, 2015, 03:37:52 pm
Here is wow, right back at you, Jim. And unlike you, I am not sure what you photographed or how. Although one looks like a taillight from a car. I have to say, I like them all!

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Jim Kasson on March 06, 2015, 04:41:58 pm
Here is wow, right back at you, Jim. And unlike you, I am not sure what you photographed or how. Although one looks like a taillight from a car. I have to say, I like them all!

JR

Thanks. They're all neon lights, except for the last one, which was an LED display. A characteristic of all those things is that they turn on and off rapidly.

Jim
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 06, 2015, 07:47:36 pm
Really great stuff, both John and Jim.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on March 06, 2015, 10:12:08 pm
Fun things posted lately  ;D

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 06, 2015, 11:46:14 pm
That is a fun one, Armand.
I also like very much "abs3" in your recent set. A perfect minimalist composition, nicely balanced.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Calohan on March 09, 2015, 10:11:53 am
A Bridge Too Far         Out
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: David Eckels on March 09, 2015, 10:57:22 am
A Bridge Too Far         Out
Excellent!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 09, 2015, 11:47:00 am
Excellent!
+1.
(And not a heron in sight.)  ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on March 11, 2015, 02:07:15 am
Oregon rivers are running unusually low and clear this winter.
From this afternoon.


River Rocks
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Jim Kasson on March 11, 2015, 02:15:53 pm
Oregon rivers are running unusually low and clear this winter.
From this afternoon.


River Rocks

Yes!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 11, 2015, 03:37:51 pm
Yes!
+1.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on March 11, 2015, 09:59:31 pm
.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: NancyP on March 12, 2015, 11:14:38 am
Makes me want to take my shoes off and soak! Very nice indeed.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on March 12, 2015, 11:46:52 am
Makes me want to take my shoes off and soak! Very nice indeed.

I would bet that water was quite cold  ;D
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on March 12, 2015, 12:08:50 pm
How about 46 degrees F?  :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on March 12, 2015, 12:15:08 pm
How about 46 degrees F?  :)
A touch warmer than what I would have expected (I was thinking up to 40 for a mountain river in late winter). I did go barefeet through rivers that were below 40 in the winter many times when I was younger and let's say I'm not looking to repeat the experience.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on March 12, 2015, 12:44:20 pm
In a normal winter you would be right, The middle McKenzie River usually gets down to about 36-38 degrees in February, and then starts warming gradually to about 58 in late summer. But this winter in Oregon has been the warmest that I remember. Nevertheless, even at 46 degrees your bare toes would go numb very quickly.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: churly on March 12, 2015, 05:35:53 pm
Oregon rivers are running unusually low and clear this winter.
From this afternoon.
River Rocks

Very nice!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 13, 2015, 11:57:43 pm
This is really an impressionist photo made to look more abstract because despite enjoying those snow dunes, I really am looking forward to Spring!

JR

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-DPkXjzt/0/M/Sept%2019-11%20JG%20059%20smug-incopy-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-DPkXjzt/A)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on March 14, 2015, 01:25:26 am
John, I'm very fond of this impressionist image and the similar one you posted on March 1. They are good examples showing that impressive impressionism thrives within photographs, not just in paintings.  ;D
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: lynnphoto on March 14, 2015, 08:05:11 am
from a 35mm HP5+ original
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8668/16557317817_f5d7eecbb7_z.jpg)
by lynnb (https://www.flickr.com/photos/91846820@N00/) on Flickr
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Post by: graeme on March 14, 2015, 08:10:33 am
Nice one Lynn.
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Post by: lynnphoto on March 14, 2015, 08:49:54 am
Nice one Lynn.
thanks Graeme
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 14, 2015, 12:48:34 pm
from a 35mm HP5+ original
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8668/16557317817_f5d7eecbb7_z.jpg)
by lynnb (https://www.flickr.com/photos/91846820@N00/) on Flickr
Almost an Escher!. Nice.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 14, 2015, 01:35:53 pm
Lynn's photo certainly made me think. Nice way to compose these elements. What is HP5+ ?

JR
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 14, 2015, 02:21:14 pm
Lynn's photo certainly made me think. Nice way to compose these elements. What is HP5+ ?

JR
HP5+ is (or was) an Ilford B&W film with an ISO speed of 400 I believe.

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 14, 2015, 08:30:48 pm
I haven't posted new images for a while, so here are a couple. These are from a new series I'm working on which I'm thinking of calling "Salt of the Earth." They are all patterns of road salt on pavement. There has been a lot of that this winter in the Northeast U.S.

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on March 14, 2015, 10:37:32 pm
I haven't posted new images for a while, so here are a couple. These are from a new series I'm working on which I'm thinking of calling "Salt of the Earth." They are all patterns of road salt on pavement. There has been a lot of that this winter in the Northeast U.S.



First one is really nice, like a bw satellite view of a delta.

Couple more of mine.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 15, 2015, 12:14:26 am
Nice.
In the first one I like the way your signature becomes another part of the image.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: KMRennie on March 19, 2015, 09:34:43 am
This is as abstract as I get.
Ken
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Bruce Cox on March 19, 2015, 09:43:38 am
This is as abstract as I get.
Ken

Getting abstract seems to be working well for you.  

You could tell people you were abstracting time?

Bruce
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on March 19, 2015, 02:07:00 pm
I haven't posted new images for a while, so here are a couple. These are from a new series I'm working on which I'm thinking of calling "Salt of the Earth." They are all patterns of road salt on pavement. There has been a lot of that this winter in the Northeast U.S.

First one is really nice, like a bw satellite view of a delta.

I totally agree. And it reminds me of some of the Mars photos, evidence that ancient river deltas once existed there.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 19, 2015, 02:36:42 pm
You know folks, even if they are not abstracts, it is really nice to so many 'offbeat' representations of subjects in this forum. Eric has been shooting from helicopters again. Anyone ever that popular show on fractals from a few years ago. Eric's images remind me of fractals, like things we have seen before, but have similarities to other things either smaller or larger. Like the suggestion of looking like a delta.

And that brook is fine with subtle lighting that threatens to go brighter but remains restrained.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 19, 2015, 03:42:50 pm
Went out yesterday with friends on pre-spring outing to photograph deer and birds. When I showed my friends this image they asked where is the deer? I said these are fleeting deer. They looked incredulous.

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-XXzhv5M/0/M/March%2018-%202015%20Humber%20Arboretum%20056%20copysmugsize-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-XXzhv5M/A)
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Post by: Jim Kasson on March 19, 2015, 03:58:11 pm
Went out yesterday with friends on pre-spring outing to photograph deer and birds. When I showed my friends this image they asked where is the deer? I said these are fleeting deer. They looked incredulous.

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-XXzhv5M/0/M/March%2018-%202015%20Humber%20Arboretum%20056%20copysmugsize-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-XXzhv5M/A)

Channeling Paul Caponigro...

Jim
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on March 19, 2015, 04:02:51 pm
John, I have to admit that it takes a lot of imagination for me to see the deer connection, too. But notwithstanding that difficulty, I still like it. And many of the other images in your Camera Impressions gallery on SmugMug are just superb. Anyone interested in this sort of thing should really take a look at them.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Jim Kasson on March 19, 2015, 04:08:50 pm
John, I have to admit that it takes a lot of imagination for me to see the deer connection, too. But notwithstanding that difficulty, I still like it. And many of the other images in your Camera Impressions gallery on SmugMug are just superb. Anyone interested in this sort of thing should really take a look at them.

Here's the Caponigro image. You need less imagination for it.

(http://www.afterimagegallery.com/caponigrorunningdeer.jpg)

Jim
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 19, 2015, 07:21:14 pm
Channeling Paul Caponigro...

Jim
I got it from your comment, Jim. I immediately thought of Paul's White Deer, which John's image strongly echoes.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 19, 2015, 07:28:58 pm
Thanks Jim and Arlen.  Especially to Jim, very much appreciate your comments. Of course it was tongue in cheek- the image is really backlit remains of goldenrod. I am sure you suspected the image is not really about deer. But I had to tell them something. I do like the Caponigro image, very cool. And I admit, never heard of him until I joined this site.

You know I was out of photography for a long time. When I got back into it, I decided that although I really like landscapes and scenics, and sunrises and sunsets, I liked the artistic, impressionist look, much more. and that's how I got back into it.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on March 19, 2015, 08:17:47 pm
Ah, I see the relationship now. Without having seen the Caponigro image before, the connection eluded me.

John, I'm with you on the impressionistic look. Whatever muse you are following, I hope you stay on the trail.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Harald L on March 20, 2015, 04:30:32 am
Den blå planet (Copenhagen)

(http://harlempix.com/wp-content/gallery/den-bla-planet/DST17944.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on March 20, 2015, 07:46:43 am
Den blå planet (Copenhagen)


Love those curves and geometric lines.

Edit: removed the image from my reply.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 20, 2015, 11:58:50 am
Very cool!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on March 22, 2015, 11:19:37 pm
A matter of perspective
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 23, 2015, 10:54:49 am
That's a nifty pairing, Armand.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Cartagenaphoto on March 24, 2015, 01:25:23 pm
Quote
author=Harlem22 link=topic=86369.msg808276#msg808276 date=1426840232]
Den blå planet (Copenhagen)

Love this shot. been there last summer.

David
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Cartagenaphoto on March 24, 2015, 01:25:53 pm
This is as abstract as I get.
Ken

Beautiful shot Ken. Dreamy.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Cartagenaphoto on March 24, 2015, 01:27:56 pm
Here's the Caponigro image. You need less imagination for it.



Jim

Fabulous shot Jim.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Cartagenaphoto on March 24, 2015, 01:31:00 pm
Here is my take on abstracts. It´s from the Danish Radios concert hall designed by Jean Nouvel.

David

(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8523/8486899268_a4955dc15e_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/dVXzts)

Designed by Jean Nouvel (https://flic.kr/p/dVXzts) by David Cartagena (https://www.flickr.com/people/71183143@N05/), on Flickr
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: churly on March 25, 2015, 06:57:00 pm
View from my armchair on a grey, rainy late afternoon.
Chuck
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on March 27, 2015, 07:14:30 pm
.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: churly on April 05, 2015, 10:03:45 am
A bit of fun to keep the abstracts thread going.
Chuck
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Jim Kasson on April 05, 2015, 01:36:07 pm
Abstract enough?

(http://www.kasson.com/ll/_DSC0438-Edit.jpg)

Jim
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: churly on April 05, 2015, 06:26:25 pm
Intriguing image Jim.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 06, 2015, 03:05:31 am
It works nicely and doesn't matter what it is. Wonderful play of light, shadow, tones and shapes. But as Churly said, it is quite intriguing and we cannot help trying to imagine what it really is. You hit the sweet spot of mixing abstract with reality. What Is that damn thing!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 06, 2015, 03:39:00 am
I am usually drawn to Colour and only secondarily think of Black and White. Someone suggested I convert this image to bw, and I have to admit, the shapes and their interaction becomes more the focus.

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-ZmvHH6P/0/M/Sept%2024-%202014%20East%20Mall%20bldgs%20016%20smug-bwcopy-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-ZmvHH6P/A)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Jim Kasson on April 06, 2015, 11:00:12 am
It works nicely and doesn't matter what it is. Wonderful play of light, shadow, tones and shapes. But as Churly said, it is quite intriguing and we cannot help trying to imagine what it really is. You hit the sweet spot of mixing abstract with reality. What Is that damn thing!

It's a teapot upside down on a drain board, lit by direct sunlight.

Jim
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: MikeHudson on April 07, 2015, 12:09:25 pm
Been getting into a lot of water abstracts... this one from Acadia National Park a couple years ago.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: wizardwig on April 13, 2015, 12:58:18 am
New here, have always enjoyed the articles but have never previously participated in the forum.  Fun so far, looking forward to the experience.



Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: wizardwig on April 13, 2015, 07:01:18 am
Here's another ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: MattNQ on April 13, 2015, 09:31:52 am
New here, have always enjoyed the articles but have never previously participated in the forum.  Fun so far, looking forward to the experience.





Welcome Wizardwig. Really like this B&W one.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: MattNQ on April 13, 2015, 09:32:12 am

(http://mattlarsen.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Colours-of-Townsville/i-4MmLZzD/0/L/D3N_1377_edit3-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: BobDavid on April 13, 2015, 09:33:52 am
@ wizardwig:

Very nice!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: mbaginy on April 13, 2015, 09:49:47 am
Went for a stroll yesterday and spotted some interesting shapes.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 13, 2015, 09:50:26 am
Very nice contributions, Wizardwig! And welcome to the LuLa forums.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Calohan on April 13, 2015, 07:44:24 pm
Bokeh of a distant tree
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 13, 2015, 09:34:01 pm
Bokeh of a distant tree
Neat!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on April 14, 2015, 04:09:51 am
Bokeh of a distant tree

Nice and reticulate. I like the soft colors…
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on April 16, 2015, 01:33:18 pm
colors
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: BobDavid on April 16, 2015, 04:59:48 pm
I like the second one.  I wonder if rotating it so it's horizontal will work better.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 19, 2015, 01:55:06 am
I got a new lens which I now have to return because everything looks 'soft.' I decided to have fun with the soft images and produced this 'abstract.'

JR

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Caledon-Badlands-20142015/i-5zMJkRV/0/M/april%2018-%202015%20Badlands%20Caledon%20065%20smugcopy-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Caledon-Badlands-20142015/i-5zMJkRV/A)
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 19, 2015, 09:30:27 am
John,
That lens might be perfect for some of your move-the-camera-during-exposure shots.  ;)

This shot resembles the ridges at Zabriskie Point in Death Valley. Where was it, out of curiosity?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 19, 2015, 10:53:32 am
John,
That lens might be perfect for some of your move-the-camera-during-exposure shots.  ;)

This shot resembles the ridges at Zabriskie Point in Death Valley. Where was it, out of curiosity?

That is is very small area of denuded farmland just north of Toronto, called the 'Badlands of Cheltenham.' A lot of professionals do fashion work there, and it is often used as a backdrop for movies and ads, because it has martian-looking landscape. Because I isolate the small ridges and always try to leave out the hand of man, they come out looking like like real badlands. In the winter, you can create beautiful snowscapes that look for all the world, like real sand dunes.

Thanks for the comments interest, Eric.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: bob_noble on April 22, 2015, 08:07:01 am
Melting snow puddle.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 22, 2015, 12:04:24 pm
Ca...ca... Cool Bob. Love the blue of the snow and ice.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: pcgpcg on April 22, 2015, 12:29:42 pm
Nice! Beautiful color.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: pcgpcg on April 22, 2015, 12:33:16 pm
This began as a lo-res cell phone pic taken several years ago from my daughter's fifth story apartment window on the upper west side NYC, looking west.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 22, 2015, 01:41:39 pm
Small, it looks good. But as soon as I click on it, it becomes pixelated and out of focus.  was that you intent?

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 22, 2015, 01:57:03 pm
A little patience- actually a lot of patience- observing ripples and water movement.

JR

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-CNj7FVS/0/M/Oct%2011-09%20Glen%20Haffy%20102%20darkcopy-smug1050-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-CNj7FVS/A)
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Post by: pcgpcg on April 22, 2015, 06:48:58 pm
becomes pixelated and out of focus.  was that you intent?
Yes, it started out very small and pixelated with jpeg artifacts as well. I changed color temp and made some localized exposure changes to keep it from blowing out whites and blacks, then I resized it so it wouldn't be so small, but it definitely looks better smaller.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: pcgpcg on April 22, 2015, 06:49:57 pm
(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-CNj7FVS/0/M/Oct%2011-09%20Glen%20Haffy%20102%20darkcopy-smug1050-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-CNj7FVS/A)
That's beautiful!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on April 22, 2015, 09:43:29 pm
Melting snow puddle.

Very very nice!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: bob_noble on April 23, 2015, 08:28:13 am
I love the gentleness of the colours and the image John. I got some tree reflections but they were in the winter when we still had open water.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Calohan on April 24, 2015, 09:44:22 am
Kiteboard at 1/6th sec.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Calohan on April 24, 2015, 09:45:12 am
Kiteboarder at 1/10th sec
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: pcgpcg on April 24, 2015, 01:08:44 pm
... I got some tree reflections but they were in the winter when we still had open water.
Nice image, but a tad too dark for me.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: pcgpcg on April 24, 2015, 01:09:21 pm
Kiteboard at 1/6th sec.
I like this!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: mbaginy on April 29, 2015, 01:51:08 pm
Two weeks ago I visited Warsaw for some days.  In the wonderful POLIN museum, I photographed interesting views of the architecture.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on April 29, 2015, 07:06:24 pm
Very nice, Mike.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Calohan on May 01, 2015, 12:02:59 am
Our channel into the bay is being dredged and the sand from the dredging is being coughed up on or beaches as a part of a sand renourishment program. I call this:

Conflict and Resolution
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on May 01, 2015, 01:49:27 am
Our channel into the bay is being dredged and the sand from the dredging is being coughed up on or beaches as a part of a sand renourishment program. I call this:

Conflict and Resolution

Cut the lower third and you'll have some menacing without a scale.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Calohan on May 01, 2015, 12:21:42 pm
Good suggestion...I'll give it a try.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Calohan on May 01, 2015, 12:55:23 pm
Perhaps, yes?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 01, 2015, 01:13:05 pm
Perhaps, yes?
Yes!!!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rainer SLP on May 01, 2015, 01:29:08 pm
Abstract ?

Taken with the Canon EF 11-24mm on a 5D Mark III
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on May 01, 2015, 02:37:17 pm
Perhaps, yes?

Now you are talking, it's a great image. You could try to sell it to the next apocalyptic movie  ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on May 01, 2015, 03:11:41 pm
Perhaps, yes?

Do it in b&w to lose the dirt color and it will be even more abstract and ominous.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Calohan on May 02, 2015, 11:04:42 pm
Backyard Whirlygigs
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Post by: John R on May 03, 2015, 05:27:01 pm
I noticed an opportunity to mix a little man-made colour with my usual blur images.

JR

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-sPrRq8R/0/M/May%203-%202015%20St%20Johns%20028%20copysmug-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-sPrRq8R/A)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on May 09, 2015, 09:54:20 pm
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Post by: John R on May 10, 2015, 12:01:36 pm
From the spring garden.

JR

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-FXSb4Dg/0/M/May%2010-%202015%20backyard%20007%20copy2-1000-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-FXSb4Dg/A)
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Post by: Jim Kasson on May 10, 2015, 12:42:49 pm
(http://www.kasson.com/ll/mushroom.jpg)

Jim
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Post by: Chris Calohan on May 10, 2015, 04:04:06 pm
Ode to the Morning Light
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Post by: Chairman Bill on May 10, 2015, 04:55:29 pm
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Post by: John R on May 11, 2015, 09:17:28 pm
Some interesting images, to be sure. Jim, need I say what you pattern looks like- I think not. Good eye.

Maybe I should have posted mine in the tree section.

JR

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/St-Johns-and-Niagara/i-NCCTsgx/0/M/May%2011-%202015%20High%20Park%20036%20copy1000-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/St-Johns-and-Niagara/i-NCCTsgx/A)
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Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on May 12, 2015, 12:13:03 pm
?
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Post by: Peter McLennan on May 12, 2015, 10:54:09 pm
Perhaps, yes?

Perhaps, nothing.  ABSOLUTELY! 
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 13, 2015, 12:08:14 pm
It looks like the bark of some kind of wood. But on the other hand it also looks like a piece of art framed with nothing more than paint that was allowed to run and form patterns.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on May 13, 2015, 12:24:55 pm
It looks like the bark of some kind of wood. But on the other hand it also looks like a piece of art framed with nothing more than paint that was allowed to run and form patterns.

If you are referring to my last post, your second guess is close. It is a detail from the Water Wall park, a 64-feet high sculptural fountain in Houston, where 78,500 gallons of water runs across 80,000 square feet of interior and exterior horseshoe-shaped walls.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 13, 2015, 01:11:07 pm
Two weeks ago I visited Warsaw for some days.  In the wonderful POLIN museum, I photographed interesting views of the architecture.
Just noticed this image. Love the subtle shapes and the equally subtle tonal gradations.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: mbaginy on May 13, 2015, 01:42:52 pm
Just noticed this image. Love the subtle shapes and the equally subtle tonal gradations.

JR
Thanks John.
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Post by: armand on May 13, 2015, 02:32:50 pm
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Post by: John R on May 13, 2015, 10:14:56 pm
A couple more from inspiring spring time.

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-hVTJVfg/0/M/May%2010-%202015%20backyard%20030%20copy1000-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/St-Johns-and-Niagara/i-hVTJVfg/A)

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-mnS3jT3/0/M/May%2012-%202015%20RBG%20127%20copy1000-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-mnS3jT3/A)

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on May 14, 2015, 01:14:19 am
Very inspiring, John. You are a master at this sort of thing.

I'll add this one to the thread's collection:

Shapes Glimpsed in the Garden
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 14, 2015, 09:45:11 am
Very inspiring, John. You are a master at this sort of thing.

I'll add this one to the thread's collection:

Shapes Glimpsed in the Garden
Thanks for the comments, Arlen. Very nice macro. I find macro very hard work. Shift your focus or position only slightly and everything changes, especially the focal point. Something will be in focus, alright, but not what you want. What focal length did you use for this? I want to by a macro for my Pentax, but have to consider the 1.5 crop factor.

JR
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Post by: Rory on May 14, 2015, 10:32:38 am
(http://roryhill.zenfolio.com/img/s6/v141/p1136929207-5.jpg)
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Post by: BobDavid on May 14, 2015, 10:46:27 am
I'm loving the springtime photos--beautiful!
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Post by: Arlen on May 14, 2015, 11:48:20 am
I find macro very hard work. Shift your focus or position only slightly and everything changes, especially the focal point. Something will be in focus, alright, but not what you want. What focal length did you use for this? I want to by a macro for my Pentax, but have to consider the 1.5 crop factor.

JR

John, you're right, macro work has some unique issues. But some unique pleasures as well. The creamy smooth out-of-focus backgrounds that can be had are one of my favorite things about it, and I love playing around with those. The other side of it--getting something sharp where you want it to be--can be challenging, but still rewarding. For many years I have used a Canon 100mm macro lens, first on a cropped sensor, and then on a full-size sensor camera. Particularly for insect photography, one of my "specialties"; including all the insect photos in my book BugWater (http://www.amazon.com/BugWater-fishers-through-seasons-aquatic/dp/0811705056). But I'm experimenting now with an Olympus 60mm Macro lens that I just bought to go with my Olympus E-M1 system--e.g., the image I posted above. I'm liking the lens a lot, but with the 2:1 crop factor, when focused at 1:1 macro ratio it has a shorter minimum working distance than I am accustomed to--and a very narrow depth of field at that distance. On the other hand, at 1:1 it fills the frame with an insect half the size of what it takes to do the same with the Canon system. It takes some getting used to.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 17, 2015, 12:18:59 am
More springtime inspirational, somewhat abstract imagery.

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-hDVPFvp/0/M/May%2015-%202015%20James%20Gardens%20023%20copy1000-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-hDVPFvp/A)

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-nTmCTJK/0/M/May%2016-%202015%20Bruekner%20Gardens%20043%20copy1000-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-nTmCTJK/A)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Peter McLennan on May 17, 2015, 12:01:32 pm
More springtime inspirational, somewhat abstract imagery

Beautiful, John R.  Are you using Painter? 

Here's a recent one from my stash of abstracts.

(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8764/17570421558_74a583be20_c.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: wolfnowl on May 17, 2015, 02:09:05 pm
Haven't been here in about forever - life keeps getting in the way (I know, I know - 168 hours in a week...) and this was the first thread I picked. TEN pages of new images!

Just wanted to say thanks to everyone for sharing your work!!

Mike.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 17, 2015, 03:08:55 pm
Mike: quite intriguing. algae in stream or river?

Peter: Most of my work is in-camera motion movement, unless otherwise stated. The firs is a simple circular motion; the second is a double exposure with two downward motion shots, slight offset. Depending on how fast the shutter speed you may need a little sharpening. Excessive blur, timing and placement of subject are the biggest issues in this kind of Photography.

Early spring is one of the best times because you get both colour and simpler designs in natural subjects, like trees, flowers, shrubs, etc, oft against a simple green background.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 23, 2015, 10:41:44 am
More Spring delights, somewhat abstract.

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-vpQ9hWH/0/M/IMGP3787%20copy1000-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-vpQ9hWH/A)

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-n4ZMwrH/0/M/IMGP3727%20copy3-1000-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-n4ZMwrH/A)

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-XPCRX5k/0/M/IMGP3755%20copy1000-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-XPCRX5k/A)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Calohan on May 23, 2015, 03:16:18 pm
One Door, Four Windows
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Post by: Jim Kasson on May 23, 2015, 03:41:47 pm
One Door, Four Windows

Nice job.

Jim
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Post by: Arlen on May 23, 2015, 03:53:03 pm
John, I really like the third one in that last series.

Chris, you got a really good mix of abstract and structure. It makes me look at it a long time, trying to figure out what is what; and interesting shapes regardless.
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Post by: Peter McLennan on May 23, 2015, 04:39:22 pm
Chris, that is gorgeous! Fine.
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Post by: Arlen on May 24, 2015, 03:30:55 pm
I think I've posted a version of this before as part of a group, but I would appreciate any thoughts you might share about this one. I keep coming back to it and pondering whether it has merit.
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Post by: Michael West on May 24, 2015, 11:43:47 pm


 

If it were a painting it would sell for millions.
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Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on May 25, 2015, 01:49:48 am
Very nice, Arlen.
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Post by: KMRennie on May 25, 2015, 08:22:53 am
Taken in the bluebell wood in Cumbria that I have been visiting for the last week.
Ken
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Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on May 25, 2015, 09:25:08 am
A fresh take on bluebells, nice.
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Post by: KMRennie on May 25, 2015, 09:59:36 am
Another bluebell shot. My only concern with all of my ICM shots is that I found it impossible to smoothly drop the camera. This gives small bright horizontal areas of bright leaves and I am wondering whether to clone them out. Are the small bright areas a distraction? What do people think?
Ken
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Post by: Jim Kasson on May 25, 2015, 10:41:23 am
Another bluebell shot. My only concern with all of my ICM shots is that I found it impossible to smoothly drop the camera. This gives small bright horizontal areas of bright leaves and I am wondering whether to clone them out. Are the small bright areas a distraction? What do people think?
Ken

This is an interesting combination of motion blur and relative sharpness. I like it. I wouldn't clone out anything.

Jim
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: jjj on May 25, 2015, 05:17:34 pm
I think I've posted a version of this before as part of a group, but I would appreciate any thoughts you might share about this one. I keep coming back to it and pondering whether it has merit.
It does indeed.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 25, 2015, 07:03:44 pm
I think I've posted a version of this before as part of a group, but I would appreciate any thoughts you might share about this one. I keep coming back to it and pondering whether it has merit.
Already said, very nice. Lovely blue-gray tones. And it has a three dimensional quality that makes it mysterious.

JR
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Post by: John R on May 25, 2015, 07:14:47 pm
Every shot has to be considered differently. To me, the most important thing is to achieve overall balance. If you look at those light areas they are well distributed, and almost form a circle or oval within the picture space. You have dynamic movement of vertical lines from top to bottom or vice versa, and then a resting point of purple, which is interesting in form and colour, and then on through the whole. Really nice, if you ask me.

JR
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Post by: BobDavid on May 25, 2015, 11:21:11 pm
The second bluebell photo is very tasty. Nice.
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Post by: Arlen on May 26, 2015, 02:41:26 am
Thanks for the feedback, guys. Sometimes it helps to get other opinions when you're on the fence.
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Post by: KMRennie on May 26, 2015, 05:59:42 pm
Thanks for the comments. All are helpful.

Ken
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Post by: John R on May 27, 2015, 09:50:49 pm
Phlox on the run...

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-GfGmfbC/0/M/May%2027-%202015%20Phlox%20Hwy%2027%20257%20copy1000-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-GfGmfbC/A)
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Post by: jjj on May 28, 2015, 03:56:51 pm
Looking for Kingfishers!
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 29, 2015, 08:40:45 pm
Wow!
I've been out of the country (and away from the Web) for three weeks vacationing with my wife in southern France.
There are so many great and imaginative images in this thread since I last peeked! Thank you all for the riches!

It will take me quite a while to whittle down and work through the almost 1500 raw files I have from the trip, but I hope to post a few abstracts from Medieval Bastides some time next week.

Glad to be back,

Eric
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Post by: BobDavid on May 30, 2015, 08:43:53 am
Nice to have you back stateside, Eric.
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 30, 2015, 10:51:16 am
Nice to have you back stateside, Eric.
Thanks, Bob.

Once I've had some more sleep, I'll start processing some pix.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on June 03, 2015, 10:54:48 am
Here are the first semi-abstract fruits of my recent trip to southern France. The first two are different sections of the "main street" through the Medieval village of Daglan. The third was in some village or other.
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Post by: francois on June 03, 2015, 11:41:16 am
Here are the first semi-abstract fruits of my recent trip to southern France.…
With enough french wine, everything becomes abstract  :D

I like those two shots, somewhat reminiscent of your beautiful road tar photos.
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Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on June 03, 2015, 01:01:04 pm
That's a true dedication to arts! Traveling all the way across the ocean to find tar with a French bouquet ;)
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on June 03, 2015, 01:37:04 pm
With enough french wine, everything becomes abstract  :D

I like those two shots, somewhat reminiscent of your beautiful road tar photos.
Merci, Francois.

Indeed, I do seem to spend much of my time looking down instead of up. I'll have some looking in other direction soon, I hope.
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on June 03, 2015, 01:45:52 pm
That's a true dedication to arts! Traveling all the way across the ocean to find tar with a French bouquet ;)
When accompanied by a nice pate de foie gras and sauced to perfection with truffe, French tar can be quite delicious, especially if accompanied by a bottle of Chateau LaTour 1959.  ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on June 03, 2015, 04:14:54 pm
I posted these earlier, now post processed more into abstract territory
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Post by: John R on June 03, 2015, 11:26:43 pm
(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Dowtown-TO/i-rjr3xjB/0/M/June%202-%202015%20Downtown-Centre%20Island%20007%20bwcopy-1000-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Dowtown-TO/i-rjr3xjB/A)

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Dowtown-TO/i-FMGwCvh/0/M/June%202-%202015%20Downtown-Centre%20Island%20125%20copy1000-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Dowtown-TO/i-FMGwCvh/A)
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Post by: John R on June 05, 2015, 10:34:57 pm
(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-9M9XqT7/0/M/IMGP4946%20invertcopy-1000-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-9M9XqT7/A)
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Post by: Jim Kasson on June 05, 2015, 11:35:18 pm
(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-9M9XqT7/0/M/IMGP4946%20invertcopy-1000-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-9M9XqT7/A)

Superb!
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Post by: bns on June 06, 2015, 04:53:08 am
Three examples in different styles. Bridge, jet and streetview respectively.

cheers,
Boudewijn Swanenburg
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 06, 2015, 09:34:22 pm
Hey Boudewijn, welcome to the forum. Excellent work. I especially like the middle one- good eye. And I like how you exposed the water shot for the highlights and allowed the dark areas to go black.

JR
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Post by: Arlen on June 09, 2015, 10:33:05 pm
Superb!

Indeed, my thoughts exactly.
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Post by: Arlen on June 09, 2015, 10:36:01 pm
Boudewijn, I like your first and second images a lot.
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on June 09, 2015, 11:19:31 pm
Indeed, my thoughts exactly.
Mine, too.
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Post by: bns on June 10, 2015, 11:28:34 am
Hi John R and Arlen,

Thanks for your comments. Actually I am not quite new to this forum, but ran out of abstracts for a while. You may want to check pages 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7 for earlier contributions.

Cheers,
Boudewijn Swanenburg
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Post by: bob_noble on June 10, 2015, 03:05:21 pm
The rougher, metallic side of water lilies.
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on June 10, 2015, 05:37:37 pm
The rougher, metallic side of water lilies.
Neat effect. Looks a bit like a solarized wet print.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 14, 2015, 05:36:18 pm
Playing in the garden- but not mine!

JR

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Breukner-Gardens-2015/i-634fSx8/0/M/June%2014-%202015%20Breuckner%20Gardens%20170%20cropcopy-1000-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Breukner-Gardens-2015/i-634fSx8/A)

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Breukner-Gardens-2015/i-GMfBHhV/0/M/June%2014-%202015%20Breuckner%20Gardens%20183%20copy1000-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Breukner-Gardens-2015/i-GMfBHhV/A)
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Post by: Jim Kasson on June 14, 2015, 11:41:47 pm
(http://www.kasson.com/ll/outR2e.jpg)

Enjoy!

Jim
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Post by: BobDavid on June 15, 2015, 12:47:44 am
Jim, the last one is really nice.
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on June 15, 2015, 08:52:19 am
Jim, the last one is really nice.
+1. Stunning.
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Post by: mbaginy on June 15, 2015, 12:27:24 pm
Not as colorful as John's and Jim's masterpieces but still fun along the beach.
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Post by: EricV on June 15, 2015, 01:08:59 pm
... fun along the beach.
I like abstracts like this which are still recognizable, and this one is really nice.
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Post by: Jim Kasson on June 15, 2015, 01:15:24 pm
Not as colorful as John's and Jim's masterpieces but still fun along the beach.

I like it!

Jim
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Post by: Arlen on June 15, 2015, 02:08:21 pm
Quote from: BobDavid on June 14, 2015, 09:47:44 PM
Jim, the last one is really nice.

+1. Stunning.


I completely agree, it jumps off the page. And all of the last few images in this thread are very compelling.
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on June 15, 2015, 02:58:53 pm
I like abstracts like this which are still recognizable, and this one is really nice.
Me too.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 15, 2015, 11:06:52 pm
Nice work, Jim and Mike. Jim kind of drives me crazy because I am always wondering what and how he did that. Mike's work is subtle and minimalist but striking at the same time.

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Breukner-Gardens-2015/i-JP9KBtT/0/M/June%2015-%202015%20Breuckner%20Gardens%20159%20adjustcolour-cropcopy4-1000-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Breukner-Gardens-2015/i-JP9KBtT/A)
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on June 15, 2015, 11:30:04 pm
Nice work, Jim and Mike. Jim kind of drives me crazy because I am always wondering what and how he did that. Mike's work is subtle and minimalist but striking at the same time.

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Breukner-Gardens-2015/i-JP9KBtT/0/M/June%2015-%202015%20Breuckner%20Gardens%20159%20adjustcolour-cropcopy4-1000-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Breukner-Gardens-2015/i-JP9KBtT/A)
I always wonder that same question about your beautiful work, John.
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Post by: armand on June 22, 2015, 04:27:55 pm
smoke on the water
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Post by: armand on June 22, 2015, 10:00:15 pm
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on June 23, 2015, 06:47:31 pm
OK, here are some more of mine.
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Post by: Bruce Cox on June 24, 2015, 10:22:48 am
good glare on those cobblestones
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Post by: Bruce Cox on June 24, 2015, 10:35:45 am
bent detail
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Post by: oldhippy on June 24, 2015, 12:37:43 pm
Warp Speed

(http://i780.photobucket.com/albums/yy87/edandhazel/_DSC1867_zps26bd3a0a.jpg) (http://s780.photobucket.com/user/edandhazel/media/_DSC1867_zps26bd3a0a.jpg.html)
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Post by: BobDavid on June 25, 2015, 09:56:13 am
OK, here are some more of mine.

I think #3 is particularly engaging. I like the way it suggests a human form in the sand. From a distance, it looks like a painting.
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Post by: Peter McLennan on June 25, 2015, 07:20:28 pm
Wow Bruce! Bent detail is lovely.
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Post by: armand on June 27, 2015, 08:37:01 pm
spot
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Post by: jjj on June 28, 2015, 07:13:11 am
I like abstracts like this which are still recognizable, and this one is really nice.
Is it really an abstract then though?
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on June 28, 2015, 08:07:42 am
Is it really an abstract then though?
In my rather open-ended definition it is an abstract, as long as the image isn't just about what the subject is, but rather about a visual effect or pattern.

YMMV.
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Post by: pegelli on June 28, 2015, 09:36:55 am
Don't know if this is abstract enough, but I like it

(http://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201506/i-qXB3hQc/0/O/PEG_A850_3_00505_20150628-L.jpg) (http://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201506/i-qXB3hQc/A)
Sony A850 + Sigma 180/3.5
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Post by: Bruce Cox on June 28, 2015, 01:58:53 pm
Don't know if this is abstract enough, but I like it

(http://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201506/i-qXB3hQc/0/O/PEG_A850_3_00505_20150628-L.jpg) (http://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201506/i-qXB3hQc/A)
Sony A850 + Sigma 180/3.5

Letting people guess part of it may help get them in the game.  There is still plenty here we don't know.

The figure being two part is to some degree it's own foil, though I tend to feel a buffalo would make a better background.

Bruce
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on June 28, 2015, 06:13:11 pm
I like it too, and I have no idea what the object in the photo is.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Calohan on June 29, 2015, 11:25:20 am
Choucher de Soleil Flou
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: churly on July 10, 2015, 05:59:48 pm
Something to revive the Abtracts thread.
Chuck
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 13, 2015, 10:30:32 pm
I see that Eric has been busy studying light and churning out silver and light. Here are a few from my trip.

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Sao-Miguel-Azores/i-8d8KFJh/0/M/IMGP7756%20Sao%20Miguel%20June-2015%20copy1000-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Sao-Miguel-Azores/i-8d8KFJh/A)

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Sao-Miguel-Azores/i-VqbdMQF/0/M/IMGP7761%20Sao%20Miguel%20June%202015%20copy1000-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Sao-Miguel-Azores/i-VqbdMQF/A)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 13, 2015, 11:47:07 pm
Good stuff, folks.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 14, 2015, 12:27:13 am
One more, with colour play.

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Sao-Miguel-Azores/i-DXSg5N5/0/M/IMGP7736%20sao%20miguel%202015%20copy3%201000-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Sao-Miguel-Azores/i-DXSg5N5/A)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: pegelli on July 14, 2015, 02:27:00 am
Another explosion

(http://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201507/i-HhLDM79/0/O/PEG_A850_3_00620_20150702-L.jpg) (http://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201507/i-HhLDM79/A)

(virtually no photoshop, all in-camera)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 14, 2015, 09:13:37 am
Another explosion

(virtually no photoshop, all in-camera)
Excellent zoom. Isn't it wonderful to try all these in-camera techniques and come up with something different. If you have double exposure capability, give it a try also.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 15, 2015, 03:59:23 pm
This is double exposure with auto-contrast adjustment. Amazing how the colours shift. Liked it so left it there. Second is a pan of leaves:

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Sao-Miguel-Azores/i-fS4ckM3/0/M/June%2020-July%2010-%202015%20Sao%20Miguel%206%20358%20copy1000-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Sao-Miguel-Azores/i-fS4ckM3/A)

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Sao-Miguel-Azores/i-99RjNff/0/M/June%2020-July%2010-%202015%20Sao%20Miguel%206%20412%20copy1000-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Sao-Miguel-Azores/i-99RjNff/A)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Mike Brown on July 16, 2015, 08:46:32 am
Something a little bluer from me.
(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/07/16/6f3daa871c75b81fdbeb8b5ac6c0d6b3.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: pegelli on July 16, 2015, 09:06:23 am
Excellent zoom. Isn't it wonderful to try all these in-camera techniques and come up with something different. If you have double exposure capability, give it a try also.
Thanks John, glad it got noticed among the many great efforts in this thread. This is not my usual style but this month I'm taking part in a challenge on another website to try out stuff you've never done before and I find it both stimulating as well as frustrating (the amount of failed attempts is probably two orders of magnitude higher then the keepers).
Unfortunately my camera doesn't do multiple exposures on one frame, so I f I want to do that it's going to be a Photoshop layer job.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 19, 2015, 06:27:42 pm
Colour play.

JR

(http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-RmPfpCX/0/M/June%2020-July%209-2015%20Sao%20Miguel%20414%20copy1000-2-M.jpg) (http://johnroias.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-RmPfpCX/A)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 21, 2015, 10:00:40 am
Sometimes everything comes together in the dance of flowers.

(https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-6V4433s/0/M/July%2020-%202015%20James%20Gardens%20040%20copycrop-1000-M.jpg) (https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-6V4433s/A)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: pegelli on July 23, 2015, 07:56:23 am
Lovely dance John!

Some wave patterns in the sand

(https://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201507/i-nfDQCT8/0/O/PEG_NEX6_2_02566_20150720-L.jpg) (https://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201507/i-nfDQCT8/A)
NEX6 + OM Zuiko 85/2 + Metabones speedbooster
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Bruce Cox on July 24, 2015, 09:29:27 pm
a flower for her hair

modified 7/25/2015
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 28, 2015, 02:58:46 pm
Colour is what moves me at the moment.

(https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-wV233T7/0/M/July%2025-%202015%20Riverwood%20Conservancy%20261%20invertcopy-1000-M.jpg) (https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-wV233T7/A)

(https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-52z6hSn/0/M/July%2025-%202015%20Riverwood%20Conservancy%20249%20copy1000-M.jpg) (https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-52z6hSn/A)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Kiwi Paul on July 29, 2015, 07:26:09 am
I liked this frozen lake.

Paul

(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2872/10412247644_f93edc0944_b.jpg) (http://[url=https://flic.kr/p/gS6ut7)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 29, 2015, 08:42:08 am
I liked this frozen lake.

Paul

Fantastic. And to think its only a hop, skip and jump away.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 03, 2015, 11:24:11 pm
Just can't stop playing with colour, at least for now.

(https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-W5xg6L2/0/M/IMGP1826%20copy17b-1000-M.jpg) (https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-W5xg6L2/A)

(https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-rqxNqn8/0/M/IMGP1827%20copy1-1000-M.jpg) (https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-rqxNqn8/A)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: BobDavid on August 04, 2015, 01:58:11 am
I love the photo of the frozen lake! Well done, Paul.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: mbaginy on August 04, 2015, 03:11:45 am
Wow!  :o  Absolutely stunning images posted recently!!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 04, 2015, 09:39:04 am
Wow!  :o  Absolutely stunning images posted recently!!
+1.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on August 04, 2015, 09:51:33 am
+1.


The summer heat is a perfect incubator for superb photos!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: mbaginy on August 04, 2015, 10:48:12 am
Visited an art museum in Cologne last year and found this interesting sphere.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 06, 2015, 09:31:09 pm
Continuing the series...

(https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-WxWN3qM/0/M/Aug%201-5-%202015%20JG%20abstracts%20996%20copy1000-M.jpg) (https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-WxWN3qM/A)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Randy Carone on August 11, 2015, 04:25:08 pm
NY Botanical Garden pool
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: pegelli on August 12, 2015, 03:53:39 am
At the shoreline

(https://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201508/i-V68mwvk/1/O/PEG_NEX6_2_03004_20150806-L.jpg) (https://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201508/i-V68mwvk/A)
NEX6 + MC Rokkor 58/1.4
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 12, 2015, 11:25:49 am
At the shoreline

Superb Pegelli.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 12, 2015, 11:27:13 am
(https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-fCKXJvG/0/M/July%2025-%202015%20Riverwood%20Conservancy%20259%20copy1000-M.jpg) (https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-fCKXJvG/A)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: pegelli on August 12, 2015, 11:35:57 am
Superb Pegelli.
Thanks a lot for the compliment John.
I must say it's not the fastest moving thread but a very good one. The mix on different approaches to abstracts is eye opening. Your shots have inspired me to to try some more "movement" but nothing post worthy yet. I'm still producing more images I like with finding abstract subjects with a "classical" photo, but I am enjoying your movement studies a lot. There's something intriguing in all the ones you posted here.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 12, 2015, 01:07:22 pm
Superb Pegelli.

JR
+1.

And yours are, too, John.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: pegelli on August 12, 2015, 01:12:22 pm
+1.
And yours are, too, John.
Thanks Eric, and also +1 on your comment on John's shot.

Also credit where credit is due, I was inspired to take my shore line shot after seeing these shots (http://forum.luminous-landscape.com/index.php?topic=102581.msg841652#msg841652) from Rajan Parrikar. I doubt I would have tried mine without having seen those first.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 13, 2015, 07:08:35 pm
Thanks for the comments guys, appreciate it. Now for something different. I said to myself, I may as well crop it and really make it abstract and surreal. I cloned out at least one hundred tiny little specs of dust from the car's surface.

JR

(https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-TqPTJB2/0/M/Sept%2024-%202013%20Ottawa%20243%20cropcopy-1200-M.jpg) (https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-TqPTJB2/A)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 13, 2015, 08:20:10 pm
Nice one, John. And it is different!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 13, 2015, 08:28:48 pm
Thanks Eric. I'm on a roll, so I am trying to stay with momentum. It was brutal winter in Toronto. Have to make up for it!

This one makes a nice black and white, too.

(https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-M9k4PPq/0/M/Sept%2024-%202013%20Ottawa%20393%20copygoldrail-1000-M.jpg) (https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-M9k4PPq/A)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Mjollnir on August 18, 2015, 12:51:36 pm
If, like me, you don't have a dedicated macro, and want to use one of the innumerable close focus adapters, you end up in a position like me. This is a Raynox DCR-250 mounted on one the Olympus 75mm 1.8, shot up close and wide open, in a slight breeze.

The effect is far more abstract and indicative of what the shortcomings of the combination are: you're kind of stuck with dream-world imagery until EVERYTHING is completely still, even at speeds approaching 1/8000. Still, I dig the colors, if nothing else. It just reminds me of how much I actually need a true macro lens.

(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5764/20433993358_8cafa1f6a6_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/x8Fyjj)Abstract macro #1 (1 of 1) (https://flic.kr/p/x8Fyjj) by tanngrisnir3 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/87368247@N00/), on Flickr

(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5640/20656884295_d15ae8d0cf_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/xtnW2v)Abstract macro #4 (1 of 1) (https://flic.kr/p/xtnW2v) by tanngrisnir3 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/87368247@N00/), on Flickr
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 18, 2015, 01:47:54 pm
If, like me, you don't have a dedicated macro, and want to use one of the innumerable close focus adapters, you end up in a position like me. This is a Raynox DCR-250 mounted on one the Olympus 75mm 1.8, shot up close and wide open, in a slight breeze.

The effect is far more abstract and indicative of what the shortcomings of the combination are: you're kind of stuck with dream-world imagery until EVERYTHING is completely still, even at speeds approaching 1/8000. Still, I dig the colors, if nothing else. It just reminds me of how much I actually need a true macro lens.

(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5764/20433993358_8cafa1f6a6_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/x8Fyjj)Abstract macro #1 (1 of 1) (https://flic.kr/p/x8Fyjj) by tanngrisnir3 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/87368247@N00/), on Flickr

(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5640/20656884295_d15ae8d0cf_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/xtnW2v)Abstract macro #4 (1 of 1) (https://flic.kr/p/xtnW2v) by tanngrisnir3 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/87368247@N00/), on Flickr
Both are very fine. I think the results of your "shortcomings" are much more interesting than are most clear, well-defined macro photos.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Mjollnir on August 18, 2015, 04:07:32 pm
Thanks, Eric.

Macro has always fascinated me, and I actually DO have a hand-me-down Minolta Rokkor MD 50mm 3.5 macro from my mom from her shooting days in the 80s, but it's a real chore to use, so I keep resorting to these MacGuyver sort of 'fixes'.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: churly on August 29, 2015, 06:36:17 pm
To steal a phrase - "Light is the left hand of darkness"
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: BobDavid on August 30, 2015, 08:21:03 am
At the shoreline

(https://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201508/i-V68mwvk/1/O/PEG_NEX6_2_03004_20150806-L.jpg) (https://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201508/i-V68mwvk/A)
NEX6 + MC Rokkor 58/1.4

Exquisite.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on September 01, 2015, 08:35:33 pm
tunnel view
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on September 13, 2015, 11:56:03 pm
..
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on September 14, 2015, 09:10:25 pm
Sun
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: ptrnyc on September 16, 2015, 04:33:25 pm
Interesting rocks at Zion Nat. Park.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: ptrnyc on September 16, 2015, 05:35:09 pm
Under a wave - Lake Tahoe.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: BobDavid on September 16, 2015, 11:09:20 pm
Birders' Legs
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 17, 2015, 12:14:12 am
Love the "birders' legs" Bob!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: pegelli on September 23, 2015, 05:00:27 am
Great work again by all, I love the diversity in this thread  :)

Order and Chaos

(https://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201204/i-DRgHvCt/0/O/PEG_A850_07240_20120426-L.jpg) (https://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201204/i-DRgHvCt/A)
A850 + Min 85/1.4 RS
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 23, 2015, 09:32:06 am
Nice, Pieter.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: cjogo on September 28, 2015, 06:31:26 pm
(https://scontent.fsnc1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xlp1/v/t1.0-9/12037956_10153683621094066_7584539128134204224_n.jpg?oh=aeeb61e3f1f66945bc9c19e2726bd5f5&oe=565FAF94)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on September 29, 2015, 04:07:20 am
I like it but I an't help thinking that the right handle bears some resemblance with the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_selfie (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_selfie)!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on September 29, 2015, 04:22:55 am
As with 'art' there's a problem of definition: when is something abstract and when simply a close-up?

Does abstract mean that it remains a mystery until the originator explains - should he explain, ever? I think he should not. Somebody, some years ago, posted an image here that was great, then he went on to state how it was shot, instantly ruining the entire effect. Guess that's why the slightest bit of chiffon or Indian cheesecloth, even a deep shadow, changes a nude from meat into attractive.

Rob C
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 29, 2015, 10:49:48 am
As Rob says when is something really abstract? Don't think it matters, as long people can feel free to contribute to this thread.

(https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Autumn-2015/i-vr9vLs2/0/M/Sept%2027-28-2015%20Algonquin%20area%20017%20copy1000-M.jpg) (https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Autumn-2015/i-vr9vLs2/A)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on September 29, 2015, 12:51:01 pm
"As Rob says when is something really abstract? Don't think it matters, as long people can feel free to contribute to this thread."

Agree 100%, John; the question wasn't about what's permissible, but what we actually mean when we bandy about these easy definitions.

The longer I stay with this site the broader I see definitions become. If I stay long enough, perhaps I will reach a moment when no definitions exist, and everthing is everything to all people. Moment of (or for?) instantaneous combustion?

;-)

Rob C

P.S. I like your picture, by the way, Feels sort of pastoral in the sense of wheat, but no idea what I am really seeing, and that's the best way!

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on September 29, 2015, 03:31:44 pm
Time to man up and contribute I guess. Not sure how abstract this is but I think it sort of fits here

(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5822/21195363134_de709df743_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/yhXM2q)

Mike
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 29, 2015, 07:00:54 pm
Mike, I like the subtle shadow play. And it reminds me of hallway. But the top portion says hold on, think again.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on September 30, 2015, 02:21:33 am
Thank you, it was taken in our local but very modern public library.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on September 30, 2015, 10:10:29 pm
.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on October 02, 2015, 03:07:36 pm
.


Nice idea; I am thinking about a shot in a video I saw somewhere - I think it was an interview with either Bailey or Duffy - where one or the other of them tells the interviewer (and camera) to look at the twin plugs on the wall - MKs - and tells the guy that they are art, if you want them to be. He might just have been making an easy point, I can't be sure, but the more I look at things like that the more seriously I take that statement. I incorporate it a lot of my current photographic mind; perhaps I lack the literal belief, but certainly feel that by the time I play around with the basic shapes, I have got somewhere that I enjoy being at, which of course, is all that matters now.

Nobody needs to travel to make pictures; I believe this more sincerely every day.

Rob C
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Bruce Cox on October 02, 2015, 04:20:43 pm
old dream
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on October 03, 2015, 03:21:20 am
Armand

I see your two lights and raise you 4.

(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/322/20369018615_b89b5417b0_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/x2WxA8)

Mikr
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on October 03, 2015, 01:20:02 pm
Nice one Rob. I assume that's digitally manipulated to get the mirror image in B&W - or not?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on October 03, 2015, 03:34:35 pm
Nice one Rob. I assume that's digitally manipulated to get the mirror image in B&W - or not?

Yep, some passing fun to while away the hours...

It was something I started to do a while ago when I realised that you don't have to leave the house to find images. It's not so easy, because familiarity breeds etc. etc. However, if you let yourself get into it, you can be surprised. I suppose it all comes down to what tickles your fancy about pictures. I'm currently doing my best to aoid the literal, something aided by failing eyesight!

Thanks,

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on October 03, 2015, 05:02:05 pm
Who was the photographer who got ill and was confined to his house for 12 months and just did tulips for a year? I understand it produced some excellent shots.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on October 03, 2015, 05:09:48 pm
Who was the photographer who got ill and was confined to his house for 12 months and just did tulips for a year? I understand it produced some excellent shots.

Don't know of him, but I do know something about this chap: locked away with Marilyn for a while instead of tulips...

Can't link directly to the 'movie' but it's easy to find on the site under 'trailer'. One of the 50s pioneers.

http://www.bertsternmadman.com/

Rob C
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 03, 2015, 10:12:57 pm
Really like the lights series of shots. The bw format suits them well, including the half-bw shot. Last time I pointed my camera at elevator, I got kicked out of building!

(https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Autumn-2015/i-CxhhD2C/0/M/Sept%2027-28-2015%20Algonquin%20area%20493%20copy1000-M.jpg) (https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Autumn-2015/i-CxhhD2C/A)

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on October 04, 2015, 02:30:39 am
@Rob C I have seen many of these wonderful images and other photographs of a woman who must rank amongst the most beautiful ever. I have even seen some bad photographs of her, but not many.

I was totally blown away by a 4 foot square shot by Stern of Twiggy (in front of modern art) in Dublin Art gallery. I learned from that image. There were imperfections - which really didn't matter and sheer quality and size count. Should we sweat the last stray hair? The last highlight near the edge? Even perhaps slightly imperfect makeup?

Made me think that sometimes it just doesn't matter, the image can carry the load. Other times, especially commercially it does matter. But it made me think and that was good.

PS the tulips guy was John Blakemore https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Blakemore and https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=john+blakemore+tulips&biw=1356&bih=815&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0CB8QsARqFQoTCN3RpKefqMgCFQI9FAodbZ8PPw&dpr=1
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on October 04, 2015, 03:27:25 am
@ Rob C, not so many lights this time but they're bigger

(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3818/12410176115_a7e8de8287_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/jUDoZH)

Mike
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on October 04, 2015, 03:53:42 am
Nice one.

Fully on theme here though

(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5516/12211545233_cae7c73485_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/jB6mXk)

Mike
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on October 04, 2015, 04:19:15 am
That's really nice stuff, Mike. Puts me in mind of a classic futuristic movie whose name I can't recall. It also reminds me of lying on a stetcher and watching the ceiling drift past as I went through hospital corridors.

I wonder if there exists a genre name for this kind of material - I suppose abstract covers it, but I think there must be/should be something more accurately focussed than that. It's not as if one doesn't know what one sees, but that it's done in a way that gives a fresh look at it. Enjoy those sorts of images that hold your attention and make you look more deeply at what is in front of you.

Rob C
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on October 04, 2015, 06:33:19 am
They do seem to occupy the hinterland between abstract and record.

Just taking what's there and adjusting the reality a bit.

(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8187/8137816940_b1c5988053_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/dp7rsC)

But I think I have now run out of lights that aren't just lights.

Mike
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on October 04, 2015, 12:59:35 pm
Simply beautiful.


Thank you Keith, trouble is, I was thinking back trying to remember what I did - and can't! Well, I know what I shot, but not exactly what I did to the poor thing.

However, it falls into my 'found at home' period ;-) (An excuse for being lazy or saving diesel...)

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on October 04, 2015, 01:10:57 pm
@Rob C I have seen many of these wonderful images and other photographs of a woman who must rank amongst the most beautiful ever. I have even seen some bad photographs of her, but not many.

I was totally blown away by a 4 foot square shot by Stern of Twiggy (in front of modern art) in Dublin Art gallery. I learned from that image. There were imperfections - which really didn't matter and sheer quality and size count. Should we sweat the last stray hair? The last highlight near the edge? Even perhaps slightly imperfect makeup?

Made me think that sometimes it just doesn't matter, the image can carry the load. Other times, especially commercially it does matter. But it made me think and that was good.

PS the tulips guy was John Blakemore https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Blakemore and https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=john+blakemore+tulips&biw=1356&bih=815&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0CB8QsARqFQoTCN3RpKefqMgCFQI9FAodbZ8PPw&dpr=1


Yes, Stern was something else!

As with so many other amazing photographers, I discovered him in the pages of the two Pop. Phot. annuals: Photography Annual and Color Annual both put out by the magazine. I remember his series there on the Heublein Vodka campaigns; I also discovered Saul Leiter in those pages and many more; anyone worth knowing you found there at one time or another. Trouble was finding the annuals in Glasgow!

His (Stern's) Jazz on a Summer's Day was one of those movies I saw at least five or even more times, not counting years later on the Internet. Click on the image to watch. Watch Chuck steal the show despite snobbish jazz musos doing their 'creative' distance... ;-)

https://vimeo.com/35807953

Happy days; all still in front of one, if one ever gave that a passing thought.

Rob C
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: D Fuller on October 04, 2015, 02:07:01 pm

Yes, Stern was something else!

...
His (Stern's) Jazz on a Summer's Day was one of those movies I saw at least five or even more times, not counting years later on the Internet. Click on the image to watch. Watch Chuck steal the show despite snobbish jazz musos doing their 'creative' distance... ;-)

https://vimeo.com/35807953

Happy days; all still in front of one, if one ever gave that a passing thought.

Rob C

There is a very nicely restored copy of this film on Netflix. Beautiful stuff.

Shows what a good film maker can do with much less than 13 stops of DR.   ;-)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on October 04, 2015, 03:40:50 pm
There is a very nicely restored copy of this film on Netflix. Beautiful stuff.

Shows what a good film maker can do with much less than 13 stops of DR.   ;-)


Man, you'll get lynched! That's Digital Heresy!

;-)

Rob C
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Michael West on October 04, 2015, 06:23:02 pm



(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/760/21960055811_01cc0310cd_b.jpg)

 
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: D Fuller on October 04, 2015, 07:58:00 pm

Man, you'll get lynched! That's Digital Heresy!

;-)

Rob C

LOL! yeah, I know. But really, sometimes it's good to have to make e choices.

If you can't see everything, what do you really want them to see?

OK, now I'm going back to hiding under my rock...
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on October 06, 2015, 02:54:56 am
Nicely done and I was bored at the garden centre on Sunday. How long does it take to but some seeds?

(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5649/21758835200_31a6395761_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/z9KHD3)

Mike
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Mjollnir on October 06, 2015, 10:30:14 am
Oly 75mm 1.8  Wide open with a Raynox DC250, at 1/8000 in a slight breeze.

(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5742/21983066642_53ce081dca_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/zuyXQo)Abstract macro #2 (1 of 1) (https://flic.kr/p/zuyXQo) by tanngrisnir3 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/87368247@N00/), on Flickr
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 06, 2015, 11:07:13 am
Wow, guys!
All I have to do is go away for a week and you all have produced several pages of really great stuff in this thread!
Maybe I should go away more often.   ;)

I'll have some more contributions of my own after I've had a chance to sort and process the best of my new 500+ images.

Thanks for keeping this thread very much alive!

-Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on October 06, 2015, 04:55:32 pm
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Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on October 06, 2015, 05:06:41 pm
Most attractive and confusing, Armand.

Rob C
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on October 06, 2015, 10:42:42 pm
Most attractive and confusing, Armand.

Rob C

Thank you, this is what happens when you don't focus properly  ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on October 11, 2015, 01:56:41 pm
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Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: pegelli on October 11, 2015, 03:05:17 pm
(https://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201412/i-44Ttp3n/0/O/PEG_A850_2_07969_20141212-L.jpg) (https://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201412/i-44Ttp3n/A)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: petermfiore on October 11, 2015, 04:50:59 pm
Tree Candy...

Peter
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Bruce Cox on October 11, 2015, 07:28:54 pm
Tree Candy...

PhotoShop has revealed to me that the cheerleader going through her routine beyond the sun-lit stream through the trees cannot easily be improved upon.

But I can't help trying.

The over all composition is something I given up trying to improve upon, it's too good.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: petermfiore on October 11, 2015, 07:54:26 pm
Tree Candy...

PhotoShop has revealed to me that the cheerleader going through her routine beyond the sun-lit stream through the trees cannot easily be improved upon.

But I can't help trying.
The over all composition is something I given up trying to improve upon, it's too good.


I worked on that image, back and forth all morning...I feel your pain.

Peter
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: ddolde on October 11, 2015, 10:56:15 pm
Ridgway, Colorado. Phase One IQ180, 150mm D lens
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: D Fuller on October 12, 2015, 12:21:48 am
This happens when you try to get off a quick shot of a Heron striking a fish with your shutter still set for the previous evening's milky way photo. I kind of like it.
(http://airstreampictures.com/pics/Fishing-9976.jpg)
Sony s7s, Mitakon 50mm f.95
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Dmullins on October 12, 2015, 04:26:29 am
I haven't been on the forums much, and not for a long time.  I took these at Pedernales Falls State Park in Texas.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: BobDavid on October 12, 2015, 01:27:27 pm
ABS-2 JPG, very nice, Armand! Two circles and an amorphous form leave a lot to the imagination.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: BobDavid on October 12, 2015, 01:28:34 pm
Oil Slick On the Parking Lot
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on October 12, 2015, 11:27:41 pm
Not the most abstract but it like it. Darth Vader's space module.

PS. it's amazing how on the Fuji I can get sharp at minus 2.5 stops without stabilization and yet on the Nikon I can have issues with 1/FL with VR on
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Mjollnir on October 13, 2015, 09:40:11 am
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/715/22109908096_9aba8e6f61_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/zFM4o1)Abstract #14 (https://flic.kr/p/zFM4o1) by tanngrisnir3 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/87368247@N00/), on Flickr
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on October 13, 2015, 09:51:11 am
I'm back on the lights but it's not very abstract although it is not intended to be taken literally :)

(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5741/21947484920_808f40cb77_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/zrqACq)

Mike
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 13, 2015, 10:31:35 am
Amazing how white can dominate in all colour scene.

(https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Autumn-2015/i-JjrQRLM/0/M/Oct%206-9-%202015%20Agonquin%20Highlands%20area%20065%20copy1000-M.jpg) (https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Autumn-2015/i-JjrQRLM/A)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on October 13, 2015, 11:08:39 am
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/715/22109908096_9aba8e6f61_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/zFM4o1)Abstract #14 (https://flic.kr/p/zFM4o1) by tanngrisnir3 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/87368247@N00/), on Flickr

This is very nice, could think of space if the DOF would have covered more of the disk.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on October 13, 2015, 11:11:47 am
John R - I really like this type of shot and they are surprisingly difficult to make as good as this. Seems to me you have to choose the plant carefully and then also avoid the sky unless it's very clear blue otherwise it blows out readily.  Then you need some other colours like your green and gold.

Mike
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Mjollnir on October 13, 2015, 12:11:04 pm
This is very nice, could think of space if the DOF would have covered more of the disk.

Thanks!  It was shot at 5.6, and with that lens, I could have gone up as high as F11, but I'm so used to shooting it at either 4 or 5.6 that I didn't think to try that.

I did try some at 1.8, and they pretty much sucked.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 13, 2015, 02:06:01 pm
John R - I really like this type of shot and they are surprisingly difficult to make as good as this. Seems to me you have to choose the plant carefully and then also avoid the sky unless it's very clear blue otherwise it blows out readily.  Then you need some other colours like your green and gold.

Mike
Thank you Mike. Quite right, the technique is easy enough, but it takes practice to get it right and to deveop an eye for seeing how the shapes will turn out.

Like this one, where I included the sky because I could not resist the composition-

(https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-dFncWFv/0/M/Oct%201-2013%20Haliburton%20trip%20396%20copysmug-M.jpg) (https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-dFncWFv/A)

Or this one, which as you have noted, avoids the sky and white streaks, and allows the verticals and colours to create my composition-

(https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-vFxtPsz/0/M/Sept%2028-%202014%20Algonquin%20Area%20530%20smugcopy-M.jpg) (https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-vFxtPsz/A)

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Mjollnir on October 14, 2015, 10:48:23 am
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/746/22153213002_7bfae6254d_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/zKB1qj)Abstract #15 (https://flic.kr/p/zKB1qj) by tanngrisnir3 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/87368247@N00/), on Flickr
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on October 14, 2015, 12:21:17 pm
Very nice and I bet it looks good printed large.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Mjollnir on October 16, 2015, 04:06:53 pm
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5716/22207370382_3e9db14391_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/zQozwf)Abstract #17 (https://flic.kr/p/zQozwf) by tanngrisnir3 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/87368247@N00/), on Flickr
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Diego Pigozzo on October 16, 2015, 04:07:28 pm
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5716/22207370382_3e9db14391_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/zQozwf)Abstract #17 (https://flic.kr/p/zQozwf) by tanngrisnir3 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/87368247@N00/), on Flickr

I like it
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 16, 2015, 09:01:11 pm
Very cool abstract, Mjollnir.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 16, 2015, 11:40:55 pm
Very cool abstract, Mjollnir.

JR
+1.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Mjollnir on October 17, 2015, 01:55:31 pm
Thanks, everyone.

I never shoot shots like these, so I'm glad you like them.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on October 17, 2015, 10:27:10 pm
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Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on October 18, 2015, 05:33:05 am
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/746/22153213002_7bfae6254d_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/zKB1qj)Abstract #15 (https://flic.kr/p/zKB1qj) by tanngrisnir3 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/87368247@N00/), on Flickr


Startling! Hope these don't fly...

Rob C
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Mjollnir on October 18, 2015, 10:38:06 am

Startling! Hope these don't fly...

Rob C

Not to worry; it's a flowering bud of a plant.

I did a color version that hints at that more, but the b&w one just seemed more foreboding.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on October 18, 2015, 10:41:02 am
Not to worry; it's a flowering bud of a plant.

I did a color version that hints at that more, but the b&w one just seemed more foreboding.

It sure does! Well done.

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Fine_Art on October 18, 2015, 11:13:59 am
(https://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201412/i-44Ttp3n/0/O/PEG_A850_2_07969_20141212-L.jpg) (https://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201412/i-44Ttp3n/A)

Very nice, Pegelli. I like the subject as well as the image.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: pegelli on October 18, 2015, 11:50:54 am
Very nice, Pegelli. I like the subject as well as the image.
Thanks, appreciate the comment.

Here's another one, very recognizable but still abstract in my mind.

(https://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201510/i-LtVSStP/0/O/PEG_A850_3_01696_20151010-L.jpg) (https://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201510/i-LtVSStP/A)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: churly on October 24, 2015, 04:14:48 pm
Something to wake up the ABSTRACTS thread.
I don't comment a lot but I always enjoy this thread.  Keep them coming.
Chuck
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: churly on October 25, 2015, 05:52:39 pm
Deep woods.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on October 25, 2015, 07:03:28 pm
They are both interesting Chuck, but I find Deep Woods very appealing. With that one you may be giving John R a run for his money.  :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 25, 2015, 08:04:18 pm
They are both interesting Chuck, but I find Deep Woods very appealing. With that one you may be giving John R a run for his money.  :)
Yes! I immediately thought of John R, too. Both very nice.
The first is reminiscent (slightly) of an image of peeling paint by Minor White.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 26, 2015, 02:52:15 am
I see three nice shots from Arlen and Chuck. I knew I should have taken money and ran while I could. Only one thing to do, add another shot to thread and hope for more money!

(https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-Bf29mR8/0/M/Aug%2026-%202013%20James%20Gardens%20200%20copy1000-M.jpg) (https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-Bf29mR8/A)

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 26, 2015, 11:29:54 am
I guess you were running faster than usual when you shot that, John.   ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on October 26, 2015, 12:39:34 pm
I guess you were running faster than usual when you shot that, John.   ;)

 :)


It looks like money to me, John.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on October 26, 2015, 06:43:28 pm
This quirky image qualifies as at least semi-abstract, no?


(http://www.pbase.com/art1/image/161695792/original.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 26, 2015, 08:39:30 pm
" This quirky image qualifies as at least semi-abstract, no?"

Very cool, really like it Arlen. Both the bird and the tree remind me of doing pans on jackpine trees. A vertical pan leaves behind a similar look and pattern to the woodpecker in motion. It creates a texture which most camera motion images do not have.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on October 26, 2015, 08:53:37 pm
Thanks, John. I have to come clean and admit that this one was a happy accident. I had set the camera for aperture priority, and failed to notice than in the shade of the tree, the shutter speed had fallen dangerously low. It was on a monopod so that helped steady the camera, but not the bird.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 26, 2015, 10:10:01 pm
I went out today and took a few at creek near Hamilton. Used my brother's Nikon camera hand held and the all in one 35-200 equivalent. It was quite liberating to use one lens. Forgot how to use everything. I use Pentax. So got a few underexposed images, which I had to brighten up quite a bit. Here are three; Arlen, notice the one with the texture in the bark. Not a great shot, but shows what I was talking about.

(https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Autumn-2015/i-3JZMf5Q/0/M/Oct%2026-%202015%20Grindstone%20Creek%20258%20copysharpen-1000-M.jpg) (https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Autumn-2015/i-3JZMf5Q/A)

(https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Autumn-2015/i-nnsnpLX/0/M/Oct%2026-%202015%20Grindstone%20Creek%20213%20copy1000-M.jpg) (https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Autumn-2015/i-nnsnpLX/A)

(https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Autumn-2015/i-rRNppdS/0/M/Oct%2026-%202015%20Grindstone%20Creek%20128%20copy1000-M.jpg) (https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Autumn-2015/i-rRNppdS/A)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 26, 2015, 10:41:10 pm
Thanks, John. I have to come clean and admit that this one was a happy accident. I had set the camera for aperture priority, and failed to notice than in the shade of the tree, the shutter speed had fallen dangerously low. It was on a monopod so that helped steady the camera, but not the bird.
Arlen, speaking of happy accidents, that's how I got started in Camera movement photography. Had a few happy accidents and saw some on internet and realized I could do those and learn how to make them in a conscious way. That's how I took this one today- a real abstract using the colours of autumn that all result in shapes and lines- and a happy flare!

(https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Autumn-2015/i-L3RBXWk/0/L/Oct%2026-%202015%20Grindstone%20Creek%20355%20copy1000-L.jpg) (https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Autumn-2015/i-L3RBXWk/A)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 26, 2015, 11:45:55 pm
More real treats, Arlen and John R. Thanks!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on October 27, 2015, 06:39:23 am
I never seem to get tired of those movement photos… Fantastic stuff!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on October 27, 2015, 02:19:09 pm
I see what you mean about the bark, John. Very interesting. All of those shots are really compelling. As I've said before, you are the master of this sort of thing, and I always enjoy seeing more of them.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: BobDavid on October 27, 2015, 03:09:08 pm
This quirky image qualifies as at least semi-abstract, no?


I like!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: BobDavid on October 27, 2015, 03:10:34 pm
Something to wake up the ABSTRACTS thread.
I don't comment a lot but I always enjoy this thread.  Keep them coming.
Chuck

cool 1+
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 27, 2015, 11:17:01 pm
I like to play from time time with images because we have a "creative" competition in club. So I stripped this image of the very noisy background of dark grasses. While I work on trying to create something, it occurred to me this is fine abstract style image in its own right.

(https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-7wZ5gtm/0/L/May%2023-12%20Rhodo%20Pk%20242%20paintedcopy-1000-L.jpg) (https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-7wZ5gtm/A)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 28, 2015, 12:18:30 am
It's very nice, John.
But I wouldn't have identified it as yours, since everything visible is sharp and stationary. But it works!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 03, 2015, 02:47:11 pm
I have best looking car door handle in all of Toronto.

(https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-NxptJ5b/0/L/DSC_0262%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on November 03, 2015, 03:30:23 pm
John, you should have sanded off the bodywork rust...

;-)

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: MattBurt on November 03, 2015, 06:47:47 pm
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/578/21573440992_e3ed84539a_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/ySnwpb)IMGP0951-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/ySnwpb) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on November 04, 2015, 03:58:16 am
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/578/21573440992_e3ed84539a_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/ySnwpb)IMGP0951-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/ySnwpb) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr

I like gritty; also very reminiscent of the 30s journalistic fashion... so Russian!

Rob C
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: MattBurt on November 04, 2015, 12:39:38 pm
I like gritty; also very reminiscent of the 30s journalistic fashion... so Russian!

Rob C

Thanks! Not really familiar with 30s journalistic fashion or how this seems Russian. I just liked the visual impact of those shapes rising from the darkness. This is from a hotel room window overlooking a rooftop with skylights.

Off to Google to find 30s journalistic fashion references...
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Michael West on November 04, 2015, 02:54:38 pm
I have best looking car door handle in all of Toronto.

(https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-NxptJ5b/0/L/DSC_0262%20copy1000-L.jpg)

not to detract from your fine photograph but theres something about the image aside from the posrtion occupied by the door handle that bears an eerie similarity a certain painting By Expressionist artist Edvard Munch  entitled "The Scream".

Its truly uncanny
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on November 04, 2015, 03:10:46 pm
not to detract from your fine photograph but theres something about the image aside from the posrtion occupied by the door handle that bears an eerie similarity a certain painting By Expressionist artist Edvard Munch  entitled "The Scream".

Its truly uncanny

Well spoted:
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 04, 2015, 05:27:55 pm
Nice abstract, Michael.

And nice catch, Slobodan. I thought something looked a little familiar about the shot, but I didn't catch on until you pointed it out.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Michael West on November 05, 2015, 03:03:29 pm
Well spoted:

the visual reference literally leaped off the page...screen at me.

Although I havent checked the colors   by the numbers.. the relative values are almost frighteningly close to each other.

Serendipity Squared!

It  just strick me that the doorhandle ..echoes the geometry of the mouth in the painting as well
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 05, 2015, 10:07:57 pm
It  just strick me that the doorhandle ..echoes the geometry of the mouth in the painting as well
Yes!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: BobDavid on November 06, 2015, 01:16:39 am
... must be a screaming fast automobile
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 06, 2015, 09:22:15 am
... must be a screaming fast automobile
;D
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Mjollnir on November 08, 2015, 02:26:50 pm
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/575/22865137962_aa3b6b437c_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/AQvNUA)Abstract Macro #5 (1 of 1) (https://flic.kr/p/AQvNUA) by tanngrisnir3 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/87368247@N00/), on Flickr
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: jjj on November 08, 2015, 05:17:50 pm
the visual reference literally leaped off the page...screen at me.

Although I havent checked the colors   by the numbers.. the relative values are almost frighteningly close to each other.

Serendipity Squared!

It  just strick me that the doorhandle ..echoes the geometry of the mouth in the painting as well
As Slobodan said, well spotted.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: jjj on November 08, 2015, 05:22:03 pm
Chasing Bacon
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: David Eckels on November 09, 2015, 01:52:25 pm
Pondering
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 09, 2015, 03:22:51 pm
Nice, David.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 09, 2015, 04:13:11 pm
I like the last two from Dave and JJJ.

I love High Park in Toronto. November, but it still has colour I can play with.

(https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-VHXkkNH/0/L/Nov%209-%202015%20High%20Park%20062%20copy-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 10, 2015, 12:35:19 am
I'd say you're branching out, John. Nice one,
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Michael West on November 10, 2015, 02:31:56 pm
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5721/22926100075_a4ab5de8a2_o.jpg)

 as "seen"

yes,,,a crop of 1 or more inches from the bottom of the image is in order
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: churly on November 13, 2015, 06:06:04 pm
Down low in the grass.
Chuck
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on November 13, 2015, 08:09:59 pm
The images on the last couple of pages are quite a collection, and a real pleasure to view. Well done all of you.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 14, 2015, 12:36:23 am
The images on the last couple of pages are quite a collection, and a real pleasure to view. Well done all of you.
+1.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 14, 2015, 12:37:10 am
Down low in the grass.
Chuck
All good, but the second one really grabs me.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: BobDavid on November 14, 2015, 02:26:32 am
The second one catches my eye too. There's an alien in it.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on November 15, 2015, 02:59:28 am
Is this abstract enough?

(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/591/22963491571_53ed64fc52_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/AZcU1t)

Mike
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 15, 2015, 08:37:29 am
Is this abstract enough?

Mike
I really like this one. The orange is a striking counterpoint to the white and helps to accentuate the texture in the image. Despite the verticals, the diagonal interaction of the shadows and light make the image dynamic.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on November 15, 2015, 01:42:33 pm
Thanks JR, I appreciate the thoughtful comments.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 16, 2015, 12:08:18 am
I really like this one. The orange is a striking counterpoint to the white and helps to accentuate the texture in the image. Despite the verticals, the diagonal interaction of the shadows and light make the image dynamic.

JR
What John said.
So your answer is "Yes!"
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on November 16, 2015, 02:17:53 am
Always a tricky judgement if the literal has somehow become abstract :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 16, 2015, 09:49:48 am
Always a tricky judgement if the literal has somehow become abstract :)
Often it's a matter of asking what the picture is about. Here, is it about a section of wall and another of a curtain, both happening to have shadows on them? I don't think so. It's more about balance (spatial and color), and straight lines versus irregular shapes (the shadows), and the moods and tension that these create.

IMHO, I believe that the fact that it is literal makes it easier for us not to have to ask the "What is it?" question, so we can play with the visual elements more easily.

Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Patricia Sheley on November 16, 2015, 09:53:54 am
Quote Eric:
 "IMHO, I believe that the fact that it is literal makes it easier for us not to have to ask the "What is it?" question, so we can play with the visual elements more easily."

...hmm, interesting...
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on November 16, 2015, 09:57:25 am
I hate that 'what is it question', who cares if it's a play on light and texture. But I know that's a simplistic view and not the norm. Throw off the shackles of the accepted reality and breathe! :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 22, 2015, 07:47:28 pm
May be I should put this in the Tree section. But at least I have options.

(https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Autumn-2015/i-THKx9sm/0/L/Nov%2022-%202015%20High%20Park%20163%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on November 22, 2015, 07:52:32 pm
Beautiful, John!

While I can certainly guess how you got the tree, how was the monochrome background achieved?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 22, 2015, 08:09:16 pm
Beautiful, John!

While I can certainly guess how you got the tree, how was the monochrome background achieved?
Good question.
I love it, John.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 22, 2015, 08:33:39 pm
Thanks Slobodan and Eric. I used selection tool on green dark areas and then desaturated. Compared result to original, then refined selection until most of colour and tree was included. Sharpened tree and left surroundings untouched like when processing a sky. Actually converting to BW is hit and miss, and feathering looks more natural when desaturated as opposed to converting. But for me, it's just trial and error.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Peter McLennan on November 23, 2015, 10:35:48 am
What's confusing me (and maybe Slobodan) is that the motion blur patterns in the tree don't match those in the background.  Especially in the upper LHS. 

Or was there wind involved?

In any case, it's lovely.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 23, 2015, 03:53:03 pm
It appears that way, but I can assure you the pattern is the same. I think what happened, is, the area in question has more trees and bushes and their pattern is mixing and interfering with the pattern I created in camera movement. Sometimes a camera movement is not conducive to pre-existing patterns, or you can be pleasantly surprised! Here is another, which I like better for it's more free flowing movement and abstract look, but I miscalculated and did not trip shutter early enough or include enough of the tree in the picture space. Thanks for the feedback.

(https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Autumn-2015/i-4CxcPdL/0/L/Nov%2022-%202015%20High%20Park%20160%20800copy-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 24, 2015, 12:33:40 am
Yes, that one is even better, John.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 25, 2015, 12:01:52 am
Yes, that one is even better, John.
Thanks Eric. No point in doing these if you don't have fun. At the camera club my friends keep threatening to buy me a tripod for xmas.
Here is one which is an actual building, but I decided to have some fun with it and maybe disorient a few judges.  An abstract even without the alterations.

JR

(https://johnroias.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-Ch67ZWG/0/L/June%205-%20201%20Matheson%20St%20Bldgs%20009%20copy3-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on November 25, 2015, 12:31:31 am
You are now encroaching on my territory 😊 Beautifu shot!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: BobDavid on November 25, 2015, 12:59:05 am
Thanks Eric. No point in doing these if you don't have fun. At the camera club my friends keep threatening to buy me a tripod for xmas.
Here is one which is an actual building, but I decided to have some fun with it and maybe disorient a few judges.  An abstract even without the alterations.

JR

(https://johnroias.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-p7cm3h6/0/L/June%205-%20201%20Matheson%20St%20Bldgs%20009%20copy3-1000-L.jpg)

Very nice. This would be a tough one to print--but well worth the effort.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 25, 2015, 08:10:43 am
Really fine, John.
I have one suggestion, though. I would be tempted to make your watermark a little smaller, move it to the right a bit, and slant it so that it looks like a logo that's part of the building.

Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 25, 2015, 11:21:50 am
Thanks Slobodan, Eric and Bob. Yes Eric, the watermark does in this case draw too much attention. So I did alter it as you suggested. Much better. Didn't even know you can change direction of watermark until I tried different tools.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 25, 2015, 12:08:38 pm
Now, of course, all you need to do is retake it while swinging the camera around deftly.  And make the watermark match.   :D
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on November 25, 2015, 10:05:32 pm
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Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 29, 2015, 06:05:27 pm
Forgot camera was on self timer. So I cursed and moved the camera anyway. This result was my good fortune. I'm pretty sure if this was film, I would have double cursed!

(https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-xFVjNGM/0/L/Algonquin%20Island%202-%20017%20copy1000%20copy-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on November 29, 2015, 06:17:53 pm
Neon colors - √
Interesting patterns - √
Oversized watermark - √
Successful overall - √

As you can see, the image elicits plenty of checkmarks ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 29, 2015, 06:54:15 pm
Neon colors - √
Interesting patterns - √
Oversized watermark - √
Successful overall - √

As you can see, the image elicits plenty of checkmarks ;)
Check!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 30, 2015, 01:46:39 am
Check!
You guys just ticked me off. I think it would have been even better had they not switched to LED lights. So many intermitten lights.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on November 30, 2015, 02:47:53 am
From the local library

(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5639/21630498439_e833a288c9_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/yXpXAg)

Mike
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Krug on November 30, 2015, 01:28:55 pm
I find that I photograph trees rather a lot - one of my favourite subjects.

I have been working on a project for a little while trying to show some of the characteristics of trees - colour, movement, patterns etc. - without the distractions of precise depiction but retaining a recognizable character and staying short of full abstraction. After all trees are rarely seen in total static state by us -  either they or we are moving when we see them and an attempt to show the features as moving impressions may be as valid as a perfect still image.

There are images on this thread which are not dissimilar and I would be very interested in any response,comment and criticism on these sample images , please.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 30, 2015, 02:34:29 pm
These are very interesting. Your technique seems to be similar to John R's, but the results have a very different mood. I like all of these, but the first seems especially fine.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on November 30, 2015, 04:32:39 pm
For me the last one seems most effective as the colours seem strongest. This is not an easy technique and your shots seem good but maybe some suffer from too much bright cloud/sky?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: muntanela on December 02, 2015, 12:03:23 pm
Ice in Malghera.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on December 02, 2015, 01:26:34 pm
Ice in Malghera.
Very nice, I prefer the second. Still waiting for snow or freeze to get something similar.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 02, 2015, 02:06:00 pm
Ice in Malghera.
Yes, the second one for me, too. I love that kind of stuff.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Krug on December 02, 2015, 02:14:33 pm
These are very interesting. Your technique seems to be similar to John R's, but the results have a very different mood. I like all of these, but the first seems especially fine.

For me the last one seems most effective as the colours seem strongest. This is not an easy technique and your shots seem good but maybe some suffer from too much bright cloud/sky?

Thank you very much for the comments.

Eric  -  Yes i have seen John R's work and find it interesting - personally I am wanting to retain more of the subject matter and be a little less 'abstract' than he  ... but it is,of course, all a matter of taste. I agree with your choice - it is one that I feel is more successful than some.

drmike - i can see your point about the brightness but in a print it seems to distract less and even add to the complexity of the image - but a point to weigh for the future, thanks.

More generally i am not too sure what legs this little project has against my more usual 'tree fetish' images.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Bruce Cox on December 02, 2015, 03:24:53 pm
Like armand, I find 4943QN more absorbing.

I can imagen patching highlights sort of like that.  However, I wonder if you had it pressed against a glass or removed from a glass so that the high points looked patched, or are you telling?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: muntanela on December 02, 2015, 05:59:30 pm
Like armand, I find 4943QN more absorbing.

I can imagen patching highlights sort of like that.  However, I wonder if you had it pressed against a glass or removed from a glass so that the high points looked patched, or are you telling?

Bruce, I'm sorry, but my poor english doesn't let me understand well what do you mean with "patching the highlights" :(.
Anyway, the photo is a crop of a shot taken in Western Grosina Valley, near the "Brata hut", the  alpine hut of my father in law. The aspect of the ice is a natural phenomenon, under the ice flows water.

This is the original, not post produced photo.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Bruce Cox on December 02, 2015, 07:21:53 pm
Bruce, I'm sorry, but my poor english doesn't let me understand well what do you mean with "patching the highlights" :(.
Anyway, the photo is a crop of a shot taken in Western Grosina Valley, near the "Brata hut", the  alpine hut of my father in law. The aspect of the ice is a natural phenomenon, under the ice flows water.

This is the original, not post produced photo.

Thanks, it was just my delusion.  Every thing is starting to look like PhotoShop to me.  The relatively flat areas with sharp borders fooled me.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on December 02, 2015, 08:55:10 pm
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Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 03, 2015, 12:06:08 am
This one is true minimalist abstract. Nice!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on December 03, 2015, 02:43:29 am
Compared to the previous photograph this doesn't seem very minimal now :)

(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/710/23397317466_9144942d6f_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/BDxnkh)

Mike
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on December 03, 2015, 02:48:19 am
That's a very nice one, Mike.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on December 03, 2015, 02:52:06 am
Thanks Slobodan. Nicely gentle was the intention.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: muntanela on December 03, 2015, 03:54:15 am
Thanks, it was just my delusion.  Every thing is starting to look like PhotoShop to me.  The relatively flat areas with shrap borders fooled me.

Now I understand, they seem really patched, but they aren't, they are only holes in the ice with the grey flowing water underneath. (The heavy pp was made of levels, curves and an indecent use of the color boost slider (50) in Nikon Capture NX2)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: graeme on December 03, 2015, 06:55:13 am
Nice image Mike.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 03, 2015, 09:27:23 am
Nice image Mike.
I agree.

A good image doesn't necessarily have to have a lot of varied content. Yours has just what it needs, and no more.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on December 03, 2015, 01:21:11 pm
Thank you Eric. I do like simplicity.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on December 04, 2015, 02:20:49 pm
Here is the last one and 3 more (I think they are more interesting as a set).
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 04, 2015, 08:32:02 pm
OK, folks. I haven't put any u in a while, so here goes. Two B&W and two Color (or Colour for those on the other side of the pond.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 05, 2015, 07:19:22 pm
I am partial to the colour images, especially the first image. For me it's the white surrounding the orange-brown that gives it a dynamic quality. It allows the cracks and black dimple areas to be more noticeable.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 05, 2015, 07:25:48 pm
Thanks, John.

I have quite a few of these "satins on walls" images, but most don't have enough color to make the color versions work.
I'll dig up another one or two that I think do work in color.

Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 05, 2015, 07:42:58 pm
I took a couple yesterday, when it was dull gray. We stopped at a restaurant to have breakfast. On the way out we complained about the light. But I cheered up when I espied these elements on the wall opposite the restaurant.

converted to BW
(https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-FxJ44B9/0/L/IMGP6492%20bwcopy2%20copy1000-L.jpg)

Played with colours to make this one pop a little more:
(https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-kmMJHfc/0/L/IMGP6491%20alteredcopy2%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Calohan on December 05, 2015, 10:37:02 pm
Almost Went Unnoticed
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on December 06, 2015, 04:16:17 am
John

Nice subject and I think the B&W composition works better but possibly needs some harsher processing? Or is my lack subtlety showing :)

Colour one doesn't work for me.

Mike
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on December 06, 2015, 06:08:26 am
OK, folks. I haven't put any u in a while, so here goes. Two B&W and two Color (or Colour for those on the other side of the pond.


For me: the bottom one. Love the mental playground it provides.

Rob C
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 06, 2015, 09:33:24 am

For me: the bottom one. Love the mental playground it provides.

Rob C
Now that you mention it< I do really like Eric's bottom bw image. It grew on me, I think because of the play between dark and light elements and because of an overall circle of light (white area) that appears to envelope the whole scene.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 06, 2015, 09:43:46 am
John

Nice subject and I think the B&W composition works better but possibly needs some harsher processing? Or is my lack subtlety showing :)

Colour one doesn't work for me.

Mike
Thanks everyone for the feedback. Mike, I was over at Leica monochrome thread looking at images of Allan Bourgeois. Great stuff, with excellent smooth, natural looking bw images, especially the high contrast ones. He stated in one post that if he can't make the image look natural, and unprocessed, it was not well done. I feel the same way. I have seen too many bw images that are pushed to extremes and they just don't look good or natural. I wanted more light to bring out and better delineate the elements and give them a more 3D look, but it was not to be. I don't think I can manage more with this low contrast image. Besides, it's a jpeg. Thanks again.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on December 06, 2015, 11:04:03 am
I suspect I am guilty of pushing B&W conversions too hard. I find it very hard to get the elegance of tones I managed with 6x6 on Pan-F 40 years go :) So, maybe I misunderstood your intent.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on December 06, 2015, 12:05:55 pm
I suspect I am guilty of pushing B&W conversions too hard. I find it very hard to get the elegance of tones I managed with 6x6 on Pan-F 40 years go :) So, maybe I misunderstood your intent.

AAMOF I found that the more elegant tones came not from slow film, but TXP 120 rated 320 ASA, processed D76 1+1. Slow, for me, was one film faster: FP3 at 125 ASA. I never got it together with that film (FP3) on 120, but magically so on the Nikon, for some reason that I never could discover.

All I can guess is the difference in lens manufacture. I must confess that I tried bloody hard, both with Pan F as well as Pan X, but in the end I concluded that imaginary grain, as in not visible, wasn't as expressive as some real, visible grain. I used any crutch I could find to advance whatever I thought I wanted to achieve!

Ironically, now there's no grain, I often create it.

Such the perversity of man.

Rob C
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on December 06, 2015, 12:23:59 pm
I used FP4 in the Leica (or sometimes Tri-X) and the slower Pan F in the Rollei always on a tripod. Before anyone thinks moneybags, the Rollei cost £15 in 1972 but the Leica an M3 double stroke was a bit more maybe £100+ I cannot now recall.

I'm a bit baffled by the recent discussion about how silver halide was either black or not, I didn't think that was the case and it could be shades of grey but I'm no chemist. I do know that very slow (25 ASA) film gave me no visible grain and beautiful tones. One of the very few photographs I ever got published was another pretty unique thing for me a nude on Pan-F and Rollei. I still have the print and it looks as good as it did then, 40 years ago.

Mike
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on December 06, 2015, 02:09:56 pm
I used FP4 in the Leica (or sometimes Tri-X) and the slower Pan F in the Rollei always on a tripod. Before anyone thinks moneybags, the Rollei cost £15 in 1972 but the Leica an M3 double stroke was a bit more maybe £100+ I cannot now recall.

I'm a bit baffled by the recent discussion about how silver halide was either black or not, I didn't think that was the case and it could be shades of grey but I'm no chemist. I do know that very slow (25 ASA) film gave me no visible grain and beautiful tones. One of the very few photographs I ever got published was another pretty unique thing for me a nude on Pan-F and Rollei. I still have the print and it looks as good as it did then, 40 years ago.

Mike

That's my opinion too; it's matter of strength of light striking the film, or everything would look like it had been shot on line film. But there's no point in arguing with digi pundits - they see everything as an extreme: I don't have a terribly good magnifying glass and so I must rest my case on memory of old lectures!

I'll bet it looks better today than the model! When I think of mine, they are probably grannies now; but back then...

;-)

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on December 06, 2015, 02:21:45 pm
The model was quite a pretty girl bur her main attribute was that she was 'trim' not too big anywhere and was able to take direction. It was a university Photo Society evening so there were about 12 of us shooting. I was the only one to get anything useable as I kept it very simple and non glamorous. I couldn't do what you did :)

As for silver halide I went to Wiki which isn't always wise but it did reinforce what my PhD chemist buddy told me all those years ago;

When a silver halide crystal is exposed to light, a sensitivity speck on the surface of the crystal is turned into a small speck of metallic silver (these comprise the invisible or latent image). If the speck of silver contains approximately four or more atoms, it is rendered developable - meaning that it can undergo development which turns the entire crystal into metallic silver. Areas of the emulsion receiving larger amounts of light (reflected from a subject being photographed, for example) undergo the greatest development and therefore results in the highest optical density.

My reading of this is that one crystal could have many dark areas or not so that a crystal which I assume is extremely small could in effect be grey because of the limited areas of black. So everyone is right!

Mike
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on December 06, 2015, 04:10:47 pm
3 totally different abstracts
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 06, 2015, 05:36:44 pm
3 totally different abstracts
Minimalist, and very fine ones!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 06, 2015, 06:58:55 pm
Minimalist, and very fine ones!
Agreed. I am really drawn to the third image, but like them all. Nice work Armand.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on December 07, 2015, 03:52:06 am
I think this is abstract

(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/720/21574977248_0bd946e4c3_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/ySvp5m)

Mike
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Manoli on December 07, 2015, 04:45:53 am
I think this is abstract

It might be abstract but it's certainly not ambiguous.
The deathly British , traffic-warden jackpot, instant culpability - 'don't-bother-to-even-whisper-an-excuse', ubiquitous double yellow line !

I like it - (the shot, not the lines ..)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on December 07, 2015, 11:51:52 am
In another thread Rob C prompted me to look up a photo taken some time ago in Vienna and I saw this which at teh time I had dismissed. Now I'm not so sure

(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5630/23562658026_e271b7f64b_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/BU9MjA)

Mike
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 07, 2015, 08:21:08 pm
I think this is abstract

(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/720/21574977248_0bd946e4c3_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/ySvp5m)

Mike
Yes, it's certainly abstract.
But it also appears to be what I call the "pure" form of "Street" photography, namely a photograph of a Street. No?
Admittedly, it may not have the kind of ambiguity that Russ Lewis and Henri CB like in their "Street" shots.

NA here is one of my own Abstract "Pure" Street shots:
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on December 08, 2015, 02:35:27 am
Eric that was a good find. How could any photographer resist that. I am teased at the club for this type of shot but to me it shows there is beauty all around us, just pause and look at the view.
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Post by: John R on December 08, 2015, 01:25:21 pm
As already noted, not street shot as Russ means, but certainly a fine BW abstract, whose elements have just the right amount shimmer to make it work.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 08, 2015, 01:28:49 pm
Took this an outing at Toronto Islands. Didn't get a great sunset, but enough light to capture these undulating waves of gold light and blue water.

(https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Algonquin-Island-outing/i-c4C8PhX/0/L/Dec%206-%202015%20Algonquin%20Island%20065%20cropcopy-1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 08, 2015, 02:45:38 pm
Well, John, I don't think that quite qualifies as "Street" as Russ defines it, or even as "Pure Street" as I define it. So maybe it is "Pure Liquid Street."   :D

Anyway, it's lovely.
And abstract.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: churly on December 08, 2015, 03:41:27 pm
This is what happens to John's H2O when it cools off a bit.
Chuck
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: sdwilsonsct on December 08, 2015, 04:20:34 pm
This is what happens to John's H2O when it cools off a bit.

Yes, new ice is always good for abstracts.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 08, 2015, 07:54:44 pm
Scott,

Yours looks like the ice skaters dance pattern. Nice.
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 08, 2015, 11:42:32 pm
OK, here's a new one from me, taken just yesterday. (It usually takes me weeks from shooting to processing.)

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: petermfiore on December 09, 2015, 08:34:52 am
(http://www.roma57.com/uploads/4/2/8/7/4287956/8842581_orig.jpg)
Hi Rob,
Levels. Lots a levels...lovely.

Peter
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Post by: John R on December 09, 2015, 08:53:44 am
OK, here's a new one from me, taken just yesterday. (It usually takes me weeks from shooting to processing.)
Love this one, Eric. Simple and effective. Primary lines and shadows, secondary lines, reinforcing the pattern and rhythm.

JR
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Post by: Rob C on December 09, 2015, 09:33:30 am
Hi Rob,
Levels. Lots a levels...lovely.

Peter

LOL!

;-)

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: churly on December 09, 2015, 06:08:19 pm
More nice shots on this thread.  I'm enjoying the variety.
Chuck
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Post by: John R on December 09, 2015, 09:24:31 pm
What is this I said to myself when I got home and looked at it. If I hadn't tried, I never would have got the shot.

JR

(https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Algonquin-Island-outing/i-cNmHwNp/0/L/June%202-%202015%20Downtown-Centre%20Island%20170%20copy1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: Patricia Sheley on December 09, 2015, 11:15:48 pm
That appears John, to be the maze of flame on my last acknowledged birthday cake...  ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Patricia Sheley on December 09, 2015, 11:20:12 pm
@Rob,
RE: Globular, could that also be "Matin" ? Has my brain running...never a controlled activity...loving your "poking in the overlooked and underappreciated" !
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Post by: Rob C on December 10, 2015, 04:04:27 am
@Rob,
RE: Globular, could that also be "Matin" ? Has my brain running...never a controlled activity...loving your "poking in the overlooked and underappreciated" !


You got me wonderin'.... stairs, indoors or out, but if not, then a reflection of same on some chrome? All this stuff excites me no end: a real mental exercise in place of the obvious confrontation with the established norms. And thinking of them, perhaps that's why landscape assumes a greater beauty when it's done in black and white and removed from the way it usually looks; fake colours just look what they are. But either way, I think they must remain small images. For me, an enormous photograph on a domestic wall is a breach of sensitivity - but a nod to the consumer within us. Enormous photographs on office walls (or in galleries, of course) ring more true, but still, I think, require a sense of proportion to work.

Rob C
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 10, 2015, 02:41:04 pm
Here are four more from last Monday at Plum Island.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on December 10, 2015, 03:28:35 pm
Eric, can I vote for Robinson Crusoe?

Rob C
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Patricia Sheley on December 10, 2015, 04:25:09 pm
http://forum.luminous-landscape.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=86369.0;attach=135449;image
(the third image, 5476)

Eric,
I must be exhausted, or close to near sleep, here the rolling through Jupiter descending, a secret entry to Other world, and Michael R's provocative blurred bull fights... Have you been to the Snaefells Glacier? Pin this to your bag and go...you have a book waiting your release there at the entry to the center of the earth... tell me when...
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Post by: drmike on December 10, 2015, 04:42:47 pm
All this natural stuff - let's have some man made subjects

(https://drmcw.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/yellowbenchdscf9148.jpg)

Mike
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: bob_noble on December 10, 2015, 09:39:22 pm
Dog hair with dew.
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 10, 2015, 10:46:16 pm
Nice!
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Post by: John R on December 11, 2015, 02:45:10 am
Dog hair with dew, never would think to photograph that. I think Mike's image is interesting and might be even better if the grid pattern in background was in focus. So you want some man-made abstracts...

(https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Algonquin-Island-outing/i-gqzjd7c/0/L/Nov%2028-%202015%20Algonquin%20Island%20094%20copy1000-L.jpg)

(https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Algonquin-Island-outing/i-RkVB933/0/L/Nov%2028-%202015%20Algonquin%20Island%20126%20alteredcopy-bw1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: drmike on December 11, 2015, 02:56:34 am
Nice, but I am drawn to a square crop in both cases :) But then I often am. The yellow shot above mutated to a square crop which I couldn't find although I have a print on the wall.
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Post by: Bruce Cox on December 11, 2015, 02:56:56 pm
I very much like Erik's first one of his recent set, 5463.
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Post by: GrahamBy on December 11, 2015, 03:55:31 pm
Let's try again... LR is being painful.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: GrahamBy on December 11, 2015, 04:06:28 pm
Or an old favourite
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Calohan on December 12, 2015, 10:02:45 am
Beach scenes
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Bruce Cox on December 12, 2015, 11:05:30 am
I welcome the return of the phantom. 

And preceding it, I preferred the third of Chris's sand pictures.  The framing is excellent.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 12, 2015, 12:01:01 pm
http://forum.luminous-landscape.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=86369.0;attach=135449;image
(the third image, 5476)

Eric,
I must be exhausted, or close to near sleep, here the rolling through Jupiter descending, a secret entry to Other world, and Michael R's provocative blurred bull fights... Have you been to the Snaefells Glacier? Pin this to your bag and go...you have a book waiting your release there at the entry to the center of the earth... tell me when...
Not Snaefellsjökull, but I find all sorts of suggestive images at Plum Island, and I'm always delighted when one of them sparks a viewers imagination in ways I couldn't predict.

The closest I ever got to the Sanefells Glacier was in 1974, briefly on Snaefellsnes peninsula (which is of course redundant, since "nes" means "peninsula" as in my own last name.) Iceland is full of magic, as Rajan and others demonstrate here on LuLa so often.

Thanks all, for helping to liven this thread up!

Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 12, 2015, 03:58:46 pm
I have to say, some of these bw images don't look like much in thumbnail view, but come to life once you click and enlarge.

Rob, very intriguing. How are you getting that soft mysterious look. Should I guess?

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on December 12, 2015, 04:17:22 pm
I have to say, some of these bw images don't like like much in thumbnail view, but come to life once you click and enlarge.

Rob, very intriguing. How are you getting that soft mysterious look. Should I guess?

JR

Vaseline, lightly smeared on parts of a tiny piece of scrap glass that a local glazier cut for me to fit a cheap Cokin filter holder. Almost never used it after I saw the first roll of Kodachrome that I'd ruined with the effects of a part-tobacco filter! Glad, now, that I didn't toss Cokin away. I'd never treat a photographic filter in that manner!

P.S. Are you seeing these images of mine as thumbnails first? I had imagined that they appear at full size right away. Some other poster's images appear, to me, as thumbnails first and others not. No wonder I have little love for things digital: they spook me!

Rob C
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 12, 2015, 05:25:52 pm
Rob, your images are perfect size for most monitors. But I have large 25 inch HP monitor and the thumbnails are very small indeed and quite frankly don't look that good. This is especially true of the more subtle bw-images.

JR

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: bob_noble on December 13, 2015, 09:46:41 am
Raindrops on shallow water at the edge of a lake. It almost looks like a colour blindness test.
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Post by: armand on December 13, 2015, 01:46:34 pm
Raindrops on shallow water at the edge of a lake. It almost looks like a colour blindness test.

The second one is brilliant
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on December 13, 2015, 02:48:04 pm
Rob, your images are perfect size for most monitors. But I have large 25 inch HP monitor and the thumbnails are very small indeed and quite frankly don't look that good. This is especially true of the more subtle bw-images.

JR


Ah, so they do appear to you initially as thumbnails; for me they open up at full size right away, and are not thumbnails (my own pics here, in LuLa) but some other poster's images do show initially as thumbnails, and I have to click 'em to blow them up to size. My monitor is a LaCie 319; that's a 19" diagonal.

My thumbs, you say don't look good: how are the full images of same on your monitor? Sometimes, when I upload to here from my website, if I switch back rapidly to my website, the shots look slightly different, but then that requires memory, even if over a brief period, so without side-by-side at once, I could be mistaken, and just working on expectations of differences... I think I did open up two windows to do that before, but doing it again still wouldn't solve anything if there is indeed a problem.

No wonder I loved the world of film! I understood it way better.

Rob C
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: churly on December 13, 2015, 05:08:42 pm
The second one is brilliant

+1
Chuck
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Patricia Sheley on December 13, 2015, 05:37:59 pm

Quote from: Patricia Sheley on December 09, 2015, 11:15:48 PM

That appears John, to be the maze of flame on my last acknowledged birthday cake...  ;)





Patricia, beware: I think our stars are about to collide - in reverse!

http://forum.luminous-landscape.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=86369.0;attach=135398;image

Rob


 ;), :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Diego Pigozzo on December 13, 2015, 07:32:22 pm
Old shot, new eyes.
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 13, 2015, 08:46:35 pm
Nice, Diego.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Patricia Sheley on December 13, 2015, 08:54:20 pm
Interruptous...
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 14, 2015, 12:04:58 am
Interruptous...
!!!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Diego Pigozzo on December 14, 2015, 03:16:47 am
Interruptous...
Really cool!
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Post by: Rob C on December 14, 2015, 04:01:52 am
!!!


Indeed; ???

Rob C


How does one stop these irritating 'faces' from popping up unbid? I wanted to write three of these: ? but it won't fly that way.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on December 14, 2015, 08:16:49 am
Rob, either put spaces in between ? ? ? or tick "Do not use smileys" in "Attachments and other options." On the other hand, if you have to ask a question three times, it is either time to go back to school or visit an ear doctor  :P :P :P
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 14, 2015, 08:22:27 am
Rob, either put spaces in between ? ? ? or tick "Do not use smileys" in "Attachments and other options." On the other hand, if you have to ask a question three times, it is either time to go back to school or visit an ear doctor  :P :P :P
A no doubt useful response, but I'm not sure whether it is sufficiently abstract for this thread.   :D ? ? ?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: muntanela on December 14, 2015, 11:45:55 am
Ice and a blade of grass. Not abstract indeed, but macro images of natural objects are often much more concrete than abstract, in the hegelian sense of the two terms (more or less).
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Diego Pigozzo on December 14, 2015, 11:48:43 am
Ice and a blade of grass. Not abstract indeed, but macro images of natural objects are often much more concrete than abstract, in the hegelian sense of the two terms (more or less).
I like it, especially the central part.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Hans Kruse on December 14, 2015, 01:06:58 pm
A couple from a recent trip to Sicily
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Calohan on December 14, 2015, 04:26:37 pm
Great Egret
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Patricia Sheley on December 15, 2015, 09:46:08 am
Eric, Diego, Rob... I find myself musing if time passing while poking around in the abstract, isn't (for me at least), seeking to see outside an old skin waiting too long to slough off...taking a chance on a (life) line to no certain destination seems to whisper "just jump!"

Thank you.
And Diego, I am still enjoying watching you stay open enough to experiment with that which you find yourself near...keep it up! Almost child like unconditional curiosity and experiment is indeed to be celebrated.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on December 15, 2015, 01:02:25 pm
Rob, either put spaces in between ? ? ? or tick "Do not use smileys" in "Attachments and other options." On the other hand, if you have to ask a question three times, it is either time to go back to school or visit an ear doctor  :P :P :P

Thanks - hadn't realised about spacing the characters. Neither, about ticking in Attachments as I wasn't making any. Guess my logic fails, too. ;-(

Regression to school: no thanks! It's taken my decades to slip gingerly (if tentatively) away from being a teen; just this morning, in the shower, I was mumbling couplets in an attempt to write the next Neil Sedaka hit; I got as far as this:

I'm not a whore, anymore
Not like before;

this, followed with a rhyme about teen and clean and freedom, but I've forgotten it now. Perhaps in the morning, when the conditions (with luck) are the same, it'll come back to me. This always works: I often find myself standing in the kitchen and wondering what the hell I went there to do. The answer, I found, is to go back where I started, and then I almost instantly discover why I went to the kitchen. It generally involves another cup of coffee.

But regarding my paean to teen: I remember realising that it was possibly applicable to photography, too. That made me laugh aloud.

Yep, a hearing specialist might come in helpful too; I have noticed that watching the rare tv show that I do, the scripts often sound confusing. This could be the result of everything people say, today, starting with 'so' or 'like' but I can't be certain.

Troubled times indeed.

Rob C
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 15, 2015, 03:31:39 pm
This always works: I often find myself standing in the kitchen and wondering what the hell I went there to do. The answer, I found, is to go back where I started, and then I almost instantly discover why I went to the kitchen
That only works about half the time for me.   :(
Sometimes I can't even remember where I started, so I don't know where to go back to.

Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 15, 2015, 03:34:55 pm
Anyway, jumping isn't a game plan: I am anything but a religious person, having been estranged from that by early forced exposure to missionary zealotry. But, and this is key: I believe firmly that life is a gift. Consequently, to throw that gift back into the face of whence it came is an insult, the very thing that will negate the possibility of reunition (neologism?) with my wife. I won't run that risk, ever! If I'm mistaken I shall never know, but if I am correct... hallelujah!

;-)

Rob
Amen to that, Rob!

Eric

Quote
(http://www.roma57.com/uploads/4/2/8/7/4287956/2211645_orig.jpg)
Another gem.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Patricia Sheley on December 15, 2015, 03:38:50 pm
Quote Rob:I won't run that risk, ever!

If she were Jasper Johns she would be able to notate well enough that her intent of Take that Risk, as in "it is not a cloud", as in "just take the leap!" though the destination be not promised or clear...I did entire heartedly intend life affirming...should have tipped one to you first before the attempt to elucidate...
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on December 15, 2015, 03:56:04 pm
Patricia,

Love the shot; love, too, the interpretation that I was reading doom where none existed.

There's something in a cup. This is not a prelude to burlesque.

Rob C
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Calohan on December 15, 2015, 06:45:13 pm
I liked it better than the non reflection
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Diego Pigozzo on December 15, 2015, 08:51:42 pm
Eric, Diego, Rob... I find myself musing if time passing while poking around in the abstract, isn't (for me at least), seeking to see outside an old skin waiting too long to slough off...taking a chance on a (life) line to no certain destination seems to whisper "just jump!"

Thank you.
And Diego, I am still enjoying watching you stay open enough to experiment with that which you find yourself near...keep it up! Almost child like unconditional curiosity and experiment is indeed to be celebrated.

Well, for me personally is more a matter of enjoying the feeling of being amazed by the train of thought that an abstract image gives me, no matter how irrational or useless those thoughts may be.
Something like "...it looks like and horse. I wonder what's the smell of an horse. Maybe it's something like eating a carob. I ate a carob as a child, when I went to sicily..." and so on.

On "child like unconditional curiosity and experiment" I agree with you 100%: I hope to stay childishly curious all my life. :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Diego Pigozzo on December 15, 2015, 08:55:13 pm
(http://www.roma57.com/uploads/4/2/8/7/4287956/2211645_orig.jpg)
Really cool, I like it.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 15, 2015, 11:38:58 pm
I hope to stay childishly curious all my life. :)
Well said, Diego. As far as I'm concerned, that's what this thread is all about.

Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: tnargs on December 16, 2015, 01:24:10 am
Water and Glass

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on December 16, 2015, 04:15:33 am
Really cool, I like it.

Thank you, it's one of the reasons that I envy the film world: that transition from one thing to another that you get when you focus a long lens at different extremes of distance is always lost in stills - you just can't express motion in a single frame, and it isn't about blur lines.

Was a time, on our terrace, that I'd point a lens over the hedge and at something a few hundred yards away - or even at a small tree just fifty yards away, and the feeling as the top of the hedge went from crisp to blur, the sunlit leaves changing shape like that, was magical. The solid world turned liquid without having altered at all.

Rob C
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: mbaginy on December 16, 2015, 05:20:35 am
Chatting pods.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on December 16, 2015, 10:10:32 am
Chatting pods.


And all three giving birth to snails!

Rob C
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on December 16, 2015, 10:18:24 am
Well, for me personally is more a matter of enjoying the feeling of being amazed by the train of thought that an abstract image gives me, no matter how irrational or useless those thoughts may be.
Something like "...it looks like and horse. I wonder what's the smell of an horse. Maybe it's something like eating a carob. I ate a carob as a child, when I went to sicily..." and so on.


There's another thing happens: I often find myself with the caption well before I see the picture lying somewhere waiting for me.

There's a mixture of opinion regarding captions, and whether they help or hinder the enjoyment of the 'viewer' and I have to admit, my opinion is that the picture belongs to the photographer, and it's up to him/her to indicate what it means to him or to her. Equally, the shooter has the right to refrain from writing anything. I'm not certain there's necessarily credit in casting one's creation out into the world without a birth certificate.

Rob C
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 16, 2015, 12:42:02 pm
My congratulations to Mike D. B. for bringing this thread to 1000 posts, with his "Chatting pods!"

Nice photo, and definitely not a cliché.

Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: mbaginy on December 16, 2015, 02:49:28 pm
Rob, snails is what most see.  But they ain't.

Eric, I wasn't counting.  Maybe I should play the lottery this week!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: GrahamBy on December 16, 2015, 04:39:39 pm
Late night, longish exposure, sodium vapour lighting...
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Antonio Correia on December 16, 2015, 07:22:43 pm
My turn

(http://www.antoniocorreia.com/photos/i-CSb79MP/0/X2/i-CSb79MP-X2.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 16, 2015, 09:05:42 pm
I can find all sorts of faces and creatures above the dark stripe. I interpret the stripe as representing the River Styx, perhaps.

Nice.

Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Antonio Correia on December 17, 2015, 05:37:20 am
(http://www.antoniocorreia.com/photos/i-4qtz6Lr/0/X2/i-4qtz6Lr-X2.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Tony Jay on December 17, 2015, 05:49:37 am
(http://www.antoniocorreia.com/photos/i-4qtz6Lr/0/X2/i-4qtz6Lr-X2.jpg)
Beautiful!

Tony Jay
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Antonio Correia on December 17, 2015, 05:57:22 am
Thank you.
Glad you liked it ! :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: pegelli on December 17, 2015, 07:01:55 am
(https://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201512/i-NPT6VBD/0/O/PEG_NEX6_2_3568_20151213.jpg) (https://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201512/i-NPT6VBD/A)
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Post by: GrahamBy on December 17, 2015, 07:16:13 am
Antonio: bravo, I like very much :-)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Antonio Correia on December 17, 2015, 07:20:58 am
Thank you Gram... :)
(http://www.antoniocorreia.com/photos/i-sb6532g/0/XL/i-sb6532g-XL.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on December 17, 2015, 09:59:07 am
(https://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201512/i-NPT6VBD/0/O/PEG_NEX6_2_3568_20151213.jpg) (https://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201512/i-NPT6VBD/A)

Very nice, but I bet it itches...

;-)

Rob C
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Antonio Correia on December 17, 2015, 01:51:23 pm
(http://www.antoniocorreia.com/photos/i-vTgRHvH/0/X2/i-vTgRHvH-X2.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on December 18, 2015, 08:43:06 am

Dense, punchy colors, complex but really nice in the end!
Bravo
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Antonio Correia on December 18, 2015, 11:36:21 am
Sometimes when I make a work like this, at the end I find the images too dense, too red... whatever !
Another one.
(http://www.antoniocorreia.com/photos/i-9SSdZbt/0/X2/i-9SSdZbt-X2.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Patricia Sheley on December 18, 2015, 12:01:24 pm
Quote Antonio:Sometimes when I make a work like this, at the end I find the images too dense, too red...

Never!!! Thinking an excellent espresso maker (Pantone red copyrighted) and a devastating pair of stilettos the soles of which make me smile although only I remember their "jump! and the net will appear red"!!!!!
do very much like this one...becoming curious about the process... did see your first as a self-portrait, but kept that tilted opinion to myself at the time...
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Antonio Correia on December 18, 2015, 01:15:39 pm
Patricia... I am sorry but I do not understand your point.
Please, be more simple so I can understand.
English is not my native language you know...
Thank you for the comment anyway :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Patricia Sheley on December 18, 2015, 01:38:54 pm
Mi piace il tuo rosso~  ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Antonio Correia on December 18, 2015, 02:12:53 pm
Patricia... I am Portuguese.
I understood you message. Thank you ! :)

E questo, piace?

(http://www.antoniocorreia.com/photos/i-WspTLsN/0/X2/i-WspTLsN-X2.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Patricia Sheley on December 18, 2015, 02:57:10 pm
Desculpas! Adoro o seu vermelhos!!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on December 18, 2015, 03:20:14 pm
Lovely abstracts, Antonio!

I have a photographer friend who makes a killing (meaning: sells a lot) at art fairs with his abstract series. Some of which are simply macro shots of cracks in his linoleum flooring  :) You can see his work here. (http://NATGAL.zenfolio.com/p88810338)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on December 18, 2015, 03:24:17 pm
Lovely abstracts, Antonio!

I have a photographer friend who makes a killing (meaning: sells a lot) at art fairs with his abstract series. Some of which are simply macro shots of cracks in his linoleum flooring  :) You can see his work here. (http://NATGAL.zenfolio.com/p88810338)

No dice; wants me to register to look. Crazy.

Rob C
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Antonio Correia on December 18, 2015, 04:03:20 pm
Thank you Patricia ! :)

Let's resume back to English ! :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on December 19, 2015, 12:49:18 pm
I had some time in Nottingham. Not much and boy was it a grey day.

(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5780/23479205459_632a557743_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/BLM4Me)Rails-Doubled-DSCF0422 (https://flic.kr/p/BLM4Me)

and

(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5650/23761461921_a9cb4832db_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/CcHGMX)Rail-DSCF0430 (https://flic.kr/p/CcHGMX)

Mike
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on December 19, 2015, 01:05:46 pm
Like the square-ish one more. Great colors in both.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: churly on December 19, 2015, 03:05:01 pm
Something on the more simple side.
Chuck
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on December 19, 2015, 03:39:24 pm
Something on the more simple side.
Chuck


Love that!

Rob C
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on December 19, 2015, 03:42:01 pm
Thanks Slobodan.

The red droplet is very red but I like the composition - at least I think I do :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Antonio Correia on December 19, 2015, 03:53:42 pm
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5650/23761461921_a9cb4832db_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/CcHGMX) (https://flic.kr/p/CcHGMX)
Mike

I do like this one Mike !
Very balanced. Thank you for posting ! :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on December 19, 2015, 04:46:22 pm
Thank you Antonio, it was a very grey day with a little rain which didn't help. An odd building as well. Some sort of art gallery I think.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Antonio Correia on December 19, 2015, 04:50:06 pm
The window
(http://www.antoniocorreia.com/photos/i-k437k6N/0/X2/i-k437k6N-X2.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on December 19, 2015, 04:51:27 pm
I have seen this series on Flickr and while this is good I think there is a better one. I'm curious to know what post processing you applied.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Antonio Correia on December 19, 2015, 05:08:56 pm
Tank you. I am afraid but I do not know anymore.
I have done certain images published now and shown here a long time ago.
Years even. What I have done now - since I have evolved a bit since then - is a level adjustment followed by a detection of "Out of Gamut" and correction with "Brightness and Contrast" in CS
In this last command I adjusted the Lightness, avoiding out of gamut areas and visually getting the most pleasant settings.
Perhaps you this a better one. The three of them make a tryptic.
:)

(http://www.antoniocorreia.com/photos/i-HVjTdZX/0/X2/i-HVjTdZX-X2.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on December 20, 2015, 10:34:52 am
Ok, Rob, how did you get that one? Love it, btw.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: David Eckels on December 20, 2015, 11:07:38 am
Ok, Rob, how did you get that one? Love it, btw.
I am shaking my head. In a good and admiring way!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: BobDavid on December 20, 2015, 12:27:19 pm
Antonio, it's interesting the way your pictures have a painterly look. It seems you are drawn to walls that look like collages.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: bns on December 20, 2015, 01:30:29 pm
Improvisation.

cheers,
Boudewijn Swanenburg
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on December 20, 2015, 02:33:26 pm
Ok, Rob, how did you get that one? Love it, btw.


;-)

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Antonio Correia on December 20, 2015, 03:49:44 pm
My guess is that Rob used his mouth and two colored brushes on a black layer.
:)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: pcgpcg on December 20, 2015, 05:09:42 pm
I have a photographer friend... You can see his work here. (http://NATGAL.zenfolio.com/p88810338)

No dice; wants me to register to look. Crazy.
+1
Hint: If you are trying to entice people to look at your photos, requiring them to give their email address before they can view is an immediate turn off.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: pcgpcg on December 20, 2015, 05:15:13 pm
(http://www.antoniocorreia.com/photos/i-WspTLsN/0/X2/i-WspTLsN-X2.jpg)
I like this!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: pcgpcg on December 20, 2015, 05:15:57 pm
The window
(http://www.antoniocorreia.com/photos/i-k437k6N/0/X2/i-k437k6N-X2.jpg)
And this!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Antonio Correia on December 20, 2015, 05:29:53 pm
Thank you Paul !
I am glad you liked them ! :)
Health to you ! :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 22, 2015, 03:44:47 pm
Some very nice work lately, especially like Antonio and Mike's posts. Here is one I took today.

(https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Port-Dalhousie/i-C6GKSQb/1/L/Dec%2022-%202015%20Port%20Dalhousie%20021%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on December 22, 2015, 03:56:31 pm
Here is one I took today.

Ha! Clever lamp positioning - levitating!

I think I have the same lamp(s), just different color:

(http://www.slobodanblagojevic.com/img/s8/v75/p1609272115-4.jpg) (http://www.slobodanblagojevic.com/p631768190/e5feb8b33)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: churly on December 22, 2015, 04:14:38 pm
Improvisation.

cheers,
Boudewijn Swanenburg

I like this a lot.  Very subtle.
Chuck
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 22, 2015, 04:18:46 pm
And it's very cool Slobadan, the juxtaposition of red and blue colours and shapes. I often think, these type of images don't do very well in BW because they depend on colour for their magic.

From the same place, but far more busy and complex.

(https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Port-Dalhousie/i-q6NBKxC/0/L/Dec%2022-%202015%20Port%20Dalhousie%20074%20halfbw-2-665%20high-L.jpg)

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on December 22, 2015, 05:03:49 pm
Clever lamps John as Slobodan said - levitating.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Antonio Correia on December 22, 2015, 06:38:41 pm
Good work guys !!!!  :D
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: BobDavid on December 22, 2015, 11:37:13 pm
Wow, some really great stuff here.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Antonio Correia on December 23, 2015, 02:07:25 pm
This image was produced years ago. Then, I was making 30/40 in landscape/horizontal. Not anymore. Now this size/proportion is only vertical.

I do like it very much, don't you ? If you think I know how I did it... just forget. :)

I still remember that it was with a portrait I took in India in which we couldn't see her face.

(http://www.antoniocorreia.com/photos/i-TNSrM8s/0/X2/i-TNSrM8s-X2.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on December 23, 2015, 04:16:25 pm
This image was produced years ago. Then, I was making 30/40 in landscape/horizontal. Not anymore. Now this size/proportion is only vertical.

I do like it very much, don't you ? If you think I know how I did it... just forget. :)

I still remember that it was with a portrait I took in India in which we couldn't see her face.

(http://www.antoniocorreia.com/photos/i-TNSrM8s/0/X2/i-TNSrM8s-X2.jpg)

That's amazing!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Antonio Correia on December 23, 2015, 04:56:57 pm
Thank you Armand :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 24, 2015, 01:44:38 am
Quite spectacular, Antonio. It reminds me of dream-like sequence in which people and animals pass each other and blend into each other in fleeting moments. Very nice indeed.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Antonio Correia on December 24, 2015, 06:46:05 am
Thank you John !  :)
Sometimes when composing, merging, melting down, hiding etc with images one falls in amazing images... this is one of them.
Shall I ever, be able to repeat ?  ::)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 26, 2015, 12:56:39 pm
I like this one a lot and hoping the bw version gives it a little more mystery.

JR

(https://johnroias.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-zFKWrMR/0/L/Sept%2024-%202013%20Ottawa%20541%20bwcopy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on December 26, 2015, 12:59:08 pm
Very nice although perhaps I would like a little more space near those lovely curves near the edge. Lovely tones, B&W just right for this.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Antonio Correia on December 26, 2015, 01:12:05 pm
Nicely done John !
How about this one ?
(http://www.antoniocorreia.com/photos/i-ZnrLjWq/0/X2/i-ZnrLjWq-X2.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 26, 2015, 07:26:13 pm
Hi all,

My PC had a stroke and is in the hospital, which is why I haven't checked in in about a week and a half. But WOW! What a flurry of great images, from Antonio, John R, Churly, Mike, Patricia, Slobodan, Bob, Rob C, and probably some others I've forgotten. These recent ones are quite stunning: beautiful, elegant, complex (especially from Antonio) or minimalist (Rob C).

It's really a treat to come back to all this good stuff.

-Eric

P.S. No more images from me until my PC is back, maybe early next week.  :(
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Antonio Correia on December 27, 2015, 05:19:58 am
(http://www.antoniocorreia.com/photos/i-LGpjLJK/0/XL/i-LGpjLJK-XL.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 27, 2015, 06:14:48 am
Antonio, you are getting very subtle with your sand and wall images. The wall has a pinhole look. Nice work.
Rob, quite intriguing. I have an idea of how you did it, but that is is beside the point. It works- a high key look, from obvious to blur and unreality. Nice...

Two different approaches: one is finding and composing the shot, the other is to find and use your creativity to render a more stylized look. Not as easy as people think. You have to free your mind to see something in the everyday.

JR

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Antonio Correia on December 27, 2015, 10:29:06 am
Thank you John. That is not sand, in fact. It is a roof in an abandoned building ...
The surface is quite degraded and the grain in the image helps that perception.
Thank you for commenting
Here, there was hole in the ground and the light was coming from there. The stucco is peeling because of the humidity.

(http://www.antoniocorreia.com/photos/i-Q9H6N4J/0/XL/i-Q9H6N4J-XL.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Antonio Correia on December 27, 2015, 10:39:50 am
Allow me to post another photographed in another area of the same building.

(http://www.antoniocorreia.com/photos/i-TWcRnv3/0/XL/i-TWcRnv3-XL.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on December 27, 2015, 10:40:14 am
(http://www.antoniocorreia.com/photos/i-LGpjLJK/0/XL/i-LGpjLJK-XL.jpg)

This one, Antonio, until I took my glasses off, made me think of those cursed pantihose things in the other thread. I only had my glasses on because I'm trying to train my eyes to work in conjunction with them. The glasses. Without them, I have a perfect pair of natural Softars 1, but I read as perfectly without them.

Until I was forty-four I had to use Softars to get the look...

Happy New Year to you, too.

;-)

Rob C
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Antonio Correia on December 27, 2015, 10:43:13 am
Health is only - mark my word please - "thing" I wish to all !

Is out there, anything better than that ? You tell me ! !

:)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 11, 2016, 03:35:47 pm
I am putting together a slide show and came across some of these. I like the play of light and shadow.

(https://johnroias.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-ZmvHH6P/0/L/Sept%2024-%202014%20East%20Mall%20bldgs%20016%20smug-bwcopy-L.jpg)

(https://johnroias.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-Bd4JqHJ/0/L/Sept%2024-%202013%20Ottawa%20375%20bwcopy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: bob_noble on January 11, 2016, 04:08:51 pm
Some fresh ice on a log with a low sun shining through.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: pegelli on January 11, 2016, 04:51:17 pm

(https://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201512/i-CN3DKbK/0/O/PEG_A6000_1_4823_20151230.jpg) (https://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201512/i-CN3DKbK/A)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on January 11, 2016, 09:50:40 pm
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Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 13, 2016, 07:25:18 pm
Just having a little fun on these cold dreary days.

(https://johnroias.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-tK95MkC/0/M/July%2020-%202015%20James%20Gardens%20033%20cropcopy-1000-M.jpg)

(https://johnroias.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-xpTRkSw/0/M/July%2020-%202015%20James%20Gardens%20174%20liquify3-1000-M.jpg)

(https://johnroias.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-S2fp42t/0/M/July%2020-%202015%20James%20Gardens%20048%20copy20-1000-M.jpg)

(https://johnroias.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-5gDZ4tC/0/M/July%2020-%202015%20James%20Gardens%20040%20copycrop-liquify7crop-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Bruce Cox on January 14, 2016, 05:53:29 pm
I go for the last of the four.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 14, 2016, 06:59:27 pm
Man, what you been smokin', John? Them is real wild!

Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 14, 2016, 07:31:07 pm
Thanks Eric and Bruce. I was going to call the post, take a walk on the wild side.  Eric, if truth be told I have "creative" competition coming up and decided I should try something new and different. Your suggestion is good, I will tell them I was smoking something!

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: churly on January 15, 2016, 05:57:05 pm
Perhaps a bit more subtle than John   ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Michael West on January 20, 2016, 09:32:52 pm
Perhaps a bit more subtle than John   ;)

No less mysterious however  8)

Very nice
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Michael West on January 20, 2016, 09:33:58 pm
A Seagull Flyby.

(http://i.imgur.com/E4zsxlO.jpg)

I "animated" the  exposures following the image above

(http://i.imgur.com/4C6w8Mx.gif)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on January 21, 2016, 02:40:09 am
If abstract is about intent then these might qualify as I don't intend that the viewer thinks about what they are but the shapes within them.

(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1653/23860370053_230eefec22_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/CmsCJz)[


(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1517/24119419899_c5d910bb4f_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/CKmkee)

(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1540/24191609300_769db38269_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/CRJjC5)

Mike
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: churly on January 21, 2016, 06:14:48 pm
Nice!  I particularly like the flyby and the shadow flower.
Chuck
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 21, 2016, 06:52:17 pm
"Flyby" for me. Nice.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Michael West on January 21, 2016, 08:53:06 pm
"Flyby" for me. Nice.
[/quote

Thanks, sometimes those "mistakes" are a delight!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 21, 2016, 09:53:27 pm
NIce work DRMIke. I think the first one with railing, in particular is really fine and subtle. Mike W. the seagull is intriguing. If only you tried harder, you could have frozen him ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Michael West on January 22, 2016, 06:57:47 pm
NIce work DRMIke. I think the first one with railing, in particular is really fine and subtle. Mike W. the seagull is intriguing. If only you tried harder, you could have frozen him ;)

Thank you.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Michael West on January 24, 2016, 09:58:19 pm
vaguely reminiscent of some city planning maps


(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1550/24569098196_7b06a818e6_o.jpg])
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: BobDavid on January 25, 2016, 01:51:48 am
cow path road design ca. 1640
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: bns on January 25, 2016, 09:11:56 am
Patterns in nature

cheers,
Boudewijn Swanenburg
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Michael West on January 25, 2016, 12:07:28 pm
cow path road design ca. 1640

 courtesy of Google Earth 1640
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on January 25, 2016, 12:21:03 pm
Nice one bns
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on January 25, 2016, 12:24:19 pm
If abstract is about intent then these might qualify as I don't intend that the viewer thinks about what they are but the shapes within them.

I like your eye for shapes and forms, Mike.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on January 25, 2016, 12:27:34 pm
Thank you.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 27, 2016, 10:48:49 am
I've finally got a few new ones (and one from 3 years ago):

-Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on January 27, 2016, 10:51:20 am
Beautiful, Eric.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 27, 2016, 11:41:00 am
Thanks, Slobodan.

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 27, 2016, 11:04:38 pm
Where you been lately... there's a new kid in town... can't say more than Slobodan has. You make BW and the important parts sing with texture and lines.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 28, 2016, 12:41:06 am
Thanks, John.

I have driven past this small reservoir in Brookline, MA, hundreds of times and for a long time have intended some day to check it out for photographic possibilities. So I finally got to do it just a few days ago, after just enough below freezing weather for most of the pond to have iced over, but before the first real snow of the season. The second and third images I posted are from that day, and there are several more. The first of this set is at a pond nearer my house that I have photographed many times, this one within the last two weeks, and the fourth one is that same pond but back in 2013.

Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: muntanela on January 29, 2016, 09:39:40 am
Beautiful, Eric.

Particularly 2 and 3, particularly 3.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 29, 2016, 12:37:13 pm
Thanks, Muntanela. 3 is my wife's favorite, too.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: sdwilsonsct on January 29, 2016, 06:15:42 pm
3 is my wife's favorite, too.

Mine too, great seeing.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: bob_noble on February 04, 2016, 09:27:50 am
Fun with snow drifts.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 04, 2016, 12:56:29 pm
Nice ones, Bob. I really like the second.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: diuser on February 05, 2016, 11:19:22 am
infernal cataracts
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 05, 2016, 02:02:35 pm
Wild! Nice.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: David Eckels on February 11, 2016, 12:54:18 pm
Imagination Dunes at Dusk
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: bob_noble on February 11, 2016, 01:47:53 pm
Trees on the bank of a lake.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: bns on February 11, 2016, 03:13:55 pm
Palm pattern

cheers,
Boudewijn Swanenburg
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on February 12, 2016, 08:00:32 pm
swing bars (there, not abstract anymore)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 15, 2016, 07:12:49 pm
Three shots of new ice with soft light, taken a few days ago.

-Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: bns on February 15, 2016, 07:32:54 pm
Nice shots, Eric. I like the lines in number 2 the best.

Cheers,
Boudewijn Swanenburg
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: bob_noble on February 15, 2016, 07:49:00 pm
Love the subtlety and simplicity of the lines Eric.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: kencameron on February 16, 2016, 06:23:30 pm
I found this one. My cellphone took it and Google uploaded it to Photos.  I fiddled with it in LR Develop, but ended up coming back to something close to the original. It occurred to me that if it were rendered in acrylic and massively upsized it would not look at all out of place on the wall of my local gallery, in an exhibition they are currently running of work influenced by Kazimir Malevich's iconic painting "Black Square" (https://www.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/Malevich.black-square.jpg&imgrefurl=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazimir_Malevich&h=812&w=820&tbnid=HfzKgFUMfuH9kM:&tbnh=186&tbnw=187&docid=uyqIfQ317NLTcM&itg=1&usg=__XPhn_G2BIeK5gDOWR3KfjsyzSAQ=).
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 16, 2016, 07:09:54 pm
Very abstract, Ken. But maybe you should crop it square to fit with the gallery's theme.   ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on February 16, 2016, 07:14:16 pm
...work influenced by Kazimir Malevich's iconic painting "Black Square" (https://www.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/Malevich.black-square.jpg&imgrefurl=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazimir_Malevich&h=812&w=820&tbnid=HfzKgFUMfuH9kM:&tbnh=186&tbnw=187&docid=uyqIfQ317NLTcM&itg=1&usg=__XPhn_G2BIeK5gDOWR3KfjsyzSAQ=).

There is a better version of that black square:
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: kencameron on February 16, 2016, 07:18:14 pm
Very abstract, Ken. But maybe you should crop it square to fit with the gallery's theme.   ;)
I did think about that, Eric. Not all the images in the exhibition were square, and I also wanted to pay my respects both to the "found object" tradition in modern art (I found a rectangle) and to those in LuLa who think it unethical to excessively post-process. But on further reflection, you are right, and I will add in a square version (which I actually like better). ::)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: kencameron on February 16, 2016, 07:23:56 pm
There is a better version of that black square:
Brilliant. Credits? Yours?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: BobDavid on February 16, 2016, 10:29:22 pm
Three shots of new ice with soft light, taken a few days ago.

-Eric

I really like these, especially the first two. I wonder how you guys up north tolerate the weather. Taking and processing elegant images probably helps. 
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 16, 2016, 11:37:46 pm
I really like these, especially the first two. I wonder how you guys up north tolerate the weather. Taking and processing elegant images probably helps.
I don't have any nice, warm beaches with glorious sunrises like Florida, but I hope you have noticed that I'm getting some inspiration from your minimalist beach shots.

It did hit 14 below zero the night before I took these, after many days of weather in the 40s and 50s. So taking was quick and cold, but processing was nice and warm.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Michael West on February 19, 2016, 01:05:15 am
the soap bubble burst

(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1508/24494974063_2e2d4c8f7a_c.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 19, 2016, 08:29:24 am
Nice one, Michael!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: bob_noble on February 19, 2016, 08:37:50 am
the soap bubble burst

(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1508/24494974063_2e2d4c8f7a_c.jpg)

I love the softness of the colours Michael.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: bob_noble on February 19, 2016, 08:39:12 am
Long shadows from a low sun.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on February 19, 2016, 03:03:22 pm
I really take to your second one, Bob; it feels 'complete', to me, where the first doesn't (again, to me).

Rob C
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Michael West on February 19, 2016, 03:29:42 pm
I love the softness of the colours Michael.

With the light changing as location of the rapidly moving bubbles did, catching that burst in that light was a rare occurrence.

Thank you
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: bob_noble on February 19, 2016, 06:09:27 pm
I really take to your second one, Bob; it feels 'complete', to me, where the first doesn't (again, to me).

Rob C

Thanks for the comment Rob. The first is more about the shadows effect rather than the subject of the picture.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 19, 2016, 11:48:17 pm
Taken at sunrise, where I decided the water patterns were more interesting that day. I should have raised the ISO even more to increase shutter speed  and better freeze the patterns, which look a little murky. The noise is quite acceptable on Pentax even at ISO 1600. Next time, as they say.

(https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Fifty-Points-outing/i-3sKXZbN/0/L/Feb%2019-%202016%20Fifty%20Points%20166%20cropcopy-1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: John R on February 21, 2016, 09:07:52 pm
Went for a walk. It was beautiful but the light was harsh, so took took patterns and shadows.

(https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-K45vCKh/0/L/IMGP8058%20bwcopy-1000-L.jpg)

(https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-WSSZw5q/0/L/IMGP7965%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: petermfiore on February 25, 2016, 01:35:28 pm
Down by the boats

Rob C

Rob, very painterly of you...

Peter
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 25, 2016, 02:03:52 pm
Down by the boats.

(http://www.roma57.com/uploads/4/2/8/7/4287956/1412400_orig.jpg)

Rob C
I love it!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on February 25, 2016, 04:06:54 pm
Thank you guys; it's just one of those 'presents' that we, as photographers, are sometimes given. And as I've said before, until they arrive they aren't even a distant idea in my mind. Well, they almost never are, except the times when I start with a caption that sticks in my subconscious, and then the image comes knocking some time later.

I did start out with a love of paint: that was due to my mother, who took me - not dragged - to places within wartime Britain that still had open doors with treasures beyond.

So I suppose those experiences remain for life, even when the original love - paint - turns out not to possible for you later on. But the mind doesn't really care that much - there are always alternative ways to live those feelings through your life.

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Stephen Girimont on February 28, 2016, 12:57:00 pm
Below Great Falls in Virginia...

(http://theintimatelandscape.com/shared_images/Turbulance.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on March 07, 2016, 01:17:36 pm
.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on March 07, 2016, 06:39:24 pm
Or is it kaleidoscope?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Stephen Girimont on March 07, 2016, 09:22:55 pm
Worm Trails

(http://theintimatelandscape.com/shared_images/Worm%20Trails.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on March 07, 2016, 11:18:41 pm
Worm Trails

(http://theintimatelandscape.com/shared_images/Worm%20Trails.jpg)

Nice, I have a couple but didn't get them as good as yours
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: BobDavid on March 07, 2016, 11:48:21 pm
Rob C: Both of your abstracts are arresting. The blue patch is sumptuous and painterly. The "planetary" one is cool too,
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 09, 2016, 10:55:12 am
Every once in a while I stop working on my computer and spot something interesting in the house. Here is one I took of light coming through and hitting door. For me whether some highlight or other element is over-exposed can be a matter of aesthetic choice and not always strictly a blown highlight.

Taken with Canon G1X 'point and shoot', which I now intend to keep in the car at all times. Slow to work, but ah, the image quality! I was rather dismayed to learn that Canon has started using Sony's smaller sensors on the newer versions. Love the large sensor, almost APS size.

(https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-vX9dVBC/0/L/House%20colourcopy-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on March 09, 2016, 11:10:00 am
Nice one. Always good to find something in the home.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on March 09, 2016, 11:27:59 am
Rob C: Both of your abstracts are arresting. The blue patch is sumptuous and painterly. The "planetary" one is cool too,

Thank you Bob; the first came as most my stuff does these days, during a random wander - that time, along the rows of boats up on the hard in the local yacht club.

The 'planet' was hitched onto during lunch one day when I gazed upwards to Heaven in disbelief at what I was eating. Boy, does one miss all the attributes of a great, late (and extremely competent) wife!

;-)

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 09, 2016, 11:21:12 pm
Street abstracts taken today near Kensington Market while visiting at the hospital. After visiting hospital, although grateful for the care, I felt like I needed some therapy. What better way than walking around with camera, all while the patient was sleeping. Taken with G1X.

(https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Kensington-Market/i-NXgvRgB/0/M/IMG_0013%20copy1000-M.jpg)

(https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Kensington-Market/i-zWdFf8r/0/M/IMG_0046%20copy1000-M.jpg)

(https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Kensington-Market/i-w5SFzv3/0/M/IMG_0028%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 09, 2016, 11:34:03 pm
More Street abstracts; lots of therapy!

(https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Kensington-Market/i-TG2x96L/0/M/IMG_0068%20copy1000-M.jpg)

(https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Kensington-Market/i-6pjG9Db/1/M/IMG_0002%20copy1000-M.jpg)

(https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Kensington-Market/i-6vtSKK7/0/M/IMG_0064%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Guillermo Luijk on March 10, 2016, 03:19:52 am
(http://m4.i.pbase.com/o5/18/613318/1/67809064.sNKkVuFw.cucurucho800.jpg)


(http://m8.i.pbase.com/o5/18/613318/1/67730978.HFzXVSyG.azules2.jpg)


(http://m6.i.pbase.com/o6/18/613318/1/73843586.hGtkmIZd.lamina02.jpg)


(http://m1.i.pbase.com/o5/18/613318/1/67728141.0OnyGOFN.freedom2.jpg)

Enviado desde mi GT-I9195 mediante Tapatalk
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on March 10, 2016, 08:55:30 am
Very good photography, Guillermo.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 10, 2016, 02:38:36 pm
Was just about to say the same, excellent work Guillermo. But the second blue image will not pop up and remains small, so I cannot quite see what I am looking at.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Guillermo Luijk on March 10, 2016, 03:31:11 pm
But the second blue image will not pop up and remains small, so I cannot quite see what I am looking at.

Fixed! it's my mom's pool. Thanks for your comments. Four extra pictures.

(http://m4.i.pbase.com/o5/18/613318/1/69974134.BSGmywTU.fugitive2.jpg)


(http://m0.i.pbase.com/o6/18/613318/1/76037510.LTGc0nDP.audi.jpg)


(http://m5.i.pbase.com/o6/18/613318/1/76036415.Aq78R7HG.battersea.jpg)


(http://m3.i.pbase.com/o6/18/613318/1/70123583.1Yncm5u3.europa08bisQ.jpg)

Regards
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 10, 2016, 03:58:50 pm
Excellent work, both sets, Guillermo!
It's nice to see some of your non-technical posts.

-Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on March 10, 2016, 04:39:55 pm
Damn, Guillermo, you just shattered my preconception that techies are mediocre photographers ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on March 11, 2016, 02:30:00 am
I'm glad you fixed the blue one - lovely work.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on March 11, 2016, 02:30:37 am
Seen in a Brummie car park

(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1565/25053195873_a308d537dc_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/EaSbhZ)

Mike
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: churly on March 11, 2016, 06:48:11 pm
Back to nature.
Chuck
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 11, 2016, 08:10:12 pm
Nice ones, Mike, Rob C, and Chuck!

-Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Peter McLennan on March 11, 2016, 10:24:14 pm
Best thread on LuLa!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Harald L on March 12, 2016, 06:09:59 pm
Lena

(http://v3.harlempix.com/wp-content/gallery/thalia-backstage/DSC11829.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on March 12, 2016, 06:15:48 pm
Good one...where you've been, Harald?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Harald L on March 12, 2016, 06:18:59 pm
Good one...where you've been, Harald?

Do you mean during the last months or taking this picture? In case the latter: Backstage of a theatre.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on March 12, 2016, 06:28:37 pm
The former :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Harald L on March 12, 2016, 06:40:13 pm
The former :)

Suffered serious illness, experienced recovery and new orientation, bought a hundred years old house to live together with daughter and grandsons, renovated that house from the very bottom...

... Decided to enjoy photography again, bought a X-Pro2, try to regain creativity.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on March 12, 2016, 06:43:06 pm
Welcome back and glad to hear you are doing better.
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Post by: Harald L on March 12, 2016, 06:54:02 pm
Welcome back and glad to hear you are doing better.

Thank you very much, I really appreciate!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 12, 2016, 11:00:09 pm
You've made a great comeback photographically. I hope your health keeps improving, too.
Glad to have you back.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on March 13, 2016, 05:35:17 am
You've made a great comeback photographically. I hope your health keeps improving, too.
Glad to have you back.


As the man said!

Photography can be a great form of therapy - I know, not guess.

Rob C
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Jose Viegas on March 13, 2016, 08:08:37 am
Really enjoy following this thread, hope you don't mind if I also participate  :)

Some street abstracts made in Guarda, Portugal, a city founded officially in 1199.

(http://s20.postimg.org/rszslk3fx/DSC06383_Dx_O.jpg)

(http://s20.postimg.org/twa7t838t/DSC06385_Dx_O.jpg)

(http://s20.postimg.org/e0ldpxcod/DSC06382_Dx_O.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 13, 2016, 08:39:10 am
Very nice ones, Jose.
Welcome to the thread and to LuLa!

-Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Jose Viegas on March 13, 2016, 08:51:48 am
Very nice ones, Jose.
Welcome to the thread and to LuLa!

-Eric

Thank you for the welcome Eric!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 13, 2016, 09:21:29 am
Thank you very much, I really appreciate!
Yes, glad to see you recovering and doing. I always liked your moderate but intelligent in the may posting you have made over the years.

One day you will have tell us why Harlem22. Also would really appreciate your thoughts on the Fuji Pro 2, as I am seriously considering switching over.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 15, 2016, 09:24:46 am
Plenty deep enough for me. Very fine, Rob.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on March 15, 2016, 10:38:53 am
I like it Rob. Not sure what it is, but kind of like when looking at clouds, I can see what I want to see.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on March 15, 2016, 11:46:31 am
Eric, Arlen; thanks - that's what is rewarding sometimes.

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: pegelli on March 16, 2016, 02:50:42 am
Two hoar frost studies

(https://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201412/i-LGDDXNT/0/O/PEG_A850_2_07743_20141208.jpg) (https://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201412/i-LGDDXNT/A)

(https://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201412/i-RsdLMVj/0/O/PEG_A850_2_07744_20141208.jpg) (https://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201412/i-RsdLMVj/A)

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: GrahamBy on March 17, 2016, 07:49:03 am
Pegelli: nice frost  :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: petermfiore on March 17, 2016, 08:19:41 am
(http://www.roma57.com/uploads/4/2/8/7/4287956/2095627_orig.jpg)

Rob C

Unique Forms of Continuity in Space by Boccioni?

Peter
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on March 17, 2016, 10:24:01 am
Unique Forms of Continuity in Space by Boccioni?

Peter


Hot damn! How I regret not being allowed a formal art education! I had to look 'im up!

;-)

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 19, 2016, 09:27:41 am
In Marcel's tripod holes:

(http://www.roma57.com/uploads/4/2/8/7/4287956/1377532_orig.jpg)

Rob C
Man, you've got a good eye!

Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: churly on March 19, 2016, 09:41:23 am
Nice shots Rob.  I like what you are doing with this series.  Here are a couple that kind of recall your fish but without the colors.
Chuck
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on March 19, 2016, 09:48:28 am
Yes, Eric, that's the left one: the right one, the camera one, isn't that brilliant anymore...

However, since the glaucoma came visiting, whereas I needed specs to read with after hitting forty-four, I now don't, but where I once had exceptional distance sight - confirmed by a disbeliever with binoculars one day when I could read the logo on a distant ship's funnel - my distance vision now sucks. I think I was better off with the original disablity. In fact, the best monitor specs I ever had were ones that I inherited from my mother... perfect! Now they are hopeless for anything except sentiment.

;-(

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on March 19, 2016, 10:12:28 am
Nice shots Rob.  I like what you are doing with this series.  Here are a couple that kind of recall your fish but without the colors.
Chuck


Very attractive! Makes me think of Japanese or Chinese art! (I am ready to duck should anyone think that a non-PC comment.)

For my part, I do enjoy the blur - perhaps because it frees me from having to find legitimate subjects: after living in the same "village" since '81 I know it just a tiny bit too well to see it afresh!

I truly believe that you (as in one!) can become quite blind to what you have. Some many years ago I found myself sitting up late one night in my mother's house in Scotland, watching tv alone, she and my wife having no interest in the show, and long departed to their beds. We'd just driven over from Spain (where I still live) and the thing on the box was a travel item which took in the Tramuntana mountains of Mallorca. I was stunned at their beauty, despite having driven along them so often as not to notice anymore. I supose I have some excuse in that driving narrow mountain roads does require you look more at the road than anything else... But the surprising thing was, I felt terribly homesick for them! The same thing hit me another night when I stayed up to watch American Graffiti for the umpteenth time: I ended up moist-eyed for a youth that was only slightly a m¡rror of my own. So much for the power of music, and for how it marks periods of your life you sometimes wish you never had to leave behind. I'll always remember my last day in school... we broke up in the morning with a service at the local abbey, and a few of us friends left early and walked away together, peeling off as our ways parted. How sad it was to realise, years later, we were never to meet again.

Rob

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: churly on March 20, 2016, 09:09:34 am
Found Light - Found this walking down a hallway in my home. 
Chuck
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on March 20, 2016, 09:51:19 am
Another nice one Chuck; supports what I have said a few times here: you can find beautiful material right under your photographic nose if you but seek it out.

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: petermfiore on March 20, 2016, 12:55:57 pm
Found Light - Found this walking down a hallway in my home. 
Chuck

Nice... I betcha it's there all the time.

Peter
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: churly on March 20, 2016, 03:28:35 pm
For my part, I do enjoy the blur - perhaps because it frees me from having to find legitimate subjects: after living in the same "village" since '81 I know it just a tiny bit too well to see it afresh!
Rob

Rob - I see this as a follow-on of your series.  In this case the blur is an alternative that frees me from finding enough light to shoot at 1/5000 s.  Lesser technique? - maybe, some would certainly say so.  I don't think that makes the subject less legitimate but accept that it won't suite everyone's taste.
Best,
Chuck
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: churly on March 20, 2016, 03:30:08 pm
Nice... I betcha it's there all the time.

Peter

Peter - Not there - but somewhere, which is I expect what you mean.
Best,
Chuck
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: petermfiore on March 20, 2016, 06:44:09 pm
Peter - Not there - but somewhere, which is I expect what you mean.
Best,
Chuck

Yes sir...

Peter
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: David Eckels on March 21, 2016, 01:08:55 pm
Dune Ridge Abstract. From my recent trip to Death Valley. FWIW, the softness is deliberate; at least it's not tack sharp, front to back ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: David Eckels on March 21, 2016, 02:42:56 pm
Another Dune Ridge Abstract
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on March 21, 2016, 03:07:34 pm
What's up with that deliberate blurring!?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on March 21, 2016, 03:55:54 pm
Rob, I like many of the latest images in this series very much indeed.

Are you post processing as large images and then reducing for the web? In other words, is there any hope that these will one day be printed?

Keith


Hi Keith,

I work on them as they come, full-format, TIF, as far as the point where I decide to add 'noise' and sharpen or not. Then, I  Save As and reduce the size to the standard one to fit my website page, and do that 'noise'/sharpen bit then, not on the full-size file. Once there, I add a title and make a jpeg at 72. However, I've taken to adding yet a further, final Layer: once I have the titled jpeg I go into Curves, click on the eyedropper for 'white' and apply it to the white border. This seems a bit more than one needs, but it's been my experience that the white border can become contaminated with a very tiny colour cast at times - I think I discovered this when I was working on the 'Olde Worlde' set of pictures where I was adding heavy black or dark brown edges to the pictures. It may be a bit OTT but takes no time, so may as well!

Regarding printing: I've thought of it a few times - not just since I got into this blurr kick - but before. However, the now-dead HP printer I had was never much good for colour but excellent for black/white.

Funny thing: I love black/white more for realistic images, but absolutely love working with blobs of colour! My wife would not have been surprised: she always figured I had problems of one kind or another. I think that's why I'm such a Vincent fan -  it's a form of visual expression that doesn't appear to be too challenging - to me, at any rate - whereas clever, sophisticated work would defeat me at the very start. I could never have imagined myself a Caravaggio!

Oh - there's the second part of the Art of Scandinavia on tonight on BBC 4 at 9pm (your time). Enjoyed the first one very much!

But back to print: if I ever do sell this place (might have to revise price, seeing the new average house price in the UK tonight on Sky is shown as well over 300,000 quid. Estate agents here expect 5% now, which is better for sellers than they used to grab!) In Britain, I would certainly buy another printer and make prints, then have a go at gallery dreams. Not a snowballs here.

Thank you for the kind comments, too: nice to know another artist likes!

;-)

Rob

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: David Eckels on March 21, 2016, 04:05:56 pm
What's up with that deliberate blurring!?
Just trying to be trendy! ;D
PS One man's blurring is another man's lack of clarity ;D ;D
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on March 21, 2016, 04:22:32 pm
Indeed... they look much better without my reading glasses. Something about "two wrongs..." ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 21, 2016, 08:24:16 pm
I guess I'm just old-fashioned, David. I would like to see these dunes sharp.

On the other hand, the look of substantial blur, like the recent stuff by Rob C and earlier by John R works just fine for me.

-Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: David Eckels on March 21, 2016, 10:02:54 pm
Despite Slobodan's protestations to the contrary ;) these were not blurred purposefully. Clarity was not pumped up and aggressive sharpening was not applied although I did apply a significant amount of NR). They are fairly severe crops (horrors!  :o ) just because I liked the lines and when I snapped them, I knew I didn't have enough reach so thought in the moment about cropping  :-[ (hoping for forgiveness by RSL ;) ). Inspired by Rob and others, I thought a little blurring would be tolerated. My biggest challenge, IMHO, was taking relatively low contrast images and trying to find a modicum of contrast without blowing (as in defeating the purpose of or destroying) the mood. I chose B&W renderings because these seemed to be about line, darks and lights, not color. Anyway, I am comfortable if the overall conclusion is that they are not successful re other folks' taste. I appreciate the comments nonetheless.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on March 22, 2016, 09:55:41 am
Hi Rob, try as I might I can't get past Andrew Graham Dixon.

Oh, how I mourn the passing of Robert Hughes!


How do you fare with the guy who used to/does? write for the Sunday Times - the one with the unpronounceable Polish name? Waldemar Janus-Something, I think? He did a recent one on the Renaissance as Wasn't...

I think Andrew is a bit pompous, but I'm prepared to look past that; the first episode of the Scandinavian thing was far better than last night's which ended up being a bit of a bore. I hope for better next Monday!

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on March 22, 2016, 11:03:53 am
Hi Rob,

I read his column regularly and have recorded the Renaissance series but have yet to watch it.

The very fact I read and watch him, has in my estimation, put him above AGD ;-)

Stopped buying the ST a few years ago - pretty much when Ann died; she always loved it even when we lived in the UK. Last time I bought it it cost €5 and made a helluva mess of the furniture: ink smudges. Printed here, it lost a lot of the content... a shadow of the UK version.

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on March 25, 2016, 09:50:40 pm
Ephemeral edges.


       (http://www.pbase.com/art1/image/139530731/original.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Tony Jay on March 26, 2016, 05:31:21 am
Cracking shot - absolutely beautiful!

Tony Jay
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Calohan on March 26, 2016, 02:02:03 pm
OooooooooooooHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, schweeeeeeeeeeet!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on March 28, 2016, 03:17:30 pm
Rather red

(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1709/25987410411_6b62cceba8_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/FAqgJc)

Mike
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on March 28, 2016, 03:38:06 pm
Perfect, Mike!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on March 28, 2016, 03:50:37 pm
You wouldn't lose the lines in the whiter area?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on March 28, 2016, 04:20:56 pm
Not really. If they were askew relative to other lines, maybe, but they are in harmony actually. I might lose what appears to be vignetting, though, or minimize it (particularly in the lower right corner).
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on March 28, 2016, 05:13:19 pm
I did apply a vignette. I shall lose it and see how it looks. I never know if they help or not.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Peter McLennan on March 29, 2016, 12:23:25 pm
Love the lines, love the vignette, love the image, love this thread.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on March 29, 2016, 01:18:21 pm
It is a great thread, varied and interesting.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: petermfiore on March 29, 2016, 06:00:05 pm
Stripes...

Peter
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Patricia Sheley on April 03, 2016, 11:34:01 pm
     ~
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on April 04, 2016, 04:14:50 am
Amazing image, Patricia; the sense of scale is utterly confusing, which makes it delightful - even if the colour also makes my fingers feel even more frozen than ever!

;-)

Rob C
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 04, 2016, 02:30:44 pm
Amazing image, Patricia; the sense of scale is utterly confusing, which makes it delightful - even if the colour also makes my fingers feel even more frozen than ever!

;-)

Rob C
Indeed. Brava, Patricia!

Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on April 05, 2016, 05:17:14 am
Indeed. Brava, Patricia!

Eric

Kinda like Ansel in microcosm, or Ansel finds a cellphone!

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: churly on April 05, 2016, 04:47:33 pm
Fire!
Chuck
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 09, 2016, 11:50:49 am
Been sick most of the winter. So couldn't wait to go out. In this case to the Conservatory. But next stop will hopefully be a real large outdoor garden. Hope the spring flowers and blossoms are as good ever.

JR

(https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-KRrjWxh/0/L/IMGP8243%20copy2-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on April 09, 2016, 02:59:18 pm
Hey John,

Hope you will remain in good health from now on. Of our concerns, health should top the bill.

Rob C
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 09, 2016, 11:42:26 pm
Hey John,

Hope you will remain in good health from now on. Of our concerns, health should top the bill.

Rob C
I second the motion. Do keep well.

Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 10, 2016, 10:16:13 am
Thank you Rob and Eric, much appreciated.  A few more:

(https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Landscape-Impressions/i-nLpKxTq/0/M/April%208-%202016%20Centennial%20Conservatory%20075%20copy1000-M.jpg)

(https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Landscape-Impressions/i-S3VQgLM/0/M/April%208-%202016%20Centennial%20Conservatory%20065%20copy1000-M.jpg)

(https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Landscape-Impressions/i-c36ZNmz/0/M/April%208-%202016%20Centennial%20Conservatory%20086%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 10, 2016, 12:36:14 pm
Nice ones, John. You're back in the groove.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 13, 2016, 04:56:52 am
Thnaks again, Eric!

(https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Landscape-Impressions/i-qDQsZpx/0/M/IMGP8332%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on April 13, 2016, 10:31:08 am
Glad to see you back in the saddle, John, and that you haven't lost your touch. Intriguing images, as always.
Title: Pictures at (an Exhibition) a Museum
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 13, 2016, 12:20:28 pm
One of my favorite museums for photography is Mass MOCA (Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art) located in a complex of old mill buildings in North Adams. They have some fascinating exhibits including huge works that couldn't fit inside any ordinary museum. But I often find that details of the museum building itself are quite interesting as well. Here are a few from a recent visit:

-Eric
Title: Re: Show us some more Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 13, 2016, 12:21:43 pm
And a few more:
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on April 13, 2016, 01:39:57 pm
Very cool finds, Eric. The first ones in each set are my favorites. The second one in the second set reminds me of a planarian (http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/16454/title/Planarians-enter-the-genomic-era/).
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on April 13, 2016, 03:08:05 pm
Very cool finds, Eric. The first ones in each set are my favorites. The second one in the second set reminds me of a planarian (http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/16454/title/Planarians-enter-the-genomic-era/).

+1 ;-)

Rob C
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 13, 2016, 03:13:24 pm
Thanks Arlen and Rob.

If mine is a planarian, it's been squashed pretty flat and probably not very useful for genetic research.

Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 13, 2016, 05:37:10 pm
Nice one, Rob.
I get your drift.   ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on April 13, 2016, 10:23:04 pm
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Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on April 14, 2016, 03:47:35 am
Nice one, Rob.
I get your drift.   ;)


Thanks, Eric.

For me, the attraction with this type of image (the making of) is that you can do it amost anywhere. All you have to do is think a moment. I suppose the strange thing about it all is that it requires pre-visualisation of something you (I) can't honestly define down to the last detail at all. It's a surprise when it works and a deep disappointment when it fails - which happens, too, even with such apparently random ideas where one could be forgiven for believing that since there's no precise plan, then how on Earth can there be failure? And no, I don't think it's anything like 'street' where you also never really know what you've achieved until you see it later on the screen.

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 14, 2016, 10:21:48 am
Not quite a "real" abstract, but I often think when subjects are isolated in this way, they are a kind of abstract. I was helping someone learn about rhythm and patterns this morning.

(https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Oakville/i-kLRDWxt/0/M/April%2014-%202016%20Burlington%20Pier%20069%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on April 14, 2016, 10:25:47 pm
I'll add this one from 7 years ago
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: petermfiore on April 15, 2016, 06:53:57 am
Great minds etc.

(http://www.roma57.com/uploads/4/2/8/7/4287956/2542941_orig.jpg)

Rob C

Heavy lifting chess...not tried that as of yet.

Peter
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on April 15, 2016, 09:44:35 am
Heavy lifting chess...not tried that as of yet.

Peter


Peter, I'm as bad at chess (worse!) than I am at computer skills. I suspect that the mindset for excellence in both is fairly similar. However, visual connections are easy for me to spot and apply, but mental strategies are too complex and painful.

In a sense, my love/hate relationship with PS is similar: I know how to do what I have to know how to do, but have zero interest in the next step until it becomes unavoidable, which means I then either unavoid it or dodge hard to the side and let it miss.

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 15, 2016, 12:14:07 pm
In a sense, my love/hate relationship with PS is similar: I know how to do what I have to know how to do, but have zero interest in the next step until it becomes unavoidable, which means I then either unavoid it or dodge hard to the side and let it miss.

Rob
Rob, I've worked with computers for over fifty years, and quite some time ago I decided that when approaching any new piece of software, I should make a list of ten things that would be useful to know how to do in that program. My list typically includes "How to start the program, how to save work done in it, how to print what I've created, and how to exit."

Once I'm comfortable with my Top Ten, I may learn additional bits as needed.

I've been using PS for over ten years now, and I suspect my PS list has grown to as many as maybe twelve or thirteen. In Lightroom I may be up to over twenty!

So you have my sympathy.

Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 15, 2016, 03:43:01 pm
This one drew a chuckle from me when I first saw it. Come to think of it, that has happened with all of your recent ones, Rob!


Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 15, 2016, 06:51:10 pm
From the conservatory. I can barely wait for the tulips to come out.

JR

(https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Landscape-Impressions/i-ZM2mgcC/0/M/April%2013-%202016%20031%20Centennial%20conservatory%20copy1000-M.jpg)

(https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Landscape-Impressions/i-kggt46T/0/M/April%2013-%202016%20034%20Centennial%20conservatory%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: pegelli on April 16, 2016, 03:07:04 am
(https://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201604/i-JnRxRT9/0/O/PEG_A6000_1_5520_20160408.jpg) (https://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201604/i-JnRxRT9/A)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 16, 2016, 08:44:13 am
Nice, wild stuff, John and Pieter.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 16, 2016, 08:59:22 pm
I think I have to go out and shoot some Grabstracts.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on April 16, 2016, 10:02:23 pm
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Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on April 17, 2016, 04:24:33 am
I think I have to go out and shoot some Grabstracts.


Wear your guns slung low! Gives you a psychological edge over them (the Grabs).

;-)

Rob

P.S. This one was 'shot' as I was paying for my menu del dia lunch in the local (one of many) bar.

I think the owner thinks I'm a bit strange, but he feeds me nonetheless. Actually, there are some oddballs here: one hums and half-sings to himself a lot. He's also a superfast eater - gets through his refuelling stop much faster than can I. Having said which, how different life becomes on one's own: eating out used to be done for pleasure (read: a change from the kitchen for my wife) - now it's pretty much necessity, and the type of place frequented has fallen by several notches. Which raises the interesting question: is it better to eat out, expensively well, once a week and suffer self-insult from my own kitchen over six days, or, alternatively, eat out "okayish" for six and treat myself to a very good paella I have developed to my personal satisfaction over seven years, on the seventh day? I don't want it twice a week.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 17, 2016, 01:39:45 pm
I definitely feel that your recent images arquite interesting and entertaining.   ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 20, 2016, 02:16:32 am
Yes Rob, some very intriguing images, is the word I would use. Although I have a pretty good idea how my images will turn out, it is seldom exactly as I expect. Like this one, which is quite intriguing in BW format.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Oakville/i-pQxdWW9/1/M/Sept%202-%202013%20Oakville%20091%20bw-smugcopy-M.jpg)

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on April 20, 2016, 04:15:37 am
Hi John,

That's a nice contrast between blur and crisp components - like it!

I think that part of the pressure to do this sort of imagery is derived from boredom, and a wish to produce something different, a break from the traditional, representational stuff that has become all so easy to do well (technically) as to no longer provide either challenge or any sat¡sfaction in achievement.

Your remark that one can't be sure of getting exactly what one wants from these experiments is telling: that's the new buzz, the place where the interest is to be found, mirroring the extended thrill of waiting for the Kodachrome to come back home, not in terms of time but of anticipation of whether we pulled it off or not. I think I've already said somewhere that disappointment in this kind of shot, when it fails, is quite intense in its own way, despite providing a wider scope for the faking of success, for self-delusion, for who can tell you you failed, other than yourself?

Taking that a mite further, I think that black/white is even more critical in measuring success or otherwise: it strips away several layers of possible camouflage from a bad idea. Which is not to say that colour, of itself, isn't often the whole idea. Which simply goes to illustrate the possible complexity of this genre.

Not an easy road to satisfaction, but few of them ever turns out to be.

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: graeme on April 20, 2016, 12:19:48 pm
Temple Newsam, Leeds, UK.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 20, 2016, 12:53:53 pm
Graeme, excellent play of colour, shapes and light. High impact with three dimensional quality.

Well seen.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on April 20, 2016, 01:01:38 pm
Yes Rob, some very intriguing images, is the word I would use. Although I have a pretty good idea how my images will turn out, it is seldom exactly as I expect. Like this one, which is quite intriguing in BW format.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Oakville/i-pQxdWW9/1/M/Sept%202-%202013%20Oakville%20091%20bw-smugcopy-M.jpg)

JR


I really like this one, John. A departure from your excellent color abstracts, but just as compelling.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: graeme on April 20, 2016, 02:03:01 pm
Graeme, excellent play of colour, shapes and light. High impact with three dimensional quality.

Well seen.

JR

Thanks John
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 24, 2016, 11:27:25 pm
Out on a hike on a nice day recently I pulled out my pocket camera for some snaps at a small pond.
I felt somewhat inspired by some of the folks who post here, including John R and Rob C, as well as C. Monet, who is not currently a LuLa member.
Here are three..
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on April 24, 2016, 11:45:52 pm
Very well seen, Eric. I love the first one.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on April 25, 2016, 03:07:53 am
Nice, Eric!

That Monet guy you mentioned has a problem: he's not Internet-connected, and so he can't post here. I think it's something to do with French labour laws.

Trouble is, after a while in the genre - of Monet photo-pictures, not French labour laws - you might find it difficult becoming attracted to doing anything else: the surprises you can get are pretty appealing. And you don't face the inevitable battle against the odds that anything to do with humans almost always presents.

;-(

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 25, 2016, 05:19:21 am
Hey Eric, just had a peek at your images and the interesting comments that came after. It prompted me to look at Wikipedia and read up on Monet. It seems he was most interested on the effects of light on subjects and gradually moved from realistic painting to painting those effects as colours and shapes. From the Wikipedia article:  "He began to think in terms of colours and shapes rather than scenes and objects." and "Monet repeatedly painted the same subject in different lights, at different hours of the day, and through the changes of weather and season." So as fine as these images are, you have no choice but to go back and do it again;)

JR

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 25, 2016, 01:30:40 pm
Thanks, guys.

If C.M. would simply send me some of his images, I'd be happy to post them on his behalf.

Here are three more. All six were shot during a ten-minute break after an hour of hiking.

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Patricia Sheley on April 25, 2016, 02:36:29 pm
...of interest to me Eric, being aware of your personal color awareness filter, is that while on the surface you have sensed C.M., the palette is unquestionably borrowed from Georgia O'Keeffe in her later years. Nice food for thought today. Thank you
p.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: RSL on April 25, 2016, 02:55:11 pm
Out on a hike on a nice day recently I pulled out my pocket camera for some snaps at a small pond.
I felt somewhat inspired by some of the folks who post here, including John R and Rob C, as well as C. Monet, who is not currently a LuLa member.
Here are three..

Very nice, Eric. They're very Monetey.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 25, 2016, 02:59:50 pm
Thanks, Patricia and Russ.

I have left the colors alone, so that pool must be a fan of O'Keeffe, as I am (but my wife isn't).

No water lilies in the pool, however.

Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on April 25, 2016, 11:05:54 pm
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Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 26, 2016, 03:50:59 am
Cool, Armand.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 27, 2016, 07:30:51 am
Sometimes an impression is just illusion. Where does the real come in. Reflections and the play of light in nature is awesome and inspiring.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Algonquin-Area-Autumn-2014/i-qRdv6Zp/0/M/Oct%206-9-%202015%20Agonquin%20Highlands%20area%20470%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: churly on April 27, 2016, 04:03:43 pm
Out on a hike on a nice day recently I pulled out my pocket camera for some snaps at a small pond.

2 very enjoyable series Eric.  :)

Here is something from last weekend after an overnight fog.  Unfortunately it lost some sharpness on the jpeg compression.
Chuck
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 28, 2016, 05:05:41 am
Chuck, it looks fairly sharp to me. This is an excellent water droplet image. The larger droplets, which of course gives the image the overall structure, remind me of hot air balloons.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 28, 2016, 05:14:26 am
While waiting for the flowers to come out, I decided to process some autumn images and really like this one. Used a high pass technique that I just learned last night to give the image a blend of sharpness and blur.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-z6B39G7/0/M/Oct%206-9-%202015%20Agonquin%20Highlands%20area%20290%20copy1000-M.jpg)

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 28, 2016, 09:36:29 am
Chuck:  Wonderful shot! To me it looks like an army of zillions of ladybugs, of different sizes, on the march.

John R: I love both of your new ones.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on April 28, 2016, 09:48:26 am
John I really like this one too, and one love to see it larger. Also, any chance you could share the sharpness/blur blend technique?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: churly on April 28, 2016, 07:29:08 pm
Eric and John - Wow - lady bugs and hot and balloons and here I was caught up in trying to figure out the whys of the size distribution.  Got to loosen up a bit .  :)

You can't see it in the low resolution images but some of the full resolutions shots in the group from which this shot came show small domains of of oriented droplets which remind me of a lot of oriented lamellae in crystals.  :P

A lot of really enjoyable shots in this thread from a number of different contributors.  Keep them coming.

Chuck
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 29, 2016, 07:45:21 am
John I really like this one too, and one love to see it larger. Also, any chance you could share the sharpness/blur blend technique?
Hi Arlen. I am not really that good with PS. I usually do basic stuff. As you probably know, excessive blur can also ruin an image and be very disconcerting for viewers, if not done just right. I almost always sharpen my ICM images. Then I learned to simply select areas within an image to sharpen, leaving the remainder soft and blurry. I got the more global technique from this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOeZD8ZKCjQ

Scroll to the 3/4 mark and look for High Pass techniques.

From what I gather, it will sharpen around edges of elements leaving the remainder almost untouched. You can use the opacity tool to reduce sharpening. If I find it unsuitable for my other images, ie, sharpening where I don't want it, I will go back to selecting areas and then apply this high pass technique to the selected areas. It looks especially useful for soft, almost flat light images. Thank you for the feedback. Here is a larger image:

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-z6B39G7/2/L/Oct%206-9-%202015%20Agonquin%20Highlands%20area%20290%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: churly on April 29, 2016, 11:15:48 am
I've settled on high-pass filtering for ICM shots as well but the real trick that John has mastered so well is the amount of movement and contrast control.
Chuck
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 29, 2016, 11:27:13 am
Thanks for showing this one bigger, John. It's one of your very best, IMHO (and you have very many winners).

I plan to study the high-pass part of the video, and, with luck, I may have something worth showing in about another five years.

Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on April 29, 2016, 12:31:55 pm
Thanks for showing this one bigger, John. It's one of your very best, IMHO (and you have very many winners).
Eric

Indeed, it's absolutely wonderful. I would even dare say the word masterpiece. If it were mine, I would surely print it large.

And thanks for the description of the finishing technique and the link; I'll check it out as soon as I have a chance.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 29, 2016, 03:02:07 pm
I've settled on high-pass filtering for ICM shots as well but the real trick that John has mastered so well is the amount of movement and contrast control.
Chuck
Thank you Chuck. As a matter of fact, the author of this technique mentions that high-pass is inherently contrasty. So he creates two layers, and reduces the contrast to zero in the top layer, as far as it will go. Then after applying sharpness to said layer, he will choose a blend mode for the two layers. He explains each blend mode in turn. I used the overlay and that was good to go. But you can use the others and then alter the opacity if you find it too much. Of course if not enough, you can go back and increase the sharpness.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on April 29, 2016, 11:15:07 pm
Not in the same league IMO as the previous contribution, but I rather liked this recent capture, so I'll throw it into the pot.


(http://www.pbase.com/art1/image/163111739/original.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 30, 2016, 07:23:13 am
It looks superb to me, Arlen. It draws you in right away. Love the colour contrast between the violet-blue background and the orange-red net. The irregular shape of the blue area positioned as a diagonal in the picture space gives an otherwise calm image a dynamic quality. And the small lines of red are wonderful accents that make you rest and explore the blue space, before continuing on. You can even see this as one lattice work juxtaposed against another- the small net lattice vs the large blue window lattice. First rate abstract IMO!

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: churly on April 30, 2016, 01:39:29 pm
Yes - I agree with John.  It works very well.
Chuck
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 01, 2016, 12:04:02 am
Me too.

Very fine.

Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on May 01, 2016, 02:59:52 pm
Thanks guys, your feedback is much appreciated.

John, yesterday I spent a couple of hours experimenting for the first time with Intentional Camera Movement. I see that getting the images to come out how you want is very challenging, to say the least. It gives me even more appreciation for the stellar results you have presented in this thread.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on May 02, 2016, 02:27:25 pm
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Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 02, 2016, 03:26:53 pm
Nice and bubbly, Armand.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on May 03, 2016, 02:02:14 pm
I'll stick with cords and strings for one more image.


     (http://www.pbase.com/art1/image/163141333/original.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 03, 2016, 04:13:32 pm
Very suave, Arlen.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on May 04, 2016, 02:08:48 pm
Why, thank you, Eric. That's a term I have not seen applied in the context of an image, but I will add it to my photographic lexicon.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on May 04, 2016, 02:12:54 pm
Just stumbled upon this, shot on a compact some years ago
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: churly on May 07, 2016, 09:38:59 am
Space Flotsam
Apologies for the size.
Chuck
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 08, 2016, 09:36:56 pm
Imagine despoiling this beauty with a bicycle!

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-mHP8mjW/0/L/Dec%2028-%202015%20City%20Hall%20Downtown%20147%20bwcopy-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on May 08, 2016, 10:42:01 pm
Imagine despoiling this beauty with a bicycle!

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-mHP8mjW/0/L/Dec%2028-%202015%20City%20Hall%20Downtown%20147%20bwcopy-1000-L.jpg)

Great shot!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on May 09, 2016, 07:33:44 pm
I've been playing with ICM for the last week. Although I'm starting to get a somewhat better feel for what to expect with different camera settings and movements, the results have been pretty disappointing. This is the only one so far that I would even consider letting anyone see.


Beamed Blooms


     (http://www.pbase.com/art1/image/163184494/original.jpg)


Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 09, 2016, 08:28:11 pm
That's definitely a keeper, Arlen.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 09, 2016, 08:52:28 pm
Looks pretty good, Arlen. This looks like about 1/15-1/8, panned rapidly? Though I like it, I think as you get experienced, you can try for slightly slower down/up, pan-movement. That would have shortened your flower lines, and I think would be slightly more pleasing. Easier said than done, I know! You want to get that composition in the final image, and not just the right blur. Less cropping, no matter which kind of photography is always desirable.

Are you using an Olympus? And is there any noticeable lag when you press the shutter?

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 09, 2016, 08:57:48 pm
Went out today to RBG, in Burlington, Ontario. Great place for trees and flowers. But what did I bring back?

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-CnVxw7v/0/L/IMGP9206%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on May 10, 2016, 01:11:16 pm
But what did I bring back?

You brought back something pretty darned interesting, that's what. I like it.

Concerning the image that I posted, yes it was shot with an Oly E-M1 and Oly 40-150mm f/2.8 lens at 85 mm (170 mm equivalent). The E-M1 has very little shutter lag, less than most DSLRs, including my Canon 5D. The shutter speed for this shot was 1/4 sec. I think you are right about the panning speed. I find it very tricky to get the right speed and direction, and to press the shutter at just the right time. It seems that you have to start panning before you press the shutter, and to continue panning after it closes, to avoid some artifacts. Getting all this down correctly within a fraction of a second will definitely take some practice. How long have you been using this technique?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 10, 2016, 02:33:28 pm
About 5 or more years. I was kind of reluctant to waste too much time on it until I started seeing some good results. Then it took me a while longer to realize that I could get a higher percentage of successful images with practice. You seem to have hit the nail on the head as far as basic technique is concerned. One more tip. You can use your tripod as brace for more controlled and shorter blur streaks. So with camera unmounted, place arms or hands atop tripod head. Then make you motions. If you find it uncomfortable just place something on top of head. The free hand technique, as you describe it is good for that clean linear look and this is what most people strive for. Take note that results of panning up vs down may look similar but they are not. If you include trunks of trees for example, you will readily see the differences. One drags part of the top of the image toward the bottom, while the other drags the bottom upwards. Look for ghosting at bottom or top of image and decide if that is what you like.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 10, 2016, 04:56:58 pm
One from the RBG gardens.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-dB5V89w/0/L/IMGP8926%20LowQcopy-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on May 11, 2016, 10:24:55 am
That's another winner, John. But I'm trying to figure out how you managed to get most of the flowers only modestly blurred, while others are rendered as streaks. Multiple exposure?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 11, 2016, 06:26:30 pm
Yes, two exposures. More than two everything gets murky. Multiple exposures works good when you make micromovements.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 14, 2016, 12:11:07 am
Outside the National Gallery of Art, Ottawa, Canada. Then, of course, I have to try out the seats.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-9frCxQp/0/L/IMGP9535%20bwcopy-1000-L.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-jGFgQ98/0/L/IMGP9543%20bwcopy-1000-L.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/OTTAWA/i-fFPHDhf/0/L/IMGP9655%20bwcopy-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 14, 2016, 08:32:26 pm
More subtle, more light blue with a hint of yellow.

JMR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/OTTAWA/i-xdwz6NN/0/L/IMGP9785%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Michael West on May 15, 2016, 01:17:19 am
(https://scontent.fsnc1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/32254_122866474399693_7293032_n.jpg?oh=1498de885f21c5b9d6cb812d13286503&oe=57D83578)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on May 15, 2016, 01:24:35 pm
(https://scontent.fsnc1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/32254_122866474399693_7293032_n.jpg?oh=1498de885f21c5b9d6cb812d13286503&oe=57D83578)


So whose (maker's) hood is it?

;-)

Rob C
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Michael West on May 15, 2016, 02:19:39 pm
Rob  C.

I have no idea as to what sort of auto it was other than "olde".  I was too shocked by the lovely naturally occurring stripping to even look...beyond that.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on May 16, 2016, 04:03:52 am
Rob  C.

I have no idea as to what sort of auto it was other than "olde".  I was too shocked by the lovely naturally occurring stripping to even look...beyond that.


Are you kidding? That probably represents hours of polishing and mind-bending effort!

;-)

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 16, 2016, 01:47:02 pm
Since the image was soft to begin with, I decided to play around with it.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/OTTAWA/i-KgsBmwv/0/L/May%2013-%202016%20Ottawa%20jpegs%20317%20bwcopy-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on May 16, 2016, 02:28:34 pm
Must be the way I live: I see a bar and foot-rail...

;-)

Rob C
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on May 16, 2016, 02:32:30 pm
Must be the way I live: I see a bar and foot-rail...

Beauty is in the eye of the beerholder ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 16, 2016, 02:47:41 pm
Must be the way I live: I see a bar and foot-rail...

;-)

Rob C
Close Rob. But thank you for the feedback Slobodan and Rob. It's a museum railing set against a corner installation. The internal architecture and design of the building is quite fine combining modern and native inspired elements.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on May 18, 2016, 02:23:40 am
Possibly a bit literal for an abstract but the intention is there.

(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7346/27018647901_f3bab0600d_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/HaxCGV)

Mike
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: petermfiore on May 18, 2016, 08:20:42 am
City Girls?

(http://www.roma57.com/uploads/4/2/8/7/4287956/8354415_orig.jpg)

Rob
I prefer woodland nymphs...much less frightening.

Peter
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on May 18, 2016, 08:54:20 am
I prefer woodland nymphs...much less frightening.

Peter

Living by the sea, I'm quite partial to the charms of water sprites (not to be confused, of course, with those totally useless mermaids).

Rob C
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 18, 2016, 07:27:31 pm
I know it looks like Christmas, but it's just me experimenting with the refreshing colours of springtime. And as Rob said, it is hard to resist the siren song of the unexpected.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-VT9pN9M/0/L/IMGP0074%20copy1000-L.jpg)

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: petermfiore on May 19, 2016, 08:06:12 am
...totally useless mermaids.
Rob C

And unicorns...don't forget unicorns.

 :~ )
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on May 19, 2016, 08:54:49 am
And unicorns...don't forget unicorns.

 :~ )

Ah, unicorns.

I'm reluctant to say much about them, other than that, so far, they are far more fortunate than either elephants of rhinos: they have managed to avoid medical status even in the further reaches of the planet.

Rob

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 19, 2016, 06:30:08 pm
Serenity of green and overcast light.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-ZbGdZ4P/0/L/IMGP0328%20May%2019-%202016%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 19, 2016, 06:43:25 pm
OK, back to another "classic" JMR. Nice.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on May 20, 2016, 02:15:43 am
Lovely colours John. Clever work.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: graeme on May 23, 2016, 07:39:07 pm
An apparition that briefly visited us a few days ago....
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: graeme on May 23, 2016, 07:41:39 pm
And a couple of colour ones...
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Richowens on May 25, 2016, 02:50:08 am
Found this tonight
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on May 25, 2016, 04:21:52 pm
And a couple of colour ones...

The last one, of the window shadows, has really got me scratching my head trying to work out what's reflection, what's shadow and what's what: very good indeed! No, don't spoil it with any explanations!

Rob C
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 29, 2016, 06:38:44 pm
Not a rainbow.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-4fmHxC5/0/XL/IMGP0892%20copy1000small-XL.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Calohan on May 31, 2016, 11:38:27 am
An A Wake ning - More at 1/20 ISO 400 F:/8 From a Moving Boat moments before sunrise.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 31, 2016, 01:35:13 pm
An A Wake ning - More at 1/20 ISO 400 F:/8 From a Moving Boat moments before sunrise.
Cool shot Chris. I have some shots like this. Can't say I really notice the splashing water until after I saw the processed shot.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Calohan on May 31, 2016, 02:43:22 pm
I'm always surprised I can see individual water points at that low of a shutter speed.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on May 31, 2016, 03:20:29 pm
Why not Chris? They are always poised at zero in their move from up to down - the decisive moment.

;-)

Rob C
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: petermfiore on June 01, 2016, 01:09:22 pm
They are always poised at zero in their move from up to down - the decisive moment
Rob C

This the way I would photograph basketball jump balls. Lots of practice and you get good...stays with you as well.

Peter
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on June 01, 2016, 05:19:01 pm
This the way I would photograph basketball jump balls. Lots of practice and you get good...stays with you as well.

Peter


Better yet, you don't have to be a yoof any longer to make the shot!

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: GrahamBy on June 02, 2016, 02:48:55 pm
And a couple of colour ones...
I like these, even if I wouldn't call them abstract in anyway.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: graeme on June 03, 2016, 09:55:02 pm
I like these, even if I wouldn't call them abstract in anyway.

Thanks

You're probably right.  :)

Graeme
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 29, 2016, 03:28:43 pm
On the colourful side...

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-8m8VTv3/0/L/June%2019-%202016%20RBG%20110%20copy3%20abstract2-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on June 30, 2016, 02:52:37 am
Given the intent was not to record just what was there this might be abstract :)

(https://c5.staticflickr.com/8/7284/27927244556_9367a6851b_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/JxQqQu)

It has been suggested the line at the top is redundant. I don't agree.

Mike
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: bbrantley on June 30, 2016, 04:53:35 am
Can't believe I just found this thread!

(https://photos.smugmug.com/All/2013/July2013/i-LtsMRkg/0/X3/_DSC9292-X3.jpg)

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on June 30, 2016, 05:00:04 am
That's a tough shot to assess. I seem to say this too often but I'd want to see it printed large and I suspect it would gain strength as part of a set.

I like the colours, I like the treatment but then I am left wondering about the composition if that means anything in this context?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: bbrantley on June 30, 2016, 05:09:53 am
That's a tough shot to assess. I seem to say this too often but I'd want to see it printed large and I suspect it would gain strength as part of a set.

I like the colours, I like the treatment but then I am left wondering about the composition if that means anything in this context?

Agreed, a lot of my shots need to be very large to work, for me anyway.  Almost everything I shoot is stitched/stacked to get me up in the 60-100MP range.  I can't wait for huge 8K+ displays, because I don't have enough wall space!

Yes, a set would be cool, too!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on June 30, 2016, 06:11:07 am
This one is surely not stitched? Kudos to you if it is :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: mk_takes_pictures on June 30, 2016, 07:33:37 am
Agreed, a lot of my shots need to be very large to work, for me anyway.  Almost everything I shoot is stitched/stacked to get me up in the 60-100MP range.  I can't wait for huge 8K+ displays, because I don't have enough wall space!

Yes, a set would be cool, too!

I'm sure this one would make a great print.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 30, 2016, 02:03:32 pm
You weren't looking closely enough!

(http://www.roma57.com/uploads/4/2/8/7/4287956/d-339-a3_orig.jpg)

;-)

Rob C
Hey Rob, such tongue in cheek titles,"Watching paint dry." Why did you take it? Must be you like to watch the paint dry ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on June 30, 2016, 02:47:42 pm
Hey Rob, such tongue in cheek titles,"Watching paint dry." Why did you take it? Must be you like to watch the paint dry ;)


Hi John,

It was an early one in a series I organized for myself.

I bought a piece of board and some cans of spray paint, and then, along with some really really old paint in semi-dried tins, I made the artwork and shot it with the camera.

Once done, I repainted the board with different colours and 'designs' and made fresh photographs of the results.

Kept me going interest-wise for a while, but as with so many things, one eventually realises that they are only substitutes for something else, and just stops... But it was fun whilst it lasted.

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Calohan on June 30, 2016, 06:34:28 pm
As suggested by Eric

Chasing Egrets
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Guillermo Luijk on June 30, 2016, 06:39:10 pm

(http://www.guillermoluijk.com/misc/paseolite.jpg)

www.guillermoluijk.com

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on June 30, 2016, 08:33:17 pm
A nice bunch of very varied new ones.
Thanks BBrantley, Drmike, and Guillermo, as well as old regulars JohnR and Rob C.

And to DRMike: I agree: The line is needed to balance the dark grate near the bottom.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 03, 2016, 11:29:04 pm
Guillermo, very nice work. Not only does it have an abstract feel, but it is natural in tone.

This is supposed to be a castle, but it looks more like a mansion. I noticed the shadows which brought out the relief in the facade. Without shadows it would have very little appeal.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-pVtkGTC/0/M/July%203-%202016%20RBG%20%26%20Dundurn%20Castle%20204%20copy1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-2nhwDkc/0/M/July%203-%202016%20RBG%20%26%20Dundurn%20Castle%20136%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 04, 2016, 08:20:39 pm
Light play.

JMR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-zfWDDsc/0/M/July%203-%202016%20RBG%20%26%20Dundurn%20Castle%20118%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on July 05, 2016, 02:22:07 am
Is it abstract? I don't know but it wasn't taken as a picture of a door :)

(https://c8.staticflickr.com/8/7472/27115804415_8c7f09efbc_o.jpg)

Mike (https://flic.kr/p/Hj8zXe)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 05, 2016, 09:35:39 am
Is it abstract? I don't know but it wasn't taken as a picture of a door :)

(https://c8.staticflickr.com/8/7472/27115804415_8c7f09efbc_o.jpg)

Mike
 (https://flic.kr/p/Hj8zXe)
It works for me.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Calohan on July 05, 2016, 12:00:14 pm
Dreaming My Life Away-ay-ay
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 05, 2016, 03:33:37 pm
Nice, Chris.

With a hint of JohnR, and not an egret in sight.  ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 05, 2016, 03:49:34 pm
Yes, Chris, that last impressionist image was an egret-ious oversight on your part.

Here is one taken about 20 minutes ago in the house.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-Qj9rjfg/0/M/July%205-%202016%20house%20images-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 05, 2016, 04:25:47 pm
I can't find the egrets in that one either, John.  ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on July 05, 2016, 04:56:25 pm
Yes, Chris, that last impressionist image was an egret-ious oversight on your part.

Here is one taken about 20 minutes ago in the house.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-Qj9rjfg/0/M/July%205-%202016%20house%20images-M.jpg)


They're both on his shoulder à Long John Silver, Eric.

;-)

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: rogerxnz on July 05, 2016, 11:52:40 pm
Someone is bound to have asked this before but, can an image be classified as an abstract if you can recognise what it is?
Roger
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on July 06, 2016, 02:37:29 am
Good question. In my view it is greatly about intent - is the above a photograph of a lamp or one that plays on shape, light and form which happens to be recognisable as a lamp.

My door above is a door but I don't care that it's a door, I like the shape etc.

I'd also add - who cares :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on July 06, 2016, 02:40:43 am
Following on the above question - is this abstract? I'd happily enter it in arhitecture in a club competition but equally it's so obviously a play on light, colour and geometry it has lost its original being.

(https://c7.staticflickr.com/2/1623/25924632414_659ff7730f_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/FuSw1W)

Mike
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on July 06, 2016, 06:08:41 am
Someone is bound to have asked this before but, can an image be classified as an abstract if you can recognise what it is?
Roger


No, Roger, I don't think that it can. I think that people confuse a graphic with an abstract.

My dictionary defines it as such: relating to or denoting art that does not attempt to represent external, recognizable reality.

That seems perfectly clear-cut to me, but of course, I'm not a lawyer.

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on July 06, 2016, 06:11:34 am
Key word attempt, I wasn't interested in the door but it happened to be represented well. I didn't attempt to do so :) Stretching it a bit I agree :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 06, 2016, 07:00:01 am
Yes the dictionary is correct. But we have discussed this before. We could have just easily called this thread, semi-abstract, or non representational imagery. In my experience, whether in art or photography few if any works appeal to people if they do not have something that people can relate to. When in an art venue or gallery, you sometimes hear comments like, I could have done that piece of garbage. If you do abstract work, you walk a fine line.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 06, 2016, 08:58:11 am
As I have suggested before, my own quasi-definition of "abstract," at least for this thread, is that if the poster sort of, kind of, thinks of an image as "abstract," then it is. If the intention is to show a visual effect rather than to show the identity of the object(s) in front of the camera, than it is OK in my book.

So what I wonder now is:  Is this post of mine sufficiently abstract???   ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on July 06, 2016, 09:43:29 am
I attempted to answer that question before, in this thread:

http://forum.luminous-landscape.com/index.php?topic=100317.msg821965#msg821965.

The gist of which is there are 14 different dictionary meanings, plus two idioms, of the term "abstract." Especially pertinent is #5, related to fine arts.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 06, 2016, 10:18:32 am
I attempted to answer that question before, in this thread:

http://forum.luminous-landscape.com/index.php?topic=100317.msg821965#msg821965.

The gist of which is there are 14 different dictionary meanings, plus two idioms, of the term "abstract." Especially pertinent is #5, related to fine arts.
And you did it very well there.

Thanks for the link.

Much to my amazement, I had completely missed that thread, which spun out while I was traipsing through the Dordogne last year.
Your images there are not about buildings as man-made structures in which people live or work, they are clearly about the patterns and light effects, which makes them abstract (#5) in my book.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on July 06, 2016, 01:18:18 pm
Is this the silly season? If it is, I shall refrain from commenting because my problem will be that I won't know when said season has ended.

On less abstract matters: two or so years ago I worked out the selling price for my apartment on a pound/euro conversion rate of €1,32 to the pound. Today, I discovered the pound is now worth €1,17. Of course leaving the EU won't have any effect on the pound in your pocket, just as Mr Wilson said some decades ago on another fiscal matter!

I just hope as a last desperate hope, that the matter will be thrown around in Parliament, that it finally accepts the need to take responsibility and actually govern and take at least one important decision, and that bloody clause never activated.

Watching Blair's interview post the C. Report, I felt kinda sorry for him. How wonderfully savvy these journos are today; how few of them ever had to make any decisions that made any difference at all. Oh, the strength of the wolf pack, or even, in this case, the jackals.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: diuser on July 06, 2016, 02:19:36 pm
the multiverse
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on July 08, 2016, 05:52:04 am
Green honeycomb…
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 09, 2016, 01:53:19 am
For some reason this one reminds me of surveillance, peeping eyes and sensors.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-m657BGV/0/M/Feb%2021-%202016%20Fifty%20Points%20jpg%20206%20copy1000-M.jpg)

And this one is more like light trying to envelope a space.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-RTNBFbr/0/M/Feb%2021-%202016%20Fifty%20Points%20jpg%20238%20invertcopy2-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Richowens on July 09, 2016, 02:22:33 am
The first one reminds me of meerkats.

(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/bf/c7/a7/bfc7a703fcf502ba1d2dc504593b8ee0.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: bbrantley on July 09, 2016, 03:07:25 am
(https://photos.smugmug.com/All/June-2016/i-Spf2n8W/1/X2/_DS27274-X2.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: pegelli on July 09, 2016, 03:13:19 am

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Events/Dyxum-Kroatia-2016-05/i-PHqgXtv/0/O/PEG_A6000_1_7639_20160529.jpg) (https://pegelli.smugmug.com/Events/Dyxum-Kroatia-2016-05/i-PHqgXtv/A)


(https://photos.smugmug.com/Events/Dyxum-Kroatia-2016-05/i-tCmMdH6/0/O/PEG_A6000_1_7644_20160529.jpg) (https://pegelli.smugmug.com/Events/Dyxum-Kroatia-2016-05/i-tCmMdH6/A)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 09, 2016, 04:09:31 am
Very nice, brantley. The orange-yellow speckles are complimentary to the blue and really tie things together nicely. Sometimes when I see such subtle arrangement and distribution of colours I want to increase the contrast to bring out the contrasting colours even more. It may be difficult because you have soft, almost flat light. Just a thought, anyway.

 I see Pegelli is trying to become Scots, what with all that plaid. Nice work gentlemen.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: bbrantley on July 09, 2016, 04:43:56 am
Sometimes when I see such subtle arrangement and distribution of colours I want to increase the contrast to bring out the contrasting colours even more.

Absolutely, a great point. 

This image in particular is a confounding example, because it has two things going on:  first, over time I have learned to moderate away from just cranking the contrast on everything.  I find I enjoy a lot of softer palettes in narrower gamuts just as much.  (And one of the nice side benefits of that approach is that, since I am always shooting for printed output, they tend to stay in gamut!)

The other thing going on with this one is that there is a ton of "microcontrast" that is getting lost in this low-resolution version.  I really should have a dedicate pipeline for sharpening at each resolution, but even then I would not be able to make this particular image look the same.  I'm afraid it really has to be seen at at 8MP or greater for the local contrast to pop out correctly.  I didn't realize that when I posted it here.  :(
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 09, 2016, 11:35:18 am
Yes, nice work, folks.

I rather like the pastel effect of Bbrantley's image. I t looks to me as if it wants to be printed as a large mural.


Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 09, 2016, 03:13:42 pm
Absolutely, a great point. 

[snip]... I really should have a dedicate pipeline for sharpening at each resolution, but even then I would not be able to make this particular image look the same.  I'm afraid it really has to be seen at at 8MP or greater for the local contrast to pop out correctly.  I didn't realize that when I posted it here.  :(
Actually, I agree with your comments on contrast, and moreover, with Eric's point as well. Nothing wrong with soft pastel images if it suits the subject. And your image does. But on line such images can appear to look soft due to poor focus or camera shake. I find I always have to walk a fine line with pastel-like images. Want the soft look, but not the out of focus look. Fine image, all the same.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 10, 2016, 08:07:06 pm
From the museum of civilization in Ottawa. The place is a sea of opportunity for Architecture and abstracts.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/OTTAWA/i-LBNWWpr/0/M/May%2013-%202016%20Ottawa%20jpegs%20601%20copy1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/OTTAWA/i-4n7nwm2/0/M/May%2013-%202016%20Ottawa%20jpegs%20292%20copy2-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 10, 2016, 09:06:40 pm
Very civilized, John.  Also, gently pastel (except for the lower left, but that's to obscure the watermark slightly).  ;)

Nice,
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 11, 2016, 02:25:05 am
Thanks, Eric. Maybe that is what I should call my series from there- civilized!

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: graeme on July 11, 2016, 05:15:28 am
Very civilized, John.  Also, gently pastel (except for the lower left, but that's to obscure the watermark slightly).  ;)

Nice,

+1. I really like these two.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: GrahamBy on July 11, 2016, 12:36:09 pm
(http://www.roma57.com/uploads/4/2/8/7/4287956/8199419_orig.jpg)

Rob C

Nice one :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on July 12, 2016, 05:59:08 am
Nice one :)
I agree, very nice!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 12, 2016, 08:55:39 am
I agree, very nice!
+1.

But we expect that from Rob.   ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 13, 2016, 12:14:22 pm
Soft Lavender.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-vPTzjwR/0/M/JMRO1406%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 14, 2016, 09:51:51 am
Sometimes the colour shifts when I do in-camera motion work. If I like, I leave it. Impossible greens!

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-WmqzMV3/0/M/July%2013-2016%20Weirs%20Lavender%20farm%20071%20copy1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-xsQQTkH/0/M/July%2013-2016%20Weirs%20Lavender%20farm%20076%20copy1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-KwJKRqQ/0/M/July%2013-2016%20Weirs%20Lavender%20farm%20055%20sharpcopy-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: RSL on July 14, 2016, 10:22:04 am
Tracks
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 14, 2016, 01:25:18 pm
More nice ones. Thanks, guys.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 16, 2016, 05:52:04 am
Part abstract, part architecture, with busy ornate patterns. A legacy from the past. Lots of noise due to high ISO, but hopefully not that noticeable.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Port-Hope-and-Cobourg/i-WWKBW6x/0/M/May%2030-%202016%20Doors%20Open%20092%20bwcopy-1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Port-Hope-and-Cobourg/i-HvjBpjH/0/M/May%2030-%202016%20Doors%20Open%20059%20bwcopy-1000-M.jpg)

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: graeme on July 16, 2016, 01:10:48 pm
A couple from Thursday.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 28, 2016, 04:12:20 am
I did simplify the background to render the arch shape more dominant, yet simpler.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-LV88Ggn/0/M/Dec%2028-%202015%20City%20Hall%20Downtown%20194%20bwcopy-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: GrahamBy on July 28, 2016, 07:00:08 am
A question: I really don't put much weight on labels, so it's not meant to be a challenge or attack... but what do the various readers of this thread consider to be "abstract"?

-I'd certainly put Rob C's blobs and streaks of colour in that category, even if I can work out that at some point a car tail-light was involved.

-Reflections in water can so break up the original image that it becomes an unidentifiable colour collage, or a just-slightly distorted reflection, or somewhere in between. For you personally, how far along that scale does the image remain abstract?

-John R's image above could be taken as a classical piece of architectural photography. We all know it's a stair case, all the details are present and undistorted. However they also have compositional arrangement that would allow them to still form an interesting image if one hit one's head hard enough to forget about the existence of staircases. Is that sufficient?

-Would the same be true of, for eg, one of Bill Brandt's nudes?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on July 28, 2016, 09:11:57 am
Graham,

For me, it has to be something that's not obviously/instantly identifiable; the more difficult to interpret the better.

I was originally put into the way of this stuff years ago, looking at Keith's found artwork:

http://www.keithlaban.com/foundpaintings.html

and also from looking at this fellow's work:

http://www.peterdefty.com/Site/ABSTRACTS.html

If you just do close-ups of details that are clearly representational, then that's something else.

I brought this up some time ago, and suggested a lot of material currently filed here under Abstracts is really Graphics, but apparently people didn't want to discern differences. That's up to them; I simply think it's careless, and does the site no favours, not least of all because it confuses newer photographers interested in understanding genre.

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: GrahamBy on July 28, 2016, 10:57:07 am
On the found image/failing paint/rust theme, you might also want to look at Tom O Scott's work:

https://500px.com/tomoscott

It's not as sustained, and it's mixed up with some B&W seal portraits and so on, but there is nice work...

Of course in many cases you can identify that it's a rusty piece of steel with paint falling off. The critical factor seems to be that its real life identity has no relationship to its aesthetic value: an architect might give some thought to the appearance of his stairs, but I doubt a commercial ship-builder gives a thought to the eventual decay of painted metal work... other than trying to avoid it. I guess the same is true of eg Lucien Clergue's shot of patchwork repairs on an American road.


Then what if they are naturally occurring, like Scott's birefringence patterns in oily water... is it a miniature landscape? In fact, there is a gallery full of Clergue images that could be called "abstracts" classified under "landscapes":

http://www.anneclergue.com/lucien-clergue-portfolio-paysages

All good mind-broadening stuff, anyway.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on July 28, 2016, 12:00:43 pm
How about if the thread were called Abstracts and Patterns, or Abstracts and Such?  ;)
The looser "definition" might fit the kinds of images that members like to post here, without eliciting confusion or consternation in some.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on July 28, 2016, 12:41:31 pm
Actually, on my own web site, I use this menu title: Graphics & Abstracts (http://www.slobodanblagojevic.com/p631768190). Covers all, overlaps and gray areas too.

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 28, 2016, 01:02:47 pm
Some interesting work on those sites. Thanks for the links guys. I think the original intent was to create a thread for abstract, or semi abstract, or unusual hard-to-classify images, free from critique, and that was inclusive. Don't misconstrue, I do like and appreciate the comments. But I am just looking to share my work and see other people's work. Arlen's idea of Abstracts and Patterns sounds like a good idea to me, but it's all water under the bridge now. I do like Grahamby's point that although one can easily recognize some subjects, or parts thereof, many images have an abstract quality because they focus on shapes, colours or implied motion, or some other quality that is not easy to categorize.

So you want pure abstracts, take this  ;)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-cSF8gBB/0/L/Jan%209-11%20badlands%20126%20-900%20LLcopy-L.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-25rMnhN/0/L/Jan%209-11%20badlands%20128%20ss%20LLcopy-L.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-B4G6BNs/0/L/Jan%209-11%20badlands%20116%20LLcopy-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 28, 2016, 01:07:32 pm
Or how about on-the-border, minimalism combined with abstraction?

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-BLRRFnz/0/M/Feb%2024-13%20Badlands%20100%20copy1050%20LLcopy-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on July 28, 2016, 02:30:02 pm
I'll echo John's thanks for those links, Rob and Graham. I had seen Keith Laban's work, but not the others. Rob, to me some of the abstracts that you've posted here rank right up there with those.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on July 28, 2016, 02:50:20 pm
I'll echo John's thanks for those links, Rob and Graham. I had seen Keith Laban's work, but not the others. Rob, to me some of the abstracts that you've posted here rank right up there with those.


Why thank you, Arlen, I'm glad you found some enjoyable! It's quite interesting to do them - partly because I'm never really sure how they are going to turn out, even though I obviously have an educated guess at where I want to go. It's a little like waiting for the Kodachromes to come back! The basic file is always pretty flat, so then it's a new departure yet again from what I was actually dealing with in the first instance. Best thing is, no people involved to have as a 'standard' for comparison, so anything goes.

Thanks again,

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on July 28, 2016, 06:42:05 pm
I think I know just what you mean, Rob. I feel pretty much the same way about extreme close-up abstracts that I do from time to time. It's really hard to tell exactly what I got from viewing the camera screen, so I'm often anxious to get them on the computer to take a good look. Most go in the trash, but a few nuggets pop up now and then.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on July 28, 2016, 11:04:01 pm
This one's from a few days ago.



     (http://www.pbase.com/art1/image/163766096/original.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 29, 2016, 05:41:43 am
Excellent Arlen. It somehow invites you in to explore the mystery. Did you use extension tubes?

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on July 29, 2016, 11:23:35 am
Excellent Arlen. It somehow invites you in to explore the mystery. Did you use extension tubes?

JR


Nah, silk sheets come more to mind, but YMMD.

;-)

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on July 29, 2016, 11:59:50 am
 ;D

They're kind of like clouds, what you see in them reflects the mind of the beholder.

John, it was just my Olympus macro lens at closest focus, 1:1; and a slight crop for the sake of composition.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 29, 2016, 06:39:51 pm
When I played around with the colour slider on this one, it started to look like the flames from hell, so I left the it alone. More pastel-like.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-5Q2Rgfr/0/M/JMRO1517%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: GrahamBy on July 30, 2016, 01:48:02 pm
More graphic then abstract, then...
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on July 30, 2016, 03:42:42 pm
When I played around with the colour slider on this one, it started to look like the flames from hell, so I left the it alone. More pastel-like.

Flames from hell might be exciting, but I think it looks very good as is. Pastel seems to fit these kinds of images quite well.

Graham, nice catch. But realize that when you delve into pavement, you are playing on Eric M.'s turf.  :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 30, 2016, 05:20:57 pm
I shot this at an oblique angle and despite using f16 or f22, I was not able to get the whole subject in focus. Thus part of my nebulous image is as is as soft as my understanding of the universe.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-X9K4nWS/0/M/JMRO1544%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Tim Lookingbill on July 30, 2016, 06:06:48 pm
From the length of this thread it appears abstracts are more popular than I thought. Some really nice work here.

I find hunting for them with a wondering eye as much fun as making them.

Macro shots of soda lime glass Pyrex lit under a combination of kitchen window daylight and fluorescent tubes can create some unexpected color combinations and distorted shapes and tones.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 31, 2016, 09:36:16 am
Welcome to the club Tim. I am going to try some of those techniques that you mention. I always wanted to try photographing light through glass.
In the meantime, it's back to the fantasy garden.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-XNd4wJP/0/M/July%2029-%202016%20James%20Gardens%20jpegs%20011%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: GrahamBy on July 31, 2016, 12:18:39 pm
Now that I see it, I think I prefer the saturated version.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: pegelli on August 01, 2016, 03:07:16 am
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Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 01, 2016, 03:28:10 pm
Had a good day yesterday. So here is one more.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-VTQTF6T/0/L/Aug%201-%202016%20RBG%20067%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: tom b on August 02, 2016, 06:59:57 am
Not one of mine, "The view from Jupiter's south pole from the Juno spacecraft has just been released. Amazing".

Jupiter (https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10209711521603161&set=a.4400917899460.2181631.1183923795&type=3&theater)

Cheers,
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 03, 2016, 10:14:37 am
Playing with fire.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-676cKCs/0/L/JMRO1890%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on August 03, 2016, 07:13:58 pm
John, many of your images really get me to thinking. Like, now just how the heck did he do that?


This one was shot during the same session as the last one I contributed.


  (http://www.pbase.com/art1/image/163807252/original.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Andrew David on August 03, 2016, 08:31:54 pm
Reflection of a building in a nearby river
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 03, 2016, 08:59:32 pm
I've been away for a week and a half, and some very nice images have shown up in my absence.
Thanks, folks!

Notice of coming attractions:
As soon as I have some new images ready to post, I plan to close this thread and open another thread with a new title that I hope will satisfy those who object to my own fuzzy definition of "Abstracts."   ;)

Watch this space...
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on August 03, 2016, 09:19:15 pm
Looking forward to your new images, Eric.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Patricia Sheley on August 03, 2016, 10:49:51 pm

Welcome home Eric~
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on August 04, 2016, 03:13:46 am

Welcome home Eric~


Such hard, unloving lips...

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: GrahamBy on August 04, 2016, 05:45:26 pm
This one was shot during the same session as the last one I contributed.

I like... thanks :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 05, 2016, 12:42:59 pm
I worked on this one a bit because I like the raw abstract look so much I could not let it go.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-bCpxhRv/0/M/Aug%203-%202016%20James%20Gardens%20049%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 08, 2016, 11:16:19 pm
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-Bv5VFQC/0/M/Aug%201-%202016%20RBG%20026%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Peter McLennan on August 09, 2016, 12:37:55 am
Patricia, that's gorgeous!  It must qualify as an abstract because it took me several minutes to figure out what it was.  :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 09, 2016, 11:03:09 am
Decided to try a sort of bw version of this multiple-exposure shot.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-XpxFsHm/0/M/Oct%2022-%202012%20High%20Park%20043%20bwcopy-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: marton on August 15, 2016, 10:22:37 am
Here we go
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 15, 2016, 02:56:22 pm
I went on guided walk of a neighbourhood in the city and couldn't help transforming some of what I saw.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-qfHdmLW/0/M/Aug%2014-%202016%20Annex%20Walk-%20Toronto%20058%20copy1000-2-M.jpg)

Or just plain changing the perspective.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Port-Hope-and-Cobourg/i-SBs7jpk/0/M/Aug%2014-%202016%20Annex%20Walk-%20Toronto%20130%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 15, 2016, 11:54:38 pm
Awesome shots, John!
Do you exhibit prints of your abstracts?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: wmchauncey on August 16, 2016, 11:17:08 am
Ponder a universe that cracked

(http://i329.photobucket.com/albums/l383/chauncey43/crack-in-universe-copy.jpg) (http://s329.photobucket.com/user/chauncey43/media/crack-in-universe-copy.jpg.html)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts, Designs, and Patterns, Oh my!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 16, 2016, 01:07:16 pm
A while ago I said I was going to close this thread and open a new one with a title that might be less offensive to those that feel that my quasi-definition of "Abstracts" is too loose. But so much good stuff keeps being posted here that I have changed my mind.

Since I can't find a way to change the title of the entire thread, I have changed the title of this post to show what I was intending.

Cheers,

Eric

 ;D

P.S. I love your universe, William!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Richowens on August 16, 2016, 02:49:40 pm
To continue
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 17, 2016, 04:04:54 pm
Awesome shots, John!
Do you exhibit prints of your abstracts?
Thanks for the comments Eric. Not really, but I do slide shows in club settings and have been asked to do an exhibition. I am working on it.

Here is one, that believe it or not was taken in camera with about 40 in-camera exposures. More expressionist than abstract.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-dHTGpth/0/L/RBG%20Aug%2017-2016%20copy1000-L.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-qmwdsXt/0/L/JMRO2017%20Aug%2017-2017%20RBG%20copy1000smug-L.jpg)

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: bbrantley on August 21, 2016, 10:39:41 pm
(https://photos.smugmug.com/All/July/i-zzPf4hj/0/X2/_DS27733-Pano-X2.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: pegelli on August 22, 2016, 03:49:44 am
A broken pattern

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: petermfiore on August 23, 2016, 10:57:59 am
A broken pattern

This is a glass, half full or half empty, kind of picture...down or up. I go with the staircase up. Either way I like it.

Peter
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 23, 2016, 09:32:04 pm
Familiar places, new design.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/ROM-Annex-Walk-August-2016/i-H258PD9/0/L/Aug%2014-%202016%20Annex%20Walk-%20Toronto%20177%20copy20299-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on August 24, 2016, 12:20:55 am
It's been a while since I checked in on this thread, and some fine contributions have been added in the meantime. I particularly like Pegelli's broken pattern, Bbrantley's red specks on blue green, John R's black and white multi-exposure, and Patricia's B-I-L-lumine.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Patricia Sheley on August 27, 2016, 02:48:35 am
~from Little Island.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 27, 2016, 08:28:02 am
~from Little Island.
Beautiful! It really draws me into its depths.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Patricia Sheley on August 27, 2016, 05:21:47 pm
Greetings Eric. Greetings Arlen. As one of you knows, it has been a long and somewhat traumatic road to return to the sea, and at long last with no need to leave these islands. I am fortunate beyond words to be on an island directly on a reach linking the islands of Penobscot Bay. Pre glacial history is visible in places of eruption at surface and my time, whenever the pressing severing process from my former life allows, is spent familiarizing myself with the tides and ledge locations and accessibility for this winter's explorations. Did finally start to unpack a crate containing some gear, which I have been unable to justify even touching for a good while now. The moment I am behind a lens, or extended onto parallels by them, I am ripped away from the responsibilities I must yet complete to breathe this luxury of age. I am so appreciative of this LULA community. It has kept me feeling alive with hope as I navigated here to see the richness of possibility among such diverse members. I promise to attempt not to overstay the welcome always extended, but I now never leave for the most trivial reason without a camera or sketch notebook of some sort close at hand.
Thankyou, and Lumine!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on August 27, 2016, 10:46:51 pm
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Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 28, 2016, 12:15:05 am
Patricia,

Do keep that camera and sketch pad handy, and share more with us as you merge with your island!

Arlen,

Those last two images make a fine visual response to Patricia's post.

-Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 28, 2016, 02:14:36 am
I would love to see Patricia's bw, other-worldly image. But so many people are posting huge images that will not fit on my screen- and I have 25 inch screen! Maybe I have some setting turned off. Every image used to resize automatically. But since I upgraded my computer, only images smaller than 1200pix will fit on the monitor.

Anyway, like most of what I see, but would love to see the silver movement from Patricia without having to download the whole image!

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/ROM-Annex-Walk-August-2016/i-xf9KjmK/0/L/Aug%2014-%202016%20Annex%20Walk-%20Toronto%20007%20bwcopy0009-L.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/ROM-Annex-Walk-August-2016/i-3jrM6cL/0/L/Aug%2014-%202016%20Annex%20Walk-%20Toronto%20017%20smugcopy0025-L.jpg)




Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 28, 2016, 08:27:53 am
I would love to see Patricia's bw, other-worldly image. But so many people are posting huge images that will not fit on my screen- and I have 25 inch screen! Maybe I have some setting turned off. Every image used to resize automatically. But since I upgraded my computer, only images smaller than 1200pix will fit on the monitor.

Anyway, like most of what I see, but would love to see the silver movement from Patricia without having to download the whole image!

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/ROM-Annex-Walk-August-2016/i-xf9KjmK/0/L/Aug%2014-%202016%20Annex%20Walk-%20Toronto%20007%20bwcopy0009-L.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/ROM-Annex-Walk-August-2016/i-3jrM6cL/0/L/Aug%2014-%202016%20Annex%20Walk-%20Toronto%20017%20smugcopy0025-L.jpg)
John,

What browser are you using? I find Firefox is best for LuLa for me. I click on a thumbnail and a new page opens with the image just fitting my screen.
I used to use Internet Explorer, but in Win 10 now it messes up many things.

P.S. Nice buildings. Did you have them custom built for you to photograph?   ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 29, 2016, 11:41:53 am
I use Chrome. Maybe I will try Firefox. I figured out the problem. I had Chrome set at 125%, so the image would not auto fill. Now it does. I simply reverted to 100% and then selected 125% form text only.

Here are some images of abstracts that I spotted at my local grocer. You can see part of the sign, which I did not want. But a couple of days before, there was no sign, so I envisioned a fine abstract but was too late!! The sign went up.

Here is the first with sign.
(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-nmwDzjV/0/M/IMG_0006%20copy1000-2-M.jpg)

Here is second, cropped to what I envisioned before sign went up. In fact I wanted the
shadows to project in the white area.
(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-NXCqfW9/0/M/IMG_0006%20copy1000-M.jpg)

Here is one with longer shadows, but again waited about one hour too long. Lost oblique
shadows which are are much more dynamic. Still looks cool, I think.
(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-5BfRVdn/0/M/Aug%2029-%202016%20grocer%20abstract%20copy1000-M.jpg)

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 31, 2016, 08:47:32 pm
From the surreal garden.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-w86vpbX/0/M/JMRO2191%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Andrew David on September 11, 2016, 09:57:02 pm
Shot this during a photo walk a few weeks back.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: GrahamBy on September 12, 2016, 04:59:01 am
Shot this during a photo walk a few weeks back.

Andrew, lovely streamer effect :) Thanks for posting that.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 13, 2016, 09:32:10 pm
By window light.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-rfqDgVm/0/M/JMRO2401%20copy2-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 13, 2016, 11:09:13 pm
Outdoor light. Hit auto contrast and everything went berserk, way too saturated. Had to tone it down to more realistic levels.

JMR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-2mZQ6fL/0/M/Oct-12-07-highpark%20001%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: philaitman on September 14, 2016, 03:45:42 am
Shot this during a photo walk a few weeks back.

I like that a lot Andrew.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 14, 2016, 10:13:03 am
I like that a lot Andrew.
I do too.

And John R is always reliable.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Andrew David on September 14, 2016, 09:29:23 pm
Thanks Eric, Phil and Graham! Was surprised I got the shot to be honest, we began the hour long challenge for the photowalk (light and shadow) with about 20 minutes of light left, before the clouds rolled in. I guess it just goes to show that it ain't over till it's over! This was the other shot I took the same day, I used the Velvia profile on my X-Pro 2 to enhance the dreary conditions.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Richowens on September 15, 2016, 12:37:15 am
  I  think I'll contribute a couple.

  (https://photos.smugmug.com/Vacation/Bodega-Bay-10-07/i-kD486pq/0/O/_DSC1877.jpg)



  (https://photos.smugmug.com/Vacation/Bodega-Bay-10-07/i-RhLczRj/0/O/_DSC1883.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on September 15, 2016, 03:55:23 am
Two beautiful images, Rich; simple and (probably) straight is usually best, as you illustrate here.

Rob C
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 16, 2016, 09:09:35 am
Bold and colourful.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-dc5BPWK/0/M/IMG_0016%20copy1000-2-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on September 16, 2016, 02:29:55 pm
Bold and colourful.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-dc5BPWK/0/M/IMG_0016%20copy1000-2-M.jpg)



Gripping graphic (pace Eric!) that does what it does very nicely.

Rob C
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Richowens on September 16, 2016, 10:48:39 pm
Two beautiful images, Rich; simple and (probably) straight is usually best, as you illustrate here.

Rob C

 Thank you for the kind words. Yes, pretty much as shot, no crop, little development.

  Rich
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 16, 2016, 11:54:58 pm
Very nice ones, Rich and John.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Richowens on September 18, 2016, 01:11:04 am
Thanks Eric.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on September 18, 2016, 03:29:14 am
Don't ask :)

(https://c3.staticflickr.com/9/8454/29635032362_67d84a6d84_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/M9KhDQ)[

Mike
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on September 18, 2016, 04:32:37 am
Cyborg's runny nose?

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 18, 2016, 08:39:33 am
Cyborg's runny nose?

Rob
I can come up with several other interpretations, too.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 18, 2016, 04:47:08 pm
Excellent Mike!

Let the colours roll.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Bygone-Days/i-QcfXbbv/1/M/Sept%2018-%202015%20Bygone%20Days%20001%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: BobDavid on September 18, 2016, 07:01:11 pm
Very nice, John. Great palette, neat reflections, and shapes.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: bbrantley on September 18, 2016, 11:54:58 pm
Loving these abstracts, folks.  Keep them coming!

(https://photos.smugmug.com/All/2013/May2013/i-Q3dZcBg/0/XL/_DSC0494-XL.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Andrew David on September 19, 2016, 12:37:02 am
Loving these abstracts, folks.  Keep them coming!

(https://photos.smugmug.com/All/2013/May2013/i-Q3dZcBg/0/XL/_DSC0494-XL.jpg)

Wonderful colours bbrantley, the flowing lines make the shot appear more like an abstract painting  :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: fdisilvestro on September 19, 2016, 10:33:38 am
Wonderful images in this thread!


Ghosts

(http://www.frankdisilvestro.com.au/img/s3/v43/p524802666-5.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 19, 2016, 01:09:00 pm
Nicely spooky.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 20, 2016, 08:30:57 pm
Shifty shadow play at work.
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-ggBZmtH/0/M/IMG_0001%20bwcopy2-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 21, 2016, 10:11:21 am
Very cool, Rob.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 21, 2016, 11:40:14 am
I don't see any blue, but it is still pretty cool and full of energy.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: GrahamBy on September 21, 2016, 11:43:32 am
John, please report to the colour management and screen calibration thread... ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on September 21, 2016, 02:35:31 pm
I don't see any blue, but it is till pretty cool and full of energy.

JR


John -

I took my cue from the Red Sea: sailed it end-to-end four times (steamer, not dainty sails!) and nary a glimpse of red over the rail! Perhaps if I'd travelled on the other side... guess I was only half-posh.

Interesting about the energy: physically, I have practically none left. This makes me feel more secure in my beliefs of forms of immortality post-death.

;-)

Rob C
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 22, 2016, 12:59:50 am
My, my, Rob, but you have have been around the world. I only I will have such memories...

I confess that this image has been somewhat manipulated, to give it RBG look. However, this is allowed in my camera club, and I wanted to show you can have exotic images without going to exotic places.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-KKrGbpQ/0/M/IMG_0009%20copy3%20copy1000-M.jpg)

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on September 22, 2016, 05:19:23 am
My, my, Rob, but you have have been around the world. I only I will have such memories...

I confess that this image has been somewhat manipulated, to give it RBG look. However, this is allowed in my camera club, and I wanted to show you can have exotic images without going to exotic places.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-KKrGbpQ/0/M/IMG_0009%20copy3%20copy1000-M.jpg)


Hi John,

Early travel. Well, it was all beyond anything over which I had a say at the time, but I did enjoy it as much as anybody under sixteen does. ;-)

I know the truth in what you say about the need to move or not to move elsewhere in order to find pix. The real need is to open one's eyes, and look, and then see.

I think that part of the problem is found in trying to make one's current location fit into another set of circumstances. For example: I love Saul Leiter's work, but the parts of it I admire mostly involved a small area of New York. I live between two villages - pretty much - with the closest thing to a city being Palma, some sixty klicks away, a long drive only to find parking problems and expensive coffee with absolutely no yellow cabs! So what to do? Can't really ape that genre -maybe it's already vanished within New York - so I ended up looking for the micro detail which, through its own mannerisms, exists everywhere will you but look for it.

But that's personal work. For professional, it's almost completely the other way around: you have to travel to find the locations that suit the job. However, if you have the personal circustances that allow you to travel just for fun, then it certainly will offer you the shock of the new which, of itself, opens the eyes and thus the photographic chances of something different.

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Richowens on September 23, 2016, 12:41:30 am
Backwater
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on September 23, 2016, 02:58:14 am
I think I'm allowed to say that this is a nicely composed shot with great colours. I forget where it's OK to comment and where not :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on September 23, 2016, 04:28:50 am
I think I'm allowed to say that this is a nicely composed shot with great colours. I forget where it's OK to comment and where not :)


;-) x 2

If a little dig in the direction of Without Prejudice, the only section with some requested, non-format specific restrictions, then let me reconfirm:
the idea behind Prejudice is simple - just a place to post images when you really don't want or need 'how to' advice. There's no policy regarding other comments, in the sense that you can like or hate with equal freedom; just don't suggest processing and/or cropping changes please.

Let the photographer's decisions stand, and base opinions - if any - on the image as it is, not how you'd like to alter it. You can't do much about any art gallery image, so think of these submitted pictures in the same way: they are as they are, for better or for worse.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on September 23, 2016, 05:02:18 am
Not at all a dig at without prejudice which I now understand, rather at least one other topic where it was suggested I was not qualified to comment so I am now much more reluctant to post but this image struck me as particularly bold.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on September 23, 2016, 07:46:12 am
Mike, there are only two types of threads on LuLa when it comes to restricted comments:

- Without Prejudice and

- With Prima Donnas

 ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on September 23, 2016, 09:20:20 am
Mike, there are only two types of threads on LuLa when it comes to restricted comments:

- Without Prejudice and

- With Prima Donnas

 ;)


Why can't I find Prima Donnas, Slobodan? I'd love to contribute!

;-)

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on September 23, 2016, 09:44:36 am
Mike, there are only two types of threads on LuLa when it comes to restricted comments:

- Without Prejudice and

- With Prima Donnas

 ;)

:)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 23, 2016, 11:25:31 am
:)
+1.    ;D
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: churly on September 24, 2016, 11:44:45 am
A couple of very different images but they are both about playing with light.
Keep the abstracts coming!

Chuck
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 25, 2016, 05:11:17 am
Flying saucer with clouds in background?   ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: GrahamBy on September 25, 2016, 05:16:56 am
Excellent shadows :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on September 25, 2016, 06:33:36 am
Flying saucer with clouds in background?   ;)

Low-flying saucer with clouds in b/ground!

;-)

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on September 25, 2016, 06:35:01 am
Excellent shadows :)


Not quite: I think you may be confusing time warp with shadow. It's easily done.

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Calohan on September 25, 2016, 12:15:51 pm
Two From a Series on the Dichotomies of Yellowstone - the gentle reminders you're shooting in the basin of an active volcano that's overdue for a primal show.



Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on September 25, 2016, 03:47:18 pm
HI,

I think the lower one has caught something quite powerful.

I watched a nature docu. once about the Yellowstone area where a bison wanders across the picture whilst the voice remarks that that bison hasn't got the slightest idea what could happen at any moment. For some reason that had me falling off the sofa with laughter. In retrospect, perhaps the mirth wasn't really about the animal at all, but a reflection of every one of us all the time and everywhere!

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Calohan on September 25, 2016, 07:59:20 pm
Not quite as abstract but the same kind of feeling exists as it did with the Buffalo.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Andrew David on September 25, 2016, 08:05:10 pm
Stunning work Chris, although I do prefer the more abstract version of the above landscape. It's a great example of symmetry in nature, and I like the subtle tones and clarity of the ground texture.

This image is one from the "I can't believe I forgot I shot that" archive, took this sometime last year from my front door as the sun rose on a foggy morning.




Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 26, 2016, 09:14:48 pm
Our group did an architecture walk in downtown Toronto. I always tell people when the light gets harsh and creates deep shadows, why not look for graphic-type images. They are everywhere.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/ROM-Annex-Walk-August-2016/i-qZvSXvN/0/L/Sept%2025-%202016%20Annex%20outing%20104%20copybw-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 28, 2016, 08:00:35 am
Good stuff, folks!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: fdisilvestro on September 29, 2016, 08:15:34 am
(http://www.frankdisilvestro.com.au/img/s7/v158/p873363599-5.jpg)

Regards
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on September 29, 2016, 09:22:48 am
Very nice, Francisco.

Assuming you shot non-Leica-mono-digital ( ;-) ) did you work it in colour too?

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: GrahamBy on September 29, 2016, 09:35:51 am
Like it :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: fdisilvestro on September 29, 2016, 12:45:59 pm
Thanks for your comments, Rob & Graham

Very nice, Francisco.

Assuming you shot non-Leica-mono-digital ( ;-) ) did you work it in colour too?

Rob

No, the original was not too colorful, I might experiment with it
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Patricia Sheley on September 29, 2016, 11:14:30 pm
Flirt~
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 30, 2016, 12:26:33 am
Flirt~
Very close to your new home, I bet.

Nice.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Andrew David on September 30, 2016, 06:10:39 pm
beautiful tones and colours Patricia, love it :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Calohan on October 02, 2016, 05:49:25 pm
Opposing Forces
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on October 02, 2016, 05:57:50 pm
Rob: perfect title for a perfect abstract.

Chris: pleasing colors...well seen.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on October 02, 2016, 06:04:09 pm
I really like that one, Rob. It makes you study it to see the subtlety of the differentiation between dark blue and black.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 02, 2016, 07:34:28 pm
Like them both, Rob and Chris. Rob's in particular, is very abstract and makes you study the image, as Arlen said.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on October 03, 2016, 04:00:55 am
Thank you, folks!

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on October 03, 2016, 04:03:42 am
I really like that one, Rob. It makes you study it to see the subtlety of the differentiation between dark blue and black.

It's nice to see people pick up on the blue - apart from anything to do with art, it's encouraging to know my monitor is still working!

;-)

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 06, 2016, 11:35:41 am
Rob,

If you do a book of your whimsical abstracts, I'll buy a copy.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on October 06, 2016, 11:45:16 am
Rob,

If you do a book of your whimsical abstracts, I'll buy a copy.

Eric, if you buy twenty thousand, then I'll be able to afford to make one!

Thanks for the sentiment, though; I really do enjoy playing around like this - the one real blessing of digital for me.

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 07, 2016, 05:58:38 pm
I was travelling through Algonquin Park area and these are a few from there:

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-dQGVfGW/0/L/JMRO3156%20copy1000-L.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-dbzkXL2/0/L/JMRO3440%20copy1000-L.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-5PJP2rL/0/L/JMRO2773%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on October 07, 2016, 11:43:15 pm
That's a very appealing set, John. Very painterly.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 07, 2016, 11:50:10 pm
That's a very appealing set, John. Very painterly.
Yes indeed.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Calohan on October 09, 2016, 08:34:34 am
We certainly don't get the kind of fall colors John previously posted, but we do get enough to have some fun with exposures.

Fall Colors I, II, III
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 09, 2016, 10:02:56 am
Well done, Chris.

I think there was a heron at the top of the central tree in #1, but he flew off before you shot it because he didn't want to be blurred.   :D
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Calohan on October 09, 2016, 02:16:24 pm
Well done, Chris.

I think there was a heron at the top of the central tree in #1, but he flew off before you shot it because he didn't want to be blurred.   :D

No, it was a Great Egret he was on another branch cleaning his beak. See!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 09, 2016, 03:06:43 pm
Many of my multiple exposure attempts came out less than pleasing. So it always leads to more experimentation. And here is one.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-9F5NW8W/0/L/Oct%205-%202016%20Algonquin%20area%20174%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Bruce Cox on October 11, 2016, 01:49:08 pm
home and abroad
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Calohan on October 11, 2016, 02:40:03 pm
Took a second, Bruce...but pretty dang slick!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Calohan on October 12, 2016, 07:24:44 pm
immy Buffet
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: bob_noble on October 13, 2016, 08:05:40 pm
Autumn Palette.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Patricia Sheley on October 14, 2016, 12:18:14 am
~Ebb.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on October 14, 2016, 04:32:15 am
~Ebb.


If you painted like that, I believe you'd be onto a good thing.

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 14, 2016, 09:31:05 am
~Ebb.
You are onto a good thing.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on October 14, 2016, 09:58:02 am
Autumn Palette.


Very good, simple and evocative image.

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Andrew David on October 14, 2016, 07:19:27 pm
Shot this one a while back, reminds me of lost souls swirling in the darkness.

 
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on October 14, 2016, 09:39:41 pm
With everybody presenting different camera movements here is my little attempt from few days ago
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on October 15, 2016, 02:05:14 pm
I like your little attempt, Armand.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 15, 2016, 05:18:51 pm
I like your little attempt, Armand.
I do too.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Calohan on October 19, 2016, 10:33:07 am
The Cypress Stand
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 19, 2016, 12:20:57 pm
Many forecasters predicted the autumn colours would not be so good this year, at least in Ontario, Canada. Forecasters said because of the extraordinarily dry hot summer, many trees would shed their leaves without turning colour. But as far as I can tell, these are the best colours I have seen in over five years. But one thing is true, the trees have a very high drop rate. So if you want to photograph autumn, get going!

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Rockwood-Conservation-Scotts/i-JKKsrsT/0/L/Oct%2016-%202016%20Rockwood%20Conservation%20237%20copy1000-L.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Rockwood-Conservation-Scotts/i-FWdCNMn/0/L/Oct%2016-%202016%20Rockwood%20Conservation%20173%20copy1000-L.jpg)

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on October 19, 2016, 02:14:21 pm
The Cypress Stand


Nice one; reminds me of Riaan's oeuvre too. You both employ an 'organic' kind of image manipulation that I find honest.

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 19, 2016, 02:22:32 pm
Thanks Rob. Top image is simple multiple exposure, abt. 12 in "bright mode"- retains highlights; second is camera motion. Now I have to look up "Riaan's ouvre."

JR

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Calohan on October 19, 2016, 02:50:58 pm
Yours are nice too, but I think he was quoting my image.  :o
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Calohan on October 19, 2016, 02:53:02 pm

Nice one; reminds me of Riaan's ouvre too. You both employ an 'organic' kind of image manipulation that I find honest.

Rob

Actually, other than cropping and doing some curves adjustments, I didn't do any PP manipulation. I did do it in the camera by taking advantage of being in a moving boat to get a nice smooth blur on the surface.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on October 19, 2016, 02:56:27 pm
Actually, other than cropping and doing some curves adjustments, I didn't do any PP manipulation. I did do it in the camera by taking advantage of being in a moving boat to get a nice smooth blur on the surface.

I wasn't referring to Photoshop stuff... best manipulation is in-camera. I bought an ND filter just for that reason.

Rob

P.S.

(Problem with a Spanish computer system is that spellcheck doesn't work in English, and critical typos go unseen until too late; hence my personal version of oeuvre now "ouvre'ed" for ever and ever! Using it, the spelling device, underlines every English word in red. Thankfully, the T tool in PS can be used and checked without problems!)

P.S. 2

I think the frequency of my typos expands with the wearing of earphones.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: GrahamBy on October 19, 2016, 03:41:17 pm
(Problem with a Spanish computer system is that spellcheck doesn't work in English,

Rob, you should be able to download extra dictionaries... I can swap between French (which I need) and English (which I'd like to think I don't, but as time goes on...) with a right-click in the text box. That's with Chrome. Same with Libre Office, where I can specify at each line which language it should work in (important also for spacing rules, quotation marks etc).

The worst experience is MS Outlook, which insists on guessing, usually gets it wrong for a few lines and then highlights the errors it created by "correcting" one language to another... I'm obliged to use it at work, unfortunately.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on October 19, 2016, 04:15:47 pm
Rob, you should be able to download extra dictionaries... I can swap between French (which I need) and English (which I'd like to think I don't, but as time goes on...) with a right-click in the text box. That's with Chrome. Same with Libre Office, where I can specify at each line which language it should work in (important also for spacing rules, quotation marks etc).

The worst experience is MS Outlook, which insists on guessing, usually gets it wrong for a few lines and then highlights the errors it created by "correcting" one language to another... I'm obliged to use it at work, unfortunately.


I have Libre Office; I also have the Concise Oxford (English), (just in case of LuLa challenges!) and I have Chrome as well as Firefox, but the Windows 8.1 that lives in the computer seems to look the other way - or doesn't activate when I write here, for example. Maybe I just don't know how to activate it to work automatically, which wouldn't surprise me in the least, and which reminds me that I should have asked my kid or her hubby, who have just gone home today! Damn; even the memory (mine) fails at the wrong moment. The dictionary works well when I double click it to open the thing up. Though I usually forget, it also speaks, but it's usually the spelling that catches me out, not pronunciation.

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 20, 2016, 12:19:26 pm
It fits nicely, Rob.

I'm delighted that many posters in this thread have creatively stretched my quasi-definition of "abstract."
If it jolts the gut in some way, go for it!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Andrew David on October 20, 2016, 06:23:12 pm
Pushing to fit 'abstraction', but I think it perhaps slips into the recently redefined paradigm. ;-)

(http://www.roma57.com/uploads/4/2/8/7/4287956/d-2671_orig.jpg)

Rob

I really like the tones and the composition. It's a very simple shot, yet I get a very uneasy feeling from viewing it, as if something will emerge from the fog at any moment. Nice work :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: sdwilsonsct on October 21, 2016, 07:54:40 pm
Three trees. This must be the nth time I have shot this.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Calohan on October 22, 2016, 08:32:42 am
Parallelogram
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 22, 2016, 10:27:31 am
Nice. At first glance I thought it was from Slobodan.
(That's a compliment.)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on October 22, 2016, 10:47:04 am
Very well done, Chris, especially the processing.

I like your doggy stick too, Rob. And in this one I can almost make out how you did it. Almost.  ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on October 22, 2016, 11:01:27 am
Very well done, Chris, especially the processing.

I like your doggy stick too, Rob. And in this one I can almost make out how you did it. Almost.  ;)

Stick: it's straight, except for the usual Curves and some toning. Like most of these things, it's done the easy way: one shot, in camera.

;-)

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: David Eckels on October 22, 2016, 01:11:15 pm
Sucked Into a Whirlpool of Color - just having fun.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on October 22, 2016, 03:05:58 pm
Makes me think Alfred Hitchcock.

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Andrew David on October 22, 2016, 04:59:59 pm
Makes me think Alfred Hitchcock.

Rob

...or perhaps David Lynch. Great shot David, really love the colour and light in this one!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 22, 2016, 06:28:12 pm
Stick: it's straight, except for the usual Curves and some toning.
How can you call it "straight?" I see a definite bend in it, part way up.    :D
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 22, 2016, 06:29:39 pm
Sucked Into a Whirlpool of Color - just having fun.
Alain and Andrew are really getting to you, aren't they?

That really is a "fun" shot.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: David Eckels on October 22, 2016, 07:41:57 pm
Alain and Andrew are really getting to you, aren't they?
Thanks for the comments! You know, Eric, they really have. My mother made her living (not much of one, but it was a living) as an oil painter; shows on the lawns of Golden Gate Park (SF) and the strip malls and boardwalks of California, gallery shows and even her own for awhile, and of course our small living room was her studio. She started with a blank canvas or masonite, which I had helped prepare. and something she saw inside her mind, often somewhat abstract (impressionistic?), often vivid colors and most often land and sea scapes. She created over a thousand pieces in her ~40 year career. Contrast that with my 40 years in science, living within a pretty strict set of rules, and now reaching for what I feel with an image is much different than expressing what I think with words. I know there is a bunch of similar folks here on the forum. Anyway, yes, Alain and Andrew did "get to me" and something, too, that Rob has said numerous times about being born with creativity (forgive the paraphrase Rob); it is buried so deep, but I sense something "there" and perhaps "coloring outside the lines" is a way to reach for it. Discovering it does not necessarily guarantee success, but if I am satisfied with the effort, well then, that is where what Andrew said resonated.

I know this thread is really not the place for a comment like this, but wanted to keep in context some of the things I learn here in this very special place.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 22, 2016, 08:30:02 pm
Keep it up, this fine whirlpool of colour is only a beginning. You will be surprised by what you can create or express if you are in a playful mood. Never before have we had the ability to photograph and have almost instant feedback.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on October 22, 2016, 11:08:00 pm
Another one in the realm of color collages.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 22, 2016, 11:18:21 pm
A stained glass window that exists only in your mind?
Neat!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on October 23, 2016, 02:11:28 am
Not stained, the glass is clear. But yes, the color exists only in my mind. (I will allow for the possible external existence of electromagnetic rays of varying wavelengths traversing the glass.)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 23, 2016, 08:38:15 am
Is that sugar that you put in your coffee, Rob?    ;D
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on October 23, 2016, 11:04:28 am
Is that sugar that you put in your coffee, Rob?    ;D


"Negatory, good buddy." (Is that copyrighted somewhere?)

But I did spend some time on a tea plantation there; entertainment was shootuing birds (as in feathers) with an air gun and peeling them to get skins, which then got dried and collected. Delightfully, artistically barbaric. (What is art?) Today, it shames me, so this is obviuosly cathartic confession time. I never told my wife, not that she knew me at that age, of course; she lived in Scotland. I wonder if she knew I was on my way?

;-(

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 24, 2016, 03:48:15 pm
Paint by numbers.

JMR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-rdTTLC6/0/L/Oct%2024-%202016%20Grindstone%20Creek%20175%20copy1000-L.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-b6CtwPt/0/L/Oct%2024-%202016%20Grindstone%20Creek%20110%20copy1000-L.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-Cv34BCC/0/L/Oct%2024-%202016%20Grindstone%20Creek%20119%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: graeme on October 24, 2016, 06:26:32 pm
Peterborough Cathedral abstracts.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: graeme on October 24, 2016, 06:48:22 pm
And one more.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on October 26, 2016, 05:36:36 pm
I like it, Rob. But how about a little help with the title?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 27, 2016, 12:45:36 am
I like it, Rob. But how about a little help with the title?
I like it too.
The title? Rob's just showing off that he knows Latin (or is it Greek? Farsi? Sanskrit?)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on October 27, 2016, 02:01:25 am
When I try to translate it literally, it comes out to something like "staying green". ???
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on October 27, 2016, 03:52:00 am
You're very close!

But why ruin a funny story by telling the punchline first?

;-)

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on October 27, 2016, 10:43:28 am
Evergreen? Even though it's not?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on October 27, 2016, 02:14:24 pm
Evergreen? Even though it's not?

;-)

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: David Eckels on October 29, 2016, 10:30:39 am
More Shades of Gray
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 31, 2016, 05:29:06 pm
Such mysterious images Rob creates, somewhat dark, but always interesting.

My leaves, somewhat inspired by Rob, are bidding goodby - but only for the season.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-ZTMDNbS/0/L/Oct%2031-%202016%20High%20Park%20096%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 31, 2016, 07:18:02 pm
That is a fine pseudo-Rob-ian image, John.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 01, 2016, 09:46:41 am
John, Eric,

Not sure about 'creating' images, more about tripping over the damned things every day!

They beome irresistible to me, making me so grateful for digital because, had I to buy film, I'd probably need help by now, either from the bank for spending too much or a shrink to save me from myself. The latter may still not be out of the question.

Anyway, here's one from yesterday afternoon, though with the change in the clock, it could have been any time before sunset:

(http://www.roma57.com/uploads/4/2/8/7/4287956/d-2793_orig.jpg)

Rob

P.S. Photograpy sure is a liberating medium.
Well spoken, Rob.

The trick is to notice them when you trip over them. Many of us just stumble on and don't give a thought to those images that pop up everywhere.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 01, 2016, 10:14:13 am
Well spoken, Rob.

The trick is to notice them when you trip over them. Many of us just stumble on and don't give a thought to those images that pop up everywhere.
Interesting observation Eric. My fellow club members and others always ask how I can see what I see. Not easy to answer. But I point out that it takes me a while to get into the 'groove' or mode of 'seeing' as the camera and lens does, because it is like a learned skill or language that I have to work up to: first gear, second gear, and then a more natural drive mode. Can't always do it at all. Once I am in a "seeing' mode, images come much more easily and I often wonder why I didn't see those subjects right away in the first place. Perhaps regular practice combined with self review and analysis is the answer, so that what you learn becomes second nature, as much as possible.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on November 01, 2016, 10:35:30 am
I view that differently: as someone whose name escapes me right now (an ever-growing curse) said, the problem with being a photographer is that pictures haunt you. You can't escape seeing them; as with women: I can't look at one without running an imaginary test shoot. I find I'm not usually a very happy guy.

Yesterday, en route for a coffee and a takeaway York ham 'n' tomato bocadillo, just after shooting the snap above, I passed the town's little square where a festivity had been set up for the kids. I never shoot pics of them, under any circumstances outwith family. But, as I said, on my way for that coffee, a kid in costume came rushing round the corner about five feet ahead of me, followed instantly by its mother, a wonderful-looking woman whom I would love to have photographed, pursued just as rapidly by a gorilla-on-steroids who was, I suppose Papa to the child. It quite depressed me, the unfairness of it all.

So yeah, life in snaps is something else: a great substitute for the real thing.

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 03, 2016, 03:34:52 am
Elegant trees in the best park in Toronto.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-frc5mGp/0/L/Nov%202-%202016%20High%20Park%20118%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 03, 2016, 08:17:47 am
Now that's a "classic" John R, and one of your best.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on November 03, 2016, 08:40:37 am
Now that's a "classic" John R, and one of your best.

Yes classic but always so good! I like the soft colors a lot.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 03, 2016, 10:07:34 am
Thanks Francois! One more before all the colours disappear. Best colour I have seen in years.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-bGrtFS4/0/L/Nov%202-%202016%20High%20Park%20017%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on November 03, 2016, 10:22:10 am
...One more before all the colours disappear...
 

Now I am in love with John's work (sans the logo)!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on November 03, 2016, 12:25:37 pm
Great renditions of the season, John. Opportunities are waning here, as the leaves leave the trees.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Peterretep on November 03, 2016, 09:01:20 pm
Nice work JohnR, love those two tree images.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Peterretep on November 03, 2016, 09:07:30 pm
A macro abstract.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on November 03, 2016, 09:42:14 pm
Experimenting. Didn't turn out the way I hoped but it looks unusual enough.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 03, 2016, 10:50:32 pm
Good experiments, Peter and Armand.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on November 03, 2016, 11:04:19 pm
This thread has become the most active place on the forum. Good work, folks. And thanks, Eric.

I'll add one that may look simple, but the process of getting there wasn't. Worth the effort, or not?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 04, 2016, 12:08:03 pm
Arlen, your image is very subtle. To me it needs to be seen large (really large like a gallery canvas) to appreciate the subtle pattern of greys, whites and light earthy browns. I can't make it large enough to test my supposition, but I can step back. It captured your imagination for some reason, as it does mine, but I can't quite put my finger on it. Maybe symbolism for blending in?

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 04, 2016, 12:22:38 pm
Arlen, your image is very subtle. To me it needs to be seen large (really large like a gallery canvas) to appreciate the subtle pattern of greys, whites and light earthy browns. I can't make it large enough to test my supposition, but I can step back. It captured your imagination for some reason, as it does mine, but I can't quite put my finger on it. Maybe symbolism for blending in?

JR
I agree with John. I'd love to see it really large.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 04, 2016, 12:23:27 pm
Thanks everyone for the comments on the tree impressions. I went out yesterday again, the light was so beautiful, diffuse and bright, and at a low angle. An unbeatable combination. I was photographing this scene when someone walked by. If I had been expecting someone, I probably would have waited until they were more away from the trees. But I will take it, all the same.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-6bCGZTw/0/L/Nov%203-%202016%20High%20Park%20051%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on November 04, 2016, 01:07:17 pm
I think you guys have grasped major parts of my intention and my dilemma. I wrestled with posting a bigger version, but was concerned it would blow out past the viewable dimensions of some browsers/monitors. Here is a section of the entire image, with dimensions about as a large as think I dare make it.

And John, that last image is very striking; the more so I think with the figure being present.

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on November 05, 2016, 07:29:40 am
Thanks everyone for the comments on the tree impressions. I went out yesterday again, the light was so beautiful, diffuse and bright, and at a low angle. An unbeatable combination. I was photographing this scene when someone walked by. If I had been expecting someone, I probably would have waited until they were more away from the trees. But I will take it, all the same.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-ZbCFFRz/0/L/Nov%203-%202016%20High%20Park%20051%20copy1000-L.jpg)


For me, that's your best one yet. The figure makes it real enough, yet also into the next space. Great colours, too.

Rob C
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Stephen Girimont on November 06, 2016, 07:32:41 am
Downstream from the Potoma Wayside waterfall outside Harper's Ferry, WV this weekend.

(http://www.theintimatelandscape.com/shared_images/Autumn_Reflections.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 06, 2016, 09:00:43 am
Nice one, Stephen.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 06, 2016, 06:59:38 pm
Yes, good eye Stephen!

Right beside the carved out Tree spirit are these trees who are happy not to be carved out.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-WgD5qZw/0/L/Oct%2031-%202016%20High%20Park%20158%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: GrahamBy on November 07, 2016, 11:01:27 am
"Smoke and mirrors"

Wow!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on November 07, 2016, 11:27:18 am
"Smoke and mirrors"

Wow!

Thanks, Graham.

That's a reason I like the 180mm: I was out in the street that's visible in the circular mirror. Bothered nobody...

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Bruce Cox on November 07, 2016, 11:31:46 am
corn field
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on November 07, 2016, 12:06:17 pm
corn field

That, Bruce, explains why I managed only four out of five years of an engineering apprenticeship!

;-)

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 07, 2016, 12:15:13 pm
"Smoke and mirrors"

Wow!
+1.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 07, 2016, 12:15:36 pm
corn field
Delightful.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Bruce Cox on November 07, 2016, 04:02:36 pm
That, Bruce, explains why I managed only four out of five years of an engineering apprenticeship!

;-)

Rob



Ten years ago I spent a whole year studying watchmaking until I stopped short.

Bruce
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 07, 2016, 04:56:03 pm
My own knowledge of watch-making is limited to the aphorism, "A broken clock is correct twive every day."   ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Bruce Cox on November 07, 2016, 09:05:11 pm
That's a good place to stop, though learning about the various watch manufacturers can make camera companies seem almost sensible.

Bruce
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: GrahamBy on November 08, 2016, 04:41:38 am
That's a reason I like the 180mm: I was out in the street that's visible in the circular mirror. Bothered nobody...

Yep. I love the 70-200 on APC and I'm quite often at the 200 end. The thought of carrying a 300/2.8 with a FF really doesn't appeal.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on November 08, 2016, 08:55:52 am
Yep. I love the 70-200 on APC and I'm quite often at the 200 end. The thought of carrying a 300/2.8 with a FF really doesn't appeal.


I think I did Smoke and Mirrors on the D200 - that makes it about 270mm equiv. I would love a real 2.8/300 Nikkor, but not in my current circumstances. I'm sometimes tempted to take the 500 reflex for a walk in town, but that definitely needs a support - even if only the two-legs-extended approach I sometimes use with my light tripod - the Slik. Very rigid little baby, and travelled a lot with me after BA broke my very pretty Rowi tripod either at Heathrow courtesy the handling staff or, possibly, in their hold en route to Nassau. Anyway, it was trying to use the 500mm there, with just two working legs available, that was the introduction for me to the technique. Slower than a unipod, but confines accidental movement to a single vetical plane instead of all directions.

That long lens weight issue is something that occassionally makes me think of going to a smaller format, but then small formats have their own problems too, one being too much apparent DOF.

Guess I'll just stay where I am unless Dame Fortune smiles upon this prodigal once again.

;-)

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: brianrybolt on November 08, 2016, 10:49:43 am
Across from San Francisco Museum of Art before the refit.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 08, 2016, 02:16:39 pm
Very cool and well seen Brian!

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: churly on November 08, 2016, 04:28:58 pm
Lots of really good shot here!

As I have been mostly looking and enjoying rather than contributing, here are two that perhaps push abstraction.
Chuck

1) The Sky Is Falling
2) A Haunting of Ghosts
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on November 08, 2016, 04:49:20 pm
I was taken to a zoo and took one shot :) much to the amusement of my wife

(https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5647/30231466313_61b224d278_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/N4saFP)

Mike
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on November 08, 2016, 04:57:16 pm
...
1) The Sky Is Falling
2) A Haunting of Ghosts

Really cool, Chuck.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 08, 2016, 09:21:28 pm
Really cool, Chuck.
Yes!!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 10, 2016, 01:50:47 pm
I haven't posted any pix here in a while, so I think I'd better get at it.
Here are four taken in a walk around the Brookline Reservoir the other day, including two variants of one location (the "cropped" version was done in camera, not in LightRoom). I'm curious which of these you discerning folks like better.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 10, 2016, 03:59:03 pm
Some of your shots remind me of fishing nets. You definitely chose to give these an abstract viewpoint.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 10, 2016, 04:03:42 pm
Whenever I see a carpet of newly fallen leaves, I can't resist photographing what I call a "tapestry of riches." I think most of us feel the same way when it comes to autumn foliage. But it is not always easy to make a scene with so much colour into a reasonably successful composition. And when the light gets harsh, I experiment and try to weave the remaining shapes into my composition. This is one.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-jVhQbmm/0/L/Nov%209-%202016%20High%20Park%20027%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on November 10, 2016, 04:25:15 pm
Eric, at first sight I thought that the cropped tangled veggie image was my clear favorite, but after more study I can see the charms of the uncropped version. I might have to look at them a few more times to come to a firm decision.

John, I think you succeeded in your fall color composition. I struggle with the same problem, and end up rejecting most fall foliage shots; as well as letting a few get by that probably should have been rejected. Letting them sit until winter before final judgement facilitates objectivity, but then who wants to see autumn colors in winter?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 10, 2016, 05:34:42 pm
Thank you, John and Arlen.

John, one thing I always enjoy about your "abstracts" is that while some might think they are in some sense "painterly," in fact your departures from literal reality make use of strictly photographic techniques, such as camera movement, etc., etc.

The recent ones succeed very much in emphasizing the essentials of the scene, quite beautifully.

-Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: churly on November 11, 2016, 09:36:42 am
I haven't posted any pix here in a while, so I think I'd better get at it.
Here are four taken in a walk around the Brookline Reservoir the other day, including two variants of one location (the "cropped" version was done in camera, not in LightRoom). I'm curious which of these you discerning folks like better.

Nice set Eric.  I opt for #2 because I think the added context and color provide a bit more psychological depth (if that means anything).
Chuck
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 11, 2016, 10:00:50 am
Nice set Eric.  I opt for #2 because I think the added context and color provide a bit more psychological depth (if that means anything).
Chuck
Thanks, Chuck.
I think I agree with you. I took that one first, and then zoomed in for the closer version.
Maybe Russ is right: Cropping doesn't work, even if done in camera (unless it's your first choice of view).   ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: GrahamBy on November 11, 2016, 03:42:06 pm
I tried cleaning them...
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 11, 2016, 04:47:48 pm
Nice one, Graham!
We don't want no Dirty Abstracts here, or we might hafta censor them! :o
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Patricia Sheley on November 11, 2016, 05:40:41 pm
or we might hafta censor them! :o    (and then sensor them too)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Patricia Sheley on November 11, 2016, 05:43:40 pm
At the low and howling...
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: churly on November 11, 2016, 06:01:36 pm
Very fine.  Goes great with the Tempranillo-Cabernet blend I just uncorked.
Chuck
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Patricia Sheley on November 11, 2016, 08:19:48 pm
How long ago? Should be ready to go by now, the robust chili is ready to scoop into bowls just as my fingers thawed....WHAT?! You didn't set a glass aside? OK, to the cellar for something darkly luscious... Or maybe even a black and tan... thanks for the tasting anyway, sorry to miss the pairing  ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Patricia Sheley on November 12, 2016, 09:53:21 am
I don't know Rob, looks like Graham spiffed up that glass pretty well ahead of your arrival. I clearly see Q & A.  ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 12, 2016, 10:07:30 am
I don't know Rob, looks like Graham spiffed up that glass pretty well ahead of your arrival. I clearly see Q & A.  ;)
That's just what I was thinking.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on November 12, 2016, 11:19:43 am
Would you settle for Ç, as in bent cedilla? That's as far as I can allow myself to stretch reportage.

I can understand, though, why folks would only drink from a bottle they opened themselves...

;-)

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Patricia Sheley on November 12, 2016, 11:49:12 am
   C'est bien, ça ~
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 12, 2016, 02:16:33 pm
   C'est bien, ça ~
+ Un (or is it une?)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 12, 2016, 03:38:51 pm
This lovely, antique-like lamp has been through the mill. When I first bought it 30 years ago, everyone wanted it. Especially when it would cast warm glow from the tungsten lights. In the last few years, most want to throw it out. But since I discovered it is a goldmine for helping me "see", I hope it will render more possibilities in the coming years.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-J9GFfHt/0/L/JMRO6296%20lampcopy-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Patricia Sheley on November 12, 2016, 03:48:25 pm
Now that should have been selected at the editorial meeting of the new architectural magazine with the lead article, "Old Friends become Bright and New" subbed "Minimal, Clean and Highly Sought"
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 12, 2016, 04:51:24 pm
Now that should have been selected at the editorial meeting of the new architectural magazine with the lead article, "Old Friends become Bright and New" subbed "Minimal, Clean and Highly Sought"
+1.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 13, 2016, 06:49:32 pm
Different time of day, but still interesting.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-zRVzH3C/0/L/JMRO6328%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 13, 2016, 07:34:46 pm
Interesting how the lampshade changes color at different times of day.
I wonder what kind of tricks it engages in when you aren't looking!  ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 14, 2016, 02:59:02 am
Thank you Eric. After I read your comments, I reexamined the first image and realized the light is not on. It is on in this second image, hence the warm cast from what must be an old tungsten bulb.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: BobDavid on November 14, 2016, 10:59:49 am
Different time of day, but still interesting.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-zRVzH3C/0/L/JMRO6328%20copy1000-L.jpg)

The lampshade/sunlight shining through the blinds is an intriguing concept. It presents a lot of opportunities for continuing with the theme.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Richowens on November 14, 2016, 12:20:15 pm

  Ahhhh.. a blinding light.

 Rich
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Patricia Sheley on November 14, 2016, 09:52:10 pm
Ascot~
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: BobDavid on November 14, 2016, 11:33:01 pm
Grids galore much to my horror
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: brianrybolt on November 15, 2016, 07:05:54 am
London Facade - South of the river Thames
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 15, 2016, 09:27:51 am
Terrific stuff in this thread lately. You folks a re pushing the boundaries in very imaginative ways.
Thank you Patricia, BobDavid and BrianRybolt. And, of course, JohnR and RobC.

-Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 15, 2016, 10:55:09 pm
Thanks Eric! Here is one from a walk with a group in downtown Toronto. When you get hard light, it's like getting a lemon, so you try to make lemonade, of course.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Front-St-Walk-Toronto/i-KPcsvvC/0/L/Nov%2013-%202016%20Front%20St%20walk%20344%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 15, 2016, 11:34:14 pm
Tasty lemonade. Not too sweet, with a hint of tartness.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on November 16, 2016, 08:07:00 am
Is it abstract? I don't know.

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/6/5757/22846416968_ffef9828a0_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/ANRRNQ)

Mike
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 16, 2016, 08:57:25 am
Mike: Yes it is, by my fuzzy definition.

Rob: We have news reports of drivers of that sort every day around Boston.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts! "The Shard"
Post by: brianrybolt on November 16, 2016, 11:56:35 am
The Shard is the tallest building in the UK (London) and in the European Union.

Note the window cleaners about 4/5ths the way up the building.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Patricia Sheley on November 16, 2016, 12:27:41 pm
  The Shard
  !!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 16, 2016, 03:59:55 pm
Well done there, Brian! I like the treatment, it suits the subject and the colours.

Mike: It may not be abstract, but is well seen. The shadows remind me of sun trying to get through trees and sit well together with the blue and orange wall.

Rob: As for you Rob, are you a ghost trying to transform into human form? Sure looks eerie.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on November 16, 2016, 04:27:04 pm
Well done there, Brian! I like the treatment, it suits the subject and the colours.

Mike: It may not be abstract, but is well seen. The shadows remind me of sun trying to get through trees and sit well together with the blue and orange wall.

Rob: As for you Rob, are you a ghost trying to transform into human form? Sure looks eerie.

JR

JR, it's not a selfie! ;-)

I love the uncertain; I see myself therein, even if I'm not. Therein, I mean; uncertain is natural. Were I certain, there would no longer be a point in shooting. As some wag said: I like to photograph things in order to see how they'll look as photographs. I think said wag was Winogrand...

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 17, 2016, 09:12:54 am
I get another good belly laugh every time I see another of your new concoctions, Rob.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on November 17, 2016, 10:39:28 am
I get another good belly laugh every time I see another of your new concoctions, Rob.

Eric, this is an example of the problems of af.

The damned lens (2.8/180 Nikkor) wouldn't focus on the statue at all - insisted on locking on the tiles on the building behind me. Unlike my other af lens, the 1.8/50 G, which allows manual override at any time, this ones doesn't. If only digi cameras hadn't abandoned split-image finders, there would be no problem; a pet peeve of mine. Yes, I could have slipped the entire focussing department into Manual, but I hadn't the patience at the time. If I get problems I just want to move on. At my age, no bother is worth the bother, if you see what I mean. It's a most liberating attitude. I can't honestly claim it's new to me, but at least now it doesn't cost me clients or anything like that. I suspect, from deep and measured research, that it's a family trait. The ancestors knew a thing or two.

Rob

P.S.

The window with statue is one floor up, and I'm shooting from the street. It's the D200 with the lens wide open at 2.8 and a 1/640 sec, FWIW. David's head is much softer in the original file... poor guy.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 17, 2016, 11:14:48 am
"The damned lens (2.8/180 Nikkor) wouldn't focus on the statue at all..." Aha, so your blurry, mystical images are accidents? But then again no (like Elton John), "I suspect, from deep and measured research, that it's a family trait. The ancestors knew a thing or two." So back to a mystery. Might as well keep it that way.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 17, 2016, 11:20:05 am
Another from the downtown TO walk.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Front-St-Walk-Toronto/i-tpphMBw/0/L/Nov%2013-%202016%20Front%20St%20walk%20091%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on November 17, 2016, 11:25:22 am
Doing the twist, now? Intriguing, John.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 17, 2016, 11:55:37 am
Arlen, they are simple reflections on the hood of a car. It caught my eye, and the more I moved my head, the more interesting the contorted reflections became. When I pointed it out to fellow walkers, they immediately started looking for similar reflections. So from architecture to abstractions and then back again. It was a good day.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on November 17, 2016, 04:52:11 pm
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Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 19, 2016, 11:05:34 am
Maybe a bit literal for an abstract...

(http://www.roma57.com/uploads/4/2/8/7/4287956/d-2661_orig.jpg)

Rob
But what a beautiful commentary on abstraction as well as the surrealist movement!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on November 19, 2016, 01:50:38 pm
But what a beautiful commentary on abstraction as well as the surrealist movement!

I love a tuned in audience!

;-)

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 19, 2016, 02:16:18 pm
For me, I m still trying to figure out why my watermark doesn't reflect in the water.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-m4q6vMN/0/L/Nov%2016-%202016%20Terra%20Cotta%20017%20desatcopy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on November 19, 2016, 02:29:28 pm
I like this one a lot, John. Soft and subtle. But keep working on that watermark reflection.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on November 19, 2016, 03:16:46 pm
Patchwork.

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on November 19, 2016, 03:25:04 pm
Nice, and probably looks better as a large print.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 19, 2016, 03:41:09 pm
Nice, and probably looks better as a large print.
+1.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 19, 2016, 03:43:08 pm
I like this one a lot, John. Soft and subtle. But keep working on that watermark reflection.
Easy enough to do in PhotoShop. Just copy the watermark onto a separate layer, flip it upside down, blur it a little, and position it in the water below.   ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 19, 2016, 04:37:00 pm
Easy enough to do in PhotoShop. Just copy the watermark onto a separate layer, flip it upside down, blur it a little, and position it in the water below.   ;)
Fabulous Arlen. That little orange square reminds me of a clever show I once saw. The creater used a window as portal to show other related images and to get inside the building. It was very clever and well done. Through that window, I can see a whole farm and the inside of the barn. That's what I see.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on November 19, 2016, 06:15:28 pm
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Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on November 19, 2016, 09:32:42 pm
Fabulous Arlen. That little orange square reminds me of a clever show I once saw. The creater used a window as portal to show other related images and to get inside the building. It was very clever and well done. Through that window, I can see a whole farm and the inside of the barn. That's what I see.

JR

Thanks for that story, John. I have to admit that I have a soft spot for old barns, and love to wander around them with camera in hand.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: BobDavid on November 19, 2016, 11:28:21 pm
I like the shadow on the rock, Armand. Neato!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on November 20, 2016, 08:01:46 pm
Thanks, it does look a little weird.

Few from today.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: churly on November 23, 2016, 05:22:17 pm
I don't think these pass Alain's definition but as my chief critic says 'well they are different'
Oh well.
Chuck
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 24, 2016, 09:56:49 pm
In the spirit of the new column on "abstractions" by Alain Briot, I thought I would submit this one taken today. And by the way guys, how do you make those small images that expand when clicked? I would rather do that than tie up all this space with huge images.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-bxS3L33/0/L/JMRO6955%20abstract%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on November 24, 2016, 10:37:02 pm
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Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: marton on November 24, 2016, 10:41:05 pm
But what a beautiful commentary on abstraction as well as the surrealist movement!

Strictly speaking, Dada preceded surrealism.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 25, 2016, 09:30:19 am
Strictly speaking, Dada preceded surrealism.
and pretty much inspired/led to surrealism.

P.S. I hope it's obvious to all that the "working" definition of "abstract" used for this thread is much looser than the one Alain Briot is promoting in his current essay.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 25, 2016, 12:08:26 pm
I got it, Eric! funny how the image looks dimmer on the LuLa than on my monitor. Perhaps it is because my image is processed on a dark background.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-9ck9KdF/0/L/Nov%2024-%202016%20centennial%20arboretum%20006%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 25, 2016, 02:41:18 pm
I got it, Eric! funny how the image looks dimmer on the LuLa than on my monitor. Perhaps it is because my image is processed on a dark background.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-9ck9KdF/0/L/Nov%2024-%202016%20centennial%20arboretum%20006%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Abstract, Shmabstract! I love it. And it's bright enough on my monitor (I just calibrated it.)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on November 25, 2016, 03:00:12 pm
In the spirit of the new column on "abstractions" by Alain Briot, I thought I would submit this one taken today. And by the way guys, how do you make those small images that expand when clicked? I would rather do that than tie up all this space with huge images.

JR

Nice one, John.

Re image size:  When you use the "Insert Image" icon above the text entry box, as you did here, the image will appear full size within the post; unless it is more than 1202 pixels in the longest dimension, in which case it wil be down-scaled to 1202. But if instead you click "Attachments and other options" below the text entry box, and navigate to the file on your computer, it will show up as a small image that will expand to full size when clicked on. In that case, if it is 1202 pixels (longest dimension) or less, it will expand within the post space. But if it's bigger than 1202, it will open in a new browser window.

Note that for the "Insert Image" approach, the file must be hosted somewhere else on the web, like SmugMug; but for the "Attachments" approach, the file must be on your computer.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 27, 2016, 10:47:40 pm
I seldom like white in my impressionist images. It often spoils an otherwise good image. But I can live with this one.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-STMTDTV/0/M/Nov%2027-%202016%20Allan%20Gdns%20037%20copy2-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 28, 2016, 01:21:35 pm
And here is one I took which keeps attracting my attention until I could no longer ignore it. So I processed it and came up with this.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-4f5B9dB/0/M/April%2012-%202016%20Centennial%20Conservatory%20046%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: James Clark on November 28, 2016, 03:09:52 pm
I got it, Eric! funny how the image looks dimmer on the LuLa than on my monitor. Perhaps it is because my image is processed on a dark background.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-9ck9KdF/0/L/Nov%2024-%202016%20centennial%20arboretum%20006%20copy1000-L.jpg)

This is quite awesome :)  (Looks fine - nice and punchy - on my calibrated monitor, BTW)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on November 29, 2016, 11:41:00 pm
From the x-files.

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 30, 2016, 01:18:24 am
X-actly, Arlen. I knew that. Is it from the "rock files."

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 30, 2016, 01:23:12 am
You may notice a fading circle in the red wall. This a place abandoned by "Target", who tried to compete in Canada with Walmart and Sears.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-6rWdQ3s/0/M/IMG_0006%20copy1000-2-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on November 30, 2016, 04:16:31 am
You may notice a fading circle in the red wall. This a place abandoned by "Target", who tried to compete in Canada with Walmart and Sears.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-6rWdQ3s/0/M/IMG_0006%20copy1000-2-M.jpg)


Nice, ultra clean one, and even the huge personal logo has a perfect, relevant place!

;-)

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: pegelli on November 30, 2016, 05:12:14 am
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/201611/i-PtFgBtF/0/O/PEG_A850_3_05341_20161127.jpg) (https://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201611/i-PtFgBtF/A)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 30, 2016, 09:00:49 am

Nice, ultra clean one, and even the huge personal logo has a perfect, relevant place!

;-)

Rob
Right. And it shows us that John's blurry pix aren't from camera shake.   :D
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on November 30, 2016, 10:41:11 am
X-actly, Arlen. I knew that. Is it from the "rock files."

JR

No, "it's alive, it's alive".

If there is life on Mars, it will most likely look similar to this. A mixed bacterial culture within or below the rusty regolith.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 30, 2016, 02:16:24 pm
No, "it's alive, it's alive".

If there is life on Mars, it will most likely look similar to this. A mixed bacterial culture within or below the rusty regolith.
Each time I look at it I expect to see parts of it moving, but I haven't caught it yet.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: BobDavid on December 01, 2016, 01:53:29 pm
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/201611/i-PtFgBtF/0/O/PEG_A850_3_05341_20161127.jpg) (https://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201611/i-PtFgBtF/A)

I like the absurdity. I realize it's not something a lot of viewers will appreciate, but I do.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: pegelli on December 01, 2016, 01:55:39 pm
I like the absurdity. I realize it's not something a lot of viewers will appreciate, but I do.
Thanks Bob, appreciate the comment  :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 01, 2016, 04:57:36 pm
I like the absurdity. I realize it's not something a lot of viewers will appreciate, but I do.
I like it too, and I suspected Bob would like it.
Possible title: The non-conformist?   ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on December 01, 2016, 06:40:29 pm
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Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 01, 2016, 07:35:23 pm
Pegelli image: it's obviously a growing tear in the fabric universe. We have to send a spacecraft and button it up before it sucks everything into itself.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 01, 2016, 07:47:43 pm
Went to Ripley's Aquarium with some friends. Quite a place. The glass and moving water distorts everything, but not in good way. So I ended up photographing signs and banisters and the like. Believe me those are the real, albeit, gaudy colours, which are mostly reflections from other displays and lights.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-HTwtSHZ/0/M/JMRO7496%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: BobDavid on December 02, 2016, 11:12:52 am
Substation
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 02, 2016, 12:12:56 pm
An interesting outside image of the very colourful inside of the Toronto Aquarium.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-425gzrb/0/M/JMRO7520%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on December 02, 2016, 12:17:59 pm
I'll ask permission - can I make a couple of positive observations?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on December 02, 2016, 12:23:40 pm
I'll ask permission - can I make a couple of positive observations?

Definitely not?

;-)

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on December 02, 2016, 12:24:53 pm
I'll wait for John I think. I appreciate not everyone wants comments on their babies :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on December 02, 2016, 12:26:55 pm
I'll wait for John I think. I appreciate not everyone wants comments on their babies :)

Oh dear, it was only meant as a play on words...

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on December 02, 2016, 12:46:26 pm
I assumed it was but I'm still waiting :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 02, 2016, 12:56:46 pm
If you think it is positive, go ahead. Except for trying to bring down the highlights, I posted image as is. But lack of critique is why I post on this thread. With obvious exceptions, I have long since given up doing critiques on other photographers on this site. It is seldom positive or productive. I always say, you can can crop an image seven ways to Sunday and still have a valid outcome, but obviously different.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 02, 2016, 01:05:30 pm
If you think it is positive, go ahead. But lack of critique is why I post on this thread. With obvious exceptions, I have long since given up doing critiques on other photographers on this site. It is seldom positive or productive. I always say, you can can crop an image seven ways to Sunday and still have a valid outcome, but obviously different.

JR
Hey John,
I think you may have just invented a new art form. How about cropping critiques any way we like?    ;D

Or, to paraphrase Winston Churchill, "My ... there is a ... picture."
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on December 02, 2016, 01:58:09 pm
If you think it is positive, go ahead. Except for trying to bring down the highlights, I posted image as is. But lack of critique is why I post on this thread. With obvious exceptions, I have long since given up doing critiques on other photographers on this site. It is seldom positive or productive. I always say, you can can crop an image seven ways to Sunday and still have a valid outcome, but obviously different.

JR

I think I'll pass :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 02, 2016, 09:35:05 pm
Hey Dave, I don't mind observations. Just want to try and stay positive on this thread.

I mentioned the inside of the aquarium was very colourful in contrast to the outside. Here are two samples. First is straight shot, second, a camera motion technique:

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-DKJ3QNR/0/M/JMRO7271%20copy1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-rRPBSjP/0/M/Dec%201-%202016%20Ripleys%20Aquarium%20110%20copy1000-M.jpg)

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Bruce Cox on December 06, 2016, 09:37:30 am
Double Doors
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 07, 2016, 12:24:04 am
Slightly askew.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-LNdCBjF/0/M/Oct%2021-%202013%20Sumacs%20Hwy%2027%20076%20bwcopy-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on December 07, 2016, 03:07:49 am
Lovely tones. Somehow the composition doesn't seem quite right, maybe the lamp needs to be more assertive?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on December 07, 2016, 04:13:18 am
Lovely tones. Somehow the composition doesn't seem quite right, maybe the lamp needs to be more assertive?


No, the lamp always retains its character, but shifting the logo to the other side of its stalk balances the whole. That's the beauty of logos.

;-)

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on December 07, 2016, 04:19:51 am
It's possible.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on December 07, 2016, 04:28:20 am
It's possible.

You see the beauty of photography? I've just finished breakfast (such as it is) and here, on the Internet, have now found enough glow for me to start the rest of the day!

;-)

Rob C
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 07, 2016, 08:50:52 am
You see the beauty of photography? I've just finished breakfast (such as it is) and here, on the Internet, have now found enough glow for me to start the rest of the day!

;-)

Rob C
Well spoken, Rob.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 07, 2016, 09:18:41 am
Actually, Rob has a point. I try to place logo where it does least amount of damage. Sometimes I can't do anything about it, short of not placing any logo on image.

As to not "quite right", that is true. That is why I said it was slightly askew. When you shoot upwards and off centre, everything goes askew. Notice the top windows do not line up and are not symmetrical with bottom windows. So I straightened and balanced as best I could. Architecture is one of the few subjects that needs to be shot wide with lots of room on either side to make it easier to do perspective corrections. I forgot to shoot wide. Without perspective lens and correct standing position you make do. Very engaging shapes, colours and contrasting tones. See below where I did not leave enough room on either side of windows in this alternate composition:( And say hello to lamp that is obviously trying to have a conversation with viewers.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-2fp3d2b/0/M/Oct%2021-%202013%20Sumacs%20Hwy%2027%20073%20copy1000-M.jpg)

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 07, 2016, 11:40:44 am
I like it, John.
But as for your logo, I would be tempted to put the three letters in three of the windows, probably 1, 2, and 4.   ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Stephen Girimont on December 07, 2016, 07:36:32 pm
Rainy Night Traffic. Shot while stopped in traffic long enough for me to stop the wipers and focus.

(http://www.theintimatelandscape.com/shared_images/RainyNightTraffic.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: donbga on December 07, 2016, 08:54:43 pm
Slightly askew.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-LNdCBjF/0/M/Oct%2021-%202013%20Sumacs%20Hwy%2027%20076%20bwcopy-1000-M.jpg)
Your online presentations would be improved wit a barely visible transparent signature.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 08, 2016, 12:05:24 am
Rainy Night Traffic. Shot while stopped in traffic long enough for me to stop the wipers and focus.

(http://www.theintimatelandscape.com/shared_images/RainyNightTraffic.jpg)
Nice and lively, Stephen.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on December 08, 2016, 04:59:00 am
Rainy Night Traffic. Shot while stopped in traffic long enough for me to stop the wipers and focus.

(http://www.theintimatelandscape.com/shared_images/RainyNightTraffic.jpg)

Really like that sort of imagery; wish I had the energy to go out on rainy nights. Wish I had the energy to go out any nights! Once the computer's wound up, that's it until time for bed.

;-)

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 08, 2016, 09:45:33 am
Was it a rainy night in Georgia? You should develop this further. If I could get my wife to drive I would take lots of these kinds of photos. You can produce some interesting images, as you have done.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 08, 2016, 10:39:10 am
Some "freshly fallen silent shroud(s) of snow," with apologies to Paul Simon.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-a-winters-day/i-nMRnkXT/0/M/Dec%2031-12%20Bftn%20%26%20Caledon%20115%20cropcopy2-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Stephen Girimont on December 08, 2016, 07:24:42 pm
Was it a rainy night in Georgia? You should develop this further. If I could get my wife to drive I would take lots of these kinds of photos. You can produce some interesting images, as you have done.

JR
It was a rainy night in Northern Virginia, which isn't nearly as melodic.

Thanks for the comments everyone!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: graeme on December 08, 2016, 08:15:30 pm
Rainy Night Traffic. Shot while stopped in traffic long enough for me to stop the wipers and focus.

(http://www.theintimatelandscape.com/shared_images/RainyNightTraffic.jpg)

Very nice.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Peter McLennan on December 09, 2016, 02:36:22 pm
Some "freshly fallen silent shroud(s) of snow," with apologies to Paul Simon.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-a-winters-day/i-nMRnkXT/0/M/Dec%2031-12%20Bftn%20%26%20Caledon%20115%20cropcopy2-1000-M.jpg)

Beautiful!  (as usual)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 09, 2016, 04:01:21 pm
(http://www.roma57.com/uploads/4/2/8/7/4287956/d-2911_orig.jpg)

Rob
Neat!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on December 09, 2016, 04:24:12 pm
Rob, you raised the standard of "abstract" to a new level with the dancers!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on December 09, 2016, 06:00:38 pm
Rob, you raised the standard of "abstract" to a new level with the dancers!


All in a morning's work, Slobodan...

No, that's a fib: all in the gifts we are sometimes offered. But yeah, no kidding, things come out to you and then again they don't. You have to take what you are given.

Thanks.

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on December 10, 2016, 12:10:43 am
(http://www.roma57.com/uploads/4/2/8/7/4287956/d-2911_orig.jpg)

Rob

I don't know what it is but it's really nice!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: BobDavid on December 10, 2016, 02:32:19 am
# 21
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Telecaster on December 10, 2016, 02:49:34 pm
# 21

At my local car wash the "slappy things" (as my pal Susan calls 'em) are a dingy red/brown.  :)

-Dave-
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 10, 2016, 04:31:12 pm
At my local car wash the "slappy things" (as my pal Susan calls 'em) are a dingy red/brown.  :)

-Dave-
When they saw Bob coming with his camera, they quickly dies the "slappy things."

Nice shot, Bob.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: BobDavid on December 10, 2016, 10:12:09 pm
I'd not seen such stunningly blue brushes before. They must be new. I'm slowly building an impressive collection of unmarketable esoteric "upside down" photos. When the picture is oriented correctly, the blue "slappy things" remind me too much of Cousin Itt from the Addams family.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 10, 2016, 11:14:39 pm
Your new "upside down" vision seems a little like a throwback to the view camera ground glass.   ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: BobDavid on December 11, 2016, 01:12:39 am
Your new "upside down" vision seems a little like a throwback to the view camera ground glass.   ;)

True, but I'm only flipping them vertically. I have a nice camera obscura that I built in grad school. Whenever I get the itch to see the world upside down and flipped along the X axis, I pull it off the shelf and peer into it. Have you ever seen an upside down alligator? I'm sure Russ has.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 11, 2016, 08:42:11 am
Some of my happiest photographic moments with my old 8x10 view camera were just peering at the ground glass with no film holders with me.
I would see these lovely scenes, full size (in those days, 8x10" wasa big print), and in glorious technicolor. When I used film it was always B&W.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: BobDavid on December 11, 2016, 01:52:00 pm
Some of my happiest photographic moments with my old 8x10 view camera were just peering at the ground glass with no film holders with me.
I would see these lovely scenes, full size (in those days, 8x10" wasa big print), and in glorious technicolor. When I used film it was always B&W.

As a young adult, I tried shooting color negative film with a Calumet 4X5 and a 210mm Commercial Ektar lens. I gave up after going through a 25-sheet box. The prints I got back from the lab were uninspiring. I couldn't afford to have anything custom printed. So, like most amateurs, I went back to black and white. ... I have strong and pleasant memories of covering up with a dark cloth and viewing  topsy turvy scenes projected in living color onto the ground glass screen. And of course using a 7X loupe added to the enjoyment.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 11, 2016, 06:24:36 pm
Weston's Pepper, in color, and through a glass darkly?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Peter McLennan on December 11, 2016, 11:27:11 pm
Rob, you raised the standard of "abstract" to a new level with the dancers!

Totally!  Better than a Pirelli calender!  :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: jani on December 12, 2016, 08:28:08 am
(http://www.roma57.com/uploads/4/2/8/7/4287956/d-2933_2_orig.jpg)
While your "strip dancers" were stark and naked, this is simply lovely colour.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on December 12, 2016, 09:24:05 am
Jan,

Thank you for the comment; it's particularly pleasing to me because that search for colour, as almost apart from shape or substance, it really what attracts me about colour. Take colour too literally, and then I find that black/white offers me more. Thing about all photography that hit me after I stopped doing it commercially, was that everybody knows what something looks like, and thus, what's the point of making a straight picture of it since there's neither mystery nor question. In other words, where business needs accuarte information or even better fibs, the amateur side of the art is entirely open to the individual's personal quest of leaving reality aside, wherever that leads.

Peter,

Thanks for the compliment, and FWIW I have to agree about Pirelli insofar as they truly do seem to have lost the plot in the past few years. In fact, I would venture out on a limb and say that ever since they did the Hans Feurer one in the Seychelles, which opened a several-year gap in production, they have been hoist by their own petard of hubris, thinking, when they took up production again, that the honest route of letting a photographer do his thing was no longer enough: the pretentiousness of the art world crept (rushed?) into the things and they made that fatal mistake of embracing Concepts. Calendars are not about concepts, calendars are about people wanting something attractive and possibly useful on their wall. One usually gets to see a single page at a time; concepts require a time-continuity of visibility in order to make any sense: you have to  be allowed to flick through the whole thing at once to get it. IMO, with calendars, all they (concepts) do is stifle the model and snapper on the ground. I've been through that one several times myself, and it ends up in tears and lost relationships.

Eric,

I don't think Weston would have approved; come to think of it, I don't think many of that era would have approved! Fortunately or otherwise, I have seldom fitted my times for very long: seems I arrive either too soon or too late, and the older I get the stronger the impression I have that yep, it is all far too late in the circle for personal synchrony with the zeitgeist! For this whirl, at least!

;-)

Rob

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Telecaster on December 12, 2016, 03:30:13 pm
As my Aunt Anna likely would've said, had she seen Rob's last three photos: "Those snaps are positively spiffing!"

Positively spiffing, always spoken with an affected posh accent, was among her favorite phrases. Whenever a photo of mine earned this verdict I knew I'd done very well.

-Dave-
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on December 12, 2016, 05:04:56 pm
As my Aunt Anna likely would've said, had she seen Rob's last three photos: "Those snaps are positively spiffing!"

Positively spiffing, always spoken with an affected posh accent, was among her favorite phrases. Whenever a photo of mine earned this verdict I knew I'd done very well.

-Dave-


I think I love your Aunt Anna! Not so sure about them being my last photos, though; had high hopes on making more later on...

;-)

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 12, 2016, 08:41:51 pm
Rob,

I would say your three most recent photos are positively spiffing, and I look forward to many more, as I expect Dave and Aunt Anna do too.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on December 13, 2016, 09:07:08 am
Rob,

I would say your three most recent photos are positively spiffing, and I look forward to many more, as I expect Dave and Aunt Anna do too.

Eric,

Having wasted the morning in a badly-attended Community of Owners EGM, I take your post as a positive lifting of my soul! I'm so relieved that I refused to stand as pressy anymore a few years ago: the sense of community has changed so dramatically in the past thrirty-six years; most of the original people who bought wanted to be able to retire to the place or simply enjoy it themselves whenever the fancy took, whereas the newer lot see it only as a means to making rental (illegal without permits, which you can almost never get) income, and obviously want to spend as little as possible on maintaining the area. BobDavid may soon have a new subject to cover! I hope I jest.

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Peter McLennan on December 13, 2016, 11:16:13 am
everybody knows what something looks like, and thus, what's the point of making a straight picture of it since there's neither mystery nor question.

Agreed.  I've recently arrived at that location a few times myself, wondering as I'm shooting something: "Haven't we seen this before? What's the point?"

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the amateur side of the art is entirely open to the individual's personal quest of leaving reality aside, wherever that leads.

And that's why it's so good to be a retired photographer these days, rather than a professional.  We're now amateurs again, in the best sense of the word.  We to it for the love of it.

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all they (concepts) do is stifle the model and snapper on the ground. I've been through that one several times myself, and it ends up in tears and lost relationships.

What a shame.  The word "stifle" should never appear in connection with any shoot.

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it is all far too late in the circle for personal synchrony with the zeitgeist! For this whirl, at least!

NEVER too late!  8)   "Rage, rage against the dying of the light."

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on December 13, 2016, 02:17:46 pm
Agreed.  I've recently arrived at that location a few times myself, wondering as I'm shooting something: "Haven't we seen this before? What's the point?"

And that's why it's so good to be a retired photographer these days, rather than a professional.  We're now amateurs again, in the best sense of the word.  We to it for the love of it.

What a shame.  The word "stifle" should never appear in connection with any shoot.

NEVER too late!  8)  "Rage, rage against the dying of the light."

And you say that wearing shades!

;-)

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: donbga on December 13, 2016, 03:42:30 pm
(http://www.roma57.com/uploads/4/2/8/7/4287956/d-2881_orig.jpg)

Rob

FWIW, IMO the use of faux frame and matts impede the potential impact for online presentation. Nice work otherwise.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on December 13, 2016, 04:01:28 pm
FWIW, IMO the use of faux frame and matts impede the potential impact for online presentation. Nice work otherwise.


It's not as simple as that.

You really have to choose how you want your images to accept contrast outside of them. In other words, were I to process my pictures to view them within white, I'd do one thing, but to be seen within grey or black, another level of internal tonality is required. The same development does not work the same within different backgrounds; try framing one of your own pictures within several different tones of background and see what you conclude. When I process, I automatically create a white border around the job.

My website is tailored to suit the format you see here, and that's all anybody on LuLa or anywhere else is going to get unless they buy a print. Which, as I no longer have a great printer for which I can buy inks (thanks, HP!), means that I may decide never to print again, and so I shall keep the prints I already hold.

In photography, there's usually a reason for everything.

;-)

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on December 13, 2016, 07:20:23 pm

You really have to choose how you want your images to accept contrast outside of them. In other words, were I to process my pictures to view them within white, I'd do one thing, but to be seen within grey or black, another level of internal tonality is required. The same development does not work the same within different backgrounds

I often put borders around my online images for similar reasons. Trouble is, some images look good to me against a darker background, but not as good against a lighter one, no matter how I adjust the development. Jumping between various backgrounds within a single website seems a bad idea, though.

Add my praise to your last three contributions, Rob. All outstanding.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on December 14, 2016, 04:20:36 am
I often put borders around my online images for similar reasons. Trouble is, some images look good to me against a darker background, but not as good against a lighter one, no matter how I adjust the development. Jumping between various backgrounds within a single website seems a bad idea, though.

Add my praise to your last three contributions, Rob. All outstanding.

Thanks for the kind comment, Arlen, and you're right: some images can't really work on both types of background. It's an extreme example, of course, but the one of the ribs, Ups and Downs, set against black would lose its edges completely and just become part of an extended page, or whatever it's viewed against. There was a similar effect in the old darkrooms, where one had the choice of white plastic, transparent perspex or even coloured developing dishes; they could give you a false impression of what you were processing, as could processing under the wrong safelight, sometimes a red, which wasn't the right choice because for my WSG stuff it should always have been a sort of yellow/green tinged safelight called an OB or something like that -  no longer sure, exactly, of its code so long ago.

The other point about the darkrooom colours, apart from the safety angle, is that you had to become accustomed to a standard, much as with ambient light on monitors, where you unthinkingly understood what a print would end up looking like at the end of the process. Have to say, a wet print on a plastic draining sheet over the wash tank often looked far nicer than it ever could dried. ;-)


Lots of things in photography to make life difficult!

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Telecaster on December 14, 2016, 04:22:53 pm
Rob,
I would say your three most recent photos are positively spiffing, and I look forward to many more, as I expect Dave and Aunt Anna do too.

;D  Properly corrected, I am.

(Attached photo of Aunt Anna & Dave taken in Oban, Scotland, while on a bus/boat tour to the island of Iona, summer 1972. There's an in-joke being shared, thus one face's grin and the other's grimace. Anna was an expert cut-up.)

-Dave-
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on December 14, 2016, 05:46:25 pm
;D  Properly corrected, I am.

(Attached photo of Aunt Anna & Dave taken in Oban, Scotland, while on a bus/boat tour to the island of Iona, summer 1972. There's an in-joke being shared, thus one face's grin and the other's grimace. Anna was an expert cut-up.)

-Dave-

Aunt Anna has a very familiar face; the style of dress and hair are very much of Scotland in those days. You can tell at once that Carnaby Street, insofar as it ever made it up to Scotland, was limited to the very young, and older poseurs like, ahem, fashion photogrsphers I know rather well! But on the other hand, my Ann (wife) was rather keen on style, and often would buy from the makers stuff we'd just photographed... them wuz the days!

If you went to Iona, you did better than I: I made Oban, but never the islands - AKAIR. I just had no local curiosity. Unless you want to include some cameras. I see you already had one... where's the uke or banjo?

;-)

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 14, 2016, 07:29:35 pm
I think I would have liked Aunt Anna a lot.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Telecaster on December 15, 2016, 03:01:23 pm
If you went to Iona, you did better than I: I made Oban, but never the islands - AKAIR. I just had no local curiosity. Unless you want to include some cameras. I see you already had one... where's the uke or banjo?

;-)

We did get to Iona as part of a loop around the Isle of Mull, also stopping at Tobermory along the way. Can't remember now if it was a single day or two day boat trip. I do remember the water was choppy. My camera was a Kodak Instamatic. This was around the time my dad started letting me use his Leica, though it was left at home on this vacation in favor of his more pocketable Retina. The plastic uke was also left at home.  :)

Anna lived in the US for decades, but the dress she's wearing was probably made by my mom. I remember that Mom liked '60s fashion from a distance but had no interest in making clothes influenced by it.

Anna was truly a gem. Huge influence on me.

-Dave-
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on December 15, 2016, 03:13:18 pm
We did get to Iona as part of a loop around the Isle of Mull, also stopping at Tobermory along the way. Can't remember now if it was a single day or two day boat trip. I do remember the water was choppy. My camera was a Kodak Instamatic. This was around the time my dad started letting me use his Leica, though it was left at home on this vacation in favor of his more pocketable Retina. The plastic uke was also left at home.  :)

Anna lived in the US for decades, but the dress she's wearing was probably made by my mom. I remember that Mom liked '60s fashion from a distance but had no interest in making clothes influenced by it.

Anna was truly a gem. Huge influence on me.

-Dave-

Very few males have had much impact on my way of thinking; almost everything that I hold dear or in which I believe I find basic truth has come from the distaff side of my life. Influence from the male membership of the family tree has been practically zero. I think women have more imagination and much more sense of reality, too, whereas males seem to major in one direction at a time. It's not about multi-tasking at all, but about breadth of personality.

Perhaps that's why many men fear them.

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 18, 2016, 05:40:31 pm
I see that Rob has been tearing up this thread lately. There is smoke everywhere. They are all somewhat mysterious. Must be a new found love.

Here is one I took today, which I think conveys a little bit of loneliness. Debated whether I should tone down contrast and accentuate the loneliness even more.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Hilton-Falls/i-X7FsZNR/0/M/JMRO7896%20copy1000-M.jpg)

 

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 18, 2016, 07:59:57 pm
Nice one, John. Even if it is sharp.   ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on December 19, 2016, 04:33:11 am
Nice one, John. Even if it is sharp.   ;)

I know how it feels. It has my sympathy. Only the return of summer can help either of us.

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 19, 2016, 09:28:56 am
Can't wait for summer. Must learn to photograph in, and enjoy all seasons. Doctor's orders, no excuses. So here is one more minimalist image from my walk.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Hilton-Falls/i-R3TjDtX/0/M/Dec%2018-%202016%20Terra%20Cotta%20062%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on December 19, 2016, 10:49:32 am
Can't wait for summer. Must learn to photograph in, and enjoy all seasons. Doctor's orders, no excuses. So here is one more minimalist image from my walk.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Hilton-Falls/i-R3TjDtX/0/M/Dec%2018-%202016%20Terra%20Cotta%20062%20copy1000-M.jpg)


You may have been walking, but your buddy, Batman, was clearly flying.

;-)

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 19, 2016, 11:31:48 am

You may have been walking, but your buddy, Batman, was clearly flying.

;-)

Rob
+1.   ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Telecaster on December 19, 2016, 04:12:22 pm
So you see, it's no lie: the rumours are true!

(http://www.roma57.com/uploads/4/2/8/7/4287956/d-2908_1_orig.jpg)

Nancy & Sid? Marilyn & James Dean (never woulda guessed!)?  :)

-Dave-
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Peter McLennan on December 19, 2016, 04:51:07 pm
Thread drift. That's not an abstract.
Just sayin'
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on December 19, 2016, 05:13:47 pm
Thread drift. That's not an abstract.
Just sayin'

Wot!? Ghosts not abstract?

Jus' thinkin'

;-)

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Peter McLennan on December 19, 2016, 08:01:21 pm
Yeh, ghosts are abstract, by definition.  :)
But this thread is so good, so unique, I hate to see it drifting off course.

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 20, 2016, 02:23:53 am
Batman mythology notwithstanding, it's pays to explore our shadows and it makes light even more welcoming; especially in Winter! Getting home after work is no fun. It's dark and there is no time to photograph.

 (https://photos.smugmug.com/Hilton-Falls/i-bNVstZN/0/M/Dec%2018-%202016%20Terra%20Cotta%20031%20copy1000-M.jpg)

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on December 20, 2016, 03:51:06 am
Batman mythology notwithstanding, it's pays to explore our shadows and it makes light even more welcoming; especially in Winter! Getting home after work is no fun. It's dark and there is no time to photograph.




Already being home because there is no work is even less fun; don't knock the alternative!

;-)

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on December 20, 2016, 04:02:13 am
Yeh, ghosts are abstract, by definition.  :)
But this thread is so good, so unique, I hate to see it drifting off course.


How ironic that I made a similar observation some time ago, and had my little knuckles politely rapped!

We are in danger of being thought of as fundamentalists. Not a good idea in today's clime.

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 20, 2016, 11:29:45 pm
Rob, I see... I think?... very mysterious. A shaft of light makes an appearance and points to a window we cannot see through. I better go sleep on this.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on December 21, 2016, 11:18:49 am
Rob, I see... I think?... very mysterious. A shaft of light makes an appearance and points to a window we cannot see through. I better go sleep on this.

JR


I agree with you, John, better to lie down!

The explanation is terribly mundane: I just saw it and liked it, which is pretty much all I think photography ever is, unless you're trying to sell something. It's what I'm always trying to say to people: it's in one's head/eye or it isn't, and if it is, all you can do about it is photograph it, for better or for worse; and even then, with or without one, it exits whilst it exists... hence my Glimpsed Parallels gallery. I have a couple of recent shots where I can't even find again the polished steel plate on a wall where I shot the reflections. I am sure I know where I made them, but the plate - vanished! And I live between two tiny towns. God knows whether Leiter could ever have found some of his windows again, let alone redo the magic he noticed within them!

One of the reasons I'd love to be able to move back to a city to end my days is because of the variety of stuff around, especially for somebody like me who has been away from big conurbations almost for ever, it feels, but at least for about half a lifetime. So much 'new' old stuff to rediscover... perhaps.

;-)

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 21, 2016, 04:45:25 pm
I just saw it and liked it.

Every photographer should write that on the blackboard 1000 times!
That is, indeed, the essence of photography.

Thanks, Rob.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 21, 2016, 07:30:02 pm
Rob, it was tongue in cheek. However, I do believe some of the images we take during the course of our lives do reflect how we feel, or that we choose to photograph certain subjects because they have a certain resonance for us. One example is the image I just posted that I said represented loneliness and isolation. That's is what I saw when I first encountered it.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Hilton-Falls/i-X7FsZNR/0/S/JMRO7896%20copy1000-S.jpg)

And if one continues to have certain subjects with a theme or similar treatments, I think one can say that it may represent something. Not your latest image, but certainly some of the images you have posted have a kind if underlining look or theme. Does it have meaning? I can't say for sure, but it may have. And if you exhibited a whole body work, we may see a theme, or not. I don't think we should exclude possible social, cultural and psychological meaning in photographs or a body of work, but certainly not for most images. It goes without saying that the images with the most impact usually have an emotional appeal as well. So keep it up.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on December 22, 2016, 04:33:56 am
John,

I know you were joking: I never had that sort of impact on anyone with a snap!

But on a broader sense of the photographic images one makes: yes, there are bound to be personal sensations that drive one to recognize particular motifs as being relevant to one's own being, and that's probably why I keep well away from landscape. It is historical: I used to specialize in model pictures, and when that ended I found myself faced with the stark choice of either spending my own money on the delightful creatures or doing something else, something available and free rather than imported and prohibitively expensive. Available meant landscape, and I simply felt nothing for it beyond its use as frame for a person. Of course I could see a beauty in sunsets, multi-coloured beaches and shallow seas, but the prettier they were the more they required the human touch (for me) to make photographic sense.

So, that made me think of alternatives: find a new genre or just sell everything off and take up social drinking (and its consequences) when drink isn't permitted due to heart problems. Fortunately for me, the Internet reopend my memory to stuff that was seminal when I first became attracted to the medium, and in many ways it saved me from floundering about like a dying fish in the bottom of a boat. Which was where 'street' came in, but not necessarily in the sense of confrontational stuff, but more of what being in public can reveal in a visual sense. Hence, reflections within windows, views on advertising media, and so forth. I'd say that at the taking stage, these all conform to a broad concept of what I may think street is, but at the processing stage, I know very well that I try to eliminated as much as I can and concentrate on whatever I feel might really be the point of that image.  At that time, the moment of where to fly, I have to admit to a somewhat jaundiced view on society and the human condition as I experience it. So if bleak is the speak, then that's perhaps fairly accurate a reflection of where I feel that I am. Conversely, there are times when I go out with a caption in my head, trying to find something to suit it. But usually not: usually it's about the thing hitting me right on the nose.

Frankly, I don't care very much for situations where the plot is laid out plainly for all to see; I suppose it's why I would much prefer doing fashion photography again rather than calendars, given both chance and choice, and unlike in my professional life, where I honestly didn't feel myself much influenced by other snappers if only because there was never time to think about dong anything "à la" but just to get on with it in one's own way as rapidly as possible, in post-pro life I find the opposite true, and the more I trawl and absorb those Americans and Europeans of the 40s and 50s, the more drawn I am to try to enter into a contemporary version of their world. Of course, that's impossible too, if only because nobody wears real hats anymore, and yellow cabs are not plentiful on the streets of Mallorca. I think the last time I saw a striped barber's pole was in 50s Glasgow.

So maybe even what I do get around to doing is actually born of a sense of frustration and that will out in the pictures too, I guess. What's funny, to me, is seeing other contemporary people trying to ape Leiter, Levitt, Klein, Callahan, Levinstein et al. and do so with razor-crisp images and terribly vibrant colours, killing the real sense of what was with their oh so very modern tools.

If one has to be nostalgic, be nostalgic for the real thing, try to be honest to it.

Rob

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 22, 2016, 02:18:24 pm
How about a rush of lavender for a more sunny disposition?

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-zmgrGdD/0/M/July%2013-2016%20Weirs%20Lavender%20farm-raw%20009%20copy1000-M.jpg)

Or deep long shadows from a cemetery and converted to BW for a sombre feeling?

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Hilton-Falls/i-LfNHh7p/0/M/Dec%2018-%202016%20Terra%20Cotta%20151%20bw-copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: mbaginy on December 24, 2016, 02:47:57 am
Happy holidays to all!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 27, 2016, 11:41:11 pm
Well I have been working on my inventory. I expect to get rid of half. I never should have listened to the advice,"save everything." Of course I mean cull juduciously not radomly.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-f2R3zSj/0/M/Feb%2020-12%20Downtown%20083%20copy3-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Tony Jay on December 28, 2016, 12:09:31 am
Well John don't ditch this one please!

Excellent work - even to how you have signed your moniker!

Tony Jay
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 28, 2016, 08:45:06 am
Well John don't ditch this one please!

Excellent work - even to how you have signed your moniker!

Tony Jay
+1.

Nice almost disappearing watermark.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 28, 2016, 11:12:02 am
Thanks Tony and Eric. Some beautiful noise from my inventory files and from night shot experiments. Discovered that with moving subjects such as water and trees, or moving the camera, you can get some really interesting aesthetically appealing images by recovering the shadow areas.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-3djhDk4/0/M/Aug%202-12%20HP%20088%20panocopy2-1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-wX7jHpG/0/M/Aug%202-12%20HP%20106%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 28, 2016, 01:28:54 pm
You continue to be very inventive, John. Nice work.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Telecaster on December 28, 2016, 04:42:25 pm
For us Xmasers with nothing much better to do:

(http://www.roma57.com/uploads/4/2/8/7/4287956/d-2899_orig.jpg)

;-)

Hah! "Ho ho h…"

(I think I hear Santa coughing. Or choking.)

-Dave-
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on December 29, 2016, 05:25:54 pm
Hah! "Ho ho h…"

(I think I hear Santa coughing. Or choking.)

-Dave-


Well seen, Dave! I didn't get that connection until you pointed it out! I was thinking more along cattle-branding lines...

;-)

Rob C
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 29, 2016, 05:32:52 pm

Well seen, Dave! I didn't get that connection until you pointed it out! I was thinking more along cattle-branding lines...

;-)

Rob C
Your unconscious mind is even more mischievous than your conscious mind, Rob.   ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 30, 2016, 08:41:29 pm
Saw that great abstract from Harold which reminded me of this set of two buildings I explored:

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-mctkTtP/0/M/Aug%2026-12%20Evans-QEW%20bldg%20078%20bwcopy-1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-8phhvgr/0/M/Aug%2026-12%20Evans-QEW%20bldg%20089%20copy1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-D3nF3GG/0/M/Aug%2026-12%20Evans-QEW%20bldg%20097%20bw1000-M.jpg)

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on December 31, 2016, 02:36:39 am
In Birmingham city centre

(https://c7.staticflickr.com/1/365/31952197006_0f4088f988_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/QFvmYo)

Mike
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on December 31, 2016, 03:54:49 am
In Birmingham city centre

(https://c7.staticflickr.com/1/365/31952197006_0f4088f988_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/QFvmYo)

Mike

Love the left side in particular; great balance of components in the overall shapel! However, I believe that left part would make a wonderful image on its own.

Rob C
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on December 31, 2016, 03:57:05 am
Just the metal on the left or with some of the three buttons?

I'm not prissy and on a good day I could move the buttons.

A square crop would leave just one button which might be OK.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 31, 2016, 09:21:30 am
I like it just the way it is, but the left part alone would also work, but be very different.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on December 31, 2016, 10:49:05 am
Just the metal on the left or with some of the three buttons?

I'm not prissy and on a good day I could move the buttons.

A square crop would leave just one button which might be OK.

No, just the left on its own. If you want to include the buttons, you already have a fine picture as it is.

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on December 31, 2016, 11:52:26 am
I see, I think I'll leave it be then.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 31, 2016, 05:36:23 pm
It was Dec 3, 2012, I was on winter walk hoping for some interesting winter subjects after a snowfall. But it was so warm the snow melted, so I photographed the trees--sort of.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Hilton-Falls/i-nvLwKMC/0/M/Dec%203-12%20Terra%20Cotta%20056%20copy2-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 31, 2016, 09:32:33 pm
I've got to say: I sort of like that one, John!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 01, 2017, 12:07:09 am
Thank you Eric. I can't think of a better way to usher in the New Year given my circumstances, so here is one more for the the new year.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-bjMdKMb/0/M/July%2018-12%20Bronte%20Pier%20120%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 01, 2017, 12:12:11 am
That's nifty. It doesn't look like trees at all. Maybe a Ferrari in free fall?
Happy New Year!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 01, 2017, 06:54:14 pm
Eric you are right, it is a reflection on car hood. And here is one with a simple gradient applied and it too is a reflection from an elevator door.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-R3kg62h/0/M/June%2018-12%20RBG%20051%20copy3-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 01, 2017, 10:18:27 pm
One glance at that and I immediately said "Elevator door"... NOT!
Nicely playful and certainly abstract.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on January 03, 2017, 07:29:45 pm
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Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on January 04, 2017, 10:48:06 am
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Yes, less is very often more! Nice pair of pairs.

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on January 04, 2017, 10:39:58 pm
Thank you. I very much enjoy simple and strong compositions even if I don't come up with as many as I would like.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Bruce Cox on January 05, 2017, 02:30:44 pm
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Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on January 05, 2017, 05:29:07 pm
Designed by winter and the hand of man.


  (http://www.pbase.com/art1/image/164795362/original.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Stephen Girimont on January 05, 2017, 07:46:48 pm
Rained again yesterday...

(http://www.theintimatelandscape.com/shared_images/WetCommuteV.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on January 05, 2017, 08:18:44 pm
Nice work Stephen, I really like that one!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 05, 2017, 08:33:01 pm
Nice work Stephen, I really like that one!
+1.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 05, 2017, 10:44:46 pm
Excellent Arlen! Well seen. And I like the panoramic crop that enhances the long look and avoids a static middle.

Nice work Stephen. Reminds me of fish in a tank with undulating water.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on January 06, 2017, 02:11:35 am
Arlen, for once I think the framing enhances the image which in itself I think is strong enough not to need any help anyway. Nice geometry, nice colours, nice lack of colours :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on January 06, 2017, 03:43:15 pm
Thanks guys. Mike, I have an Action that applies that frame. I thought it needed something to separate the white parts of the image from the background, but it could probably have been just a thin black border line.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 06, 2017, 06:51:21 pm
Anyone want a seat at the table? A refreshing picnic lunch, maybe?

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/High-Park-Toronto/i-cHhj4PQ/0/M/Jan%2028-2013%20High%20Park%20004%20smugcopy-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 07, 2017, 04:24:59 pm
Hello, Hello, Aloe...in a rush...

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-c6w4CFQ/0/M/Feb%2018-13%20Allen%20Gardens%20029%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: GrahamBy on January 07, 2017, 05:15:58 pm
Like the picnic facilities :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 07, 2017, 06:01:44 pm
Hello, Hello, Aloe...in a rush...

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-c6w4CFQ/0/M/Feb%2018-13%20Allen%20Gardens%20029%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Rish? No. That's an image that invites me to slow down and just soak my eyeballs in it. Beautiful!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 07, 2017, 06:02:53 pm
(http://www.roma57.com/uploads/4/2/8/7/4287956/d-2995_orig.jpg)

Rob C
Ah! A Rob C rewrite of a BobDavid subject. Nice.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on January 08, 2017, 05:15:10 am
Ah! A Rob C rewrite of a BobDavid subject. Nice.


Wot!!! This is the sea!

Actually, it's a shot with (if my memory isn't playing short-term tricks with me again) the seldom-used D700 and my manual 2/35 at f2.8. I stopped down a tiny bit just in case the thing wasn't going to be crisp enough on the grid wide open. The point is, I should just have stayed wide open and got a wee bit more blur, because doing manual focus, as I sway about so much, at that close distance focus without af is going to be approximate at the best of times! Perhaps C focussing would have helped, and a manual optic preclues that, and I think that this is one of those few types of shot when sharpness on the main thing really counts... Tripod? Are you kidding?

Oh well, it's 2017, so new things happen.

;-)

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 08, 2017, 01:57:53 pm
Green from the tree that reminds us of the season of snow.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-6wJzkkS/0/M/Feb%2018-13%20Allen%20Gardens%20019%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Telecaster on January 08, 2017, 04:43:20 pm
(http://www.roma57.com/uploads/4/2/8/7/4287956/d-2995_orig.jpg)

I see ya, Saul!

Err…Rob.

-Dave-
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 09, 2017, 01:13:57 am
This is not good Rob. It looks like you are on the inside trying to get out. But I am afraid, since you do so much good work on the inside, you have stay there.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 09, 2017, 01:15:52 am
Visited City Hall square with club group last night. Verrrry colddd!! The city tree lights slightly desaturated to bring out the reds even more. And square image with unusual foreground- as if I tried to smudge it- but it all the result of focusing and defocusing two images.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-sx6Wm49/0/M/Jan%208-2017%20City%20Hall-2-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-rBNbD6L/0/M/Jan%208-2017%20202%20copy1000%20City%20Hall-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: GrahamBy on January 09, 2017, 04:04:33 am
Rob... sumptuous, as usual.

(I was listening to Bernard Stiegler, a French philosopher, who was saying that the primary goal of art prior to the 20th century was "to be sumptuous". I rather liked that).
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on January 09, 2017, 06:05:27 am
Thanks for the kind remarks, people.

John's not far off target: I do feel I live most of my present life trying to be somewhere else. I could even say that it goes beyond that, to knowing that I have also felt myself never to belong fully anywhere at all. Perhaps it's due to living in several different countries as a kid, and then again years later on. Perhaps all of us who never really grew up living in any single home town feel that way. In fact, there are times when I look at my life, both the good and the bad of it, and think that I never actually managed to grow up at all, which probably explains why I have enjoyed so much of it. I have also come to realise that I have been truly blessed, and am not at all sure why. Even the hard bits turned out good in that they gave me the inner strength to handle spiritual pain. Crack my leg and I scream as loudly as the next!

;-)

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: graeme on January 10, 2017, 08:14:59 am
Visited City Hall square with club group last night. Verrrry colddd!! The city tree lights slightly desaturated to bring out the reds even more. And square image with unusual foreground- as if I tried to smudge it- but it all the result of focusing and defocusing two images.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-sx6Wm49/0/M/Jan%208-2017%20City%20Hall-2-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-rBNbD6L/0/M/Jan%208-2017%20202%20copy1000%20City%20Hall-M.jpg)

Very interesting.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 10, 2017, 09:06:21 am
Thanks Graham. I was bemused that some people said there is nothing to photograph. It is like saying to a painter, don't go there we have exhausted all possible interpretations. I am always sympathetic, because I once thought that way too.

A few from the same outing. At the time Toronto City Hall was built, it was considered one of the most striking modern buildings:

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Toronto-City-Hall-outing/i-LJc2Gp7/1/M/Jan%209-%202017%20Toronto%20City%20Hall%20087%20copy1000-M.jpg) (https://photos.smugmug.com/Toronto-City-Hall-outing/i-B8kPhgN/0/M/Jan%209-%202017%20Toronto%20City%20Hall%20212%20copy1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Toronto-City-Hall-outing/i-2htchXg/0/M/Jan%209-%202017%20Toronto%20City%20Hall%20217%20bwcopy-1000-M.jpg)

Those from Toronto will recognize this scene and what I have done to it.
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Toronto-City-Hall-outing/i-4sM3wZq/0/M/Jan%209-%202017%20Toronto%20City%20Hall%20220%20copy3-1000-M.jpg)

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: GrahamBy on January 10, 2017, 10:16:25 am
Funny what sunlight can do with a ventilator.

There is a scene in Godard's Alphaville I think... I can't find it now (and google is now flooded by results for a Japanese pop-band who've taken that name).
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 11, 2017, 01:18:59 pm
The flag sure went nicely with the shapes and colours.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Toronto-City-Hall-outing/i-T7J7PBm/0/M/Jan%209-%202017%20Toronto%20City%20Hall%20147%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on January 11, 2017, 07:43:40 pm
Shadows
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 13, 2017, 02:31:53 am
This bench, much overlooked, finally made its way into my graces.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-VmRcpWg/0/M/Aug%2023-2014%20Riverwood%20Park%20016%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on January 15, 2017, 11:59:29 am
Some shadows

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/432/32175156862_a2ef921471_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/R2d6aQ)

Mike
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 16, 2017, 10:07:49 am
The lamp called this morning.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-BdnnrnQ/0/M/JMRO8340%20bwcopy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on January 16, 2017, 10:38:23 am
I like the sweeping curves and I like the way they are interrupted. I think the grey edge on the right works well but I'm not so sure about the top, does it look just a little pointlessly messy?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 16, 2017, 11:04:32 am
Yes, I suppose I could have cropped out the top border of the lamp shade, but I left it in because I am doing series on lamp abstracts from window blinds and sun and shadow effects. I want people to recognize the abstracts are from the lamp, shade and sun and how you can work a scene and get many results.

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on January 16, 2017, 11:05:24 am
Makes sense :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 16, 2017, 11:19:56 am
For now, most are variations on the larger scene of the lamp seen here. I am going to try for some really close up abstracts like the alternating stripes. Should be interesting.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-ZcwSJrv/0/M/Jan%209-%202017%20Toronto%20City%20Hall%20005%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on January 16, 2017, 12:00:16 pm
For now, most are variations on the larger scene of the lamp seen here...

A very pleasing color palette, scene and composition in itself.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: graeme on January 16, 2017, 05:12:27 pm
For now, most are variations on the larger scene of the lamp seen here. I am going to try for some really close up abstracts like the alterating stripes. Should be interesting.

JR

I love this image.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 16, 2017, 06:34:57 pm
Thank you Slobodan and Graeme. Me lamp thanks you too ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 16, 2017, 06:43:23 pm
It looks like a fascinating series, John.
When I first saw it, it feelt to me as if your lamp was trying to steal some of the shadows from DrMike's image.

Personally, I prefer the original, with the top of the lamp showing.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 17, 2017, 08:28:09 pm
Thank you Eric.

Ring around the Rosie, to warm you up on this midwinter day. But the irony is this was taken in a cemetery.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-ddFrBT6/0/M/Jul%2013-%202014%20Woodlawn%20cememtery%20023%20copy1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-fMZRPTt/0/M/June%201-%202014%20RBG%20215%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 18, 2017, 01:47:26 am
The Cloud Gods are watching those who critique in a mean spirited and unhelpful way! This one had one eye and mouth when I spotted him. But of course I am just kidding. I have to do something for creative competition ;)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-KVZCvfd/0/M/June%201-%202014%20RBG%20016%20copy1000-2-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 18, 2017, 09:48:55 am
By the water's edge.

JMR
One with fast movement of camera:
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Landscape-Impressions/i-W7f2wmT/0/M/July%2011-%202014%20Sunnyside%20048%20copy1000-M.jpg)

One with faster movement of camera:
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Landscape-Impressions/i-6w9r6LQ/0/M/July%2011-%202014%20Sunnyside%20054%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: chuckn on January 18, 2017, 09:31:31 pm
Train Parts

Chuck
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 19, 2017, 05:21:32 am
Chuck, the high contrast works for me. Good distribution of black areas. Those are truck parts for a rail car. Interesting thing is you can tilt your camera any way you want for abstracts like these. Try some where the truck parts are lined up on a diagonal. So many interesting shapes, circles, triangles, lines, etc.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 19, 2017, 05:39:04 am
Two in-camera double exposures slightly cropped for maximum effect.

First combines two images straight on.
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-4VSr3BM/0/M/Jan%2018-%202017%20Etobicoke%20Conservatory%20100%20copy1000-M.jpg)

Second combines a zoom with straight shot.
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-Kr4X6XT/0/M/Jan%2018-%202017%20Etobicoke%20Conservatory%20101%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 20, 2017, 10:15:15 pm
Reducing a beautiful green scene to BW is not something I usually do, but I really like how the slight movement has created little strands of light, almost like steel wool in play.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-DKwJJPX/0/M/July%2028-%202014%20James%20Gardens%20232%20bwcopy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 22, 2017, 05:22:18 am
Incongruent.


(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-nvrpWsx/1/M/sept%2026-%202014%20Halton-badlands%20042%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 22, 2017, 09:57:51 am
Playing with shapes.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-BcBhVQH/0/M/Sept%2023-%202014%20Walmart%20bwcopy2-1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-HFGj2c6/0/M/IMGP2733%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on January 22, 2017, 10:46:25 am
Love the first one with the light fluffy cloud drifting past a solid set of cubes. Nice conversion too, never an abstract though.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on January 22, 2017, 06:30:03 pm
I thought this artsy thread might benefit from some scholarly work on abstract art, Nobel-Prize level:

http://www.salon.com/2016/12/18/this-is-your-brain-on-art-a-neuroscientists-lessons-on-why-abstract-art-makes-our-brains-hurt-so-good/
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: donbga on January 22, 2017, 07:35:25 pm
Some shadows



Mike

I like. Is okay to say that and just that?

Don Bryant
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 22, 2017, 09:31:02 pm
Hey Slobodan, thank you for that link. It is very interesting reading, even the comments to the articles. Beats the unfiltered chaotic and crude comments of most You Tube channels. Now I will look for the works of the artists mentioned therein.

Thanks, JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on January 23, 2017, 02:28:54 am
I like. Is okay to say that and just that?

Don Bryant

Can't see why not :)

Just because I'm a windy, pompous gasbag I don't see why everyone else should be :)

Mike
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on January 23, 2017, 05:19:54 am
I thought this artsy thread might benefit from some scholarly work on abstract art, Nobel-Prize level:

http://www.salon.com/2016/12/18/this-is-your-brain-on-art-a-neuroscientists-lessons-on-why-abstract-art-makes-our-brains-hurt-so-good/


Nope, I don't like this sort of stuff any more than I do the standard hype from curators and similar committted (and thus compromised) people writing on the art of photography.

The simple truth is that anyone with a minimum of writing ability can produce this sort of material. One can state any position one desires, elaborate and convince the willing about anything; it's done in politics every day, and in advertising, every second.

From my point of view, all the different types of art represent are people striving to make themselves distinct from their peers, combined with the natural, inborn inclinations towards form and presentation that lurk within them, the very things that oblige them to take to art in the first place.

References to olden times are faux: in those years art was ever commissioned, it was executed/created for the greater glory of religion and banks and the glorification of ancestry of popes and other dignitaries. Art for art's sake didn't exist. It was a commercial venture, pure and simple. Without patronage it (art and artist) could not exist.

Modern painters also have to make enough money to keep 'em alive, but once a commercial market exists within which to strive and try one's luck, the ever-present problem of standing out is instantly appreciated on both sides of the financial exchange, and so people experiment until they find a niche that pays off. That's the business of art, just as it is of photography. Those who photograph and/or paint without that commericial imperative are seldom household names, and so what they do or do not do is of relative importance to themselves alone; they do not form 'movements' nor do they create schools of visual thought and style.

For myself, I think that I increasingly find abstract paintings appealing. Why? Simply because they allow one to see something different almost all the time: they don't bore one, as would looking at the Mona Lisa ten times a day. Of course, for that to hold, one must first find an abstract piece that has instant appeal to one: if not, hatred will grow just as rapidly as regret of purchase. And I think that also applies to me with photographs, which are perhaps even more limited and constricted by their very ability to record too damned much information too well, and thus deny my own imagination the freedom to roam and extrapolate upon what's there. That's part of the fun of art: bringing your own head to it. When there's too much evidence there's not enough room for self. So then, why bother owning the thing in the first place? Just investment? A bit of reflected glory if somebody coming to visit you recognizes the creator's name?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: donbga on January 23, 2017, 07:07:27 am
Can't see why not :)

Just because I'm a windy, pompous gasbag I don't see why everyone else should be :)

Mike
You mean like a bloviating old fart?  ;)

Don Bryant
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on January 23, 2017, 08:03:29 am
You mean like a bloviating old fart?  ;)

Don Bryant

That's me :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 23, 2017, 09:31:36 am
For myself, I think that I increasingly find abstract paintings appealing. Why? Simply because they allow one to see something different almost all the time: they don't bore one, as would looking at the Mona Lisa ten times a day.
This part nails it for me, Rob. A good abstract image invites my mind to explore it with my own imagination, not bound by what I'm "supposed" to see or feel.

The essay that Slobodan provided a link to buries the essential notion in a lot of excess verbiage.

I can't make up my mind. Is the writer of that essay a
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windy, pompous gasbag
, or a
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bloviating old fart
? Or both?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 23, 2017, 09:55:15 am
All these comments remind me of the song, "Hurt so bad". When I thought it was all so good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTf18vueoKg

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 23, 2017, 10:38:23 am
Most of my multi-exposure images do not turn out well, but I keep trying because I really like the look of the end result when it does turn out well.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-MnG4mkZ/0/M/sept%2026-%202014%20Halton-badlands%20077%20copy1000-M.jpg)

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 23, 2017, 02:36:44 pm
Time for less talk (from me) and more images. I may have shown one of them before.

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on January 23, 2017, 04:23:56 pm
Time for less talk (from me) and more images. I may have shown one of them before.


This is going to be a dangerous post that may upset many; so, if you're easily upsettable, read no further.




Eric, the first one reminds me of the little Dutch boy who saved everybody by sticking his finger into a dyke.

Rob

http://www.pantheon.org/articles/l/little_dutch_boy.html
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Bruce Cox on January 23, 2017, 04:52:45 pm
It may be a myth for people with little experience with dykes, but it is getting older all the time.

The wall is certainly at war with flatness.  It's my favorite.

Bruce
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 23, 2017, 05:48:38 pm
It may be a myth for people with little experience with dykes, but it is getting older all the time.

The wall is certainly at war with flatness.  It's my favorite.

Bruce
Thanks, Bruce.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 23, 2017, 05:52:33 pm

This is going to be a dangerous post that may upset many; so, if you're easily upsettable, read no further.




Eric, the first one reminds me of the little Dutch boy who saved everybody by sticking his finger into a dyke.

Rob

http://www.pantheon.org/articles/l/little_dutch_boy.html
How could I pass up reading a post with a come-on like that, Rob?

Actually, my response is that now I'm tempted to photograph my thumb and make a composite with my thumb stuck in the pipe hole.   :D

Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 23, 2017, 06:24:14 pm
Eric the third image looks familiar. One of your early posts? I really like the last image and the tinges of blue throughout.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 23, 2017, 08:19:20 pm
Eric the third image looks familiar. One of your early posts? I really like the last image and the tinges of blue throughout.

JR
Thanks, John.
The third one I may well have shown before, but probably in B&W if I did.
The last one is a window air conditioner that I saw walking in New York a couple of years ago.

Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on January 27, 2017, 03:27:31 pm
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Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on January 27, 2017, 04:56:48 pm
Thanks, John.
The third one I may well have shown before, but probably in B&W if I did.
The last one is a window air conditioner that I saw walking in New York a couple of years ago.

Eric


Cool trick! Did you engage it in conversation?

;-)   ;-)    ;-)  Just a joke - not being a pedant - honest!

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 31, 2017, 01:32:18 pm
The Toronto city Hall has a decidedly abstract shape. Love to photograph it. The immediate lighted areas kind of made it difficult to see what was in the night sky, so the blue sky that seemed to float by and surround the the city hall was a bonus.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Toronto-City-Hall-outing/i-PmFzXZc/0/M/Jan%2015-%202017%20Toronto%20City%20Hall%20058%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: pegelli on January 31, 2017, 02:07:45 pm
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/201701/i-nRK8j2q/0/O/PEG_NEX6_2_5221_20170130.jpg) (https://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201701/i-nRK8j2q/A)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Calohan on January 31, 2017, 11:27:16 pm
Spanish Moss
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 01, 2017, 01:06:41 pm
Chris you should look up a song by Gordon Lightfoot called, appropriately enough, "Spanish Moss."

This one is not moss:

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-XdnMK9n/0/M/Aug%2018-%202013%20Caledon%20Badlands%20133%20copy1000-M.jpg)

Taken in the same locale:

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Badlands-of-Caledon/i-dKhbrbS/1/M/Aug%2018-%202013%20Caledon%20Badlands%20040%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 01, 2017, 04:13:05 pm
It's Queen Anne's Lace, a member of the wild carrot family.

Although a weed, some people do grow it in the garden. In July the crown does look lovely and has a fringe of pink.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on February 01, 2017, 04:23:01 pm
It's Queen Anne's Lace, a member of the wild carrot family.

Although a weed, some people do grow it in the garden. In July the crown does look lovely and has a fringe of pink.

JR

Thanks John - noted that down now!

Does it have an edible root, or is the carrot connection too vague? However, that's probably going to be academic now, as the entire field has become a fresh forest of pines and wild oak. The maquis part is so thick it is pretty much impassable now, and I doubt much can grow through that cover.

Rob C
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Olivier_BERTRAND on February 01, 2017, 05:45:38 pm
Lost in textures ...
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 01, 2017, 08:00:16 pm
Thanks John - noted that down now!

Does it have an edible root, or is the carrot connection too vague? However, that's probably going to be academic now, as the entire field has become a fresh forest of pines and wild oak. The maquis part is so thick it is pretty much impassable now, and I doubt much can grow through that cover.

Rob C
Yes Rob it is edible but inadvisable. According to Wikipedia, it is kind of woody and not very good. You must be homesick or nostalgic for the flowers you saw back home. I tried to find some in my files but have only this one which is a double exposure.


Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on February 02, 2017, 04:10:15 am
I like your double exposure - nice technique with pleasing sort of diffusion.

Homesick? Moi? Not really. Spain has been my home for thirty-six years, a longer period than I've lived anywhere else.The Q.A.Lace stuff grows/grew right here in the ex-farm across the hedge. Yes, I am hoping to sell this place at some stage and return to the UK, but that's not driven by homesickness but by all maner of fiscal considerations. Had I no kids, I wouldn't give it a thought other than to how I might fare if the Brexit mess deprives me of health insurance out here.

I am trying hard to convince myself that there are advanages for me to returning, but it's a struggle and adventure in self-deception, as every call back there to anyone reminds me: they think I must be crazy to think of going back having made an escape! On the other hand, maybe they just rather have me a few thousand klicks away.

Flowers? I never enjoyed gardening. My wife sort of did, as did my mother, too, filling large gardens fore and aft her house until she got too old for it all and had to spend money paying gardeners to keep it all going. Which of course, was never as artistically done as she'd managed to do it.

You just can't replace love with paid hours.

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 04, 2017, 09:54:54 pm
Rob one must garden for pleasure, because I have tried it, and it is a lot of work.

Here is one, same plant in winter, with a subtle treatment.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-pQtwLjX/0/M/Dec%203-12%20Terra%20Cotta%20005%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 05, 2017, 08:30:42 am
It's a natural subject and I will say no more.
JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-WgWTz9Q/0/M/Aug%205-2013%20RBG%20038%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 05, 2017, 08:40:48 am
Wow, John!
I've run out of things to say about your abstracts. Beautiful, natural or not.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 05, 2017, 09:27:41 am
Thanks Eric. Lilipads turning autumn colours on water reflecting blue sky.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: churly on February 05, 2017, 10:03:07 am
As usual a number of engaging shots on this thread.  I haven't contributed for a quite a while so here are 4 with somewhat different flavors.
Chuck
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: GrahamBy on February 05, 2017, 01:45:10 pm
It's the first one that works for me, the right mix of complexity and repetition. Although like the doors posted earlier, that's probably just a question regarding my psychology :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 05, 2017, 04:40:11 pm
As usual a number of engaging shots on this thread.  I haven't contributed for a quite a while so here are 4 with somewhat different flavors.
Chuck
Very different from what I've come to expect from you, Chuck. But very fine!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 05, 2017, 09:35:52 pm
Yes Chuck, a nice set. The first and last are quite mysterious.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 06, 2017, 10:00:23 am
OK, here's a new one (at last) from me.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: GrahamBy on February 06, 2017, 10:55:13 am
White chocolate and blueberry muffin?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on February 06, 2017, 11:22:56 am
Of course not Graham: squashed butterfly, obviously!

A little fluttering of the wings before destructions, and we'd have had an original Ernst Haas!

;-)

Rob C
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 06, 2017, 01:00:59 pm
OK, here's a new one (at last) from me.
Looks both like the remains of a muffin and a flower. Excellent!

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 06, 2017, 01:36:32 pm
Minimally speaking...

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Badlands-of-Caledon/i-nPJxZVL/0/M/Dec%2012%202014%20Badlands%20011%20copy1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Badlands-of-Caledon/i-htCJDdc/0/M/Dec%2012%202014%20Badlands%20030%20bwcopy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: churly on February 06, 2017, 01:59:28 pm
OK, here's a new one (at last) from me.

Now that is mysterious!  :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 06, 2017, 04:05:24 pm
White chocolate and blueberry muffin?
Close.
Looks both like the remains of a muffin and a flower. Excellent!

JR
But no flower. Just the remains of a blueberry muffin on a red napkin.
I guess I should have given it a John R-type blur treatment. My abstracts are getting too easy to decode.

So congratulations to GrahamBy and John R for deciphering it so quickly. The next time you are both in Boston at the same time, I'll happily stand you both to a beer.

Sorry, Rob. Better luck next time.

-Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 09, 2017, 10:27:17 am
Sizing up the elements.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-BjnWLkq/0/M/June%201-%202014%20RBG%20210%20bwcopy-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 09, 2017, 02:13:21 pm
You have a good eye for graphics, John. Even without color.
Title: Herculaneum - Italy
Post by: brianrybolt on February 13, 2017, 09:52:15 am
This is an amazing place and should be visited if you are near Naples.
Title: Re: Herculaneum - Italy
Post by: Rob C on February 13, 2017, 10:54:22 am
This is an amazing place and should be visited if you are near Naples.

And that's an amazing photograph! But hey, what else did you expect from Italy?

Well seen.

;-)

Rob
Title: Re: Herculaneum - Italy
Post by: Peter McLennan on February 13, 2017, 11:59:35 am
This is an amazing place and should be visited if you are near Naples.

Superb!  Reminds me of Klimt.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Peter McLennan on February 13, 2017, 12:04:27 pm
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/262/32501314830_0c38ab3338_c.jpg)
Nearly a meter of snow fell in 24 hrs here recently.  Then, freezing rain.
While plowing my driveway, I had to get off the tractor to shoot this with my phone.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: GrahamBy on February 13, 2017, 12:55:55 pm
Sizing up the elements.

Like :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: N_N_Nikmat on February 16, 2017, 02:40:22 pm
Interesting reflection in the wet beach sand yesterday
Title: Re: Herculaneum - Italy
Post by: graeme on February 16, 2017, 04:23:09 pm
This is an amazing place and should be visited if you are near Naples.

Nice one.
Title: Re: Herculaneum - Italy
Post by: N_N_Nikmat on February 17, 2017, 04:37:37 am
This is an amazing place and should be visited if you are near Naples.

Agree this is great.  The shadows really frame it nicely.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: MattNQ on February 17, 2017, 08:36:40 am
Too complex to be abstract?

(https://photos.smugmug.com/MonochromeMagic/Infrared/i-8NMbW3w/0/XL/P2164613_edit3-XL.jpg)


(https://photos.smugmug.com/MonochromeMagic/Infrared/i-8DKH8dV/0/XL/P2164614_edit1-XL.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: JNB_Rare on February 17, 2017, 09:14:45 am
Tugboat Tough

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Patricia Sheley on February 18, 2017, 12:36:32 am

 Sans Chaleur~
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on February 18, 2017, 04:41:44 am
Nice one, Patricia.

But I'm happy not to share the temperatures! Having a year or two ago discovered myself to have become a victim of the dreaded Raynaud (I used to think of him as chilblains), doing the shopping with plastic bags becomes a painful experience in winter... an old neighbour of mine has had the condition since she was eighteen, poor wench. The things people tell one.

Next time I feel it coming on I must check the thermometer in the hall: I could well be owner of a built-in trigger mechanism that could double as a handy body thermometer of my own. You see? Always the positive guy, looking for the bright side in everything! Just like my snaps.

;-)

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: JNB_Rare on February 18, 2017, 06:41:05 am
Sans Chaleur~

Very nice.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 18, 2017, 10:26:02 am
Very nice.
I agree.

I understand that parts of Maine have had amost eight feet of snow. Probably somewhat lesser amounts on the coast where Pat does her magic.
We only have a couple of feet of the white stuff here near Boston, and tomorrow is supposed to get above 50 F.

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on February 18, 2017, 11:56:16 am
Too complex to be abstract?

(https://photos.smugmug.com/MonochromeMagic/Infrared/i-8NMbW3w/0/XL/P2164613_edit3-XL.jpg)


(https://photos.smugmug.com/MonochromeMagic/Infrared/i-8DKH8dV/0/XL/P2164614_edit1-XL.jpg)

Not at all, Matt; my brain contains more veins and lukewarm pasta, and yet it's pretty abstract at best.

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 18, 2017, 01:15:55 pm
One thing I really like about these recent posts is that folks are willing to stretch the boundaries of "abstract."\

Trees, tugboats, snow and ice: All good material for creative seeing.

Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 18, 2017, 08:57:55 pm
Too complex to be abstract?
Not sure I like your vignette treatment of the borders, but the sprawling branches are wonderful and abstract enough for me. When I first saw these images I immediately started mentally creating my own crops. Not because I like it better another way, it's the way I work in the field when I encounter such wonderfully abstract subjects with so many possibilities.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Calohan on February 19, 2017, 06:39:44 pm
Saw Grass Morning
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: GrahamBy on February 20, 2017, 04:00:13 am
Tugboat Tough

Oh, very nice :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: JNB_Rare on February 20, 2017, 08:05:47 am
Saw Grass Morning

Lovely. The two horizontal arcs add so much. Well seen.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: MattNQ on February 20, 2017, 09:40:23 am
Not sure I like your vignette treatment of the borders, but the sprawling branches are wonderful and abstract enough for me. When I first saw these images I immediately started mentally creating my own crops. Not because I like it better another way, it's the way I work in the field when I encounter such wonderfully abstract subjects with so many possibilities.

JR

Thanks John. The white vignette borders were a bit of a 'let's see how this looks'  experiment. The branches I find immensely interesting and so much potential - just a matter of finding the most effective way of presenting them.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: JNB_Rare on February 20, 2017, 11:13:28 am
ENERGY: Two thoughts came to mind with this image. First, was that the energy needed to create this scene (enormous pressure, erosion from waves, rain and wind) was being reflected in the rocks themselves. I was also reminded of Aboriginal philosophy, in which existence consists of energy. All things are animate, imbued with spirit, and in constant motion. The picture was taken on Gaff Point, a unique, unspoiled promontory on the south coast of Nova Scotia. The Gaff Point trail takes one through conifer forests, across heaths and grasslands, beside high cliffs and along a spectacular rocky coastline. It is here, among those rocks, that I have found some of the most beautiful samples of form, texture, pattern, and colour.


Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 21, 2017, 03:15:07 pm
Wonderful JNB. Those striations are mesmerizing.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 21, 2017, 03:20:14 pm
This image was taken in somewhat heavy overcast light and so is a little flat - very little specular light. But I thought the graphic pattern was strong, so I took the shot anyway.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Port-Hope-and-Cobourg/i-bF2HQdb/0/M/Dec%2028-%202015%20City%20Hall%20Downtown%20005%20bwcopy2-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: JNB_Rare on February 21, 2017, 07:51:04 pm
This image was taken in somewhat heavy overcast light and so is a little flat - very little specular light. But I thought the graphic pattern was strong, so I took the shot anyway.

In addition to the strong graphic quality and appealing composition, I like the random reflections in the windows.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 21, 2017, 09:14:37 pm
In addition to the strong graphic quality and appealing composition, I like the random reflections in the windows.
Yes.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 23, 2017, 11:48:16 am
It was a beautiful foggy day yesterday, so we went out looking for woodland areas to photograph. Kind of dangerous to park on the shoulder when the fog is so thick. But went to this area where we found a more suitable place to park. Here is one result that I played around with.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-BXKKmRM/0/M/Feb%2022-%202017%20Glen%20Haffey%20006%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 23, 2017, 07:40:41 pm
Lovely, John.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 23, 2017, 10:58:37 pm
Thank you Eric. Here is a second image from the same outing. More abstract and surreal than the first image.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-8JVkqjf/0/M/Feb%2022-%202017%20Glen%20Haffey%20005%20copy3-1000-M.jpg)

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 23, 2017, 11:35:20 pm
Hi John,

Curiously, to me, the previous one has just the right abstract and surreal quality, while this one is slightly less exciting (to me).

But these inspire me to try again to find some blurry tree photos. I tried some quite a whiile back, inspired by your earliest moving forest images, but I didn't get anything that was worth posting. It obviously takes a lot of practice and a good eye to get to your level.

Cheers,
 Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 23, 2017, 11:56:36 pm
Try 1/8-1/4 sec with moderate telephoto, like 50mm and up (70-200 zoom is good) . You can use 1/15, but then you really have to move the camera a little faster. Use small fluid movements, not jerky. Trigger shutter same time as you start movement, it's almost instantaneous. If you use wider lens, try at 1/4 of sec to ensure blur is transmitted. If on long end, say 200mm, movement is more erratic due to hand and body movement, slight movement produces greater and exaggerated effects, so be judicious. Now it's up to you to find the right subject matter!

Good luck!!

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 24, 2017, 08:45:02 am
Try 1/8-1/4 sec with moderate telephoto, like 50mm and up (70-200 zoom is good) . You can use 1/15, but then you really have to move the camera a little faster. Use small fluid movements, not jerky. Trigger shutter same time as you start movement, it's almost instantaneous. If you use wider lens, try at 1/4 of sec to ensure blur is transmitted. If on long end, say 200mm, movement is more erratic due to hand and body movement, slight movement produces greater and exaggerated effects, so be judicious. Now it's up to you to find the right subject matter!

Good luck!!

JR
Sounds right.

It reminds me of the old one about "How do I get to Carnegie Hall?"
The answer is "Practice, practice, practice!"

Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on February 24, 2017, 09:01:19 am
Sounds right.

It reminds me of the old one about "How do I get to Carnegie Hall?"
The answer is "Practice, practice, practice!"

Eric


Huh, I was driving down to England from Scotland one year in the mid-70s and stopped somewhere to ask directions that my local map didn't make clear. I got out of the car in some High Street or another and asked a passing pedestrian if he knew the way to Luton and he said yes, thanks! Had I been bigger, I'd probably have spent the night in jail.

Assholes are nothing new.

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Harald L on February 25, 2017, 02:21:23 pm
Red Riding Hood and the wolf.

My first thought.I can't help it.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on February 25, 2017, 02:39:41 pm
Red Riding Hood and the wolf.

My first thought.I can't help it.

I like your imagination! Wish I'd thought of that.

;-)

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 25, 2017, 03:16:22 pm
It's the best kind of image that can be "read" in different ways.

Nice one, Rob (and Red Riding Hood).
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: degrub on February 25, 2017, 07:59:29 pm
reminds me of the scene in Jurassic park where the T-Rex puts his eye to the toilet window.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: GrahamBy on February 26, 2017, 04:38:34 am
Thought I might put this here...
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 26, 2017, 08:29:05 am
Nice, Graham.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: HSakols on February 26, 2017, 11:14:49 am
From Glacier Point, Yosemite
 
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 26, 2017, 01:14:55 pm
Very sensuous, Hugh.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on February 26, 2017, 01:33:47 pm
Very sensuous, Hugh.

Stop right there!

This sort of image should be banned for its indecency! If it's not good enough for Fuji (officially) to tolerate, then why must we be forced to look? It could make us go blind!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Harald L on February 26, 2017, 04:40:51 pm
From Glacier Point, Yosemite

Abstract? Really?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Harald L on February 27, 2017, 06:19:09 am
Rob,

don't you think that after the recent discussion a pink "3" could be misinterpreted? Just take the "twist" as request and turn the pic 90° clockwise and there we go to indecency again...

Sometimes you have to search for ambigiouty;-)

Harald
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on February 27, 2017, 07:10:16 am
Rob,

don't you think that after the recent discussion a pink "3" could be misinterpreted? Just take the "twist" as request and turn the pic 90° clockwise and there we go to indecency again...

Sometimes you have to search for ambigiouty;-)

Harald


I don't dare, Harald; that would be less than honest as photographer! Worse, personal morality aside, what would happen to the white 3?

I can imagine any number of complaints arise about that from the aternative reality branches of LuLa. Making pink straight would mean the rest was - what?

Sometimes I think it would have been easier taking up politics: I could have stood as an Independent candidate and offered the voters whatever turned them on; wait - isn't that what everybody does already?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: GrahamBy on February 27, 2017, 07:21:25 am
Sometimes I think it would have been easier taking up politics: I could have stood as an Independent candidate and offered the voters whatever turned them on; wait - isn't that what everybody does already?

I just read that Breitbart gets more page views than pornhub... so it seems the strangest things excite some people.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Harald L on February 27, 2017, 07:35:40 am

I don't dare, Harald; that would be less than honest as photographer! Worse, personal morality aside, what would happen to the white 3?

I can imagine any number of complaints arise about that from the aternative reality branches of LuLa. Making pink straight would mean the rest was - what?
...

Making the pinks straight mean the rest are perverts. And more, just substitute pink by green, red or brown and you can clearly see the secret sauce of politics.

...
Sometimes I think it would have been easier taking up politics: I could have stood as an Independent candidate and offered the voters whatever turned them on; wait - isn't that what everybody does already?

Jep. That's the concept of deception by ambiguity.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 27, 2017, 11:20:07 am
All I can say is Thank You Rob and Harald!

This is much more creative and fun than anything in the Trump II thread, and more substantial, too.   ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 27, 2017, 03:44:33 pm
Thought I might put this here...
The thumb nail image looks quite disappointing. But when I enlarge, oh my, what fine pattern of light and shadow combined with curve movement.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on February 27, 2017, 05:15:43 pm
I just read that Breitbart gets more page views than pornhub... so it seems the strangest things excite some people.

I think Breitbart gets a mention in the Mr Trump Saga thread; I have not looked at it (Breitbart). IMO the entire thread has overrun its course and it's devolved into an endless belt of yes, no, yes, no.... must be the digital influence coming through. Never head of pornhub - probably take hours to get into it, I suppose, so I'll restrain myself - oops! - and think of other things.

Must try to get my ass out into the field and try to find some nice faces...

My twenty-five? year-old granddaughter's coming to spend some time with me in April I think; she's nice, but as she's family I can't bring myself to bother her with the boredom of getting portraited (feels slightly more interesting than being portrayed - I think). I'm conscious of having pissed my own two kids right off photography with so many studio test shots. My wife escaped: just said no, and meant it.

;-(

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 27, 2017, 05:18:56 pm
The thumb nail image looks quite disappointing. But when I enlarge, oh my, what fine pattern of light and shadow combined with curve movement.

JR
Exactly my reaction, too.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts! Fortielse
Post by: Patricia Sheley on February 27, 2017, 10:53:43 pm
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Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 28, 2017, 12:09:23 am
Patricia, funny that you should post this as I am looking at my recent shoot of similar subject matter. But your image manages to look raw and painterly at the same time. Nice work.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 28, 2017, 12:17:47 am
Patricia, funny that you should post this as I am looking at my recent shoot of similar subject matter. But your image manages to look raw and painterly at the same time. Nice work.

JR
Indeed. Island living is really good for your photography, Patricia.

Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on February 28, 2017, 04:17:30 am
Helped my Raynaud digits no end, Patricia!

Now I feel too numb to face the shower. I'll pour another mug of tea instead.

(In the good olds, my wife and I would come back from our trips to Scotland with the trunk filled with French liquid goodies as well as the two types of British-bought teas that she had decided made for the perfect blend. Such niceties long lost, I now depend on lousy little paper sachets of tea dust, the junk that tea planters would once have discarded as a toxic nuisance and waste product, but which now perhaps outsells everything else.)

No, I have to go face another estate agent today, so I better brave the bathroom after all.

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts! Fortielse
Post by: graeme on February 28, 2017, 05:29:55 am
~

That's lovely.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: GrahamBy on February 28, 2017, 07:49:34 am
The thumb nail image looks quite disappointing. But when I enlarge, oh my, what fine pattern of light and shadow combined with curve movement.

Thank you, and thanks to the Romans... it's a theatre they built in Lugdunum, which became Lyon. I was there sight-seeing with friends (as seen in another thread) and had all my gear because I was on my way to shoot some portraits for a project... about which I was worried because of the uncharacteristically intense winter sun :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Patricia Sheley on February 28, 2017, 01:18:55 pm
Patricia, funny that you should post this as I am looking at my recent shoot of similar subject matter. But your image manages to look raw and painterly at the same time. Nice work.

JR
Thank you John. Eric indicates it may be the releases of magical center of earth vapors, and I am more and more inclined to agree, as even when the storms buried us here, the snows did all the work of removing the unnecessary for seeing. Amazingly the snows have all but disappeared into thin air over the past three days. The simplification of those deep blankets is tucked under my hat though for thinking forward. Must say Graeme that it is easily more lovely working inside near the fire, than the days of shoveling.

(ps..Rob, try to see the cold as wonderful fresh water cubes in your Lillet on a summer's 90 degree afternoon. Surprisingly the mental take is helpful, and the stressing at firing up increases the event. Let your mind carry you to that lovely crackled glass of Lillet and cubes. Also, for many it does really help to overdress your trunk as it does really aid in the hand and toe digit vessels remaining more open. Hands and feet behave much like that other digit which self protects when jumping in near freezing seas. (It's the self protection of the core so that the operating system has a shot at survival. ) )(enjoying your projects... keep moving!)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on February 28, 2017, 03:01:16 pm



(ps..Rob, try to see the cold as wonderful fresh water cubes in your Lillet on a summer's 90 degree afternoon. Surprisingly the mental take is helpful, and the stressing at firing up increases the event. Let your mind carry you to that lovely crackled glass of Lillet and cubes. Also, for many it does really help to overdress your trunk as it does really aid in the hand and toe digit vessels remaining more open. Hands and feet behave much like that other digit which self protects when jumping in near freezing seas. (It's the self protection of the core so that the operating system has a shot at survival. ) )(enjoying your projects... keep moving!)


OMG! I'd forgotten all about that!

But a tip: no male should be required to ride a bicycle in the cold. Retrieval in some temperatures can be almost impossible, and cause panic that may be conducive to heart attacks in later life. Trust me on that one.

In his book, The Moon's a Ballon, David Niven quoted a great instance of that happening up in an Italian (?) ski resort (probably from skiing, not bicycles, which could be awkward), and the poor victim rushing into the bar in high distress yelling "Cazzo gelato! Cazzo gelato!" I think I remember Niven saying it was resolved by the application of some Scotch. That 'solution' strikes me as sadistic in the extreme. But a reasonable use of the fluid.

With reference to another thread, it could well be an example of God having a laugh at her first stupid production sample.

In fact, it reminds me of the old days when I had an Exakta with those bulky lenses with the semi-automatic aperture stopdowner as an extension at the side, that fitted above the frontal shutter release. (Pressing that lump down also pressed the shutter button.) Clearly, the Laws of Natural Progression led to the better idea of keeping the good bits inside, confirming, as with the cameras, the better design of her second version of the product.

So far - so far - only those cameras and lenses have become obsolete.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Telecaster on February 28, 2017, 04:10:47 pm
I just read that Breitbart gets more page views than pornhub...

Kinda makes sense to me: folks just getting their wankery fodder from different sources.

-Dave-
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Telecaster on February 28, 2017, 04:23:01 pm
Patricia, I love both these winter views. Particularly as we've had so little winter in my locale. Two days last week I went out & about with no jacket at all, temps in the 60s F, during the normally "coldest month of the year."

-Dave-
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Stephen Girimont on February 28, 2017, 08:58:03 pm
Estimated Time in Traffic: 11 Minutes
(http://www.theintimatelandscape.com/shared_images/Estimated%20Time%20in%20Traffic-%2011%20Minutes.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on March 01, 2017, 03:55:37 am
Estimated Time in Traffic: 11 Minutes
(http://www.theintimatelandscape.com/shared_images/Estimated%20Time%20in%20Traffic-%2011%20Minutes.jpg)


Great picture!

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: GrahamBy on March 01, 2017, 07:12:57 am
Wot 'e said. Stunning colours :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 01, 2017, 08:56:40 am
Wot 'e said. Stunning colours :)
Yes!

Excellent use of unannounced traffic stop.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 01, 2017, 04:20:21 pm
Okay then, a semi abstract being added to the great pile.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-NS5dQZr/0/M/Dec%2028-%202015%20City%20Hall%20Downtown%20031%20cropcopy-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on March 01, 2017, 04:58:05 pm
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Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 01, 2017, 06:25:43 pm
Okay then, a semi abstract being added to the great pile.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-NS5dQZr/0/M/Dec%2028-%202015%20City%20Hall%20Downtown%20031%20cropcopy-1000-M.jpg)

A new take on American Gothic?   ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 01, 2017, 06:27:34 pm
Nice one, Armand.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on March 02, 2017, 02:38:50 pm
Nice one, Armand.
Thanks!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 02, 2017, 07:25:31 pm
Maybe it's time to come up with a new name for the not-quite-kosher abstracts.
Substracts?
Metastracts?
Polystracts?
Faroutstracts?
Whateverstracts?

Anyway, your snaps always make me smile, Rob.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: GrahamBy on March 03, 2017, 04:51:26 am
A new take on American Gothic?   ;)

Ah !! I like :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Calohan on March 03, 2017, 04:21:17 pm
Hiding in Plain Sight
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Harald L on March 04, 2017, 06:08:16 pm
Privacy Shield

(http://v3.harlempix.com/wp-content/gallery/artsy/DSCF6052.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Peter McLennan on March 04, 2017, 06:27:30 pm
Maybe it's time to come up with a new name for the not-quite-kosher abstracts.
Substracts?
Metastracts?
Polystracts?
Faroutstracts?
Whateverstracts?
Anyway, your snaps always make me smile, Rob.

***WARNING***
Thread Drift!  :)

Agreed on Rob's snaps, though.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 04, 2017, 08:10:53 pm
***WARNING***
Thread Drift!  :)

Agreed on Rob's snaps, though.
Then maybe: Snapstracts?   ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 04, 2017, 09:14:56 pm
Harald, love the window blind. And I was about to post one of a similar subject.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-3QmzX4z/0/M/March%203-%202017%20House%20Lamp%20Raw%20030%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Harald L on March 05, 2017, 03:52:28 am
Harald, love the window blind. And I was about to post one of a similar subject.

JR

Funny. At first I wanted to post "AMPELMANN GOES NASTY" but I refused regarding the topic...

(http://v3.harlempix.com/wp-content/gallery/artsy/DSCF6055.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 05, 2017, 08:26:00 pm
Also superb, Harald.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 05, 2017, 11:39:15 pm
From today's Toronto, Downtown outing:

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-qgXx8ww/0/L/March%205-%202017%20Downtown%20Toronto%20020%20bwcopy-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 15, 2017, 08:45:36 am
Rob,

I suspect you are completely incapable of taking an uninteresting photo. 

Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on March 15, 2017, 09:33:28 am
Rob,

I suspect you are completely incapable of taking an uninteresting photo. 

Eric

That's very generous of you Eric!

Thing is, one has to be of a similar bent of mind to see anything interesting in them, and that's the problem if you are sort of a bit off the mainstream. I guess I do spend most of the time wandering through those darker corners of the mental bayou, snug but exposed in my little pirogue, hoping to avoid the alligators and wondering if the distant sounds of Van Broussard are meant for me, or constitute but a general lament for mankind. Such is life.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7fm7QTXZKo

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Bruce Cox on March 15, 2017, 09:45:23 am
lungs
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on March 15, 2017, 01:38:41 pm
Snooker
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: JNB_Rare on March 15, 2017, 02:12:58 pm
From today's Toronto, Downtown outing

Love this kind of shot, and the sunlight/shadows with the blinds, too.

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on March 15, 2017, 02:40:06 pm
Mainsail
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on March 15, 2017, 03:00:59 pm
Blueprint, the lines are just a rough indication...

(Actually, this image didn't quite work out the way i wanted to, but d**n, what about those contrails?)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 15, 2017, 03:05:07 pm
Snooker
Oscar, just excellent! If I was teaching a class on the principle of dominance, this would be my example of a small red object being the centre of attention despite its small size and extreme off-centre placement in the picture space. "Sail," graphic and minimalist, also excellent.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on March 15, 2017, 03:23:42 pm
Oscar, just excellent! If I was teaching a class on the principle of dominance, this would be my example of a small red object being the centre of attention despite its small size and extreme off-centre placement in the picture space. "Sail," graphic and minimalist, also excellent.

JR

Thanks. Strangely enough, before my not quite so intentional break from photography i would completely dismiss this type of image, or at least just ignore it. Now, suddenly, i "get" it, i frequently like these type of images, and am also easily able to identify an opportunity. It's the strangest thing. Maybe an "acquired taste" that needed to develop at a subconscious level.

(I do know that the images that some of you post here at lula have contributed a lot to my "understanding" or learning to see.)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 15, 2017, 03:24:51 pm
Love this kind of shot, and the sunlight/shadows with the blinds, too.
Excellent use of shadows. Uncanny, I have a similar shot. But I don't have wonderful curves like you do, or the really wonderful dynamic play of light, shadow and objects that take your eye through the image.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on March 15, 2017, 03:28:58 pm
Snooker

Hmmm... small red object(s)  :)

(http://www.slobodanblagojevic.com/img/s5/v130/p1609272115-4.jpg) (http://www.slobodanblagojevic.com/p631768190/e5feb8b33)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 15, 2017, 03:39:04 pm
A couple of years ago, on a cold wintry day like today, I decided to tour the country backroads. As I drove I could see that the snow had visually simplified the landscape and made it look minimalist with graphic elements everywhere. But the winds were so blustery and the air so bitingly cold, I only stepped out to take this shot. I then drove home before I got stuck in the storm. I celebrated my one shot with a warm brandy.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-TLs29kn/1/L/Feb%206-11%20Caledon%20035%20smugcopy-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 15, 2017, 03:42:32 pm
Hmmm... small red object(s)  :)
Yes Slobodan, I have not forgotten that wonderful shot of small reds and blues lines. That one tilting light sure looks like it is checking you out.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on March 15, 2017, 03:43:23 pm
Thanks. Strangely enough, before my not quite so intentional break from photography i would completely dismiss this type of image, or at least just ignore it. Now, suddenly, i "get" it, i frequently like these type of images, and am also easily able to identify an opportunity. It's the strangest thing. Maybe an "acquired taste" that needed to develop at a subconscious level.

(I do know that the images that some of you post here at lula have contributed a lot to my "understanding" or learning to see.)


I have to admit to much the same thing: post retirement I hardly made pictures at all; since my wife's death, other than for the occasional week or so off,  I have hardly stopped. It has become both therapeutic and, because the old work genre is no longer financially feasible, has forced me into new directions that I seldom gave a thought to in relation to myself.

I owe it all to one man: I rediscovered Saul Leiter after fifty-something years and boom! there was a ready-made genre I could explore without limits other than the ones in my own head. Okay - no yellow cabs around here and no snowy sidewalks with ladies parading red umbrellas, but apart fom that, plenty of glass windows including my own...

;-)

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on March 15, 2017, 04:34:54 pm
Hmmm... small red object(s)  :)

Actually, this:
http://www.slobodanblagojevic.com/blog/2016/3/nominee---9th-internl-color-awards

Which led to some of the images i posted recently, both normal and abstract. I have no clue how that works. I remember leaving here with JMR's shifted trees in my head and coming back with Slobodan's umptiest pricewinning architecture shot, and suddenly something clicked. I guess my brain got fried and it just stopped thinking, and now i use the gut, like Rob is preaching to us all along...

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 15, 2017, 10:44:20 pm
Actually, this:
http://www.slobodanblagojevic.com/blog/2016/3/nominee---9th-internl-color-awards

Which led to some of the images i posted recently, both normal and abstract. I have no clue how that works. I remember leaving here with JMR's shifted trees in my head and coming back with Slobodan's umptiest pricewinning architecture shot, and suddenly something clicked. I guess my brain got fried and it just stopped thinking, and now i use the gut, like Rob is preaching to us all along...
Sometimes you have to let go and photograph what comes into your head as you walk or see the landscape around you. If I was downtown in a hurry or walking with purpose, I doubt I would see most of the things I have posted.

Continuing on my wintery theme here is another:

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-a-winters-day/i-w7DzLvd/0/M/Feb%206-11%20Caledon%20006%20copy2-1000-M.jpg)

And another:
(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-a-winters-day/i-DBvhcCB/0/M/Feb%2013-11%20Montrose%20068%20bwcopy-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: GrahamBy on March 16, 2017, 07:23:37 am
Hmmm... small red object(s)  :)

(http://www.slobodanblagojevic.com/img/s5/v130/p1609272115-4.jpg) (http://www.slobodanblagojevic.com/p631768190/e5feb8b33)

Super :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on March 16, 2017, 08:25:46 am
Delivery
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on March 16, 2017, 08:35:12 am
Sometimes you have to let go and photograph what comes into your head as you walk or see the landscape around you.

Yes, although i like to be able to explicate what i shoot, see, or feel. Obviously, photography that goes beyond words is the stronger photography, but then you first need to be proficient with words. Otherwise you'd go beyond words quite quickly.

(I'm sure Trump would merely need a picture of your average instatwitter cat to be dumbfounded! ;-) )

(Please note the smiley)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on March 16, 2017, 09:12:05 am
Hidden Fibonacci

(Need the high res to get the full view)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 16, 2017, 09:42:20 am
Good ones, Oscar.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on March 16, 2017, 10:16:49 am
Hidden Fibonacci

(Need the high res to get the full view)

So I spy Bart's resolution target on the ground? ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 16, 2017, 10:48:32 am
Good ones, Oscar.
Yes, very nice. They don't look like much as thumbnails, but once opened and enlarged, the impact of the graphics is very strong.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 16, 2017, 11:57:51 am
Back to a little more abstract:

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-758H7NR/0/M/July%203-%202016%20RBG%20%26%20Dundurn%20Castle%20158%20bwcopy-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on March 17, 2017, 08:22:01 am
Aquatic Inversion

(And that's just before breakfast!)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on March 17, 2017, 09:20:57 am
Back to a little more abstract:

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-758H7NR/0/M/July%203-%202016%20RBG%20%26%20Dundurn%20Castle%20158%20bwcopy-1000-M.jpg)

I'm undecided about these. Also about the blinds shots etc. I"ll try to explain: by abstraction we generally mean a reduction of a concept to bare essentials (so it becomes applicable in a general sense). Obviously, in art one can explore abstraction by exploring this reduction, and clearly this means one can reduce by too much at which point it loses its meaning, or even a meaning. So, from an explorative viewpoint it may be interesting, but it easily may lose interest for the audience.

Does that make sense?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on March 17, 2017, 09:29:27 am
Aquatic Inversion

(And that's just before breakfast!)

Beautiful!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 17, 2017, 10:18:27 am
Aquatic Inversion

(And that's just before breakfast!)
That's a winner!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 17, 2017, 09:25:58 pm
I'm undecided about these. Also about the blinds shots etc. I"ll try to explain: by abstraction we generally mean a reduction of a concept to bare essentials (so it becomes applicable in a general sense). Obviously, in art one can explore abstraction by exploring this reduction, and clearly this means one can reduce by too much at which point it loses its meaning, or even a meaning. So, from an explorative viewpoint it may be interesting, but it easily may lose interest for the audience.

Does that make sense?
Sure, I agree. However, we have to put our semi-abstract images somewhere. In my experience, in listening to people at galleries, shows and camera clubs, when people can't relate to an abstract image, they really pan it. Not just "I don't like it,", but comments like, what is that, why did they bother, etc. True abstraction has to have something people can relate to, which by that same criteria means, it may not be truly abstract after all.

How about this one shown in this post: http://forum.luminous-landscape.com/index.php?topic=86369.1680

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-bxS3L33/0/L/JMRO6955%20abstract%20copy1000-L.jpg)

Doesn't exist in reality. It's a double exposure created by two camera movements and slightly cropped. It looks like someone went wild with a paintbrush. The colours and how they are juxtaposed, and their movement, really appeals to me. It has universal elements, but it does not necessarily have universal appeal.

JR




Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Patricia Sheley on March 17, 2017, 11:42:06 pm
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Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: BobDavid on March 18, 2017, 01:35:03 am
Aquatic Inversion

(And that's just before breakfast!)

+1

I think this qualifies as hyper realistic rather than abstract.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: BobDavid on March 18, 2017, 01:53:59 am
Hmmm... small red object(s)  :)

(http://www.slobodanblagojevic.com/img/s5/v130/p1609272115-4.jpg) (http://www.slobodanblagojevic.com/p631768190/e5feb8b33)

Stunning, delightful, and elegant. This is something I'd like hanging on a wall.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on March 18, 2017, 05:28:13 am

Doesn't exist in reality. It's a double exposure created by two camera movements and slightly cropped. It looks like someone went wild with a paintbrush. The colours and how they are juxtaposed, and their movement, really appeals to me. It has universal elements, but it does not necessarily have universal appeal.

JR

Yes, or perhaps I'm mistaken with Impressionism, but for me a good abstraction should preserve impressionistic elements. Indeed, it may not appeal to me personally, but I should still be able to recognise some kind of impression that the photographer (or generally, the artist) may have wanted to communicate. I know there is an entire school of thinking that says you should just judge by your own perception, but I do not personally believe communication in any form was meant to be a unilateral experience.

I'm fine with a non-existing composite, since it is similar to a photographer doing flower arrangement. You may see and photograph individual flowers, have a sense that some combination of these makes a good arrangement, and you make a composition with just the impression of the result. This could even serve the additional purpose of removing a sense of imperfection: the individual flowers may have faults, but the impressionistic representation makes that totally irrelevant.

It allows the viewer to concentrate on the impression, not on the detail.

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on March 18, 2017, 05:35:09 am
A bit bleak, perhaps, but sign of the times...

(http://www.roma57.com/uploads/4/2/8/7/4287956/d-2841_1_orig.jpg)

Rob

Sorry for bumping this entry but

HOLY BLOODY SH*T, THIS IS BLOODY BRILLIANT!

I wouldn't even call it abstract at all, especially with that subtitle "Sign of the Times"


Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: LesPalenik on March 18, 2017, 05:51:59 am
Anything, but bleak - colorful buildings in Kinsale in southern Ireland

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on March 18, 2017, 07:19:49 am
Anything, but bleak - colorful buildings in Kinsale in southern Ireland

Colorful it is, but this i would call impressionistic, not abstract. Additionally you could question the necessity of photography as the medium...

And IF we qualify this as impressionistic, and i don't mean to be overly critical, then what impression is being transferred? How is this different from any other colorful houses in a street? (In the same way that a sunset generally consists of pleasing colors, but how is this particular sunset different from all others?)

Please note: i'm just trying to spice up the discussion, it may well be that this thread is also meant to be non-judgemental, in which case you can ignore my questions.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on March 18, 2017, 08:02:53 am
Constrained darkness
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on March 18, 2017, 09:41:41 am
Constrained darkness

Now, that's abstract! And lovely, in a macabre way. And wall-deserving.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on March 18, 2017, 11:17:17 am
Constrained darkness


I've just been looking at a set of Bert Stern's Marilyns and yep, this may be "constrained", but I still see breasts. I'm basically an optimist, regardless what people think!

Thanks for the nice words about The Driver - kinda liked that one myself, if I may say so.

;-)

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: BobDavid on March 18, 2017, 11:34:27 am
Constrained darkness

This is a "big photo." The larger, the better.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Bruce Cox on March 18, 2017, 12:49:58 pm
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It's good and gritty.  It holds together better than most vertical compositions I see and it seems to be ascending.

Bruce
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Bruce Cox on March 18, 2017, 12:54:36 pm
Constrained darkness

I didn't want to say anything, but Rob would know.  And the breasts make it difficult for me to see the darkness.

Bruce
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on March 18, 2017, 02:50:20 pm
Kitty Picture

Dem boids in a postbox gits everwhere!

An' they ain't flown no place no how not yet!

(Forgive the Alfred D. Runyon moment, but it just flew out all by itself. Oh well, it is Saturday after all, and it's been a tiring week doing not a lot.)

; -)

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 18, 2017, 02:55:55 pm
Now, that's abstract! And lovely, in a macabre way. And wall-deserving.
+1.
(About Oscar's "Constrained Darkness.")
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on March 18, 2017, 02:57:33 pm
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Nice one (npi) Patricia!

I hadn't logged in earlier, and saw your post showing just a squiggle and nothing more, so hadn't realised that an image came with it too! I'd imagined you'd just made it (the squiggle) as a sort of passing remark.

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 18, 2017, 03:00:31 pm

Nice one (npi) Patricia!

I hadn't logged in earlier, and saw your post showing just a squiggle and nothing more, so hadn't realised that an image came with it too! I'd imagined you'd just made it (the squiggle) as a sort of passing remark.

Rob
Patricia wouldn't show a squiggle unless it contained layers of inner meanings, Rob.   ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: LesPalenik on March 18, 2017, 03:13:40 pm
Colorful it is, but this i would call impressionistic, not abstract. Additionally you could question the necessity of photography as the medium...

And IF we qualify this as impressionistic, and i don't mean to be overly critical, then what impression is being transferred? How is this different from any other colorful houses in a street? (In the same way that a sunset generally consists of pleasing colors, but how is this particular sunset different from all others?)

Please note: i'm just trying to spice up the discussion, it may well be that this thread is also meant to be non-judgemental, in which case you can ignore my questions.

Thanks for your comments. I don't know myself, what would be the best description of this style.
Topaz Impression program which I used, calls it Abstract 1. A friend of mine described it as a painting with circles. I thought, this rendition produced something quite different from the original photograph.  Non-photographers look at it differently then photographers. A competition judge would really hate it. Next time, I'll try Abstract 2. But on another image.

Here is a slightly gentler image transformation.

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on March 18, 2017, 06:35:43 pm
Patricia wouldn't show a squiggle unless it contained layers of inner meanings, Rob.   ;)

Eric, you're just compounding my embarrassment!

Tell you something, though: I feel that the day of 'straight' representational photography, as she was once known and loved, has pretty much passed.

It may be no more than self-projection going down here, but, I for one, feel almost no desire to record straightforward shots anymore. I feel it's as if we have crossed from classical salon to impressionism, much as with the art world of Paris those years ago. I know that there's just no turning back for me, at least.

On top of that, embracing what digital has brought, the sense of performance developing from score, the jazz-like sense of improvisation on a basic idea has made itself very strongly felt. I really do think of each shot as being just a sort of starting point to something else I may or may not be able to create later on in the process. No, it's not the same thing as spending time in the darkroom: that was another sort of creative process altogether, where the shot was the first thing that came to mind and the darkroom more the process of finishing it to the best one could in line with the original intention behind the exposure. Today, there's even a disconnect between what I think I see in camera, and what I do see on the monitor. There's a sense where the first stage is a sort of recognition of something, and that something revealing itself further down the line and sometimes not as what it has originally suggested itself to be.

I quite like that; in a way it permits that sense of anticipation one had with Kodachrome, where what you shot and remembered wasn't always, by the time the films came back to you, exactly what you had imagined you'd shot. Surprises are sometimes nice...

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: LesPalenik on March 18, 2017, 08:08:16 pm
I feel the same way, Rob.
Nowadays, there is a great choice of finishing options, and I don't mean just a click on one of the hundreds of presets in some filter plugin.
We all see things differently, get influenced by our past work, work of others, and get also more adventurous by changing slightly or greatly the original images.   
And of course, every image may ask for a different treatment, and every exhibition (online or physial) may require different type of prints.

I can relate also with the element of surprise when seeing an image some time after returning from a trip or discovering some interesting part in an otherwise bland image. Speaking about surprise or discovery - once, still in the film days with a Fuji GX617 I took a picture of swans and their reflections near a beaver lodge in northern Ontario, which looked quite satisfactorily on the light table, but only after scanning it at a high resolution I discovered a fully grown buck with a nice set of antlers standing on the other side of the lake.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on March 19, 2017, 06:13:26 am
I feel the same way, Rob.
Nowadays, there is a great choice of finishing options, and I don't mean just a click on one of the hundreds of presets in some filter plugin.
We all see things differently, get influenced by our past work, work of others, and get also more adventurous by changing slightly or greatly the original images.   
And of course, every image may ask for a different treatment, and every exhibition (online or physial) may require different type of prints.

I can relate also with the element of surprise when seeing an image some time after returning from a trip or discovering some interesting part in an otherwise bland image. Speaking about surprise or discovery - once, still in the film days with a Fuji GX617 I took a picture of swans and their reflections near a beaver lodge in northern Ontario, which looked quite satisfactorily on the light table, but only after scanning it at a high resolution I discovered a fully grown buck with a nice set of antlers standing on the other side of the lake.


That was a wide Texas Leica, wasn't it? No, not the buck, the Fuji!

Regarding digital processing - I have no plugins at all - I see them as the invitation to yet another visual rut which can be found all too easily on one's own. I think that what digital offers is a sort of mixed blessing in that it gives us infinite contorl - more or less - over what we can do, but also the terrible temptation of overdoing things, and not knowing when enough's enough, when to walk away and let the shot be. Which itself is a problem: sometimes a little bit more would have made the difference.

In the end, either way we can't avoid responsibility.

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: LesPalenik on March 19, 2017, 06:51:29 am
Yes, I had at one time both of them, the Texas Leica (Fuji 690) and the wide Texas Leica. They both produced large and sharp images.
However, the biggest film frame I ever made, was done on a rotational Seitz Roundshot Super camera, using a 400mm lens. Used the entire film roll just for one pano image - over 5 ft long film frame.

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Geoffrey James on March 20, 2017, 11:07:20 pm
Not sure if this is abstract,  but I am trying to do something with deep space as opposed to a 2-d surface,
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on March 21, 2017, 04:30:25 am
Not sure if this is abstract,  but I am trying to do something with deep space as opposed to a 2-d surface,


Hi Geoff,

Photo-Cubism?

;-)

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Geoffrey James on March 21, 2017, 08:18:43 am
Rob,  Something like that.  I was thinking of submitting this one,  taken in the instant that a ferry on the St Lawrence was pulling out.  The surfaces were so painterly.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Geoffrey James on March 21, 2017, 08:21:27 am
The other side of the ramp looked like a Clifford Still
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 21, 2017, 08:54:12 am
I like all three.
My favorite is the first of the two Ferry shots.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on March 21, 2017, 09:55:40 am
Good eye, Geoff; the first one, with the greens, is so brutal and screams of the differences between flesh and and the far tougher things that soft flesh can fashion.

The last one is very much into painting, but in a way that saves it from the trap of trying to make photographs that inevitably end up as failed paintings.

Good work.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Geoffrey James on March 21, 2017, 10:00:01 am
Thank you, Rob.  I tend to stay away from the whole abstract thing.  It was interesting to see how the photographs of Siskind and others stood up well in the AB Ex show that the Art Gallery of Ontario did a while back, but that may have been a temporary aberration.  They were at least made at a time when there was a passionate belief in the power of abstraction.  Today, not so much. 
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on March 21, 2017, 12:07:16 pm
Not sure if this is abstract,  but I am trying to do something with deep space as opposed to a 2-d surface,

Following could be considered a combination of surrface & depth.
I have to reshoot though for several reasons, and i'm contemplating a write up about it. So, !et's call it a prelude:
Primary Colors
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: JNB_Rare on March 28, 2017, 10:13:00 am
A couple of shots from a recent walkabout

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on March 28, 2017, 02:32:46 pm
A couple of shots from a recent walkabout

Nr 2 totally, although i would have liked the entire image filled. Absolutely great combination of natural structure and shadow, brilliant abstraction of life's entanglements and intertwined and interconnected pathways.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on March 28, 2017, 02:36:54 pm
A couple of shots from a recent walkabout

The first one - those lovely colours and shapes...

Rob C
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on March 28, 2017, 02:38:14 pm
Or maybe it's about politics, how one lie connects to another to form a web of deceit, with underneath an entire world of alternative facts...
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on March 28, 2017, 02:50:27 pm
Yep: "The Shadowworld of Alternative Facts"
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: JNB_Rare on March 28, 2017, 05:25:46 pm
Yep: "The Shadowworld of Alternative Facts"

Gosh, the value of these images just skyrocketed!  ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: churly on March 30, 2017, 05:06:23 pm
The Swarm is coming your way.
Chuck
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 30, 2017, 06:45:36 pm
The Swarm is coming your way.
Chuck
A scene from a not-yet-released Hitchcock film?   ;)

Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: churly on March 31, 2017, 07:54:05 am
A scene from a not-yet-released Hitchcock film?   ;)

Eric

Yes, although it is as of yet 'undiscovered'  :D

The interesting thing about this shot (to me) is that the implied motion was frozen into a surface skim of ice which was underlain by water and then a layer of older ice.
Chuck
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on March 31, 2017, 08:52:15 am
The Balinese Mistress
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 02, 2017, 12:03:23 am
Traffic lights at-a-tension.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-7FRkSMs/0/M/Apr%2013-10%20Forks%20159%20bwcopy-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 02, 2017, 12:12:59 am
Traffic lights at-a-tension.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-7FRkSMs/0/M/Apr%2013-10%20Forks%20159%20bwcopy-1000-M.jpg)
I think they are saluting as the White (fuzzy) Angels do a flyover.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on April 02, 2017, 02:28:08 am
Traffic lights at-a-tension.

[ X ] Like

From the carhoodreflectionseries?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 02, 2017, 08:33:36 pm
[ X ] Like

From the carhoodreflectionseries?
Thanks. Not car hood series, but sure looks like one now that you mention it. Was stopped at light, had camera and saw these clouds align with traffic lights. Gave it Bw treatment, which makes it look more ominous and striking.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 02, 2017, 10:08:53 pm
Is this dark matter? Or just a dark forest? Nice to explore and play in PP.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-XtLBKV5/0/M/Feb%2010-10%20Coldcreek-Cal%20164%20bwcopy-1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-3VSvWGc/0/M/Feb%2010-10%20Coldcreek-Cal%20160%20bwcopy-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 02, 2017, 11:17:51 pm
It's nice to see you playing with B&W, John.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on April 03, 2017, 07:22:01 am
Thanks. Not car hood series, but sure looks like one now that you mention it. Was stopped at light, had camera and saw these clouds align with traffic lights. Gave it Bw treatment, which makes it look more ominous and striking.

JR

Well seen. Traffic lights, with which we try to control the flow of traffic, are now combined with the free flow of a cloud in the sky. That's certainly a contradiction that could make an audience think: the lights placed at the far side emphasise the expansiveness of the sky (and thus of freedom), and the low angle of view kind of reminds us that we are trying to reach above ourselves and control even the heavens.

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: JNB_Rare on April 05, 2017, 11:10:16 am
Is this dark matter? Or just a dark forest? Nice to explore and play in PP.

These are very nice!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 06, 2017, 12:44:28 am
Oh what patterns melting snow leaves behind!

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Badlands-of-Caledon/i-tw2LMTP/0/M/Mar%206-10%20Caledon%20052%20bwcopy-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Riaan van Wyk on April 06, 2017, 06:10:49 am
Is this dark matter? Or just a dark forest? Nice to explore and play in PP.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-XtLBKV5/0/M/Feb%2010-10%20Coldcreek-Cal%20164%20bwcopy-1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-3VSvWGc/0/M/Feb%2010-10%20Coldcreek-Cal%20160%20bwcopy-1000-M.jpg)

I just love this..
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: JNB_Rare on April 06, 2017, 01:08:21 pm
Road Trip
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 06, 2017, 03:11:14 pm
Neat!
I like the first one best (as the most ambiguous).
They would look good blown up to wall mural size.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Telecaster on April 06, 2017, 03:43:51 pm
Neat!
I like the first one best (as the most ambiguous).
They would look good blown up to wall mural size.

Yep, I'd load some roll paper in the printer for this one. Good stuff!

-Dave-
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on April 07, 2017, 04:54:21 am
The second one for me; the quasi-vehicles lending context and a more human connection, which is perhaps what draws me most to photography, despite (if not because) my not really being a particularly social animal in person!

Like the style a lot.

Rob C
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 08, 2017, 04:21:18 am
A very interesting and painterly set John B. Everyone seems to like those eccentic light lines. I find it amusing, since most of the time I would remove those light lines.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 08, 2017, 04:26:17 am
Reflecting
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-5JFS2RM/0/M/Madawaska%20392%20copy1000-M.jpg)

And the abstractness of it all
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-PfcZXWd/0/M/Madawaska%20201%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on April 08, 2017, 07:00:03 am
Road Trip

Have been chewing on these for a couple of days and concluded that they work remarkebly well!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: JNB_Rare on April 08, 2017, 09:08:46 am
RE: Road trip

Thank-you, everyone, for your comments. The eccentric light lines are reflections off the chrome on the vehicles, of course. When I was a child, travelling with my family on vacation, I would often drift into a daydreamy state. Sometimes I would narrow my eyes to a slit and watch the landscape whir by through my eyelashes. I guess I was a weird kid. Anyway, that's sort of what I was thinking about with these experiments. My wife was driving while I shot, have no fear.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 08, 2017, 09:12:19 am
I was wondering how those were done, now I know. If only I can get someone else to drive, I would do this at least once on every trip. Thanks John B.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 08, 2017, 09:13:56 am
Oh the colours.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-fVgwWxf/0/M/Sept%2024-2013%20Ottawa-Algonquin%20trip%20277%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 08, 2017, 09:54:45 am
This thread is like going into a candy store for me.

John r: Of your latest three my favorites are "Reflecting" (simple elegance) and "Oh the Colours" (dazzling -- also a reflection?)

-Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: JNB_Rare on April 08, 2017, 10:00:53 am
Oh the colours.

LOVE this one!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 09, 2017, 12:15:33 am
LOVE this one!
This thread is like going into a candy store for me.

John r: Of your latest three my favorites are "Reflecting" (simple elegance) and "Oh the Colours" (dazzling -- also a reflection?)

-Eric
Thanks, Eric and John B. The colours are part car and mostly tail light reflecting the autumn foliage.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on April 09, 2017, 09:15:42 am
Since we're into carreflections
Alternative Universe
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: JNB_Rare on April 09, 2017, 10:12:28 am
Since we're into carreflections
Alternative Universe

I like it!

As long as we're doing light and reflections...

Dancers in my Swimming Pool.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on April 11, 2017, 03:45:20 pm
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Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on April 11, 2017, 04:39:27 pm
The intent is abstract in that I don't care what the subject is :)

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3804/33928306126_523c85859d_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/TG8rnh)

and

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2810/32955073513_cff29277e8_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Sd8ndD)

Mike
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Patricia Sheley on April 11, 2017, 11:48:20 pm
 Love the yellow paint on the wiggle wires Mike.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on April 12, 2017, 02:39:17 am
Thank you Patricia.

There's a lot of black at the bottom of your work whereas it's the top section that carries the interest and captures the eye. I'm all for dead space but I'm wondering if it looks better by losing a good bit off the bottom.

Mike
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 12, 2017, 11:50:53 am
There's a lot of black at the bottom of your work whereas it's the top section that carries the interest and captures the eye. I'm all for dead space but I'm wondering if it looks better by losing a good bit off the bottom.
I think it needs the dead space. If it were cropped, the black and white areas would have more nearly equal prominence, and to me it feels as if the mood of the image wants the black to dominate.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 12, 2017, 09:26:11 pm
I think it needs the dead space. If it were cropped, the black and white areas would have more nearly equal prominence, and to me it feels as if the mood of the image wants the black to dominate.
Agree with that assessment, Eric. It reminds me of that order and chaos symbol.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 12, 2017, 09:30:31 pm
Black and white can be so surreal.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-Mq8ftch/0/M/June%202-%202014%20Airport%20Rd%20blds%20035%20bwcopy-1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-tsLj8wX/0/M/June%202-%202014%20Airport%20Rd%20blds%20037%20bwcopy1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-kcdcv5d/0/M/June%202-%202014%20Airport%20Rd%20blds%20017%20bw-copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on April 13, 2017, 02:26:37 am
Great geometry John.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on April 13, 2017, 08:12:18 am
Goldrush from the West
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 14, 2017, 09:42:15 am
I guess this one is maybe a geometric abstract landscape, of sorts.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 14, 2017, 11:20:15 am
That is cool and well composed. It is actually dynamic as it fans out from bottom, to sides and upward. Notice that there is actually a V'' shape that creates the underlying form of a triangle. Really like this.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 14, 2017, 03:34:28 pm
That is cool and well composed. It is actually dynamic as it fans out from bottom, to sides and upward. Notice that there is actually a V'' shape that creates the underlying form of a triangle. Really like this.

JR
Thanks, John. The credit must go to the gardeners for Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, MA. I have no idea what vegetation it is, but I'll revisit the scene later in the season when it has begun to grow, and -- who knows? -- perhaps even blossom.

Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Telecaster on April 14, 2017, 04:47:53 pm
Black and white can be so surreal.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-tsLj8wX/0/M/June%202-%202014%20Airport%20Rd%20blds%20037%20bwcopy1000-M.jpg)

I especially like this one. Has a Bauhaus-y vibe.

-Dave-
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 14, 2017, 06:45:51 pm
I especially like this one. Has a Bauhaus-y vibe.

-Dave-
Thanks Dave. Have to look up Bauhaus now.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 14, 2017, 06:52:25 pm
Thanks, John. The credit must go to the gardeners for Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, MA. I have no idea what vegetation it is, but I'll revisit the scene later in the season when it has begun to grow, and -- who knows? -- perhaps even blossom.

Eric
I knew your V composition and array reminded me of something I took a couple of years ago for a cemetery slide show. I found it. Not quite as dynamic as yours. Would need a higher vantage point to show the pattern as you did.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Oakville/i-dw2HrfH/0/M/May%2013-2013%20Woodland%20Cemetery%20004%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 14, 2017, 07:14:49 pm
I see we're both hooked on geometry, John.

The bouquet on top of the headstone in yours really livens up the image.

-Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Patricia Sheley on April 14, 2017, 10:23:43 pm
[Regarding Mount Auburn Cemetery, "I guess this one is maybe a geometric abstract landscape, of sorts." Quote Eric M.]

This has such a spare yet powerful sense. It reminds me very much of Minor's work on the Cape, same spare and proud strength...(Hope you were able to sit with him awhile in contemplation while visiting. I often hope he knows how much I owe him for the joy that bursts within this grey dome)
p.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 14, 2017, 11:44:56 pm
Thanks, Pat.

I'm always delighted when anyone who knew Minor sees something Minor-like in one of my photos.

In my first workshop with him, ten days at his house in Arlington, his presence was with us 24 hours a day.

The second workshop, a year later, was six weekends, and I expected the intensity to lessen in between weekends, but it really didn't.
The "official" notes I took for both workshops are now being scanned and added to the Minor White Archive at Princeton University.

E.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: brianrybolt on April 15, 2017, 05:17:34 am
Taken in:  Towner Gallery, Eastbourne, East Sussex, UK
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on April 15, 2017, 07:02:48 am
Very, very, nice, Brian!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 15, 2017, 08:15:43 am
Very, very, nice, Brian!
+1.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: bns on April 18, 2017, 05:05:53 am
Enjoy.

Boudewijn Swanenburg
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 18, 2017, 09:24:05 am
Enjoy.

Boudewijn Swanenburg
Gentle and lovely.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 18, 2017, 01:34:57 pm
Gentle and lovely.
Yes love the image and the use of the soft focus technique to achieve the result. Have water in house so can't get out to take photos. These make me hanker for the blossoms!!

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 18, 2017, 10:06:57 pm
Riot of colour. And lest we forget November days.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-X6b59k4/0/M/Sept%2015-%202014%20Palletta%20Manor%20Burlington%20049%20copy1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-n9Z3dHx/0/M/Nov%2011-%202014%20High%20Park%20040%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on April 20, 2017, 11:07:17 am
Of squares and circles
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 20, 2017, 02:16:25 pm
Of squares and circles
Yes, well done.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Leszek Piotrowski on April 25, 2017, 09:08:01 pm
Moon Landing,...
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 25, 2017, 10:14:06 pm
Colourful Display.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-JDW594v/0/d31a0240/M/July%207-2013%20Toronto%20Art%20show%20050%20copy1000-2-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 25, 2017, 11:37:10 pm
Yes, that one would certainly lose something in B&W.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Peter McLennan on April 26, 2017, 08:56:52 pm
Riot of colour.

John, that image is unlike your other images where you've moved the camera during exposure. This appears to be shot with a mirrorless camera or it's some kind of video image.  Care to reveal your secrets?  :)

In any case, I love it. 
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 27, 2017, 12:01:01 am
I had to look it up. Ok, you mean the multi-exposure flower image. It is about 7 or 8 shots on the same frame- so to speak. In-camera. You need a camera that has multi-exposure capability. Most of the high end cameras have this, about 10 or 11 per frame. Some only allow 3 or 5 per frame.  My Pentax allows 999.

I did a simple, but slow diagonal movement at highest speed possible- like about 250 or higher to avoid blur (ha, ha). You can also do spirals and even create patterns where there was none.

The trick to these is to look for a subject with different colours or patterns that adjoin each other and are continous- such as found in garden flower beds. Not everyone likes these. But I have found you can win them over if you keep in mind the old adage, technique is secondary and composition and mood are primary.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-sJqVt3D/0/6be08c19/M/Sept%202-%202014%20RBG%20085%20smugcopy-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-XWLBf9n/0/3309cf25/M/Sept%2015-%202014%20Palletta%20Manor%20Burlington%20057%20smugcopy-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-mHjTtSb/0/813d26bb/M/Aug%2021-%202014%20James%20Gardens%20029%20smugcopy-M.jpg)


Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 27, 2017, 12:31:03 am
My Pentax allows 999.
These are very cool indeed, John.

Now please show us one using 999 shots!   ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Peter McLennan on April 27, 2017, 11:19:51 am
Thanks, John. My D800 can do multiple exposures, I think. I will learn how today.
I don't think you've posted this single image I didn't love.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Leszek Piotrowski on April 27, 2017, 09:35:42 pm
Sandstone complexity.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 27, 2017, 11:41:46 pm
Sandstone complexity.
Such richness of detail! I enjoy letting my eyes wander through this image.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 28, 2017, 08:41:58 pm
Sandstone complexity.
You sure that's not part of lemon meringue pie? Delicious indeed.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 28, 2017, 08:50:27 pm
I am unable to go out and photograph at this, my favourite time of year. Had to paint washroom instead and do repairs. But as I opened the door to go out and buy supplies, I espied this wonderful image. We know what it is but I still consider it to be abstract. I cropped slightly in order to have one ray of light carry the eye out of the frame, while the other stayed contained. A nice tension.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-Vgms4Bb/0/b9de9c9c/M/JMRO9149%20bwcopy1000-3-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: graeme on April 28, 2017, 08:56:13 pm
I am unable to go out and photograph at this, my favourite time of year. Had to paint washroom instead and do repairs. But as I opened the door to go out and buy supplies, I espied this wonderful image. We know what it is but I still consider it to be abstract. I cropped slightly in order to have one ray of light carry the eye out of the frame, while the other stayed contained. A nice tension.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-Vgms4Bb/0/b9de9c9c/M/JMRO9149%20bwcopy1000-3-M.jpg)

Nice work. Well seen & lovely BW.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 28, 2017, 11:58:49 pm
Nice one, John.
It's a good thing you have your camera with you when doing household chores.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on April 30, 2017, 03:09:52 am
Is it abstract? Who knows, the intent was not a record shot.

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4183/33543621563_5bc7c8021a_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/T78Q3P)

Mike
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on April 30, 2017, 03:23:54 am
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-Vgms4Bb/0/b9de9c9c/M/JMRO9149%20bwcopy1000-3-M.jpg)

I don't know why, but i feel a distinct urge to give it a title: Cat's Claw
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 30, 2017, 08:38:57 am
Is it abstract? Who knows, the intent was not a record shot.

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4183/33543621563_5bc7c8021a_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/T78Q3P)

Mike
It's nice, and sufficiently abstract for me.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: BobDavid on April 30, 2017, 12:42:09 pm
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-Vgms4Bb/0/b9de9c9c/M/JMRO9149%20bwcopy1000-3-M.jpg)
[/quote]

+2
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Jim Kasson on April 30, 2017, 01:31:33 pm
GFX 50S:




(http://www.kasson.com/ll/_GF06041.jpg)

Jim
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 30, 2017, 02:48:05 pm
GFX 50S:

Jim
Jim, what are you up to? I thought you cancelled your Fuji GFX order. Looks fascinating and intriguing at same time. Some parts look out of focus, where the lines start to curve. Optical illusion? Reminds me of those end-of-broadcast stripes and colours when a station would go off the air.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Jim Kasson on April 30, 2017, 03:05:36 pm
Jim, what are you up to? I thought you cancelled your Fuji GFX order. Looks fascinating and intriguing at same time. Some parts look out of focus, where the lines start to curve. Optical illusion? Reminds me of those end-of-broadcast stripes and colours when a station would go off the air.

I did cancel the GFX order. Then I found out you could do manual focus stopped down with native lenses, after believing people who said you couldn't.

http://blog.kasson.com/the-last-word/fujifill-gfx-50s-summary/

As to the image, let's just say I'm playing with the electronic rolling shutter of the camera.

Jim
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on April 30, 2017, 04:08:49 pm

As to the image, let's just say I'm playing with the electronic rolling shutter of the camera.

Jim

Ah, sure, so we should technically be able to do something similar with an iphone.

I also found btw that my little Sony has a special JMR mode. It is high iso noise reduction, which takes several shots for stacking, but it doesn't necessarily have to be hi iso, and the burst of images is more like a short movie, although the camera sounds 4 shutter release clips. That just seems to be for processing purposes, not actual exposures.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 30, 2017, 05:09:37 pm
GFX 50S:




(http://www.kasson.com/ll/_GF06041.jpg)

Jim
Neat!

You could start a new photo mag called "ShutterWork" maybe.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 30, 2017, 11:56:58 pm
[...]
As to the image, let's just say I'm playing with the electronic rolling shutter of the camera.

Jim
My but your answer is just as intriguing as your image. I will read your review. Thanks for sharing.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 01, 2017, 12:12:31 pm
Clouds and their shapes were so wonderful that morning I could have watched them all morning with a nice cup of coffee, or two. But I was leading group so had to move on. Sigh.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-43kTx5b/0/7b10ace1/M/June%203-2013%20Downtown%20TO%20053%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: churly on May 06, 2017, 07:27:58 pm
This shot has balance issues but I haven't contributed here for a while so ....
Chuck
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 06, 2017, 11:10:58 pm
It is still pretty nice. It does look a little over-sharpened on my monitor.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 07, 2017, 12:05:55 am
It's lovely.
I can see the balance problem, but you don't want to crop out the nice stuff on the left edge, either.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 07, 2017, 12:14:05 am
The phantom cat observed my camera technique. I spotted him and thought he was an apt subject for experimentation on a nice clean green background of grass. I wrongly posted first time on "without prejudice" thread.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-FDQKRvL/0/86c531dd/M/July%2016-12%20Breukner%20park%20219%20copy1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-xg6pqtS/0/9b908b07/M/July%2016-12%20Breukner%20park%20270%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 07, 2017, 08:51:58 am
Ah! The first actual photograph of the famous Cheshire Cat!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 08, 2017, 10:36:40 pm
Addressing the audience:

(https://photos.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-vzr7qxj/0/45118b15/M/July%202-11%20RBG%20220%20copy1000-M.jpg)

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on May 09, 2017, 05:20:40 pm
Clouds and their shapes were so wonderful that morning I could have watched them all morning with a nice cup of coffee, or two. But I was leading group so had to move on. Sigh.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-43kTx5b/0/7b10ace1/M/June%203-2013%20Downtown%20TO%20053%20copy1000-M.jpg)

Great capture almost tells an entire story

You: Okay, group, listen up. In order to continue we first need to get those creative juices flowing. Everybody grab their mobile phone cam and try to depict some out-of-the-box imaging. Go outside for the next hour and ...

An hour should fit 2 cups of coffee just fine, no?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on May 09, 2017, 05:30:07 pm
This shot has balance issues but I haven't contributed here for a while so ....
Chuck

Cool stuff.

The interesting part here is especially that nature has a way of making chaos peaceful, while human-induced chaos usually is very disturbing.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on May 09, 2017, 05:37:30 pm
The phantom cat observed my camera technique. I spotted him and thought he was an apt subject for experimentation

JR
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-xg6pqtS/0/9b908b07/M/July%2016-12%20Breukner%20park%20270%20copy1000-M.jpg)

I hate to admit it, but that experimentation seemed to have worked quite well. Just three colors make a great impression of a cat. "Impression" being the operative word, of course.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 09, 2017, 09:43:15 pm
Well thanks for all the feedback. Sometimes you just have to try things.

Here is the tower of power, which is a title as silly sounding as it looks in print.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-rmGjCfg/0/29f8a773/M/Mar%2014-11%20Downtown%20240%20bwcopy2-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 09, 2017, 11:58:04 pm
Two more from me.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 10, 2017, 10:24:44 am
Two more from me.
Have to say Eric, they don't look good small, but once enlarged they come to life. I particularly like the branches in the undulating water. It has a 3-D quality to it.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 10, 2017, 10:47:06 am
Finally got opportunity to get out and photograph before all the new colours and blossoms of spring disappear. Here is one taken with Eric in mind. He said I should try for a 1000, multi-exposure image, so I did. No, not really. This is a about 26 exposures - camera exif doesn't say- with a little contrast adjustment as the multi-exposure tends to flatten out light. Looks somewhat like a painting.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-bcTt8DJ/0/27075220/M/JMRO9175%20NIagara-%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on May 11, 2017, 04:28:07 pm
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...
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on May 11, 2017, 04:50:37 pm
Two more from me.

Yes, the branches-image is brilliantly beautiful. Very Zen.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 11, 2017, 05:45:17 pm
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...
Very nice. Did you use a tripod? I assume you are using a Pentax?

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on May 11, 2017, 06:08:58 pm
Very nice. Did you use a tripod? I assume you are using a Pentax?

JR

No, a little Sony WX350. handheld, deliberately moving. Then stacking the images in post.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 11, 2017, 07:43:58 pm
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.   ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: pegelli on May 12, 2017, 07:52:20 am
A wormhole?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on May 12, 2017, 08:54:41 am
A wormhole?

Slinky (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slinky)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: pegelli on May 12, 2017, 09:24:09 am
Slinky (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slinky)
Close but no cigar, it's much bigger ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on May 12, 2017, 09:45:54 am
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. ;-)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 12, 2017, 11:47:00 am
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
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on May 12, 2017, 04:40:21 pm
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.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: churly on May 12, 2017, 05:06:43 pm
Lots of great shots guys!
A couple left over from winter.
Chuck
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 16, 2017, 05:38:48 pm
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
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 16, 2017, 06:18:55 pm
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

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Niagara-Region/i-98NBkwc/0/6cd7c927/M/May%209-%202017%20Niagara%20Tour%20Raw%20014%20copy1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Niagara-Region/i-8dbbFVz/0/2969edb7/M/May%209-%202017%20Niagara%20Tour%20Raw%20060%20copy1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Niagara-Region/i-zcDXvwR/0/76d63d51/M/May%209-%202017%20Niagara%20Tour%20Raw%20048%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Jim Kasson on May 16, 2017, 06:21:18 pm
(http://www.kasson.com/ll/rs6688.jpg)

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 16, 2017, 08:00:40 pm
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
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 18, 2017, 07:20:09 pm
Ambiguous lines.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-WLnwXCK/0/c0f4ec73/M/May%2018-%202017%20RBG%20and%20cemetery%20092%20bwcopy-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 18, 2017, 08:19:05 pm
Here is an accidental abstract:
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 18, 2017, 09:34:00 pm
More impressions courtesy of spring blossoms.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-Lwj9rVF/0/6d4d96a1/M/May%2018-%202017%20RBG%20and%20cemetery%20096%20copy1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-QsPh4f8/0/dbf0a8d3/M/May%2018-%202017%20RBG%20and%20cemetery%20093%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: David Eckels on May 18, 2017, 10:03:05 pm
A Shadow Falls Upon the Land
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on May 19, 2017, 03:08:01 am
More impressions courtesy of spring blossoms.

OMG, you're totally going Bob Ross on us...
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 19, 2017, 09:34:49 am
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
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on May 19, 2017, 09:38:12 am
... 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!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 19, 2017, 11:10:11 am
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
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 19, 2017, 12:24:51 pm
Sorry, Slobodan. I don't have an I-phone (or any kind of I-thingy). Good try. I'll offer you a glass of water as a consolation prize.

And, John, it's not really worth a bottle of wine, even the cheap rot gut that I buy. Glass of water for you, too.

Any more contenders?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Telecaster on May 19, 2017, 02:58:53 pm
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."   ;)

I'm mostly a coffee/tea guy, despite the bottle of The Glenrothes (still not finished) that I bought last year in tribute to Michael), but if you're like me you were switching on your camera's rear LCD via a shutter tap while indoors and accidentally pushed too hard. Low light, long exposure, camera movement.  :)

-Dave-
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on May 19, 2017, 04:57:40 pm
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

Looks remarkably like multishot noisereduction. At least on the Sony it will sound 4 shutterrelease clips, but in reality it takes a lot more images in rapid succesion and uses the time of 4 shutterrelease sounds to process into a single image.

If you move the camera quickly enough, this is what it looks like. But yours was a Canon, no?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on May 19, 2017, 05:03:47 pm
Solar System
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 19, 2017, 05:22:11 pm
Looks remarkably like multishot noisereduction. At least on the Sony it will sound 4 shutterrelease clips, but in reality it takes a lot more images in rapid succesion and uses the time of 4 shutterrelease sounds to process into a single image.

If you move the camera quickly enough, this is what it looks like. But yours was a Canon, no?
Sorry Dave.

Oscar comes the closest, so I'll save him a beer for whenever he gets to Boston.

Yes, it was a Canon, a pocket S110 which I often carry with me for quick snapshots. A couple of weeks ago I decided to turn on automatic exposure bracketing.
Of course, now whenever I use that camera, I forget that it is going to take three photos, and right after I press the shutter button, I swing it down to stick it in my pocket. Then when I download the images to my PC, I typically have one clean shot followed by two blurry accidents, which I then delete.
This one I thought looked like a mildly interesting abstract.

Note to self: Stick a label on top of the camera reminding me to wait for all three shots...   :D

Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on May 19, 2017, 06:26:25 pm
... right after I press the shutter button, I swing it down to stick it in my pocket....

And I said:

Quote
... putting ... back into your pocket and accidentally pressed the button.

I think I deserve at least a light beer  :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on May 19, 2017, 07:12:06 pm
bleh, I think we need a clubmeeting and sort this out over several beers. Eric shall pick up the tab for obvious reasons.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 19, 2017, 07:52:15 pm
And I said:

I think I deserve at least a light beer  :)
OK, Slobodan. I'm watering your beer right now.   ;D
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 19, 2017, 07:56:28 pm
bleh, I think we need a clubmeeting and sort this out over several beers. Eric shall pick up the tab for obvious reasons.
OK. 2 AM tomorrow, at my club house. And since it's my beer, I play the part of the President, following Trump's Rules of Order (Anything I say is True, regardless of factual content, even if my next statement contradicts the first, in which case both are True, etc. ...)    ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 19, 2017, 07:57:25 pm
P.S. To fit this thread, it may be a very abstract meeting.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: pegelli on May 20, 2017, 05:05:37 am
Overprocessed rust can lead to abstract compositions.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: brianrybolt on May 24, 2017, 12:17:22 pm
Fencing in Trinidad, Cuba.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 24, 2017, 05:52:38 pm
Fencing in Trinidad, Cuba.
That is very cool, Brian.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 27, 2017, 01:56:25 pm
I did manage to get a few shots before the blossoms and the new greens disappeared.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-HJWD97z/0/c450e4f2/M/May%2022-%202017%20High%20Park%20002%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: graeme on May 27, 2017, 04:03:22 pm
That is very cool, Brian.

JR

+1
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: KMRennie on May 28, 2017, 04:01:13 pm
And this is a? Ken
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 29, 2017, 12:30:16 pm
Looks good in colour, but more effective in BW, as it reduces elements to lines, shapes, light and shadow.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-ggBZmtH/0/e7f0937b/M/IMG_0001%20bwcopy2-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on May 29, 2017, 12:50:44 pm
Looks good to me!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on May 29, 2017, 01:30:28 pm
Looks good in colour, but more effective in BW, as it reduces elements to lines, shapes, light and shadow.
]

+, +, +, and +1

the Oxford comma (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_comma)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 29, 2017, 02:01:18 pm
+, +, +, and +1

the Oxford comma (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_comma)
I much prefer what I call the Cambridge (or Yale) comma.
It involves, inserting a comma, wherever, you feel li,ke it, but especially after the word "and,"   :D
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: graeme on May 29, 2017, 07:01:02 pm
Looks good in colour, but more effective in BW, as it reduces elements to lines, shapes, light and shadow.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-ggBZmtH/0/e7f0937b/M/IMG_0001%20bwcopy2-1000-M.jpg)

That's a great shot.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on May 29, 2017, 07:22:33 pm
Looks good in colour, but more effective in BW, as it reduces elements to lines, shapes, light and shadow.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-ggBZmtH/0/e7f0937b/M/IMG_0001%20bwcopy2-1000-M.jpg)


I am sure you are already sick of the same comment, but, man, never have those three letters interfered more with the elegance of the image than in this case.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Patricia Sheley on May 29, 2017, 07:33:12 pm
dawn apparition~
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Telecaster on May 30, 2017, 04:27:18 pm
dawn apparition~

Wonderful rorschach photo. I see a mic stand & cable along with a rack of stringed instruments.  ;D

-Dave-
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 30, 2017, 11:42:25 pm
A 'light' touch. Also minimalist.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/OTTAWA/i-P7WSDvd/0/54a80c5e/M/May%2013-%202016%20Ottawa%20jpegs%20331%20bwcopy2-copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on May 31, 2017, 04:58:25 am
A 'light' touch. Also minimalist.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/OTTAWA/i-P7WSDvd/0/54a80c5e/M/May%2013-%202016%20Ottawa%20jpegs%20331%20bwcopy2-copy1000-M.jpg)

Minimalist but so effective. I love it.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: graeme on May 31, 2017, 05:04:38 am
Minimalist but so effective. I love it.

+1
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Patricia Sheley on May 31, 2017, 07:59:49 am
Agreed.. An elegant plunge! A bit of James Turrell~
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 31, 2017, 10:10:38 am
Minimalist but so effective. I love it.
+2 or 3.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 01, 2017, 08:45:50 pm
Doors and walls.
(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-kt9t67r/0/dd988870/M/Jan%201-%202014%20New%20Year%20House%20abstracts%20036%20bwcopy-1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-XQHXxsp/0/d60217d0/M/Jan%203-2014%20House%20011%20bwcopy-1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-2Wcmthq/0/87c0306a/M/Jan%203-2014%20House%20053%20bwcopy1000-2-M.jpg)




Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 03, 2017, 11:49:31 pm
Shapes within architecture.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Guelph/i-jbRX5pw/0/523453c6/M/Dec%202-%202013%20Guelph%20outing%20097%20bwcopy-1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Guelph/i-2sKTGTs/0/6416ae95/M/Dec%202-%202013%20Guelph%20outing%20094%20red-orange-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on June 04, 2017, 12:43:20 am
Nice ones, John.
My favorite of the Doors and Walls is the second, which is the most elegantly direct.

And of the Shapes, I reallyn like the first (= the Face.)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 04, 2017, 11:33:36 am
Thanks for the comments, Eric! Cleaning up a lot of files and deleting. They say data storage is cheap, but I have come to conclusion that time is even more important. So like we say about minimalism, sometimes less is more.

JR
 
(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-chPzvFN/0/fb9366ea/M/Jan%207-13%20East%20mall%20arch%20013-2%20bwcopy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on June 05, 2017, 09:36:31 am
"The Future wasn't Clear"
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on June 05, 2017, 01:54:38 pm
"The Future wasn't Clear"
That one is clearly quite nice, Oscar.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 07, 2017, 11:34:26 am
Trying to show a pattern or rhythm in this shadow play.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-bNxJqK7/0/95d32b7d/M/July%2015-%202013%20Rosetta%20Park%20099%20bwcopy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: James Clark on June 07, 2017, 01:09:01 pm
Golden Isles, Atlantic Coast
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 10, 2017, 12:31:11 am
Finally got my macro lens and was able to a few shots at the local greenhouse conservatory.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-Z4cb9NR/0/13ba83e5/L/JMRO0076%20copy1000-L.jpg)

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Kiwi Paul on June 11, 2017, 07:08:17 am
Wet web

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/8/7390/10258361736_ec038ff134_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/gCuMxN)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on June 11, 2017, 08:50:17 am
Golden Isles, Atlantic Coast

Great shots, James, especially 1 and 3.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Bruce Cox on June 11, 2017, 03:45:57 pm
In "Wet web" you have presented, what is obviously a disused snare and impersonal condensation, in a way I find very comforting.  It could be a breast or some other grand design.  What ever exceptions to this abstracts rule may lurk in the background are well camouflaged.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 12, 2017, 01:51:55 am
Juxtaposition: from same filtration plant in Toronto.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-vPsm2S9/0/e353d07e/M/May%2027-12%20Harris%20Plant%20024%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: rodney.dugmore on June 13, 2017, 04:07:30 pm
Natures Abstract
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 13, 2017, 11:08:57 pm
Jigsaw anyone?

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-JV2BGMP/0/afe0d1a5/M/JMRO0245%20bwcopy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Krug on June 14, 2017, 08:53:03 am
JR's 'Jigsaw anyone' reminded me of something ...
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on June 15, 2017, 12:30:50 pm
Jigsaw anyone?

JR


"Google maps"
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 16, 2017, 01:01:44 am
"Google maps"
Took me a while, but I think I get it now. Thanks for the comments.

So now I will move on to rhythm. Unfortunately, I did not get enough DOF.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-mMBk3wS/0/fe210540/M/June%2013-%202017%20Elgin%20Theatre%20033%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: graeme on June 16, 2017, 05:32:42 pm
Two from the building we work in - one ephemeral & one I've been walking past most days for a couple of years.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: churly on June 16, 2017, 07:07:20 pm
2 more - up close.
Chuck
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 17, 2017, 01:54:56 pm
Gaudy but real. This place used to be a Vaudeville Theatre. The gold cast is so powerful due to the powerful tungsten bulbs and the surrounding gold painted walls that it enveloped everything. I converted most to bw, but I like this one as is, though I do have BW version.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-nZ8wTP9/0/0a42b280/M/June%2013-%202017%20Elgin%20Theatre%20070%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Telecaster on June 17, 2017, 04:23:24 pm
Riffing (back in 2014!) on Chuck's pics. Near infrared via 720nm low-pass filter.

-Dave-
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: James Clark on June 20, 2017, 05:33:55 pm
Fire on Water
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 22, 2017, 12:03:13 am
Taking flight.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-JMWt4Mh/0/4f9e8eae/M/JMRO0343%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on June 22, 2017, 12:05:59 am
Taking flight.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-JMWt4Mh/0/4f9e8eae/M/JMRO0343%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Very cool!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 24, 2017, 12:56:32 am
Thank you Eric. From a newly built showroom at the Garden centre. Will the pendulum swing?

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-BWw6jR4/0/55200906/M/June%2014-%202017%20RBG%20085%20bwcopy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 29, 2017, 03:58:48 am
I love the green-blue colours and their movement.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-m7wxWhP/0/5f9a2bba/M/JMRO0818%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on June 29, 2017, 05:47:03 am
That is delightful, the colours match the playful way the rectangles recede.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on June 29, 2017, 07:36:58 am
That is delightful, the colours match the playful way the rectangles recede.
+1.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: graeme on June 29, 2017, 01:55:24 pm
That is delightful, the colours match the playful way the rectangles recede.

+2
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Peter McLennan on June 29, 2017, 08:10:59 pm
I love the green-blue colours and their movement.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-m7wxWhP/0/5f9a2bba/M/JMRO0818%20copy1000-M.jpg)

Masterful
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 29, 2017, 10:23:58 pm
Many thanks for the comments everyone. This was double exposure with slight camera movement. Here is what the subject looks like straight. A scene which looks good in its own right.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-7sSGkKJ/0/b26f6db1/M/June%2028-%202017%20RBG%20159%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on June 29, 2017, 11:28:58 pm
It does look good, But the double-exposure version is even better.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Jim Kasson on July 01, 2017, 05:46:19 pm
GFX 50S, CO 60mm f/4:

(http://www.kasson.com/ll/tt2.jpg)


Jim
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: BobDavid on July 01, 2017, 07:19:15 pm
+1  Big camera, big picture!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 01, 2017, 07:39:27 pm
GFX 50S, CO 60mm f/4:

(http://www.kasson.com/ll/tt2.jpg)


Jim
Neat!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: BobDavid on July 01, 2017, 07:53:47 pm
Great shots, James, especially 1 and 3.

I like the first one.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: James Clark on July 01, 2017, 08:38:30 pm
I like the first one.

Thanks y'all!  I thought they got lost in the ether. My apologies also for not acknowledging the complement earlier Slobodan - I totally missed it, but (especially) since this style is something new to me that I've been developing the feedback is really appreciated.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 01, 2017, 10:31:42 pm
James I like 1 and 2 best. Sometimes I can relate and sometimes I cannot to these very intriguing images. Love the implied motion in each, however.

Now the other Jim and his magical weave machine draw me in right away. It reminds me of looking at shear curtains where he forces you to look at the weave while hinting at the light beyond.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 01, 2017, 10:33:55 pm
I hope you get the point. Took some effort to make it sharp.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-3kwX2Lm/0/f132e758/M/JMRO0841%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 02, 2017, 12:35:12 am
James,

One more vote for the first of the three.

Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: James Clark on July 02, 2017, 11:52:23 am
Many thanks for the comments everyone. This was double exposure with slight camera movement. Here is what the subject looks like straight. A scene which looks good in its own right.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-7sSGkKJ/0/b26f6db1/M/June%2028-%202017%20RBG%20159%20copy1000-M.jpg)

I like this. I'm trying to figure out how you got your abstracted version from this though.  Somehow (nearly) all the green went away.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: James Clark on July 02, 2017, 11:56:08 am
James,

One more vote for the first of the three.

Eric

I think that's the most successful of the three as well :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 02, 2017, 12:11:17 pm
I like this. I'm trying to figure out how you got your abstracted version from this though.  Somehow (nearly) all the green went away.
When you do in-camera motion techniques, you will notice that colours become softer and more muted. Sometimes I like the effect, other times I try to bring back the original colours and density. In the straight shot, I simply hit "auto smart fix" in PS Elements, and it literally will adjust everything- constrast, colour, brightness, etc- skewing everything towards what I call a "pop" style. Sort of like Fuji Velvia vs most other other film. So this latter image is a"pop" style rendering, which I did not bother to adjust. See below for samples:

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-vpVkXmk/0/c45077e7/M/JMRO0858%20copy1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-DZG3JGZ/0/bc879d20/M/JMRO0863%20copy1000-M.jpg)

All flat lighting, but you can readily see the truer more denser colours in the straight image vs the double exposure with camera movement.

Hope that answers your question.

JR

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 02, 2017, 12:56:45 pm
Hope that answers your question.

JR
Just one more tiny technical question, John: Why don't my attempts at this kind of maneuver produce results as good as yours?   ;)
Maybe I need a better camera???   ;D
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 02, 2017, 01:08:40 pm
Just one more tiny technical question, John: Why don't my attempts at this kind of maneuver produce results as good as yours?   ;)
Maybe I need a better camera???   ;D
Of course Eric. To be successful you need a much maligned lowly camera like the Pentax! With second generation Sony sensors, of course.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 02, 2017, 01:15:42 pm
I spotted these ladies showing off in the park doing the can-can, if you can believe it.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-pZWgDZF/0/bd695024/M/July%201-%202017%20James%20Gardens%20048%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Jim Kasson on July 02, 2017, 02:01:31 pm
Another from the same series:

(http://www.kasson.com/ll/tt3.jpg)

GFX, CO 60/4.

Jim
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 02, 2017, 03:50:22 pm
Jim, these remind me of your Las Vegas images, especially the guitar image. Keep it up!

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: James Clark on July 02, 2017, 04:09:00 pm
Another from the same series:

(http://www.kasson.com/ll/tt3.jpg)

GFX, CO 60/4.

Jim

I love this one.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: James Clark on July 02, 2017, 04:11:09 pm
When you do in-camera motion techniques, you will notice that colours become softer and more muted. Sometimes I like the effect, other times I try to bring back the original colours and density. In the straight shot, I simply hit "auto smart fix" in PS Elements, and it literally will adjust everything- constrast, colour, brightness, etc- skewing everything towards what I call a "pop" style. Sort of like Fuji Velvia vs most other other film. So this latter image is a"pop" style rendering, which I did not bother to adjust. See below for samples:

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-vpVkXmk/0/c45077e7/M/JMRO0858%20copy1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-DZG3JGZ/0/bc879d20/M/JMRO0863%20copy1000-M.jpg)

All flat lighting, but you can readily see the truer more denser colours in the straight image vs the double exposure with camera movement.

Hope that answers your question.

JR

Sort of :)  I'm more wondering why the green is so prominent in the straight shot, but the ICM shot seems to have lost just about all of it.  It could be as simple as eliminating the color in post,but I was under the impression that you didn't manipulate it quite that much. 
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 02, 2017, 06:20:14 pm
Like I said, I just hit "auto smart" button and that is the way it came out- rather punchy and saturated. I could have toned it down and usually do because most of my images are about subtlety.

As I said when you move the camera, you get muting of colours and often colour shifts. I save in jpeg and raw. Seldom ever bother with raw unless I have to. So here are originals jpegs straight out of camera with slight brightening of about 20 points each. The movement subdued and/or altered the greens-aqua colours. I also altered my position for both shots getting more green from the panels with second shot because I moved to where the green panel was:

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 02, 2017, 06:57:32 pm
I think this one borders on abstract:

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: James Clark on July 02, 2017, 07:21:03 pm
Like I said, I just hit "auto smart" button and that is the way it came out- rather punchy and saturated. I could have toned it down and usually do because most of my images are about subtlety.

As I said when you move the camera, you get muting of colours and often colour shifts. I save in jpeg and raw. Seldom ever bother with raw unless I have to. So here are originals jpegs straight out of camera with slight brightening of about 20 points each. The movement subdued and/or altered the greens-aqua colours. I also altered my position for both shots getting more green from the panels with second shot because I moved to where the green panel was:

OK then.  The result isn't the output I would have expected based on my own use of similar techniques, but it doesn't matter - the result is cool.  I guess part of the fun of movements and multi-exposures is that the outcome is a bot of a mystery until you see it! Appreciate the explanation :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 04, 2017, 02:10:27 pm
Double exposure of Bugloss (I think?) Unfortunately the exif does not give such information. Lowered shadows and increased contrast to help separate the greens from the purples.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-2wsHdj2/0/f6428c7e/M/JMRO1001%20copy2-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Jim Kasson on July 04, 2017, 02:48:51 pm
Fuji GFX, CO 60/4:

(http://www.kasson.com/ll/tt4.jpg)

Jim
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 04, 2017, 10:41:49 pm
Jim,
One thing about your "weave" pictures that appeals to me is the complete absence of scale. When I begin looking at them, it feels as if I may be looking at a macro closeup of some kind of cloth. Then, after a few seconds, it suddenly feels as if it is really enormous, football stadium size.
I love them!

Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 05, 2017, 09:28:43 am
Steps and stones can break your bones...and these almost did. Though recognizable, I think it looks quite abstract.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-JkJp3NF/0/4f45d801/M/JMRO0455%20bwcopy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Jim Kasson on July 05, 2017, 11:24:31 am
Jim,
One thing about your "weave" pictures that appeals to me is the complete absence of scale. When I begin looking at them, it feels as if I may be looking at a macro closeup of some kind of cloth. Then, after a few seconds, it suddenly feels as if it is really enormous, football stadium size.
I love them!

Thanks, Eric. That is deliberate. I've stopped telling people what they are and how they're made. Once I do, it seems to be a letdown for the viewer.

Here's another. Imagine looking up in the sky and seeing this:

(http://www.kasson.com/ll/tt5.jpg)

Jim
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 05, 2017, 12:52:58 pm
Ah! Woven vapor trails.   ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Calohan on July 05, 2017, 01:37:43 pm
Well, sort of an Abstract  ::)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: HSakols on July 05, 2017, 02:26:45 pm
The creek that I walk to in the afternoon. 
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Jim Kasson on July 05, 2017, 02:55:30 pm
Ah! Woven vapor trails.   ;)

The Blue Angels on LSD.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on July 07, 2017, 05:24:48 pm
Gonna leave this to your own imagination. Let's call it:
Rorschach test (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rorschach_test)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on July 07, 2017, 05:44:47 pm
Gonna leave this to your own imagination. Let's call it:
Rorschach test (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rorschach_test)

Shoes.

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 08, 2017, 03:04:50 am
Shoes.

Rob
How about a flower under water? Or those chocolate kisses in wrapper in water with light on it.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 08, 2017, 03:07:31 am
Lots of great stuff being posted lately. Some fire and a new flag.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-ghkbGVj/0/ecb33bbb/M/Aug%205-2013%20RBG%20239%20copy1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-DhzsGfR/0/5b18bbc1/M/Aug%205-2013%20RBG%20422%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: fdisilvestro on July 09, 2017, 08:25:43 am
Many great images in this thread!

One more abstract

(http://www.frankdisilvestro.com.au/img/s12/v185/p2409794411-5.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: JNB_Rare on July 09, 2017, 08:44:16 am
One more abstract

Very nice indeed, Francisco.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 09, 2017, 09:05:33 am
Very nice indeed, Francisco.
+1.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 09, 2017, 06:45:59 pm
Yes, well seen.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on July 10, 2017, 05:46:42 am
Many great images in this thread!

One more abstract

(http://www.frankdisilvestro.com.au/img/s12/v185/p2409794411-5.jpg)

Excellent addition to this thread.
Nice job.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Jim Kasson on July 10, 2017, 03:16:15 pm
Fuji GFX, CO 60/4:

(http://www.kasson.com/ll/tt5.jpg)

Another variation on the same theme. My problem with this series is that it's hard on my back. I can capture images for 20 minutes, and it takes me a week to deal with them in post.

Jim
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 10, 2017, 04:50:10 pm
It doesn't hurt my back at all to look at them, Jim.   ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on July 10, 2017, 05:41:53 pm
It doesn't hurt my back at all to look at them, Jim.   ;)
Hahhahahaha, +1

Besides Jim, if that camera is too heavy for you, i'll be pleased to take it out of your hands for a while...
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Jim Kasson on July 10, 2017, 05:53:43 pm
Hahhahahaha, +1

Besides Jim, if that camera is too heavy for you, i'll be pleased to take it out of your hands for a while...
r

What I meant was that sitting in front of the screen doing the work in post is hard on my back. And it wasn't completely a joke. I may need to get a standup desk.

Jim
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 10, 2017, 09:07:52 pm
What I meant was that sitting in front of the screen doing the work in post is hard on my back. And it wasn't completely a joke. I may need to get a standup desk.

Jim
And what I meant was that your pain is our gain. These images are fascinating.

Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on July 11, 2017, 02:20:37 pm
Scorching Heat
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 13, 2017, 10:41:01 am
Taking the sails out of the wind.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-gB7Q75t/0/c2edbc15/M/JMRO0982%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: JNB_Rare on July 13, 2017, 01:05:42 pm
Taking the sails out of the wind.

Nicely seen. Your title reminds me of an expression I learned about dealing with confrontational and angry personalities (specifically the teenage phase of it). It was stated more personally as "take your sails out of their wind".  :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: JNB_Rare on July 13, 2017, 01:07:32 pm
A bit of natural "sand art" at the beach yesterday.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: pegelli on July 13, 2017, 01:43:39 pm
Rhythm

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 13, 2017, 06:44:10 pm
Nicely seen. Your title reminds me of an expression I learned about dealing with confrontational and angry personalities (specifically the teenage phase of it). It was stated more personally as "take your sails out of their wind".  :)
Thanks. I do enjoy that analogy. I also moved the camera during exposure. So you can see what appears to be light jitters in the water is in fact  camera movement.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 17, 2017, 08:01:35 pm
Playing with colours again. White and/or black can often ruin in-camera motion images. This area of white in first image is certainly close to ruining the image:

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-b8XLCQF/0/24bca641/M/Oct%2015-%202013%20Bovaird%20Drive%20065%20cropcopy2-1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-Vb6hSnx/0/f4979614/M/Oct%2015-%202013%20Bovaird%20Drive%20024%20cropcopy3-1000-M.jpg)

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Jim Kasson on July 17, 2017, 11:35:39 pm
Last one of this set:

(http://www.kasson.com/ll/tt6.jpg)

Fuji GFX, CO 60/4.

Jim
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Farmer on July 17, 2017, 11:46:14 pm
This has been an excellent set, Jim.  Really good.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: GrahamBy on July 18, 2017, 04:43:01 am
Last one of this set:


I think you may have invented a new version of tartan :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 18, 2017, 04:03:14 pm
Had a look at the article "So it goes" by Andrew Molitor. Very interesting and thoughtful piece. It gave me impetus to post and call these "a walk on the wild side" - at least in photographic terms.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-9Xb6vR4/0/f07bc5f6/M/Sept%201-%202013%20James%20Gardens%20038%20copy1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-hnfXzWG/0/f116dd7a/M/May%2020-2013%20RBG%20143%20copy-M.jpg)

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on July 18, 2017, 04:37:17 pm
But John, that's just semantics. You're simply hangin' a new label on a style you've done for a while.

I don't think that's what Andrew wants.

But I don't know what Andrew really wants, either.

;-)

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: James Clark on July 18, 2017, 04:46:29 pm
Impression of Savannah

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on July 19, 2017, 04:06:23 am
Impression of Savannah

I can almost see the moonlight through the pines...

;-)

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 19, 2017, 09:57:54 am
But John, that's just semantics. You're simply hangin' a new label on a style you've done for a while.

I don't think that's what Andrew wants.

But I don't know what Andrew really wants, either.

;-)

Rob
Rob, just wanted to add something to look at. Not claiming anything new. I enjoy in-camera movement and multiple exposure photography and the look, and that's why I do it.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: James Clark on July 19, 2017, 11:49:55 am
I can almost see the moonlight through the pines...

;-)

Rob

Try using your phone and turning it sideways ;)   

(In all seriousness, I did take a bunch of "conventional" images as well.  I'll get to 'em eventually.  Quite probably not in this thread :) )
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on July 19, 2017, 12:36:53 pm
Rob, just wanted to add something to look at. Not claiming anything new. I enjoy in-camera movement and multiple exposure photography and the look, and that's why I do it.

JR

Yeah, of course, and that's perfectly fine, but that isn't the point: the point is that - what the hell is the point? - I have to check - hang on!

Got it! Yes, Andrew's article. The value or otherwise of additional text. The only additional text you've used is your © protector, but hey, unless it's plastered across a face, any reasonable retoucher can get round that and rip you off. ;-) That's to what I referred.

As mentioned before, in my own case, I find the idea of going out with a wordy programme in mind is counterproductive. I prefer to be lazy and receptive, like a seasoned concubine. Later, when I finish the picture, it can come to me out of nowhere, just as did the shot, that some play on words fits! Why not? Other times, I can stare and stare at the thing and nothing materializes out of the keyboard. Which is a drag because, by now, the website's stuck in a look that I can't break, or I'd feel obliged to start all over again. So if no words comes, neither does the snap hit the site.

How complictated we can make our lives. This is fun?

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: brianrybolt on July 21, 2017, 09:39:32 am
Interior detail of Towner Gallery in Eastbourne, East Sussex, UK
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 21, 2017, 10:45:06 am
Very cool mix of elements. Not least the triangular shadow which helps create more interest and a 3D effect.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 21, 2017, 10:54:51 am
I got so excited about this shot I forgot to focus on the cement. As a result, the autofocus targeted the reflected sky and the nearby cement area went out of focus. Have to curb my enthusiam.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-Gn5mk5G/0/002234a0/M/July%2021-%202017%20Col%20Smith%20Park%20021%20bwcopy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 21, 2017, 11:02:28 am
From same walk above, I got excited and shot this in-camera beauty. So maybe I won't curb my enthusiasm after all.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-34L8RjZ/0/739ec26f/M/July%2021-%202017%20Col%20Smith%20Park%20039%20copy1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-FRjK9sX/0/f7972896/M/July%2021-%202017%20Col%20Smith%20Park%20008%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: JNB_Rare on July 21, 2017, 02:05:57 pm
Interior detail of Towner Gallery in Eastbourne, East Sussex, UK

Fabulous.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: JNB_Rare on July 21, 2017, 02:07:05 pm
I got so excited about this shot I forgot to focus on the cement. As a result, the autofocus targeted the reflected sky and the nearby cement area went out of focus. Have to curb my enthusiam.

Doesn't matter. Great shot regardless.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 24, 2017, 01:15:05 am
These two remind me of the lyrics in the Shaker song, "Dance Dance wherever you may be..."

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-rzzWBqz/0/c23f44d5/M/JMRO1206%20copy1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-M9L74TP/0/2da7ffb9/M/JMRO1204%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 24, 2017, 01:19:09 am
And this one, where gradually I learned to see the tree from the forest, so to speak.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-CtKz6R6/0/0600da6a/M/JMRO1196%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: GrahamBy on July 24, 2017, 03:53:37 am
Interior detail of Towner Gallery in Eastbourne, East Sussex, UK

Oh yes... Fan Ho does architecture :) I like :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 25, 2017, 06:44:09 pm
Garden experiments:

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-6mvdb3Z/0/bb5fe171/M/JMRO1471%20copy1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-zShmZnk/0/e38bd033/M/JMRO1477%20copy1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-nKShkB4/0/74e52a08/M/JMRO1468%20copy3-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: James Clark on July 26, 2017, 11:38:17 am

Multiple exposures with different motions?  (The first one is my favorite of the three.)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 26, 2017, 12:21:48 pm
Multiple exposures with different motions?  (The first one is my favorite of the three.)

I think the first and third are simple double exposures with straight one direction camera movements. I think the second is one still, combined with one circular movement. Three exposures works, but depends on the simplicity of the subject matter. More than three seldom works unless you want a simple impressionist look with  minute micro-movements. This latter technique works really well with film and the look cannot be replicated in digital.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on July 26, 2017, 03:58:09 pm
Garden experiments:

It seems to be getting crazier and more psychedelic, even for your standards... ;-)



Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 26, 2017, 08:14:36 pm
It seems to be getting crazier and more psychedelic, even for your standards... ;-)
You mean I keep going! Thanks.

Lotus flower impression, not so crazy... ;)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-9739ZHT/0/6c2d507c/M/Juy%2025-%202017%20RBG_0078%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 08, 2017, 04:59:01 am
More experiments.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-nccPVVJ/0/472eb6da/M/July%2021-%202014%20Woodland%20Cemetery%20055%20copy1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-JntQdzV/0/bc781e71/M/July%2021-%202014%20Woodland%20Cemetery%20016%20bwcopy-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: JNB_Rare on August 08, 2017, 07:59:14 am
More experiments.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-JntQdzV/0/bc781e71/M/July%2021-%202014%20Woodland%20Cemetery%20016%20bwcopy-1000-M.jpg)

This one I find to be powerful.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 08, 2017, 08:29:11 am
This one I find to be powerful.
+1.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Telecaster on August 08, 2017, 05:36:01 pm
More experiments.

Turning in their graves?

-Dave-
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: graeme on August 09, 2017, 08:31:57 pm
A couple of watery abstracts.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: JNB_Rare on August 10, 2017, 08:57:06 am
A couple of watery abstracts.

Very nice. Once again, screen image doesn't do them justice. A good-sized print showing all the tonality would be much better, I suspect.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 10, 2017, 08:29:24 pm
Very nice. Once again, screen image doesn't do them justice. A good-sized print showing all the tonality would be much better, I suspect.
+1.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 10, 2017, 09:05:52 pm
Water memories series- 1

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-TdMpH5b/0/677922b5/M/JMRO1628%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 11, 2017, 12:29:38 am
Nice one, John!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: graeme on August 11, 2017, 08:59:52 am
Thanks JNB & Eric. I'm planning on printing them this weekend.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 11, 2017, 06:21:15 pm
In Nova Scotia a couple of weeks ago....
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 12, 2017, 02:30:02 am
Eric, this has an organic quality besides having an abstract and random quality. It looks like part of a marble counter, but you have left tell-tale bits that let us know it is part of the earth. I am here listening to Vangelis and his music makes me think that your image is like veins in the earth. As I keep listening, I see part of the cosmos with a green tint, like the northern lights. If you know Vangelis' music you too will be transported.

PS- I can't believe you went to Nova Scotia without me. Been there once, like Eden to me. It has so much to offer, sea, sky, highlands, mountains, rivers, etc. And I note you are exhibiting more colour images. Hope you have more to show.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 12, 2017, 09:13:41 am
You are right, John. It is rock, actually a stone step at the house where we stayed for our week in Nova Scotia.
Sorry I forgot to invite you along.   ;)

Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Patricia Sheley on August 12, 2017, 04:28:53 pm
~smǿrrebrǿd of home!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 12, 2017, 05:05:35 pm
 
~smǿrrebrǿd of home!
;D
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 13, 2017, 11:30:21 am
Water memories - 2 & 3

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-PqnSQVT/0/faa501f1/M/JMRO1588-RBGcopy1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-Bb7j3LJ/0/98c34069/M/JMRO1675%20cropped%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Peter McLennan on August 13, 2017, 09:52:03 pm
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/267/18546038873_43cdc3ba54_b.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Farmer on August 13, 2017, 10:21:12 pm
Peter - that's just wonderful.  It would fit in next to any of the impressionist paintings I have.  The texture from the water is perfect.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 13, 2017, 11:04:30 pm
Yes indeed, wonderful image Peter. The water movement is just right. But let's not forget the composition. There is a good balance of shapes and colours, and without the balance no amount of technique would save it.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 13, 2017, 11:42:13 pm
+1 to both Phil and John. A beauty!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Brad P on August 14, 2017, 02:54:53 am
John – I've been admiring your images for a month or so off and on since I found them here.   What kind of camera do you use?   Whatever it is they are beautiful. Whatever style it was, you are bringing her back to life.    My cameras won't do that, but I'm guessing I can imitate in post.   The highest form of flattery. 

Jim, Bravo!  Don't ruin your GFX!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on August 14, 2017, 03:21:25 am
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/267/18546038873_43cdc3ba54_b.jpg)


Lovely image!

Rob C
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: sdwilsonsct on August 14, 2017, 08:48:32 am
Lovely image!

+1.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 14, 2017, 09:28:10 am
John – I've been admiring your images for a month or so off and on since I found them here.   What kind of camera do you use?   Whatever it is they are beautiful. Whatever style it was, you are bringing her back to life.    My cameras won't do that, but I'm guessing I can imitate in post.   The highest form of flattery. 

Jim, Bravo!  Don't ruin your GFX!
Thank you Brad for your comments and your interest. I use a Pentax K3. Same sensor as the Nikon 7000 series. The last three images in the Water Memory series are double exposures. Almost all the high end DSLR's have this feature. Some past images are multiple exposure, but most are simple camera movement.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Calohan on August 16, 2017, 08:12:17 am
Maelstroms
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Swellpix on August 17, 2017, 12:39:09 am
NASA discovers evidence of extraterrestrial surf (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170817/830a1a6ebb04953567bb38f516da10c3.jpg)

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Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Telecaster on August 17, 2017, 04:32:32 pm
NASA discovers evidence of extraterrestrial surf

Must be one of the "suppressed" New Horizons Pluto pics!  ;D

-Dave-
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on August 17, 2017, 04:35:58 pm
Is this abstract? Possibly not.

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4351/36634568785_52ff574140_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/XPgJYi)

This is intended as abstract

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4412/36496776031_491cc31717_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/XB6vZa)

This probably is though

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4364/36441554636_deeaf038a8_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/XwduA9)

Mike
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Swellpix on August 17, 2017, 05:47:32 pm
Sure it is.

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Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 18, 2017, 10:39:37 pm
Water memories - 4

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-dntBRcx/0/808b3a79/M/JMRO1580%20copy1000-M.jpg)

And here is source of series:

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-k6L39fQ/0/e05a1800/M/Aug%2010-%202017%20RBG_0303%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Swellpix on August 21, 2017, 02:37:09 am
#1 Hang Ten
#2 La Jolla Glass Co.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170821/ea855403f887f11b0b842b7931d87432.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170821/06607696978a6a10297cc5650cee8c40.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 21, 2017, 09:37:20 am
Excellent shots, Swellpix!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 22, 2017, 03:40:41 pm
Excellent shots, Swellpix!
Yes, excellent shots Swell Pix. I also like Mike's, especially the window and wire shot.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 22, 2017, 04:11:48 pm
I also like Mike's, especially the window and wire shot.

JR
Me too.

Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on August 23, 2017, 02:20:12 am
My regret about the window and the wire is that the wire isn't quite strong enough, otherwise I too think it's the best of the group :)

Mike
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on August 23, 2017, 05:32:39 pm
few misc sources
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 23, 2017, 11:54:50 pm
Nice set. #2 and 3 really speak to me.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on August 24, 2017, 04:04:27 am
For me it's #1 but I feel it's too polite and needs some grit from Nik Bleach bypass with the settings cranked up although keeping the yellow and ideally brutalising that too. The composition is strong enough to carry some brutal processing :) all of course IMO.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on August 24, 2017, 05:05:57 am
My regret about the window and the wire is that the wire isn't quite strong enough, otherwise I too think it's the best of the group :)

Mike

Looks fine on my computer, as well as on the tablet. It's subtle which fits the overall structure of the wall, but certainly visible enough to break the pattern and attract attention. I'd like to crop off the distracting bits at the top and bottom for the same reason.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 25, 2017, 08:35:37 pm
More from my foggy day. Two variants.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 26, 2017, 12:58:59 am
Very interesting set Eric.  "Dynamic symmetry"- I really like your title! I especially like the first one which combines a natural component with man made ones. I think to take images like these, you have to be in the right frame of mind, almost not thinking at all. Apart from patterns, I often only see and take images like this when I take a break from shooting images, just looking around, thinking of nothing at all, and then I see see something. How about you Eric?

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 26, 2017, 10:21:51 am
Very interesting set Eric.  "Dynamic symmetry"- I really like your title! I especially like the first one which combines a natural component with man made ones. I think to take images like these, you have to be in the right frame of mind, almost not thinking at all. Apart from patterns, I often only see and take images like this when I take a break from shooting images, just looking around, thinking of nothing at all, and then I see see something. How about you Eric?

JR
Thank you, John. That is very much the way I photograph. Most often I just go out with no particular agenda and hope to notice when something like this catches my eye.

When I saw the scene, and the obvious symmetry, I thought of one of Edward Weston's "spoof" photographs which he called "Exposition of Dynamic Symmetry," so I stole part of his title. His image (look for it on Google) and mine have nothing in common except for the title.

Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 27, 2017, 02:52:46 am
Red is almost always striking. And a little bit of unwanted white can almost ruin an image.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-SK7CcVW/0/654d86d2/M/Aug%2010-%202017%20RBG_0161%20copy1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-QLDWfPk/0/32c3efdc/M/Aug%2010-%202017%20RBG_0252%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 27, 2017, 04:30:53 pm
Nothing ruined in these!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: sbode on August 27, 2017, 05:03:14 pm
Guess what this is(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170827/b0c13f1b268c7f4d759e6eb9f422ae7d.jpg)


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Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: sbode on August 27, 2017, 05:05:40 pm
Weathered bench(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170827/ba43a7e919ff8fa0044d443ae8e2f2dd.jpg)


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Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 27, 2017, 06:39:05 pm
Nice ones. Sbode.
My first thought on the first image was contents of a waste basket of the opioid epidemic.  :o
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Stephen Girimont on August 27, 2017, 08:43:15 pm
Guess what this is(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170827/b0c13f1b268c7f4d759e6eb9f422ae7d.jpg)


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The remains of trap or skeet shooting.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 28, 2017, 02:19:51 pm
A little unusual, but maybe not quite abstract. Anyway, I find macro work a way to reinvigorate my photography. It can be documentary, but that's not why I do it.

Added a second image, employing photo-stacking. Works OK for what I do. But leaves behind a lot of ghosting if you try to photograph a whole flower.

JR

1
(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-2BRhXHz/0/c923207d/M/JMRO1796%20copy1000-M.jpg)
2
(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-DvRq75X/0/2351487e/M/Aug%2028-%202017%201804-%20copy2Flowers-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: farbschlurf on August 28, 2017, 02:55:55 pm
#2304: looks strange, as the forms and shapes come over and over again... what is it?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 28, 2017, 03:27:30 pm
#2304: looks strange, as the forms and shapes come over and over again... what is it?
Not really. When you use extension tubes, or simply a long macro lens, if you pay attention to the periphery, you will notice many out of focus areas. In this case, they are like patterns, so I use them creatively. One of the easiest to do is repeating motifs, like other out of focus petals or flowers, strategically arranged. These were only done one hour ago. But I got so excited after I got my extension tubes, I had to try it and post it! Give it a try.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 31, 2017, 02:45:44 pm
Mysterious and impressionistic. Joyful and playful

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-tTWsbCh/0/a3909e92/M/Aug%206-12%20JG%20256%20copy1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-sm2cNbX/0/b45f5fea/M/Aug%206-12%20JG%20097%20copy3-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 01, 2017, 09:10:34 am
(http://www.roma57.com/uploads/4/2/8/7/4287956/d-3125_orig.jpg)

Proving that sefies are possibly best made with a cellphone, rather than as here, with a Nikon.

Rob
I don't know, Rob. You look delightfully enigmatic to me.

Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 01, 2017, 09:52:02 am
I don't know, Rob. You look delightfully enigmatic to me.

Eric
Truly enigmatic. Do you notice when you stare at image, it appears to oscillate. Just like Rob.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on September 01, 2017, 12:47:01 pm
Damn! Back to the drawing board! I had hoped to scintillate, not vacillate nor even oscillate!

Best laid plans of mice and men...

Wait - maybe I just needed a shave?

;-)

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 03, 2017, 08:17:07 am
Damn! Back to the drawing board! I had hoped to scintillate, not vacillate nor even oscillate!

Best laid plans of mice and men...

Wait - maybe I just needed a shave?

;-)

Rob
Maybe I need a shave too?

(https://photos.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-rbN9g4C/0/89dfffbe/M/Aug%206-12%20JG%20113%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 03, 2017, 09:11:57 am
John,

Your selfie bears a strong resemblance to Rob's.   ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: JNB_Rare on September 03, 2017, 09:17:52 am
My morning walk.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 03, 2017, 10:19:32 am
Nice trio, JNB.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 03, 2017, 10:34:20 am
John,

Your selfie bears a strong resemblance to Rob's.   ;)
Come on, Eric There is a distinct difference. Rob was oscillating, I am pulsing. Can't you see-feel the difference? And here I am below starting to come into focus after too much pulsing.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-kVhG65W/0/350c74de/M/tulip%20stack%20sharpened%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 03, 2017, 10:39:23 am
The pulse is just right on that one, John.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 05, 2017, 06:58:14 pm
Random pattern that was planned- so to speak.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-StnGCLX/0/d584ef2e/M/Sept%203-%202017%20RBG%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 06, 2017, 04:28:27 pm
A few "Street" abstracts, with (minimalist color)...
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on September 06, 2017, 04:38:14 pm
A few "Street" abstracts, with (minimalist color)...


Love the little duck in #1!

How do you tell the difference between engineers and vandals in the sign ones? At least it looks like something's going to happen.

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 06, 2017, 05:17:23 pm
Thanks, Rob.
I boosted the saturation in the little duck and the signs, which I almost never do.

I can't tell the vandals from the engineers. Can you?   ;D

Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on September 07, 2017, 10:46:13 am
Flow
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 07, 2017, 01:23:06 pm
Only the shadow(s) know.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-sqZqmgG/0/39c8e615/M/Family2016%20and%202017%20events_0594%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on September 07, 2017, 02:53:49 pm
Only the shadow(s) know.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-sqZqmgG/0/39c8e615/M/Family2016%20and%202017%20events_0594%20copy1000-M.jpg)

I'd be tempted to clone away the right-hand handle, and leave its repaired shadow. Ambiguity for Russ...

;-)

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 08, 2017, 02:12:39 pm
Just passing by like the cloud. Is that ambiguous enough?

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-BhRC9KW/0/76ac3384/M/April%2016-%202012%20235%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 08, 2017, 02:22:51 pm
I just love the cloud leaping from one rooftop to the other.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: sdwilsonsct on September 09, 2017, 03:03:17 pm
I just love the cloud leaping from one rooftop to the other.

Yes! More inspiration.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 09, 2017, 03:21:17 pm
I didn't know the cloud was performing "parkour." I'm too old for that. How about some deep rich, grey, white and blacks.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-WNWmCXf/0/45586845/M/IMG_0016%20bwcopy2-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 09, 2017, 04:47:44 pm
Nice, John. Even if they are in sharp focus.   ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on September 09, 2017, 05:36:36 pm
How's this for abstract?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 09, 2017, 06:44:45 pm
How's this for abstract?
As a BW, it really stands out graphically, as in outstanding.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 09, 2017, 06:45:11 pm
Yup. Excellent!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: David Eckels on September 09, 2017, 07:09:05 pm
Love it! Rotate that a bit and I am no longer looking up at a building, but across a rippling plain with an abstract city laid out in the middle.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on September 09, 2017, 07:41:30 pm
Building!? I see brain waves, wavy hair, field of wheat after storm...  :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on September 11, 2017, 04:25:59 am
Building!? I see brain waves, wavy hair, field of wheat after storm...  :)


Yes: Egyptian Mummy Pubis - National Museum of Contemporary Photography in Cairo (NMCPC). Gift of the Trump Foundation for Human Understanding (TFHU).

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 11, 2017, 10:35:52 am

Yes: Egyptian Mummy Pubis - National Museum of Contemporary Photography in Cairo (NMCPC). Gift of the Trump Foundation for Human Understanding (TFHU).

Rob
+1.   ;D
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on September 12, 2017, 12:07:51 pm
Abstracts? This is how Bert Stern did it back in '58:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCVg1UOADO8

The music no less so.

;-)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 12, 2017, 12:38:09 pm
Abstracts? This is how Bert Stern did it back in '58:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCVg1UOADO8

The music no less so.

;-)
I think it is obvious, that Bert Stern was trying to make an analogous connection Jazz music and the movement and fluidity of reflected images in water. I found it particularly interesting because I have often thought of doing a slide show with abstract (loose definition) images and some music that suits images. This reinforces for me that Jazz is at the top of my list. Second, as I often like to photograph such subjects, it did occur to me the beauty and fluidity of the imagery is best captured by video and not a still image.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on September 12, 2017, 03:03:41 pm
I think it is obvious, that Bert Stern was trying to make an analogous connection Jazz music and the movement and fluidity of reflected images in water. I found it particularly interesting because I have often thought of doing a slide show with abstract (loose definition) images and some music that suits images. This reinforces for me that Jazz is at the top of my list. Second, as I often like to photograph such subjects, it did occur to me the beauty and fluidity of the imagery is best captured by video and not a still image.

JR

You're right; I don't do motion at all, but the closest I get to what I imagine motion would do is found in simply focussing a long, manual lens slowly. Love it. It works nicely as an almost physical experience doing it with a 500mm reflex over a bay with many boats. You can practically taste the colours coming and going...

There's so much to enjoy, even if you don't make an image at all. Photography can offer such a lot of emotional buzz just looking through the lens...

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 14, 2017, 01:26:23 am
Somewhat whimsical that steel duct work upsettting all the symmetry.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-WWr2jd2/0/cb1ef40c/M/Sept%209-12%20Downtown%20TO%20026%20bwcopy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on September 14, 2017, 04:53:57 am
Somewhat whimsical that steel duct work upsettting all the symmetry.

Still seems to work since there is a bit of "tension" or "dialogue" between the rounded shape of the building and the bend corners in the duct which try to mimic the rounded shapes, but merely succeed to mimic the ventilation raster. Maybe works better if the top of the duct isn't visible giving the impression it continues on => shapes instead of things...
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 14, 2017, 08:50:35 am
Still seems to work since there is a bit of "tension" or "dialogue" between the rounded shape of the building and the bend corners in the duct which try to mimic the rounded shapes, but merely succeed to mimic the ventilation raster. Maybe works better if the top of the duct isn't visible giving the impression it continues on => shapes instead of things...
Oscar makes some good points.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: David Eckels on September 15, 2017, 11:37:44 am
Ice Flow Abstract
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on September 16, 2017, 02:22:23 am
"Carbon Dioxide"

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on September 16, 2017, 09:49:49 am
Nice one, Oscar, but why the title?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on September 16, 2017, 11:19:25 am
"Carbon Dioxide"

As these things often open in PS (default, for me) I took the liberty of looking at it with a Layer added.

It's a lot more powerful with Input 198 and Output 114.

Of course, your idea may have been entirely for a delicate sense rather than a heavy one.

No, I didn't save the file, just the reading, and for your interest only. Second-guessing, in other words, which I don't like!

;-)

Rob

P.S. By way of apology, one of my period favourites:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ads-VjLHaJM

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on September 16, 2017, 01:52:44 pm
Nice one, Oscar, but why the title?

Because for me  the image represents a "balance of elements" even though their "flow" may be slightly disrupted. Light blue obviously represents a flow of oxygen, the complementary color its complementary element. The bubbles perfectly showing that strange middle ground where they are neither chaos, not structure.

If i would be outspoken, i'd be an outspoken Darwinist, not in the sense of anti-creationism, but in the sense that the earth represents a 5 to 20 billion year evolutionary balance, and human beings can't even remotely comprehend what that means. Thinking that we can disrupt that balance just because we find our own intellect a unique and incomprehensible faculty in relation to nature is an extremely odd proposition and overestimation of our importance in the grander scheme of things.

Obviously, this could have been inspired by another thread on these forums, i'll leave the judgement of that at the  discretion of the reader. Let's keep this thread limited to the artistic merits of presented images.

The bubbles btw are a result of the microwave. Ever noticed that if you microwave something and condensation attaches itself to the lid or foil, it are extremely small microbubbles, but then at the slightest touch they immediately form large bubbles, but they are always perfectly random distributed, not touching. In other words, not chaos, but not structure either.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on September 16, 2017, 02:00:07 pm

It's a lot more powerful with Input 198 and Output 114.


That could mean so many things, i suggest you attach a pict of what you actually see.

Personally i have no qualms whatsoever, zilch nada, with anyone posting a variation of my images, especially to illustrate suggestions.

Personally i liked the subdued colors because a lightish blue represents oxygen quite well, and then the complement follows naturally, but i'm always open to suggestions. (I just don't listen very well...)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on September 16, 2017, 02:08:00 pm
... the earth represents a 5 to 20 billion year evolutionary balance, and human beings can't even remotely comprehend what that means. Thinking that we can disrupt that balance just because we find our own intellect a unique and incomprehensible faculty in relation to nature is an extremely odd proposition and overestimation of our importance in the grander scheme of things...

Amen, brother! My thoughts exactly. Can I quote you in that other thread?  We are but a grain of sand in the ocean of time.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on September 16, 2017, 02:16:21 pm
That could mean so many things, i suggest you attach a pict of what you actually see.

Personally i have no qualms whatsoever, zilch nada, with anyone posting a variation of my images, especially to illustrate suggestions.

Personally i liked the subdued colors because a lightish blue represents oxygen quite well, and then the complement follows naturally, but i'm always open to suggestions. (I just don't listen very well...)

No, I'm not going to do that. Unless you use Photoshop the numbers mean nada. I really don't like touching anyone else's work.

;-)

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Kevin Raber on September 16, 2017, 03:10:33 pm
This one was made a few weeks ago in Greenland

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 16, 2017, 10:26:42 pm
This one was made a few weeks ago in Greenland
That is nice, not least the aqua colours which always say something to me.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: bns on September 19, 2017, 08:11:58 am
One from my just started project "Abstractions".

cheers,
Boudewijn Swanenburg
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on September 19, 2017, 11:35:46 am
Why do I think of oysters?

Looks like it'll be an interesting project - don't abandon it.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on September 19, 2017, 12:42:02 pm
I can do these all day long but they are soooo tempting :)

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4430/37032258446_2860a5451c_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Yqq1fA)

Mike
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 19, 2017, 01:24:33 pm
One from my just started project "Abstractions".

cheers,
Boudewijn Swanenburg
Great project, Boudewijn. Please do show os more from this project.

Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on September 20, 2017, 06:49:38 pm
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Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 20, 2017, 07:26:39 pm
The water droplets add a lot to this image.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on September 20, 2017, 09:46:09 pm
The water droplets add a lot to this image.

That was the reason to shoot it, without it it wouldn't be much.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on September 21, 2017, 03:31:34 am
(http://www.roma57.com/uploads/4/2/8/7/4287956/d-3146_2_orig.jpg)

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: GrahamBy on September 21, 2017, 04:02:37 am
I can do these all day long but they are soooo tempting :)

Mike

Go on, do it :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on September 21, 2017, 04:07:27 am
According to my wife, I do.

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4423/36824867620_5f08e7ecb4_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Y765bG)

Walking through any sunny city is a slow process :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: bns on September 21, 2017, 07:55:44 am
Abstraction project searches along

Boudewijn Swanenburg
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 21, 2017, 07:57:06 am
According to my wife, I do.

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4423/36824867620_5f08e7ecb4_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Y765bG)

Walking through any sunny city is a slow process :)
That's what I call "Street photography."   ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 21, 2017, 07:58:06 am
Abstraction project searches along

Boudewijn Swanenburg
Very fine!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on September 21, 2017, 08:39:37 pm
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Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 22, 2017, 02:04:08 pm
According to my wife, I do.

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4423/36824867620_5f08e7ecb4_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Y765bG)

Walking through any sunny city is a slow process :)
Very much like this one Mike. I like the configuration, of course, but also the black elements within the white area and vice versa.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on September 22, 2017, 02:06:20 pm
Thanks JR. It presented itself and I knew what PP would get it do what I wanted.

As I say walking round cities is slow with me.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on September 25, 2017, 05:03:52 am
Astrology…
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Jose Viegas on September 25, 2017, 12:22:53 pm
Looking down

(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170925/4dda3a0b5b54859dfcb7bb186f6e2776.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 25, 2017, 12:27:13 pm
More Real Street Photography!   :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on September 25, 2017, 12:28:16 pm
Nice find and a clever shot (and title).
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Alskoj on September 26, 2017, 10:16:05 pm
How do I post a flickr image?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on September 26, 2017, 11:04:13 pm
How do I post a flickr image?

Easy :)

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4401/37130100935_951607ccc2_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Yz4tq4)
Aqua (https://flic.kr/p/Yz4tq4) by Slobodan Blagojevic (https://www.flickr.com/photos/slobodan_blagojevic/), on Flickr

Ok, to do so:

1. Click on the arrow under the image on Flickr
2. Select BBC Code and size
3. Copy and paste the link

Voila!


Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Alskoj on September 27, 2017, 07:32:04 am
I tried linking this image from flickr but only the link showed up and not the photo.  So I'm just uploading it for now.
This photo is kinda abstracty.  About a 2 minute exposure shooting into indirect light.  Nothing spectacular, just plain and simple.

Ok, pasting the BBCode, like I was told earlier, worked. 

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4433/36306316734_8e943236df_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Xjgn5b)LongmontDamReservoir-1-15 (https://flic.kr/p/Xjgn5b) by Joseph Alsko (https://www.flickr.com/photos/20yearsusaf/), on Flickr
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on September 27, 2017, 07:43:16 am
I tried linking this image from flickr but only the link showed up and not the photo...

What are you doing different than the instructions above? Really, it is the simplest thing ever: get the link, copy and paste here. Flickr even highlights the link for you.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 27, 2017, 09:11:49 am
I tried linking this image from flickr but only the link showed up and not the photo.  So I'm just uploading it for now.
This photo is kinda abstracty.  About a 2 minute exposure shooting into direct light.  Nothing spectacular, just plain and simple.
I rather like it.

I can't link to flickr either. But then again, I don't have a flickr account.   ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: JNB_Rare on September 28, 2017, 11:09:35 am
Life imitating (abstract) art. Boat hull, out for some TLC.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Alskoj on September 28, 2017, 11:16:47 am
Ice Flow Abstract
Like!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Jim Pascoe on September 28, 2017, 02:29:27 pm
Here's one I took in Birmingham (UK) last weekend.  We were watching some of the riders finishing the Birmingham Velo 100 mile ride.  I was doing some panning shots but inadvertently set much too slow a shutter speed at first.  This was the result - possibly better than the pictures I took with the 'correct' speed.....

Jim
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 28, 2017, 02:36:54 pm
Life imitating (abstract) art. Boat hull, out for some TLC.
Jackson Pollock would be envious. Me too!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 28, 2017, 02:37:59 pm
Here's one I took in Birmingham (UK) last weekend.  We were watching some of the riders finishing the Birmingham Velo 100 mile ride.  I was doing some panning shots but inadvertently set much too slow a shutter speed at first.  This was the result - possibly better than the pictures I took with the 'correct' speed.....

Jim
Very nice one!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on September 28, 2017, 03:52:07 pm
This was the result - possibly better than the pictures I took with the 'correct' speed.....

Yes. Definitely.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on September 28, 2017, 03:52:52 pm
Life imitating (abstract) art. Boat hull, out for some TLC.

Indeed. No dripping required. Interesting colorscheme btw.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Peter McLennan on September 28, 2017, 05:16:29 pm
Life imitating (abstract) art. Boat hull, out for some TLC.

LOVE this boat hull.  :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Peter McLennan on September 28, 2017, 05:18:19 pm
A couple from yesterday:

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4420/37348718772_3230d4870a_c.jpg)

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4341/23526857898_994075de45_c.jpg)


Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 28, 2017, 05:54:09 pm
Now this thread is really getting some abstracts.
Nice ones, Peter.

Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: JNB_Rare on September 28, 2017, 06:24:44 pm
A couple from yesterday:

Very nice indeed!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 29, 2017, 02:20:48 am
Absolutely wonderful, Peter. At first I thought the second was upside down. But then I thought what does it matter, it works and we will never know unless you tell us.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on September 29, 2017, 03:30:32 am
Very nice indeed!

+1

Reminded me of this one I had laying around. Unfortunately, I shot it just too late. A moment before the water was much calmer which gave a beautiful transition between the relative structure on top and into the wavy pattern below, but by the time the camera was ready, the moment was gone and the water ever so slightly more disturbed, almost completely changing the effect.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 29, 2017, 11:18:02 am
If you go out in the woods today...

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-dS5ZV9k/0/d4e976d4/M/JMRO2787%20bw-copy1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-MvrtmZZ/0/826e37c7/M/JMRO2699%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Peter McLennan on September 29, 2017, 11:52:55 pm
+1

Reminded me of this one I had laying around. Unfortunately, I shot it just too late. A moment before the water was much calmer which gave a beautiful transition between the relative structure on top and into the wavy pattern below, but by the time the camera was ready, the moment was gone and the water ever so slightly more disturbed, almost completely changing the effect.

Lovely nonetheless. Your timing looks great from here.

John, re:orientation. That's why I signed it. :).  I actually changed my mind about orientation twice. :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 01, 2017, 06:36:18 pm
Here's one I took in Birmingham (UK) last weekend.  We were watching some of the riders finishing the Birmingham Velo 100 mile ride.  I was doing some panning shots but inadvertently set much too slow a shutter speed at first.  This was the result - possibly better than the pictures I took with the 'correct' speed.....

Jim
I obviously miss this one. Fantastic expressionism, in shape, colour, light and movement.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on October 01, 2017, 06:42:36 pm
Fantastic expressionism, in shape, colour, light and movement.

Yes, absolutely.

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: JNB_Rare on October 02, 2017, 09:26:11 am
If you go out in the woods today...

I love the second one.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 03, 2017, 10:25:54 pm
Thanks John. Let's continue the surprise in the woods theme: "If you go down in the woods today, you're sure of a big surprise...." Of course it was altered to make certain it is a big surprise.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-PQR24G6/0/320de013/M/Juy%2025-%202017%20RBG_0129-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 12, 2017, 08:42:28 pm
This one is more impressionist than usual. Longer lines make it sweeping and airy, IMO.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-7g66smr/0/d713457b/M/Oct%205-%202017%20Oxtongue%20and%20Algonquin_0235%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 12, 2017, 11:41:53 pm
Really fine.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 14, 2017, 07:51:50 pm
Thank you Eric. This one is a different movement, more experimental. A bit like lens flare, echoes throughout the image.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-jcwjQNc/0/80f9f9c9/M/JMRO3888%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on October 14, 2017, 10:09:04 pm
semi abstracts
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Telecaster on October 15, 2017, 03:14:57 pm
semi abstracts

#2: *Stranger From The Depths.  :)

-Dave-

*The title of the novel that got young me hooked on science fiction. It’s been out of print for ages. Found a used hardcover version a few years ago and discovered the version I’d read multiple times as a kid had been significantly abridged. The longer version is also a richer one and holds up really well!)

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 15, 2017, 03:24:18 pm
#2: *Stranger From The Depths.  :)

+10!

Creepy but good. I'll have to look for "Stranger..."
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 16, 2017, 03:00:24 pm
Yes, I played around with this one. But I still like it.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Hilton-Falls/i-2ZnF4wW/0/03d0fb3e/M/JMRO3931%20copy2-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: MattBurt on October 16, 2017, 03:40:16 pm
semi abstracts

Not all that abstract but I do love that carp lips one!   :D
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 17, 2017, 10:25:57 pm
This is not bad for LG phone image. cropped with bw conversion. Despite being recognizable, I think it has an abstract quality to it.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-XMPrLpM/0/a2495d79/M/20171008_143409%20bw-cropcopy2-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on October 20, 2017, 09:40:19 pm
#2: *Stranger From The Depths.  :)

-Dave-

*The title of the novel that got young me hooked on science fiction. It’s been out of print for ages. Found a used hardcover version a few years ago and discovered the version I’d read multiple times as a kid had been significantly abridged. The longer version is also a richer one and holds up really well!)


+10!

Creepy but good. I'll have to look for "Stranger..."

Not all that abstract but I do love that carp lips one!   :D


Thanks! They are funny to shoot but it took several attempts to get the timing and shutter speed right and I still couldn't get it entirely as I wanted.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Bob_B on October 21, 2017, 05:01:13 pm
A couple of days ago, I was working in my garden when I happen to notice how the sun was shining through the swiss chard leaves. Seemed like a good idea to take a few photos and here's what I got.

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 21, 2017, 08:55:39 pm
I like them, Bob.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 21, 2017, 09:09:45 pm
I think the first is very strong. Well placed lines and good balance between the strong reds and greens. The shadow areas in general are problematic. They are very strong at expense of other elements. I took some like this and discovered shadow areas do not work well with the bold graphic colours and strong light. They were hard to place in the picture space and still make the image work.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Bob_B on October 22, 2017, 08:25:21 am
...The shadow areas in general are problematic.

Thanks John. I appreciate your comments, and have to add that I exaggerated the light-dark contrast purposefully via dodges and burns, perhaps to the detriment of the photo. I'll reconsider on future shots of this sort.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 22, 2017, 12:38:23 pm
Zebra like.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/High-Park-Toronto/i-6TDzxNw/0/a6ea7afe/M/JMRO4634%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 23, 2017, 01:28:33 pm
Wavy.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/High-Park-Toronto/i-f6zHSHf/0/b6711001/M/JMRO4508_1004%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 25, 2017, 03:12:29 pm
Started carrying my point and shoot camera in the car and managed get this image. But I missed the rainbow. Nowhere to pull the car aside. You can crop these in the camera or in PP until the cows come home. Great visual exercise.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-Sfv6mCx/0/89fe8de6/M/Oct%2025-%202017%20facade2-copy1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-JDTBnBb/0/9b3be919/M/Oct%2025-%202017%20facade-bw3-1000-M.jpg)

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on October 25, 2017, 03:25:16 pm
Started carrying my point and shoot camera in the car and managed get this image. But I missed the rainbow. Nowhere to pull the car aside.

JR

Works very well without a rainbow as far as i can tell...
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 25, 2017, 05:15:52 pm
Works very well without a rainbow as far as i can tell...
+1.

Of course, you could also price a rainbow at B&H to carry in your gadget bag when needed.   ;D
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Alskoj on October 26, 2017, 01:48:06 pm
Wavy.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/High-Park-Toronto/i-f6zHSHf/0/b6711001/M/JMRO4508_1004%20copy1000-M.jpg)
I like Wavy. I could see that on my wall.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 28, 2017, 12:18:10 pm
I like Wavy. I could see that on my wall.
Thanks. Soon as I can afford it, many of these are going on my wall.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 28, 2017, 05:11:58 pm
Armand mentioned the colours were not great this year- so true. You need cool nights as well as short days, and it was rather warm most of late September and most of October. 2012 was the best I have seen in quite a while. Here is one from that time, on the surreal side.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-mT3rrpm/0/cc7210ae/M/Arrowhead%20Park%20041%20cropcopy-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 29, 2017, 07:12:52 pm
Along the road whimsy.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-wzdJLHB/0/3fa00c33/M/Bancroft-%20Monck%20Rd%20104%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 29, 2017, 07:16:18 pm
5 minute river shot near Lyons, CO.
Have you been painting the water again. It has nice organic look and flow and wonderful mauve-magenta hues.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Alskoj on October 29, 2017, 07:25:41 pm
Have you been painting the water again. It has nice organic look and flow and wonderful mauve-magenta hues.

JR
Thanks.  A lot of the river rocks in the area have that color.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: BobDavid on October 30, 2017, 01:12:29 pm
5 minute river shot near Lyons, CO.

5DR/25-105mm @ f16/80mm


I think by cropping out the rocks, the picture becomes more abstract and engaging.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: GrahamBy on October 31, 2017, 11:41:04 am
on Flickr

Wow!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Alskoj on October 31, 2017, 09:20:47 pm
I think by cropping out the rocks, the picture becomes more abstract and engaging.
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4473/37524881330_a57b324d39_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/ZaWPSA)LDR-10-14-17-1-2 (https://flic.kr/p/ZaWPSA) by Joseph Alsko (https://www.flickr.com/photos/20yearsusaf/), on Flickr
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on October 31, 2017, 10:21:43 pm
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Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 01, 2017, 12:12:35 am
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4473/37524881330_a57b324d39_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/ZaWPSA)LDR-10-14-17-1-2 (https://flic.kr/p/ZaWPSA) by Joseph Alsko (https://www.flickr.com/photos/20yearsusaf/), on Flickr
Yes!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Telecaster on November 03, 2017, 05:46:51 pm
Seen from above. (But how high above…?)

-Dave-
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: degrub on November 03, 2017, 07:46:21 pm
how tall are you ?  ;D ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: LesPalenik on November 03, 2017, 08:00:01 pm
Autumnal Inversion - Shot last month in Muskoka, Ontario
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Telecaster on November 03, 2017, 08:36:31 pm
how tall are you ?  ;D ;)

Not quite tall enough!  ;)

-Dave-
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Michael West on November 03, 2017, 10:27:15 pm
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4493/38152666901_a66942bbb5_b.jpg)

 
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: brianrybolt on November 05, 2017, 06:27:44 am
Berlin
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on November 05, 2017, 07:28:13 am
Berlin

A democratic version of the Berlin Wall? With handy stairs to get across?  ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: farbschlurf on November 05, 2017, 08:18:37 am
A democratic version of the Berlin Wall? With handy stairs to get across?  ;)
I think, no.
;-)
This is how the "democtratic" version looks like. As there's little of the actual wall remaining, they started to "reconstruct" the path of the wall with these iron pillars. Only in some parts of course.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 08, 2017, 01:25:02 am
More shadow play.

JMR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Landscape-Impressions/i-8gbSzQR/0/ea69ddb0/M/Sept%2017-12%20Heart%20Lake%20Rd%20014%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 08, 2017, 10:40:45 pm
No tricks this time; Just observation. It was glorious morning.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Landscape-Impressions/i-bgb3mvc/0/3001dd8c/M/Arrowhead%20Park%20054%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 09, 2017, 10:10:04 pm
A bow and curtsy.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-Npp8CK4/0/4cb59ad2/M/JMRO4753%20bw-twistcopy2-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on November 10, 2017, 04:22:34 am
Really abstract! Beautiful curves, by the way.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 10, 2017, 08:42:58 am
Really abstract! Beautiful curves, by the way.
+1.

All it needs is for the JMR logo to be slowly rotating while we view it.   ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on November 10, 2017, 05:18:42 pm
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Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Peter McLennan on November 10, 2017, 08:04:25 pm
A bow and curtsy.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-Npp8CK4/0/4cb59ad2/M/JMRO4753%20bw-twistcopy2-1000-M.jpg)

Images like this are why this is my favourite thread on LuLa.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: churly on November 11, 2017, 10:09:29 am
Star Flowers
Chuck
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Peter McLennan on November 11, 2017, 08:10:01 pm
And that one, Chuck.  8)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 11, 2017, 10:30:56 pm
Light and can never be overused.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Landscape-Impressions/i-k73Xx2b/0/d159c02d/M/May%205-%2012%20Badlands%20051%20copy1000M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on November 12, 2017, 09:23:34 am
Light and can never be overused...l

Nor (human) spellchecking ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Alskoj on November 12, 2017, 12:00:17 pm
Flipped reflection of a hillside.  The floating log doesn't look flipped so that plays with your mind a bit.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Alskoj on November 12, 2017, 04:45:36 pm
Ice Flow Abstract
That would look great on a wall!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 12, 2017, 06:53:27 pm

Nor (human) spellchecking ;)
I finally got it. Despite reading it a few times, I didn't understand the complaint. Apparently the brain can often, and in this case did, read into the sentence the correct wording even though it's not there. Let's try again: Light and shadow.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 12, 2017, 06:58:45 pm
Flipped reflection of a hillside.  The floating log doesn't look flipped so that plays with your mind a bit.
It very subtle and you have to enlarge the image quite a bit to see the log juxtaposed against the mirage-like reflection.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 12, 2017, 07:03:37 pm
Went on Downtown Toronto outing today. Overcast with very flat light. But I really fell for these circular lines and played around with contrast to improve the quality of light.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-SC6xDxv/0/bdb5185b/M/JMRO4791%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 12, 2017, 07:25:59 pm
Went on Downtown Toronto outing today. Overcast with very flat light. But I really fell for these circular lines and played around with contrast to improve the quality of light.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-SC6xDxv/0/bdb5185b/M/JMRO4791%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Nice.
I'm glad you didn't leave out the {shadows} on this one.   :D

-Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Alskoj on November 12, 2017, 08:59:46 pm
Nice.
I'm glad you didn't leave out the {shadows} on this one.   :D

-Eric
+1
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on November 12, 2017, 09:36:05 pm
This is what you get when you give your kid the camera with a longish exposure
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 13, 2017, 12:26:33 am
This is what you get when you give your kid the camera with a longish exposure
Good stuff!
The first shows a little too much influence of John R's work IMHO, but the second one is a highly original abstract.
You've got competition in the family now.

My wife recently got herself an iPhone, and she has started competing with me photographically. I may have to learn how to cook so I can complete with her.

-Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on November 13, 2017, 02:19:34 am
Don’t start wars you can’t win
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on November 13, 2017, 05:11:53 am
Don’t start wars you can’t win

Words of a wise man!  ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: bns on November 13, 2017, 08:36:29 am
Enjoy,
Boudewijn Swanenburg
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Post by: JNB_Rare on November 13, 2017, 08:51:28 am
This is what you get when you give your kid the camera with a longish exposure

In the first one, it's inclusion of the figures (? – human and dog?) that really elevates the image. The angle of the branches and the flow of motion is perfect. Print it, mat and frame it, and put it on the wall. Your child will be inspired.
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 13, 2017, 09:26:40 am
Enjoy,
Boudewijn Swanenburg
I do enjoy this. It is very mysterious and evocative.

Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: JNB_Rare on November 13, 2017, 09:30:05 am
I do enjoy this. It is very mysterious and evocative.

Eric

+1. Needs some scale to do it justice.
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Post by: JNB_Rare on November 13, 2017, 09:31:23 am
Playing.
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Post by: Peter McLennan on November 13, 2017, 09:40:09 am
I do enjoy this. It is very mysterious and evocative.
Eric

+1
Tolkien-like.
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Post by: Bruce Cox on November 13, 2017, 10:59:12 am
"Playing" has good balance top to bottom, not just side to side.

Bruce
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Post by: Bruce Cox on November 13, 2017, 11:02:06 am
It was sort of round already and then the sun came out a little.

Bruce
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Post by: John R on November 13, 2017, 11:13:35 am
Playing.
Kind of mysterious and spooky at same time. Reminds me of movies where those Egyptian drawings, rocks and figures take on anthropomorphic features and then come to life.

JR
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Post by: John R on November 13, 2017, 12:12:56 pm
It was sort of round already and then the sun came out a little.

Bruce
Interesting Bruce. The clown doll or colorful Raggedy Anne that haunts the church? I have to stop. Maybe next time I will see just lines shapes and colors.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: JNB_Rare on November 13, 2017, 12:28:11 pm
It was sort of round already and then the sun came out a little.

Bruce

Very cool.
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Post by: Alskoj on November 13, 2017, 07:18:49 pm
Playing.
I love mirroring!  I have an app (Photodirector) for my S8 that has that feature and I like to mirror faces and things in nature.  We should have a mirroring thread.
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Post by: Bruce Cox on November 13, 2017, 07:36:50 pm
Interesting Bruce. The clown doll or colorful Raggedy Anne that haunts the church? I have to stop. Maybe next time I will see just lines shapes and colors.

JR

I try to look for better Angels. I like to think they are in there too, somewhere.

Nevertheless, your comment made me wonder: What if I added back in what might be thought of as the Raggedy Anne panel.  I had cleaned the act up.  However, if I moved Raggedy Anne a little to the left...

Bruce
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Post by: 32BT on November 14, 2017, 05:47:59 am
Tshirt
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Post by: JNB_Rare on November 14, 2017, 08:13:50 am
I love mirroring!  I have an app (Photodirector) for my S8 that has that feature and I like to mirror faces and things in nature.  We should have a mirroring thread.

Very nice. The first time I saw the technique with photography was maybe 40 years ago when I was really starting to look at past masters and innovators. Unfortunately, I don't remember who the photographer was. My interest was reawakened about 15 years ago by a gentleman who was producing what he called photographic mandalas. I find it to be more challenging than it looks to produce something that works well.
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Post by: JNB_Rare on November 14, 2017, 08:15:36 am
Tshirt

Love this one. Good eye.
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 14, 2017, 08:44:49 am
Love this one. Good eye.
+1.

Jerry Uelsmann has used the mirroring technique for many years.
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Post by: John R on November 14, 2017, 01:17:46 pm
+1.

Jerry Uelsmann has used the mirroring technique for many years.
Can't resist this reference and topic. I discovered Jerry Uelsmann through this site. Incredibly creative work over many years, including in film days when no digital manipulation was available.

Here are some mirrored samples from my files. One does not have to be pure about this, I varied the process. Too much mirroring can start to look  gimmicky:

The good
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-JC6MkFM/0/44af41bd/M/Nov%202-%202015%20High%20Park%20061-copy1000-M.jpg)

The bad
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-4qFsB3m/0/40f96153/M/Nov%203-%202016%20High%20Park%20298%20panocopy-1000crop-M.jpg)

The not-so-ugly
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-Rff4zJG/0/a8ac1a7b/M/Oct%2027-%202013%20Panocrop-1000-M.jpg)

And others
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-K89t9K3/0/9518fa3c/M/May%2014-11%20Niagara%20224%20pano1-copy1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-jmVRxgC/0/a8b98d48/M/Nov%2025-%202013%20Guelph%20walk%20008%20mirror-resized1000-M.jpg)
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Post by: JNB_Rare on November 14, 2017, 02:39:28 pm
More playing. These all began life as detail shots of the blades off the town's snow removal trucks and tractors.

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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 14, 2017, 06:54:48 pm
Can't resist this reference and topic. I discovered Jerry Uelsmann through this site. Incredibly creative work over many years, including in film days when no digital manipulation was available.

Here are some mirrored samples from my files. One does not have to be pure about this, I varied the process. Too much mirroring can start to look  gimmicky:

The good
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-JC6MkFM/0/44af41bd/M/Nov%202-%202015%20High%20Park%20061-copy1000-M.jpg)

The bad
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-4qFsB3m/0/40f96153/M/Nov%203-%202016%20High%20Park%20298%20panocopy-1000crop-M.jpg)

The not-so-ugly
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-Rff4zJG/0/a8ac1a7b/M/Oct%2027-%202013%20Panocrop-1000-M.jpg)

And others
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-K89t9K3/0/9518fa3c/M/May%2014-11%20Niagara%20224%20pano1-copy1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-jmVRxgC/0/a8b98d48/M/Nov%2025-%202013%20Guelph%20walk%20008%20mirror-resized1000-M.jpg)
All very fine, John, as expected.
(Of course your logo is in the wrong location in the first one.   ;D  )

Eric
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Post by: Bruce Cox on November 15, 2017, 09:51:27 am
More playing. These all began life as detail shots of the blades off the town's snow removal trucks and tractors.

I very much like the yellow third one. 

The composition seems complete [something I find rare in details] and the feather of the edge suits it.

Bruce
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Post by: JNB_Rare on November 15, 2017, 10:10:35 am
I very much like the yellow third one. 

The composition seems complete [something I find rare in details] and the feather of the edge suits it.

Bruce

Thanks, Bruce. It's my favourite as well.
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 15, 2017, 10:41:31 am
More playing. These all began life as detail shots of the blades off the town's snow removal trucks and tractors.
Beautiful set!
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Post by: John R on November 15, 2017, 11:48:06 am
Beautiful set!
I agree, a fine set, it is. However, the image with the number does not seem to belong. It kind of makes one think of graffiti, whereas the other images are really abstract.

JR
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Post by: Peter McLennan on November 15, 2017, 11:52:54 am
More playing. These all began life as detail shots of the blades off the town's snow removal trucks and tractors.

Super, all of them.  I've been accused of shooting bulldozer blades in the past, too. :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 15, 2017, 12:01:15 pm
Interesting Bruce. The clown doll or colorful Raggedy Anne that haunts the church? I have to stop. Maybe next time I will see just lines shapes and colors.

JR

I try to look for better Angels. I like to think they are in there too, somewhere.

Nevertheless, your comment made me wonder: What if I added back in what might be thought of as the Raggedy Anne panel.  I had cleaned the act up.  However, if I moved Raggedy Anne a little to the left...

Bruce
I should not been so cavalier with my comments. I like the colour version best Bruce. Though I seldom look for known motifs in patterns and abstracts, I have become aware they are sometimes there, and that is what I wanted to say. I would rather people not focus on them unless that was my intent. I try to look for patterns and shapes and spatial relationships, so that my abstracts will have some kind of structure to help guide the viewer. Here is one with intent:

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Belfountain-and-Forks-of-the/i-n2rgNpN/0/e81c753c/S/Aug%2017-10%20Bellfountain%20267%20LScopy-S.jpg)
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Post by: Bruce Cox on November 15, 2017, 02:15:03 pm
Cavalier is OK with me.

The profile I see in your photo, however, seems more classical.

Bruce
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Post by: John R on November 20, 2017, 11:19:03 pm
I can't recall how this was done, but I have grown to like it, as I like the painterly glow.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-TBRhvKP/0/1cd73c71/M/Algonquin%20167%20copy1000-M.jpg)
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 20, 2017, 11:45:56 pm
Very classy, John.
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Post by: John R on November 21, 2017, 12:05:54 pm
I went by these doors again this year, and the building was gone. These resemble barn-like doors and walls, but the place was in fact a repair/sales place of country equipment, like lawn mowers, boats, power stuff.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-SXkg2rH/0/3eafd704/M/Little%20Hawk%20Lake%20246%20cropcopy-1000-M.jpg)
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Post by: RobMacKillop on November 22, 2017, 02:22:21 pm
Hi guys. I'm quite new here, and loving these abstracts. Here's one from a week or so ago: Well-Weathered Metal. Fuji X-T20, 16-50mm.

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4521/24679544738_a1d3c64389_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/DAR7Q3) (https://flic.kr/p/DAR7Q3)
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Post by: John R on November 22, 2017, 02:29:30 pm
Hi guys. I'm quite new here, and loving these abstracts. Here's one from a week or so ago: Well-Weathered Metal. Fuji X-T20, 16-50mm.

It reminds me of a slide. This one wants take you down the slope. Nice harmonious colors.

And may I ask, how do like the T20 Fuji?

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: RobMacKillop on November 22, 2017, 03:09:25 pm
I see it as a closed eye, but am reminded that rust never sleeps...

The X-T20: I've only had it for ten days or so, and the lens that came with it is not among Fujinon's better lenses. Despite that, the sensor is excellent, and now that I've bought Iridient Developer, I feel I'm getting a lot out of the camera. Physically, I find it on the small size - my large hands could do with the grip extension, so I might buy that later. I'm saving up to buy the 10-24 ultra wide-angle lens for landscapes - there's talk of Santa paying for half of it, so, fingers crossed.
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Post by: Rob C on November 22, 2017, 03:12:28 pm
I see it as a closed eye, but am reminded that rust never sleeps...

The X-T20: I've only had it for ten days or so, and the lens that came with it is not among Fujinon's better lenses. Despite that, the sensor is excellent, and now that I've bought Iridient Developer, I feel I'm getting a lot out of the camera. Physically, I find it on the small size - my large hands could do with the grip extension, so I might buy that later. I'm saving up to buy the 10-24 ultra wide-angle lens for landscapes - there's talk of Santa paying for half of it, so, fingers crossed.


No, as you said, Christmas was last year.

But you never can tell!

Rob C
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 22, 2017, 03:29:37 pm
Hi guys. I'm quite new here, and loving these abstracts. Here's one from a week or so ago: Well-Weathered Metal. Fuji X-T20, 16-50mm.

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4521/24679544738_a1d3c64389_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/DAR7Q3)
 (https://flic.kr/p/DAR7Q3)
I love it! Keep 'em coming, Rob!
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Post by: RobMacKillop on November 22, 2017, 03:41:49 pm
Cheers, Eric. I've just been enjoying your landscapes, and also your baroque flute playing - I play baroque lute and theorbo. Sorry to hear about your medical problems. Good luck!
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 22, 2017, 11:40:03 pm
Cheers, Eric. I've just been enjoying your landscapes, and also your baroque flute playing - I play baroque lute and theorbo. Sorry to hear about your medical problems. Good luck!
Thanks, Rob. I have three flutes, all made of African blackwood. Two baroque (one plays at A440 or A415, and the other at A415 or A385), and one modern (Boehm system) flute, also wood but with silver keys, modern pitch. I love the woody sound of all three.

Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: BobDavid on November 23, 2017, 02:02:32 am
Hi guys. I'm quite new here, and loving these abstracts. Here's one from a week or so ago: Well-Weathered Metal. Fuji X-T20, 16-50mm.

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4521/24679544738_a1d3c64389_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/DAR7Q3)
 (https://flic.kr/p/DAR7Q3)

Well done!
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Post by: RobMacKillop on November 23, 2017, 02:53:07 am
Cheers, Bob.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 23, 2017, 09:51:14 am
I think someone posted something similar, but I can't remember who it was. I kept staring at these shadows for days after I cleaned the cupboards. I thought it was too symmetrical to be interesting but relented when the shadows cast at oblique angles.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-DLZZVH2/0/53a0b617/M/cupboardsO4859%20copy1000-M.jpg)
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Post by: JNB_Rare on November 24, 2017, 01:22:17 pm
Hi guys. I'm quite new here, and loving these abstracts. Here's one from a week or so ago: Well-Weathered Metal. Fuji X-T20, 16-50mm.

Very appealing!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: JNB_Rare on November 24, 2017, 01:24:45 pm
I think someone posted something similar, but I can't remember who it was. I kept staring at these shadows for days after I cleaned the cupboards. I thought it was too symmetrical to be interesting but relented when the shadows cast at oblique angles.

JR

T'weren't me, but I've shot similar. I don't recall CLEANING the cupboards before or after though.  :-[
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 24, 2017, 11:13:58 pm
I was trying to find out your name, John, so I looked at your website and found that some people think you have "rocks in your head." If I enter anything abstract or non-representational in my club, it seldom does well. But I am not changing. Wonderful site with great images BTW.

Here is the same image that I started to play with. Nothing special, but playing helps the creative juices flow.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-JpWFhGM/0/a58e8fc1/M/cupboard4%20twisted%20copy1000-M.jpg)
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 25, 2017, 09:18:04 am
I like the "played with" version even better than the straight one (which was quite nice already).
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Post by: John R on November 25, 2017, 01:25:25 pm
Okay then, Eric, here's looking at you!

JR

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Post by: BobDavid on November 25, 2017, 01:33:26 pm
Okay then, Eric, here's looking at you!

JR

Nice.
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Post by: JNB_Rare on November 25, 2017, 06:26:55 pm
If I enter anything abstract or non-representational in my club, it seldom does well. But I am not changing.

Ditto. If you're not making images that interest and attract you, what's the point? And, I think it's very healthy to show such images to other club photographers, even if it's not to the general taste. You never know when or who you might inspire!

Here is the same image that I started to play with. Nothing special, but playing helps the creative juices flow.

Like Eric, I find this one more interesting and appealing.
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 25, 2017, 11:19:26 pm
Okay then, Eric, here's looking at you!

JR
That's a great selfie, John!   :D

Eric
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Post by: Peter McLennan on November 26, 2017, 12:05:54 pm
My latest contribution to the best thread on LuLa.  From two days ago.

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4568/26882200609_d0425583f4_c.jpg)

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Post by: John R on November 26, 2017, 03:39:58 pm
My latest contribution to the best thread on LuLa.  From two days ago.

This one is very nice. Reminds me of a Van Gogh sky.

JR
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 26, 2017, 04:36:29 pm
This one is very nice. Reminds me of a Van Gogh sky.

JR
+1.
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Post by: Alskoj on November 26, 2017, 08:42:51 pm
My latest contribution to the best thread on LuLa.  From two days ago.

Nice!  Is that a rock, or something else?
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Post by: Alskoj on November 26, 2017, 08:43:43 pm
Sunrise abstract from this morning.
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Post by: farbschlurf on November 27, 2017, 12:33:51 pm
Sunrise abstract from this morning.
cool!
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Post by: Alskoj on November 27, 2017, 06:50:43 pm
cool!
Thanks!
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Post by: John R on November 27, 2017, 11:30:53 pm
Yes it is kind of abstract. It has a really nice glow and a horizontal movement. Love the brown-orange colors. We don't usually critique in the abstract thread, but I think this would look even better without the bottom right land mass. Just pure color and movement. How did you get the look, camera movement or long exposure?

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Peter McLennan on November 28, 2017, 01:24:22 am
Nice!  Is that a rock, or something else?

Not supposed to tell. :)

Rusty truck fender with lichen.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 28, 2017, 12:32:19 pm
The cupboards are haunting me. And now LuLa too. I have to keep them clean. A fuller variation, in which the window blinds nicely fill the bottom right area with shadows, and make overall look even more interesting-- at least to me.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-rdSFLPm/1/155a5024/M/JMRO4924%20copy1000-M.jpg)
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Post by: John R on November 28, 2017, 12:39:26 pm
And from cupboard to walls and windows, more striking light. I get critical comments about my bare walls, but it allows the light to play. So for now it stays.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-4mQMh6d/0/77e360f9/M/JMRO4917%20copy1000-M.jpg)
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Post by: BobDavid on November 28, 2017, 01:01:26 pm
Sunrise abstract from this morning.

exquisite
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Post by: Alskoj on November 28, 2017, 01:58:12 pm
Yes it is kind of abstract. It has a really nice glow and a horizontal movement. Love the brown-orange colors. We don't usually critique in the abstract thread, but I think this would look even better without the bottom right land mass. Just pure color and movement. How did you get the look, camera movement or long exposure?

JR
Thanks!  I did about a 3 sec pan, if I remember correctly, during sunrise.  The dark area is water.  I really went crazy with the edit in LR.
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Post by: Alskoj on November 28, 2017, 07:14:26 pm
exquisite
Wow! Thanks Bob.
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Post by: John R on November 29, 2017, 09:04:24 am
I love this in colour, but it seems to be more surreal in BW. Let's see if I can manage at least one image per week.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-hdfvk2V/0/f0da3301/M/JMRO4906%20bwcopy1000-M.jpg)

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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 29, 2017, 12:38:45 pm
Another winner, John.
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Post by: JNB_Rare on November 29, 2017, 01:45:24 pm
Another winner, John.

+1. Our old house had lots of blinds on windows, and I had fun playing.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 29, 2017, 04:26:13 pm
+1. Our old house had lots of blinds on windows, and I had fun playing.
Very cool, John B. Only my north window lacks this kind of feedback. Of course it emits soft light and is very good for still life and small objects.

JR
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Post by: francois on November 30, 2017, 06:11:15 am
I like this… symmetry works perfectly.
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Post by: John R on November 30, 2017, 02:32:46 pm
Today is raining, so I fetched one from my past outings that I didn't bother to process. Looks quite striking in BW, and has an abstract look.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Front-St-Walk-Toronto/i-Q5Kgqmv/0/c971326c/M/Mar%2014-11%20Downtown%20256%20bw1copy-1000-M.jpg)
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Post by: JNB_Rare on November 30, 2017, 11:17:53 pm
Today is raining, so I fetched one from my past outings that I didn't bother to process. Looks quite striking in BW, and has an abstract look.

JR

I like it.

I always wonder how much the architect thinks about perspectives and light and reflections when designing the appearance of a building. Have I simply captured something that he/she left for me to discover, or have I found something unforeseen? I suspect the good ones are way ahead of me.
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Post by: John R on December 01, 2017, 04:01:08 pm
I like it.

I always wonder how much the architect thinks about perspectives and light and reflections when designing the appearance of a building. Have I simply captured something that he/she left for me to discover, or have I found something unforeseen? I suspect the good ones are way ahead of me.
Another cool image well seen.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 01, 2017, 04:09:04 pm
Believe it or not, this is part of a downtown Toronto building, actually part of their walls and decor. I like the juxtaposition of colours and shapes, but also want it for my creative competitions. They even have embedded glass floor blocks and blue light fixture/sculptures, I guess to go with red light stripe.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Front-St-Walk-Toronto/i-4Z3TGMR/0/48d896de/M/Feb%208-%202014%20Downtown%20Toronto%20067%20copy1000-M.jpg)
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Post by: John R on December 03, 2017, 12:33:47 am
On border of abstract, but certainly they have an abstract and surreal feel to them. The walker, for some reason, reminds me of James Dean.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Front-St-Walk-Toronto/i-xNpqWw7/0/fea5d46d/M/Mar%2014-11%20Downtown%20055%20bwcopy2-1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Front-St-Walk-Toronto/i-7JnxhJ8/0/e9eed759/M/Mar%2014-11%20Downtown%20040%20bwcopy2-1000-M.jpg)
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Post by: JNB_Rare on December 03, 2017, 08:33:22 am
Believe it or not, this is part of a downtown Toronto building, actually part of their walls and decor. I like the juxtaposition of colours and shapes, but also want it for my creative competitions. They even have embedded glass floor blocks and blue light fixture/sculptures, I guess to go with red light stripe.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Front-St-Walk-Toronto/i-4Z3TGMR/0/48d896de/M/Feb%208-%202014%20Downtown%20Toronto%20067%20copy1000-M.jpg)

I do like this one, and it works in any orientation. Seems almost Japanese in its simplicity and design aesthetic.
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Post by: JNB_Rare on December 03, 2017, 08:36:56 am
On border of abstract, but certainly they have an abstract and surreal feel to them. The walker, for some reason, reminds me of James Dean.

JR


I like the first one in particular, but the second has that wonderful surprise element of the walking man in the corner.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 04, 2017, 02:27:37 pm
Thank you for the comments John and Eric.

Went out in the fog today. It was a rare occasion for me, as I would usually be well away from the countryside.  I love the muted tones

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-vP96J4R/0/08ee3e35/M/JMRO5037%20Terra%20Cotta%20Dec%204-2017-1200-M.jpg)
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Post by: Alskoj on December 04, 2017, 07:00:35 pm
Thank you for the comments John and Eric.

Went out in the fog today. It was a rare occasion for me, as I would usually be well away from the countryside.  I love the muted tones

JR

That would look great on a wall!
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Post by: JNB_Rare on December 04, 2017, 11:27:29 pm
Went out in the fog today. It was a rare occasion for me, as I would usually be well away from the countryside.  I love the muted tones

JR

That's gorgeous.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: JNB_Rare on December 04, 2017, 11:32:36 pm
Not sure if this belongs in abstracts. Though I did manage a walk, the weather seemed more conducive to making, rather than taking images. This is a friend with ATTITUDE.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 04, 2017, 11:59:52 pm
Not sure if this belongs in abstracts. Though I did manage a walk, the weather seemed more conducive to making, rather than taking images. This is a friend with ATTITUDE.
Cool image!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Bruce Cox on December 05, 2017, 01:03:07 pm
more light on a local temple

Bruce
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Post by: John R on December 05, 2017, 01:52:11 pm
Cool image!
I agree. The "ATTITUDE" comes across nicely.

JR
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Post by: John R on December 05, 2017, 02:09:57 pm
more light on a local temple

Bruce
Now we know that Buddha (I think) gets his power from sun. Everything else turns blue. This is an interesting experiment. There is good distribution of blue and yellow. It reminds me of Disney's, Alice in wonderland. She also stepped into a surreal world.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 05, 2017, 09:56:39 pm
Have a few more from foggy day outing but not suitable for abstract thread. Here is one I just finished processing.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-zv7T6XL/0/a739e7dd/M/JMRO4598%20copy2-1000-M.jpg)
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Post by: JNB_Rare on December 05, 2017, 10:07:30 pm
Two from the small local shipyard. All the boats are in drydock for the season, but there are still changes in what can be seen depending on the weather and the light.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 05, 2017, 10:37:50 pm
Two from the small local shipyard. All the boats are in drydock for the season, but there are still changes in what can be seen depending on the weather and the light.
Now these are really cool and definitely abstract. They do have a nautical "feel" to them. But they also remind me of veins in the layers of the earth. Of course the red is outlier... and dare I say a warning sign.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on December 06, 2017, 03:25:36 am
Two from the small local shipyard. All the boats are in drydock for the season, but there are still changes in what can be seen depending on the weather and the light.

That second one is just an utter masterpiece. It has that ethereal sense of movement. People dancing. Maybe it should be called "El Tango" to allude to its origins of ships and sailors...     

"El Tango"
Come sway with me
and be alive
slow at first
but then we'll strive
for passion in our lasting dance
of travels and some wild romance
and call home
wherever we arrive
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Post by: Alskoj on December 06, 2017, 07:41:34 am
I would have never thought to try something like this without the inspiration of the very artistic and creative photographers on this forum.  Out shooting a sunrise and I just rotate the camera for a few seconds on the tripod.  No big deal.

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4576/27087459189_42a48697df_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/HgCiUr)Abstract-33717 (https://flic.kr/p/HgCiUr) by Joseph Alsko (https://www.flickr.com/photos/20yearsusaf/), on Flickr

Regards

Joseph
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 06, 2017, 08:27:36 am
Really cool stuff from both of you, John and Joseph!

Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 06, 2017, 09:38:43 am
Really cool stuff from both of you, John and Joseph!

Eric
Really fine, Joseph. I know a photographer that takes images like these and then combines them with bird images in flight.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: farbschlurf on December 06, 2017, 10:35:03 am

Well, it's great!
And it looks like you landed on Saturn ...
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Post by: bns on December 06, 2017, 11:26:53 am
At north coast of Spain

cheers,
Boudewijn Swanenburg
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Post by: GrahamBy on December 06, 2017, 11:34:18 am
Oh, looks like marble :)
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Post by: pegelli on December 06, 2017, 12:31:21 pm
Season's colours

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/201712/i-kV3PDqd/0/5ff907d2/O/PEG_A7_1_2314_20171206.jpg) (https://pegelli.smugmug.com/Other/201712/i-kV3PDqd/A)
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Post by: Telecaster on December 06, 2017, 03:04:51 pm
Good stuff, folks!

-Dave-
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Post by: churly on December 06, 2017, 04:20:03 pm
Good stuff, folks!

-Dave-

Yes indeed.
Chuck
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: churly on December 06, 2017, 06:35:05 pm
Perhaps a sense of discomfort?
Chuck
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Alskoj on December 06, 2017, 06:44:59 pm
Really cool stuff from both of you, John and Joseph!

Eric
Thanks Eric!

Really fine, Joseph. I know a photographer that takes images like these and then combines them with bird images in flight.

JR
Thanks for the suggestion JR!

Well, it's great!
And it looks like you landed on Saturn ...
Nice observation! 
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 06, 2017, 07:36:51 pm
Perhaps a sense of discomfort?
Chuck
Neat!
I have no idea what it is. Surely not water.
Please don't give it away!

Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: JNB_Rare on December 06, 2017, 08:22:31 pm
RE: Joseph's shot

Well, it's great!
And it looks like you landed on Saturn ...

+1
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Peter McLennan on December 06, 2017, 11:10:28 pm
Beautiful, whatever it is.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Bruce Cox on December 07, 2017, 08:24:33 am
Perhaps a sense of discomfort?
Chuck

Though Eric may be right about it not being water, it gives me the feeling one could drown.

Bruce
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on December 08, 2017, 09:59:26 am
You know how on the path of life, no matter what fork in the road you take, what bends appear, you always seem to be connected to some people, no matter what?

"Entanglement"
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: JNB_Rare on December 08, 2017, 10:14:17 am
You know how on the path of life, no matter what fork in the road you take, what bends appear, you always seem to be connected to some people, no matter what?

"Entanglement"

Very cool. And a bit creepy.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Bob_B on December 08, 2017, 03:07:14 pm
Time for some holiday abstracts, and here's mine "Chardflake Blizzard", which also serves as the artwork for this year's greeting card from yours truly. Just in case you wondered how abstract it gets. ;)

Happy Holidays!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 08, 2017, 03:26:50 pm
Very cool. And a bit creepy.
+1.
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Post by: Alskoj on December 08, 2017, 10:59:12 pm
A hillside reflecting off of some thin lake ice here in Colorado.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: churly on December 09, 2017, 06:41:13 pm
Another contribution for this fun thread.  :)
Chuck
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Telecaster on December 09, 2017, 11:20:21 pm
Another contribution for this fun thread.  :)

Oooh, I like this a lot.

-Dave-
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 09, 2017, 11:26:17 pm
Oooh, I like this a lot.

-Dave-
Definitely fun.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 10, 2017, 11:33:41 pm
Went on outing to City Hall Square in Toronto to capture the lights. Went in to warm up and this is what I found.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Toronto-City-Hall-outing/i-LxV3jkC/0/5da2b399/M/Dec%2010-%202017%20City%20Hall%20bwcopy2-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: JNB_Rare on December 11, 2017, 07:40:44 am
Went on outing to City Hall Square in Toronto to capture the lights. Went in to warm up and this is what I found.

Ah, Toronto. Less straight-laced and more curvy than one might imagine. Here are some older examples from University College and Convocation Hall (U of T) respectively.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 11, 2017, 11:50:04 pm
Pretty good images John B. I was going to ask if you could get me into Convocation Hall until I realized these are old images. I am going to have to give them a call to see if they will allow a group of people in.

So while I was inside photographing the stairs seen here...

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Toronto-City-Hall-outing/i-GJRdzLq/0/4b538395/M/Dec%2010-%202017%20City%20Hall%20Lights_0324%20copy1000-M.jpg)

ET landed in the square with his new spaceship and I managed to get one shot before he took off.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Toronto-City-Hall-outing/i-ZFZ9Zt6/0/ca343d7b/M/Dec%2010-%202017%20City%20Hall%20Lights_0231%20copy1000-M.jpg)
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 12, 2017, 09:15:38 am
Did you at least get ET's autograph?
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Post by: churly on December 12, 2017, 09:54:55 am

ET landed in the square with his new spaceship and I managed to get one shot before he took off.

Sitting on the far East Coast, I always thought this sort of thing was the norm for Toronto.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: JNB_Rare on December 12, 2017, 02:59:42 pm
Meanwhile, on the east coast (NS)....
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 12, 2017, 10:33:14 pm
Chuck, you may be right. However, I do think ET was just out of this world with the design of his ship. Now look at John B's image. It's a nasty looking alien, the kind that Sigourney Weaver tried to destroy. But effective. Eric, I did one better than an autograph- I got Canada in his good books. Can you see his antennae lighting up all the way to the top? That means he is delighted to be part of the Toronto Festival of lights.

Which reminds me, one night I was out and about in downtown Toronto, just going for a walk. I saw a small red light in the sky moving to and fro. Like it was dancing in the sky. I watched it for about ten minutes to see if I could determine what it was. I looked to see if anyone else noticed. No one around to discuss the light in the sky. What could it be? So I started to walk toward the light and was getting kind of nervous as the light sometimes seemed to be heading in my direction. After about half hour walking I ended up at a boarded construction site. I saw a crane and my eyes followed its neck up towards the red light in the sky. I was relieved. Phew, that was close! I didn't have to go home and tell people I saw a red light in the sky.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Toronto-City-Hall-outing/i-5bF8wVN/0/5fd1a45d/M/Dec%2010-%202017%20City%20Hall%20Lights_0214-2%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: StevenB on December 13, 2017, 01:19:56 am
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20171213/e85ecbbd72b052981d9506ed64be2a7d.jpg)


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Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on December 13, 2017, 02:47:58 am
Nice find and capture Steven, especially the colours.
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Post by: JNB_Rare on December 13, 2017, 08:52:11 am
John R, that second shot of the lights really works (better than the first, for me). Steven B – good eye! I know the abstract expressionists aren't everyone's cup of tea, but I can't help seeing such images in my 'walkabouts'.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on December 13, 2017, 10:26:10 am
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20171213/e85ecbbd72b052981d9506ed64be2a7d.jpg)


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That's pretty damned good!

Rob
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Post by: Rob C on December 13, 2017, 10:29:31 am
Meanwhile, on the east coast (NS)....

I better take something to calm myself down.

Now I know how it could feel to be thirty and stranded on a desert island; one could see them everywhere!

;-)

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: KLaban on December 13, 2017, 11:00:57 am
I better take something to calm myself down.

Now I know how it could feel to be thirty and stranded on a desert island; one could see them everywhere!

;-)

Rob

Rob, rest assured you're not alone.

Georgia O'Keeffe, eat your heart out.

;-)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: StevenB on December 13, 2017, 01:43:57 pm

That's pretty damned good!

Rob
Thank you.


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Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on December 13, 2017, 02:31:13 pm
Rob, rest assured you're not alone.

Georgia O'Keeffe, eat your heart out.

;-)

Yes, I first picked up on her from a video given me by the same snapper-happy waiter who got me into Photoshop! It wasn't primarily about her, but her part as girlfriend to an older photographer (Stieglitz). I found her paintings very attractive.

Some folks lived exciting lives back then! Must have been the location down there on the border.

I wonder if she dared consider the conch shell? Oh well, I suppose it's the fault of all those beach pictures I made.

:-)

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on December 14, 2017, 03:23:49 pm

"Absolution"

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Alskoj on December 14, 2017, 08:02:54 pm
Meanwhile, on the east coast (NS)....
Very nice mirrored image!
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Post by: JNB_Rare on December 14, 2017, 08:42:51 pm
Very nice mirrored image!

Thank-you. Judging from the reactions, it turned into a kind of sandy Rorschach.
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Post by: JNB_Rare on December 14, 2017, 08:44:42 pm
"Absolution"

Very nice. I keep coming back to look at it.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: GrahamBy on December 15, 2017, 10:02:12 am
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20171213/e85ecbbd72b052981d9506ed64be2a7d.jpg)

Oh, yes. Especially love the tape over the trace of older tape... :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on December 15, 2017, 10:09:02 am
"Absolution"

Touch it or drink it?

Lovely, Oscar.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 15, 2017, 02:04:39 pm
Grey on white, soft and abstract. I borrowed the second from atomic agency. Had to super freeze it to get it to sit still.

JR

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Alskoj on December 15, 2017, 10:26:27 pm
Grey on white, soft and abstract. I borrowed the second from atomic agency. Had to super freeze it to get it to sit still.

JR
I don't know what the heck that is, but it's super cool!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: JNB_Rare on December 15, 2017, 10:42:25 pm
I don't know what the heck that is, but it's super cool!

+1
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 16, 2017, 12:00:33 am
I don't know what the heck that is, but it's super cool!
+2.
Or super- cooled.
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Post by: francois on December 18, 2017, 03:39:47 am
Mind-bending but really super-cool!  :D
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Post by: bns on December 18, 2017, 07:33:57 am
Enjoy.

cheers,
Boudewijn Swanenburg
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 18, 2017, 09:45:52 am
Enjoy.

cheers,
Boudewijn Swanenburg
I do!
The textures and implied motion are very appealing.

Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on December 19, 2017, 05:36:58 am
I do!
The textures and implied motion are very appealing.

Eric

I like it too. Mineral motion…
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on December 21, 2017, 09:46:20 am
"Quantum Physics"
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Post by: MattBurt on December 21, 2017, 10:42:03 am
Most of what I shoot is more objective but maybe this one would fit in here.
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4635/39181840721_ec89e160a8_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/22GnbaX)IMGP8286-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/22GnbaX) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 21, 2017, 12:00:26 pm
Fantastic bubble stacks, Matt.
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Post by: John R on December 21, 2017, 12:56:00 pm
Fantastic bubble stacks, Matt.
This is similar to the one he posted in ice bubbles 11. Quite fantastic, especially in BW. But I am on to Burt. I know pancakes when I see them. Eric, get Matt to tell you where their made and we will all head over for some brunch. I will bring the blueberry sauce!!

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: MattBurt on December 21, 2017, 02:03:22 pm
Thanks, but I prefer strawberry! 8)
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Post by: Alskoj on December 21, 2017, 04:30:03 pm
Most of what I shoot is more objective but maybe this one would fit in here.
What planet are these from?!?!?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: bns on December 22, 2017, 01:14:54 pm
The blues.

cheers,
Boudewijn Swanenburg
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: MattBurt on December 22, 2017, 01:35:14 pm
What planet are these from?!?!?

Gunnison! :D
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Post by: churly on December 23, 2017, 04:36:59 pm
The blues.

cheers,
Boudewijn Swanenburg

Very nice!
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Post by: churly on December 23, 2017, 04:40:30 pm
.
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 23, 2017, 05:06:23 pm
Very nice!
+1.
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 23, 2017, 05:07:14 pm
.
That too.
Nice.
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Post by: Peter McLennan on December 23, 2017, 07:01:25 pm
Very nice!

YES!
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Post by: Bruce Cox on December 24, 2017, 10:18:45 am
Fisheye Filmstrip Entry
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on December 24, 2017, 02:34:47 pm
Blue, Green and Black...

Peter

Perfect eqilibrium!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: petermfiore on December 24, 2017, 02:46:42 pm
Blue Green Black...

Peter
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Bruce Cox on December 24, 2017, 03:01:31 pm
Blue Green Black has equilibrium and plenty of subtle motion.  Not that Rob would find it perfect any other way, I just thought I would say...

Bruce
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on December 24, 2017, 03:45:58 pm
Blue Green Black has equilibrium and plenty of subtle motion.  Not that Rob would find it perfect any other way, I just thought I would say...

Bruce

Bruce, you're making photography sound sexy again.

That would be nice.

;-)

Rob
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Post by: petermfiore on December 24, 2017, 04:02:28 pm
Perfect eqilibrium!

Thank you Rob...from this mornings walk with my family. Our Christmas eve morning ritual.

Peter
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: petermfiore on December 24, 2017, 04:03:47 pm
Blue Green Black has equilibrium and plenty of subtle motion.  Not that Rob would find it perfect any other way, I just thought I would say...

Bruce

Ha...

Peter
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: bns on December 27, 2017, 09:04:23 am
Landscape in stone.

cheers,
Boudewijn Swanenburg
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Post by: Rob C on December 27, 2017, 09:53:47 am
Landscape in stone.

cheers,
Boudewijn Swanenburg


Theses drones get everywhere! This one must have been far too hight to be legal.

;.-)

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Bruce Cox on December 27, 2017, 10:59:17 am
Bruce, you're making photography sound sexy again.

That would be nice.

;-)

Rob

Oh well, so much for sexy. 

I looked at Peter's "Blue Green Black..." again hoping to find an explanation for my saying it had subtle motion and realized I had misunderstood its construction.  I failed to see the steel structure he was photographing and imagined it as a photoshop combine representing what would have been a sexy painting.

I still like the image as an abstraction of the sky and structure, though now I see its motion as regular and blatant.

Bruce
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: petermfiore on December 27, 2017, 03:36:04 pm
I looked at Peter's "Blue Green Black..." again hoping to find an explanation for my saying it had subtle motion and realized I had misunderstood its construction.  I failed to see the steel structure he was photographing and imagined it as a photoshop combine representing what would have been a sexy painting.

I still like the image as an abstraction of the sky and structure, though now I see its motion as regular and blatant.

Bruce
Hi Bruce,
Well, the clouds are in motion and smaller pieces of green are peppered throughout the black.They make the eye move...

Peter
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Alskoj on December 27, 2017, 06:08:54 pm
Not sure if this falls into the abstract realm, but I took a "normal" tree shot then cranked the noise reduction to 100% on it in LR.  I then exported and then re-imported it and did the same thing with the noise reduction.  I did this several times and came up with this.
It's not serious photography, just having fun with a digital image.
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 27, 2017, 07:17:20 pm
It certainly is a fun picture.
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Post by: aduke on December 27, 2017, 11:56:54 pm
It is a fun picture, for sure. I was bothered by the black spots in the snow. They seemed to spoil the effect somewhat.

Alan
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Alskoj on December 28, 2017, 07:45:01 am
It certainly is a fun picture.
Thanks!  Digital allows us to try different things that we wouldn't/couldn't with film.

It is a fun picture, for sure. I was bothered by the black spots in the snow. They seemed to spoil the effect somewhat.

Alan
Thanks! Those were cut corn stalks.  Easily removed.
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Post by: degrub on December 28, 2017, 11:18:18 am
the "March of the Ice Ents" !
Very cool shot !
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: BobDavid on December 28, 2017, 12:33:41 pm
Blue Green Black...

Peter

Great image!
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Post by: churly on December 28, 2017, 01:42:37 pm
OK, a bit of a stretch but it is abstract.
Chuck
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 28, 2017, 08:53:24 pm
OK, a bit of a stretch but it is abstract.
Chuck
Interesting, an inverted abstract? A suggestion- also try selecting the main element, invert it, and leave the background as is. Another method to try.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 28, 2017, 09:21:42 pm
I was going to put these in the minimalism thread, but hardly anyone goes there.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Caledon-Badlands-20142015/i-sg9LM74/0/b44b7f5a/M/Feb%2024-13%20Badlands%20219%20copy1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Caledon-Badlands-20142015/i-d8JMVmn/0/e5b2c039/M/Feb%2024-13%20Badlands%20196%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: churly on December 29, 2017, 11:03:38 am
Interesting, an inverted abstract? A suggestion- also try selecting the main element, invert it, and leave the background as is. Another method to try.

JR

Thanks for the idea John.  I'll try incorporating it into the tool box.

I really like your snow shots.  Both compositions work well. 
Rain and gale force winds have beaten our snow into non-photogenic crusts.
Chuck
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Post by: Patricia Sheley on December 29, 2017, 11:30:18 am
Very Nordic yet surprisingly warm in its simplicity somehow... children's book read from beneath a warm down comforter... or maybe it's just because my eyes, ears and fingers are still zoning from my brief foray out earlier this morning... the continued sea smoke all night from the reach had turned everything right glass sculpture but almost the moment the sun appeared the shot was gone... great time of year!
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 29, 2017, 05:16:05 pm
Very Nordic yet surprisingly warm in its simplicity somehow... children's book read from beneath a warm down comforter... or maybe it's just because my eyes, ears and fingers are still zoning from my brief foray out earlier this morning... the continued sea smoke all night from the reach had turned everything right glass sculpture but almost the moment the sun appeared the shot was gone... great time of year!
I find it quite frustrating when there is a fresh wintry scene outside, that disappears by the time I'm warm enough to go out to photograph it. I've missed both of our minor snow falls so far this winter.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Bruce Cox on January 01, 2018, 10:38:32 am
The pond from a couple of weeks ago doubled up.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 01, 2018, 10:56:31 am
The pond from a couple of weeks ago doubled up.
The face of an Alien Invader!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on January 01, 2018, 01:00:55 pm
I was going to put these in the minimalism thread, but hardly anyone goes there.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Caledon-Badlands-20142015/i-sg9LM74/0/b44b7f5a/M/Feb%2024-13%20Badlands%20219%20copy1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Caledon-Badlands-20142015/i-d8JMVmn/0/e5b2c039/M/Feb%2024-13%20Badlands%20196%20copy1000-M.jpg)


I like your wry sense of humour! Your two pictures are beautiful.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Patricia Sheley on January 01, 2018, 03:48:21 pm







Re: Show us some Abstracts!

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Quote from: Patricia Sheley on December 29, 2017, 11:30:18 AM

Very Nordic yet surprisingly warm in its simplicity .

Quote Eric:
I've missed both of our minor snow falls so far this winter


Minor! Everything is golden again! Thought all of my Minor White archive and books had gone missing in the move to Maine...Sorting miscellaneous from movers that included now destroyable tax files, they appeared sandwiched between non descripts . I'm a happy camper today...also found my missing ND filters, spare batteries and two missing cameras in addition to my padded recharge system for my greedy but much loved Merrills. Hope I'm actually awake... yep, I can smell the leeks caramelizing... ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 01, 2018, 05:09:43 pm
Minor! Everything is golden again! Thought all of my Minor White archive and books had gone missing in the move to Maine...Sorting miscellaneous from movers that included now destroyable tax files, they appeared sandwiched between non descripts . I'm a happy camper today...also found my missing ND filters, spare batteries and two missing cameras in addition to my padded recharge system for my greedy but much loved Merrills. Hope I'm actually awake... yep, I can smell the leeks caramelizing... ;)
That certainly counts as a Minor miracle!   :D

Be well, stay warm, savor the leeks (but no leaks, please).

Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: JNB_Rare on January 04, 2018, 05:43:02 pm
One of the reasons I like macro lenses is that they can turn even a horribly rainy, stay-indoors day (such as today was here) into fun.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Alskoj on January 04, 2018, 06:27:37 pm
One of the reasons I like macro lenses is that they can turn even a horribly rainy, stay-indoors day (such as today was here) into fun.
#1!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 04, 2018, 06:38:52 pm
One of the reasons I like macro lenses is that they can turn even a horribly rainy, stay-indoors day (such as today was here) into fun.
From Quick Silver to honey bees... that's quite good John.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Michael West on January 04, 2018, 07:45:17 pm
the...hand of man...

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Bruce Cox on January 04, 2018, 08:30:57 pm
#1!

+1
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 05, 2018, 08:49:10 am
Just a confused deer who was startled by my camera. When he stopped I managed to get his legs before he fled ;)

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Belfountain-and-Forks-of-the/i-897T9mp/0/b3d6bbfd/M/Feb%203-%202015%20Bellfountain%20210%20copy1000-M.jpg)

edit: Added a second image
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Belfountain-and-Forks-of-the/i-t4XTRdJ/0/14be8ffa/M/Feb%203-%202015%20Bellfountain%20192%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: JNB_Rare on January 05, 2018, 10:03:39 am
the...hand of man...

Well seen, nice composition!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: JNB_Rare on January 05, 2018, 10:14:22 am
From Quick Silver to honey bees... that's quite good John.

JR

Quicksilver – thanks for that description. I liked the "fluidity" of this experimental shot. All of them were handheld at close to maximum magnification and, at f/4, a very narrow depth of field.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Michael West on January 05, 2018, 11:48:57 pm
Well seen, nice composition!

Thank you!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Peter McLennan on January 06, 2018, 08:21:42 pm
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4592/38650513545_e26088e2a7_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: David Eckels on January 06, 2018, 09:42:54 pm
Oh my! Wow!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on January 07, 2018, 10:08:41 am
It was before breakfast, in fact, before the first decent cappuccino, so i have no idea what i was thinking, but then again, that's what the abstract thread is for, no?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on January 07, 2018, 11:23:13 am
It was before breakfast, in fact, before the first decent cappuccino, so i have no idea what i was thinking, but then again, that's what the abstract thread is for, no?

It's very sexy, but I can't figure it out. Can I have a coffee too, please, just as long as you're making one...

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 07, 2018, 02:21:46 pm
Peter, the plumage is wonderful. There is texture also, as the light moves from highlight, to midtones, to shadow areas, Very nice.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 07, 2018, 02:27:54 pm
It was before breakfast, in fact, before the first decent cappuccino, so i have no idea what i was thinking, but then again, that's what the abstract thread is for, no?
Why would you want to spoil this shot with 'thinking?' I think Rob gave the best description. Of course, I am kidding about the 'thinking.' If you didn't have a greater appetite to 'see' and/or photograph that day, surely you would have just gone by it.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on January 07, 2018, 03:33:22 pm
Questions in a world of white
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 08, 2018, 12:49:18 am
Something new is born.

JR

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: JNB_Rare on January 08, 2018, 09:34:28 am
Peter, the plumage is wonderful. There is texture also, as the light moves from highlight, to midtones, to shadow areas, Very nice.

JR

+1
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: JNB_Rare on January 08, 2018, 09:35:32 am
Something new is born.

JR

It is indeed. Very nice.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on January 09, 2018, 04:23:15 am
Questions in a world of white


Now that is minimal! Clever.

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: GrahamBy on January 09, 2018, 08:37:58 am
Questions in a world of white

Yes :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 09, 2018, 08:45:22 am
Yes :)
+1.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Peter McLennan on January 09, 2018, 08:48:39 am
Questions in a world of white

Beautiful! A classic example of “less is more”.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 09, 2018, 09:45:24 pm
Yes, sometimes less is more. Sometimes, it can be plain boring. I have lots of those. But if you never walk that fine line, you will never know. The last image is a reminder to remember to use manual focus mode when shooting in falling snow. But I like the ethereal look, so I posted it too.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Belfountain-and-Forks-of-the/i-Dqj3GP2/0/c00fded3/M/Feb%203-%202015%20Bellfountain%20217%20copy1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Belfountain-and-Forks-of-the/i-ZkkxDjC/0/da169269/M/Feb%203-%202015%20Bellfountain%20015%20copy1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Belfountain-and-Forks-of-the/i-X2MtG9L/0/b82f710a/M/Feb%203-%202015%20Bellfountain%20265%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on January 09, 2018, 10:17:12 pm

Now that is minimal! Clever.

Rob

Thank you. I strive for these kind of shots but as John R says above I'm mostly failing.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Peter McLennan on January 09, 2018, 10:33:14 pm
remember to use manual focus mode when shooting in falling snow. But I like the ethereal look, so I posted it too.

Now you tell me.  :)  I had a few sharp foreground snowflakes and fuzzy subjects the other day.  Don't do much shooting in active snow.  Now I know better.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Patricia Sheley on January 10, 2018, 09:55:31 pm
Biting back~
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 10, 2018, 11:15:46 pm
Biting back~
Fierce fangs!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 13, 2018, 03:49:43 pm
Biting back is superb. I have a much more gentle offering.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Winter-in-High-Park-2013/i-TzKvk5z/0/554e592a/M/Feb%207-11%20HP%20336%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 13, 2018, 04:24:57 pm
A little more dark and moody.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Winter-in-High-Park-2013/i-mZn5Dwz/0/6fc8478d/M/Feb%207-11%20HP%20227%20bwcopy-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on January 13, 2018, 04:42:47 pm
A little more dark and moody...

Ah! A masterpiece!

(Too bad I can't see it larger)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Patricia Sheley on January 13, 2018, 07:29:10 pm
Quote from: John R on Today at 04:24:57 PM
A little more dark and moody...
Anything but! Meditation dressed in storm. I am hoping, no imagining, that a small bird to the right is celebrating his inner calm~
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Peter McLennan on January 13, 2018, 07:45:03 pm
A little more dark and moody.

Beauty! VERY moody.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Bruce Cox on January 16, 2018, 10:06:10 am
Sorry to brake the mood, but this may be a more technical study of four brushes and blended gradients.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 16, 2018, 12:50:45 pm
Sorry to brake the mood, but this may be a more technical study of four brushes and blended gradients.
I need sunglasses to view it.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 18, 2018, 01:39:45 am
A concrete urbanscape and the all-seeing lamp.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-dL8zmHw/0/af060b46/M/Nov%2018-12%20Toronto-%20Downtown%20124%20bwcopy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Michael West on January 18, 2018, 02:20:17 pm
i have no title yet
 
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4672/39734193832_b3abea43b7_c.jpg)

 
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 19, 2018, 12:31:45 am
i have no title yet
 
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4672/39734193832_b3abea43b7_c.jpg)
Wild!
No title needed.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on January 19, 2018, 04:39:41 am
1960s might be apt...
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: petermfiore on January 19, 2018, 08:31:29 am
Taking a nod from Rob,  "Subdued Psychedelic"...

Peter
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Michael West on January 19, 2018, 10:38:29 pm
im leaning towards Rubber Klimt!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 20, 2018, 01:05:20 pm
Look through the woods and what do I see?

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Belfountain-and-Forks-of-the/i-NGtNDHR/0/06f576b2/M/JMRO5333%20bwcopy4-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 20, 2018, 01:12:07 pm
i have no title yet[/center]
Great shot Michael. HIt's obviously a distorted equilibrium.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Peter McLennan on January 20, 2018, 01:17:33 pm
Here's some more distorted equilibrium.  8)

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4713/39800480241_e0f82075d6_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: petermfiore on January 20, 2018, 01:28:44 pm
im leaning towards Rubber Klimt!

+1

Peter
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 20, 2018, 01:44:50 pm
Here's some more distorted equilibrium.  8)

Very cool Peter.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 20, 2018, 03:48:16 pm
Very cool Peter.

JR
+1.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 23, 2018, 01:06:43 pm
Putting together a slideshow of our City Hall during festival of lights. Here she is, followed by an abstraction of same, which I really like.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Toronto-City-Hall-outing/i-PmFzXZc/0/3558dbb3/M/Jan%2015-%202017%20Toronto%20City%20Hall%20058%20copy1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Toronto-City-Hall-outing/i-B5qNNQv/0/29452703/M/Jan%2015-%202017%20Toronto%20City%20Hall%20044%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Peter McLennan on January 23, 2018, 03:29:41 pm
an abstraction of same, which I really like.
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Toronto-City-Hall-outing/i-B5qNNQv/0/29452703/M/Jan%2015-%202017%20Toronto%20City%20Hall%20044%20copy1000-M.jpg)

As do I. 

Are those buildings LED-lit?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 23, 2018, 07:52:36 pm
As do I. 

Are those buildings LED-lit?
Me too!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 23, 2018, 11:00:08 pm
As do I. 

Are those buildings LED-lit?
I was going to say no, but I looked it up. You are right. It is lit from the roof with leds.

https://www.toronto.ca/services-payments/venues-facilities-bookings/booking-city-facilities/city-squares/nathan-phillips-square/lighting-city-hall-towers/

They lights sneak up on you and you tend to notice them more when it is really dark. Looks better from a distance. The human eye does not see the violet cast as deeply as the camera sensor. If you haven't already guessed, that building is the famous Toronto City Hall. Quite modernistic looking, with a giant mushroom in the middle.

Thanks for the comments, Peter and Eric.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Peter McLennan on January 24, 2018, 02:27:57 pm
LED light, especially blues and violets play havoc with digital movie cameras, too.  I like it, actually.  Something we've not seen before.  Actually, I admit to a secret love affair with LEDs.  Science Fiction.

Meanwhile, back to the topic at hand: abstracts. :)

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4762/39168224484_2b891e3a65_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 24, 2018, 03:35:28 pm
Delightful, Peter.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Peter McLennan on January 24, 2018, 10:42:52 pm
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4702/26011717518_a521d79e0a_o.jpg)
Kudos for anyone correctly identifying this semi-abstract.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: degrub on January 25, 2018, 10:26:44 am
part of a trash burning furnace ?
well there is ductwork for hot gas based on insulation blanket and appearance of metals. a couple hydraulic actuators and structural arm maybe for the pivot of the door or hatch. 

Was this in a mining industry
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Peter McLennan on January 25, 2018, 11:07:40 am
Interesting guess.  Incorrect, unfortunately. :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on January 25, 2018, 02:31:07 pm
Interesting guess.  Incorrect, unfortunately. :)


Iranian rocket parts bin?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Peter McLennan on January 25, 2018, 02:56:12 pm
Heh.  'nother good guess.  Actually, Rob it was Kurdistan, but...

Sorry. Still no winner.

I'll give y'alls a hint.  You're looking up.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Patricia Sheley on January 25, 2018, 02:59:39 pm
this is wonderful: love that the wrench left a fitting open; love the pulleys, vents, splits, dist amp, reliefs. If there were a God He would love the obsolescence, just as his humanity nears the same, yet the utter brilliance of "there is a way to do this". The careful riveted trim of exterior trim lets me know the closer cared as well. While my first reaction was an exotic as in Lagonda, have come around to something as wonderful as a calliope. The pulleys, belts and rollers would allow infinite precision adjustment to whatever the powers provided. Just love this!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Patricia Sheley on January 25, 2018, 03:05:53 pm
Please don't tell me early elevator shaft: I want so much more!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Patricia Sheley on January 25, 2018, 03:13:06 pm
Damn, something as ordinary as heating and cooling?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on January 25, 2018, 04:46:30 pm
Heh.  'nother good guess.  Actually, Rob it was Kurdistan, but...

Sorry. Still no winner.

I'll give y'alls a hint.  You're looking up.

But from Iranian source: the pretty lady from the White House said so. There were markings! And holes! And rockets come down from "looking up"! It was on tv: must be true.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Telecaster on January 25, 2018, 04:47:33 pm
Whatever it is, it's so freakin' chaotic that if I were responsible for it I dunno if I'd be ashamed or proud. Maybe both!   ;D

-Dave-
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Telecaster on January 25, 2018, 04:50:48 pm
…the pretty lady…

Darn it, fixed before I had a chance to get snarky!

-Dave-
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 25, 2018, 06:09:54 pm
It's somebody's worst nightmare, but it's a fascinating image.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Peter McLennan on January 25, 2018, 08:20:59 pm
You'll all hate me when I tell you what it is.  It's a guilty pleasure of mine.  Aircraft.  Military aircraft in particular.

If you were to stow away in the undercarriage well of a Boeing B52, just before landing when the wheels dropped and you looked up, that is what you'd see.

Pima County Air Museum, south of Tucson.  Nikon D200  HDR 3 images, hand held.

Glad you like it.  :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Telecaster on January 25, 2018, 10:19:38 pm
Aha! Good to know some of that mess unfolds & extends into something that makes sense.  :D

-Dave-
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: degrub on January 26, 2018, 08:32:54 am
You'll all hate me when I tell you what it is.  It's a guilty pleasure of mine.  Aircraft.  Military aircraft in particular.

If you were to stow away in the undercarriage well of a Boeing B52, just before landing when the wheels dropped and you looked up, that is what you'd see.

Pima County Air Museum, south of Tucson.  Nikon D200  HDR 3 images, hand held.

Glad you like it.  :)

Darn !
my first thought was inside an aircraft bay due to the cables and hydraulics and those two struts, but the uniform level of corrosion caused me to think it had to be terrestrial rather than aircraft. Didn't realize there was that much low alloy steel in that vintage. Learn something new every day ! Now i have to wonder what all the insulated ducts were for ? keeping the tires warm ?  thanks.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on January 26, 2018, 09:19:26 am
Darn it, fixed before I had a chance to get snarky!

-Dave-

That's part of the trouble with writing English on a Spanish computer system. And a huge part of having failing eyesight and dyslexic fingers with a penchant for the Thelonious Monk trick of hitting between two keys. I wonder if he had bad eyes and took it from there?

At least LuLa now appears to have overcome the problem where I used to discover I had lingered too long on a reply, only to discover that it wouldn't fly anymore. It's a strange thing, but I find that the three ways of reading one's posts: as they are being typed; on the Preview; and then finally after posting, each reveals different errors in the typing or order of thought. Not a lot one can do about the latter beyond writing everything in Word and then importing it, but that kills the initial juice before it starts to bubble. It would then resemble my cooking.

But hey, depriving you of one opportunity doesn't mean I shan't offer you others. Either way, it's nice to know one is being read! I'm quite grateful to your aunt!

;-)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 28, 2018, 06:21:39 pm
Some pretty cool images Peter. I guess aircraft on first. But on second I was lost.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 28, 2018, 06:26:16 pm
Step right in, maybe you will get vertigo. Thought I would try to de-escalate the brouhaha over the canola field.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-ZTbhGxV/0/69138382/M/Jan%2028-%202018%20New%20Subways_0372%20bwcopy-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Peter McLennan on January 28, 2018, 08:14:01 pm
That's great, John.  Low light levels, quick wits.  :)  This is the last thing he saw before he was transported into another dimension...

*Indulgence filter on, please*
More aviation fetishism.

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4655/26083656778_9bffd34176_o.jpg)

*Indulgence filter off*
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 28, 2018, 10:14:56 pm
The shimmer really makes it, Peter. All the textures and nuances of the metal come to life. Well done, 'riveting work'.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on January 29, 2018, 02:53:08 am
That's a lovely shot John. Every time I try something like that it's ruined by camera shake :) You'd think I'd learn.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 29, 2018, 09:35:30 am
Splendid stuff, Peter and John.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 29, 2018, 10:28:12 am
That's a lovely shot John. Every time I try something like that it's ruined by camera shake :) You'd think I'd learn.

Splendid stuff, Peter and John.

Thank you Mike and Eric. Mike, it is a bit shaky as the escalator was moving. My idea was to create effects on the walls of the escalator and the surrounding environment. As you say, sometimes it was just too blurry, so I did a few. Here is another:

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-Zg5fmpZ/0/fbb83d32/L/JMRO5964%20halfbwcopy1000-L.jpg)

JR

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 29, 2018, 10:36:03 am
And this is the AI monster that was watching me take images in the subway. He looks benign, but he really wants to own and control you now that he is aware that he can. Same as Google, Microsoft, Apple and all the others.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-PChS47L/0/ec96a32e/M/JMRO6089%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: petermfiore on January 29, 2018, 10:52:25 am
That's great, John.  Low light levels, quick wits.  :)  This is the last thing he saw before he was transported into another dimension...

*Indulgence filter on, please*
More aviation fetishism.

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4655/26083656778_9bffd34176_o.jpg)

*Indulgence filter off*

Somewhere, Buck Rogers is smiling...

Peter
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Peter McLennan on January 29, 2018, 11:30:24 am
And this is the AI monster that was watching me take images in the subway.

OMG!  You're lucky to get outta there alive!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on January 29, 2018, 11:46:43 am
And this is the AI monster that was watching me take images in the subway. He looks benign, but he really wants to own and control you now that he is aware that he can. Same as Google, Microsoft, Apple and all the others.

JR

"He" is a she if you ask me, and she thinks you're a breath of fresh air. She clearly has got her eye on you!

Top shot! Love the color and tone, fits the subject well, creates a lovely befitting atmosphere.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: GrahamBy on January 29, 2018, 11:51:38 am
*Indulgence filter on, please*
More aviation fetishism.

Is that titanium ? It has a special sheen all it's own...
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 29, 2018, 01:26:22 pm
John,
The quality of your work is definitely escalating.  ;)

Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 29, 2018, 02:20:48 pm
Thanks for the comments everyone. I think Oscar is right, it is a she. Once spotted, I went to her like a moth to a flame. Fortunately, I had my friends drag me away after a couple of shots.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Peter McLennan on January 29, 2018, 02:53:24 pm
Is that titanium ? It has a special sheen all it's own...

Very observant!  It's an SR-71.
Boeing Museum of Flight, Seattle.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Peter McLennan on January 29, 2018, 02:54:28 pm
John,
The quality of your work is definitely escalating.  ;)
Eric

AghhhhHHH!  :)
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Post by: John R on January 29, 2018, 04:16:25 pm
Thanks for the comments everyone. I think Oscar is right, it is a she. Once spotted, I went to her like a moth to a flame. Fortunately, I had my friends drag me away after a couple of shots.

JR
I really was dragged away. So much to see and observe in the new subway stations. This has be one of my favourites in a long while. Maybe controlled chaos? Something fantastic anyway.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Torontos-new-Subway-Stations/i-7DTC4Bq/1/8eaf7be5/L/JMRO5932%20copy1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: Peter McLennan on January 29, 2018, 08:07:41 pm
Very cool.  That's the last thing he saw before he was transported into the other dimension.
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Post by: 32BT on January 30, 2018, 02:56:00 am
I really was dragged away. So much to see and observe in the new subway stations. This has be one of my favourites in a long while. Maybe controlled chaos? Something fantastic anyway.

JR

Very interesting indeed. The color seems essential in this image.
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Post by: sbode on January 30, 2018, 07:04:36 am
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Post by: John R on January 30, 2018, 02:15:02 pm
Bubblicious! Amazing, both spheres and pentagons. Just don't drink it. Wouldn't want you to float away.

JR
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Post by: David Eckels on January 30, 2018, 04:06:40 pm
Love the subway/escalator shots, John. Very creative!
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Post by: Peter McLennan on January 30, 2018, 07:28:19 pm
Fantastic, sbode!  Can't begin to imagine the technical challenges of that image.  Beautiful!
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Post by: Stephen Girimont on February 03, 2018, 11:15:56 am
Ice-Bound Abstract...

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Post by: Peter McLennan on February 03, 2018, 11:28:42 am
Superb, Stephen.  Print it HUGE.  8)
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Post by: pegelli on February 03, 2018, 02:20:21 pm
Cracked
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Post by: sbode on February 04, 2018, 07:34:06 am
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 04, 2018, 01:18:30 pm
Found Art?
On a sign post in a parking lot.
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Post by: Rob C on February 04, 2018, 01:42:04 pm
Nicely graphic, Eric.
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Post by: John R on February 04, 2018, 03:51:35 pm
Back to subway musings.

JMR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Torontos-new-Subway-Stations/i-GzkLqMQ/0/a06d535a/L/JMRO6270%20copy1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 04, 2018, 07:40:03 pm
Back to subway musings.

JMR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Torontos-new-Subway-Stations/i-GzkLqMQ/0/a06d535a/L/JMRO6270%20copy1000-L.jpg)
I knew you'd find a way to liven it up, John!
Delightful!

Eric
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Post by: John R on February 06, 2018, 06:17:50 pm
Thanks Eric. One more from the upper level of the lower depths- the subway!

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Torontos-new-Subway-Stations/i-gfHP5Tr/0/e3a900e6/L/JMRO6179%20copy2-1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 07, 2018, 12:27:00 am
Oh man! They must have built that just for you, John!
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Post by: pegelli on February 07, 2018, 02:58:38 am
A frosty morning
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 07, 2018, 12:25:30 pm
Nice ones, Pieter.
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Post by: pegelli on February 07, 2018, 01:15:11 pm
Thanks Eric, I know these type of shots are cliché'd to death but I like them, because they're my own cliché's ;)
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 07, 2018, 04:26:10 pm
Yes, those are always the best.
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 08, 2018, 09:18:25 am
Here's one I did a while ago and just ran across it again. Maybe it should go in the Minimalist thread.
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Post by: farbschlurf on February 08, 2018, 12:55:39 pm
Not sure whether this fits as an abstract, either, but ... why not:

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Post by: petermfiore on February 08, 2018, 02:14:27 pm
Here's one I did a while ago and just ran across it again. Maybe it should go in the Minimalist thread.

Eric,

Very nice...High speed nice?

Peter
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 08, 2018, 02:20:51 pm
Eric,

Very nice...High speed nice?

Peter
I think it was out of an airplane's window, so yes: High speed. The only sharp bits are the water droplets on the outside of the window. I think we had just emerged from a cloud.

Eric
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Post by: Rob C on February 08, 2018, 05:10:08 pm
I think it was out of an airplane's window, so yes: High speed. The only sharp bits are the water droplets on the outside of the window. I think we had just emerged from a cloud.

Eric


You do, of course, realise you flew moved into Leiter territory?

I'm sure he'd have approved.

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: DougDolde on February 08, 2018, 05:13:03 pm
http://www.douglasdolde.com/-/galleries/recent-images/-/medias/ffb8d20c-d05e-4287-ab65-95d8c9661508-hidden-hare
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Post by: armand on February 08, 2018, 07:35:36 pm
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 08, 2018, 07:51:48 pm
http://www.douglasdolde.com/-/galleries/recent-images/-/medias/ffb8d20c-d05e-4287-ab65-95d8c9661508-hidden-hare
Really wild transformations.
Joshua Tree National Park by any chance?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on February 14, 2018, 01:20:55 pm
optics
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: BobDavid on February 15, 2018, 01:10:44 am
Here's one I did a while ago and just ran across it again. Maybe it should go in the Minimalist thread.

 or a "Color Field" thread.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on February 16, 2018, 01:16:08 pm
motion
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Post by: churly on February 16, 2018, 04:18:45 pm
I always like this type of shot.  It seems a bit magenta to me but perhaps that's where you were going with it.
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Post by: churly on February 16, 2018, 04:20:21 pm
Preaching to the Choir.
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Post by: armand on February 16, 2018, 05:19:45 pm
I always like this type of shot.  It seems a bit magenta to me but perhaps that's where you were going with it.

The light was very magenta to start with and the camera saw it this way. I only added a smidge of contrast and clarity.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on February 16, 2018, 09:13:39 pm
... the camera saw it this way...

I hope it is still under warranty ;)
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Post by: armand on February 16, 2018, 10:44:34 pm
I hope it is still under warranty ;)
Funny. Looking back at the picture it does look much more magenta than on my calibrated screen in LR so I'm not sure what went wrong.
But here, for you I'm fixing it, in 2 choices even.


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Post by: armand on February 17, 2018, 11:43:26 am
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Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: degrub on February 17, 2018, 12:04:47 pm
a very good candidate for a 1000+ piece puzzle  ;D
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 17, 2018, 01:50:56 pm
a very good candidate for a 1000+ piece puzzle  ;D
+1.
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Post by: BobDavid on February 18, 2018, 03:07:02 am
a very good candidate for a 1000+ piece puzzle  ;D

i like the picture. There is something "Zen" about it.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on February 18, 2018, 09:43:08 am
a very good candidate for a 1000+ piece puzzle  ;D

I would likely go mad before I finish.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: brianrybolt on February 19, 2018, 12:20:12 pm
Museum of Modern Art - San Francisco, Calif.

Interior shot before and recent refit.
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Post by: armand on February 19, 2018, 12:40:08 pm
sky
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Post by: Peter McLennan on February 19, 2018, 01:25:31 pm
a very good candidate for a 1000+ piece puzzle  ;D

Sick, man.  You are really, really sick.  :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on February 22, 2018, 05:33:48 pm
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Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 25, 2018, 01:09:36 am
sky
The wisps of clouds really adds to the transition of colours.

JR
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Post by: John R on February 25, 2018, 01:15:25 am
Museum of Modern Art - San Francisco, Calif.

Interior shot before and recent refit.
If not for title I was lost as my eyes scanned the image. It took while for me to notice the railings as railings. Sort of got caught in the shapes and patterns. Wonderfully intriguing. Drew me right in.

JR
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Post by: John R on February 25, 2018, 01:26:18 am
Took a group to this secret location. Of course, it is no longer a secret.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Glen-Haffey/i-DcXQVjN/0/485e87dd/L/Feb%2024-%202018_0162%20copy1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: 32BT on February 25, 2018, 11:18:49 am
Took a group to this secret location. Of course, it is no longer a secret.

JR

Lovely color in that one, John.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Stephen Girimont on February 25, 2018, 11:35:21 am
Took a group to this secret location. Of course, it is no longer a secret.
VERY nice!
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 25, 2018, 12:48:02 pm
VERY nice!
+1.
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Post by: Chris Calohan on February 26, 2018, 07:40:56 am
Smile Sar-ah
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Post by: armand on February 26, 2018, 06:00:03 pm
The wisps of clouds really adds to the transition of colours.

JR

Thank you. It took me about 30 shots from the airplane window to get one as I wanted it.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on February 26, 2018, 11:04:09 pm
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Post by: armand on February 27, 2018, 12:49:35 am
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Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on March 01, 2018, 05:42:11 pm
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Post by: pegelli on March 02, 2018, 03:25:45 pm
Dark core
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Post by: Telecaster on March 02, 2018, 04:49:41 pm
Smile Sar-ah

A Maneater for sure.  ;D

-Dave-
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Post by: Peter McLennan on March 02, 2018, 06:19:07 pm
Dark core

Beauty!  Looks like ancient cartography.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: BobDavid on March 02, 2018, 10:04:17 pm
Took a group to this secret location. Of course, it is no longer a secret.

JR


Nice.
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Post by: John R on March 04, 2018, 12:11:50 pm
Thanks to all who commented. One more from the outing. More understated and less contrasty.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-RQ2SZgn/0/547bb02b/L/Feb%2024-%202018_0201%20cropcopy-1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 04, 2018, 01:40:46 pm
Thanks to all who commented. One more from the outing. More understated and less contrasty.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-RQ2SZgn/0/547bb02b/L/Feb%2024-%202018_0201%20cropcopy-1000-L.jpg)
I love your fuzzy forests, John.
I have made a few attempts to do something similar, but I obviously need to practice a lot more before I'll have anything postable.
Thanks for sharing your beauties.

Eric
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Post by: John R on March 04, 2018, 09:16:14 pm
I love your fuzzy forests, John.
I have made a few attempts to do something similar, but I obviously need to practice a lot more before I'll have anything postable.
Thanks for sharing your beauties.

Eric
Thanks Eric. This one is actually in-camera double exposure combined with camera movement. I like these better than the single shot images as they look more painterly. Just be quick and systematic- and- as you said, practice.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on March 05, 2018, 02:23:53 pm
a very good candidate for a 1000+ piece puzzle  ;D

Here are a couple more candidates  ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 05, 2018, 04:57:15 pm
Nice ones.
I especially like the creepy-crawly "Puzzle-1."
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on March 06, 2018, 02:09:10 pm
feng zhau (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_feet)
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 06, 2018, 03:57:15 pm
Very classy, Oscar.
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Post by: BobDavid on March 06, 2018, 10:33:14 pm
optics

+1
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Post by: John R on March 08, 2018, 12:09:04 pm
Also from my local park, but it's main characteristic is expressive.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-tgkGkmd/0/a10b4e89/L/Nov%207-11%20HP%20504%20copy1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 08, 2018, 01:22:01 pm
Also from my local park, but it's main characteristic is expressive.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-tgkGkmd/0/a10b4e89/L/Nov%207-11%20HP%20504%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Excellent!
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Post by: armand on March 08, 2018, 03:52:31 pm
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Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Telecaster on March 08, 2018, 04:24:14 pm
Here are a couple more candidates  ;)

#2 reminded me of this photo, from British photographer Howard Hurd. "One of the most surreal things I've seen for a while - a patch of pebble-patterned floor vinyl (with seaweed attached) washed up on the shingle of southsea beach the other day."

 :)

-Dave-
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 08, 2018, 06:54:13 pm
#2 reminded me of this photo, from British photographer Howard Hurd. "One of the most surreal things I've seen for a while - a patch of pebble-patterned floor vinyl (with seaweed attached) washed up on the shingle of southsea beach the other day."

 :)

-Dave-
That is rich!
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Post by: armand on March 11, 2018, 04:44:25 pm
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Post by: John R on March 12, 2018, 01:55:02 pm
From yesterday's walk in downtown Toronto. Looking up can make towers and buildings look abstract and sometimes surreal.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Front-St-Walk-Toronto/i-GcvhrJ6/0/b7fcb0dd/L/March%2011-%202018%20Downtown%20Toronto_0193%20copy1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: armand on March 12, 2018, 04:05:42 pm
More puzzles
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: pegelli on March 13, 2018, 11:53:32 am
Grid
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on March 13, 2018, 03:46:34 pm
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Post by: John R on March 14, 2018, 12:04:21 am
From the depths.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Torontos-new-Subway-Stations/i-GTQDx9M/0/79340298/L/Feb%204-%202018%20New%20Subways_0340%20copy1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: 32BT on March 14, 2018, 12:52:15 am
From the depths.

JR

Oh, that one really works well. From the new subway again? I wonder how you even make it to your destination on time. Or are you just permanently stuck there a la The Matrix, caught up in all the opportunities?
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Post by: John R on March 14, 2018, 01:01:39 am
I'm in charge of outings at the club, so I do an exploratory outing, either alone or with friends. This was such an outing. I have learned to eat a good breakfast so I can just "wander" around, sometimes for hours. If I had to work, I would have been fired, to be sure. I seldom do better than my first time. Everything is so new and fresh.

Thanks for the comments.

JR
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Post by: John R on March 15, 2018, 01:42:39 am
Distorted reality.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Front-St-Walk-Toronto/i-JwNghXS/0/8010bb61/L/March%2011-%202018%20Downtown%20Toronto_0335%20cropcopy-3-1000-L.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Front-St-Walk-Toronto/i-m6gWJMP/0/5ba9de29/L/March%2011-%202018%20Downtown%20Toronto_0317%20copy1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: Telecaster on March 15, 2018, 04:59:18 pm
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That's classic. The hostas in my garden can't be bothered arranging their leaves in such a blatantly pretty pattern. Or maybe the issue is with the dude looking at them.  ;)

-Dave-
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Post by: James Clark on March 16, 2018, 10:50:33 pm
E-Type - The latest in my set of multi-exposure classic auto abstracts.



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Post by: 32BT on March 17, 2018, 04:00:50 am
E-Type - The latest in my set of multi-exposure classic auto abstracts.

In similar vein as the London collages?

It works, recognisable e-type features, although it's perhaps more an impressionistic collage than it is an abstract. Idk. Do you aslo have some version where maybe something like a subtle silhouette of the entire car is visible?
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Post by: James Clark on March 17, 2018, 11:52:29 am
In similar vein as the London collages?

It works, recognisable e-type features, although it's perhaps more an impressionistic collage than it is an abstract. Idk. Do you aslo have some version where maybe something like a subtle silhouette of the entire car is visible?

Similar, though the technique is slightly different.  In this case it wasn't possible to get a defining wide view of the car itself, and sometimes that can certainly be an asset.  Luckily the E-Type is distinctive enough (to the intended audience) in its details.

Here's another - a classic Mustang GT350 - that has more of a defining view.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Bob_B on March 17, 2018, 03:48:48 pm
I spent a bit of time in my "studio" watching paint drop  ;), and here are some of the results.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Bob_B on March 17, 2018, 04:31:11 pm
And two more for good measure...
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 17, 2018, 07:29:44 pm
That's a great set, Bob!
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Post by: John R on March 18, 2018, 01:13:40 am
That's a great set, Bob!
Lovely work, Bob.

JR
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Post by: bns on March 18, 2018, 05:56:03 am
Thanks for viewing.

cheers,
Boudewijn Swanenburg
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Post by: Bob_B on March 18, 2018, 08:19:50 am
That's a great set, Bob!

Thanks Eric and John R!
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 18, 2018, 08:40:30 am
Thanks for viewing.

cheers,
Boudewijn Swanenburg
This has a quiet elegance and nice balance.

Eric
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Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on March 18, 2018, 11:53:50 am
That's a great set, Bob!

+1
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Post by: Peter McLennan on March 18, 2018, 12:58:12 pm
bns, that’s superb!
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Post by: Bob_B on March 18, 2018, 03:42:44 pm
+1

Thanks Slobodan.
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Post by: bns on March 18, 2018, 04:02:47 pm
bns, that’s superb!

Thanks Eric and Peter.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on March 18, 2018, 05:18:02 pm
That's a great set, Bob!

+2
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Post by: Bob_B on March 19, 2018, 08:15:33 am
+2

Thank you, armand.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on March 19, 2018, 09:35:41 pm
another puzzle
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on March 20, 2018, 10:55:41 am
leaves
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Bob_B on March 20, 2018, 05:17:42 pm
Rorschach no. 1
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: BobDavid on March 20, 2018, 11:44:17 pm
Rorschach no. 1

Anatomy
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Bob_B on March 21, 2018, 08:00:43 am
Anatomy
Indeed, that was my first thought too. Thanks.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Bob_B on March 21, 2018, 01:17:00 pm
Rorschach no. 2
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 21, 2018, 01:53:29 pm
These are neat, Bob.
The second reminds me of someone I know.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on March 21, 2018, 03:49:36 pm
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Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Telecaster on March 21, 2018, 03:59:25 pm
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Expand the field of view and you'll find a bunch of people sitting in a circle around the embers of a bonfire. Someone has a guitar.  ;)

-Dave-
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: farbschlurf on March 21, 2018, 04:41:16 pm
Cool! Err, hot! Hope the lens didn't melt.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on March 21, 2018, 05:15:02 pm
This is the result of experimenting with some filters from many years ago. No danger whatsoever, the underlying photo is much more basic (see attached).
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 22, 2018, 02:07:08 pm
Another from the secret forest.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Glen-Haffey/i-cJLp6S3/0/6eb0a6df/L/Feb%2024-%202018_0247%20copy1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: armand on March 22, 2018, 02:56:12 pm
3
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Post by: Bob_B on March 22, 2018, 05:50:55 pm
Black abalone mother of pearl macros...
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 24, 2018, 01:05:47 pm
The muted light and soft earthy browns took over. The white birches called out and they need no introduction.
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Cultural-Hotspots-Etobicoke/i-VpC6VPj/0/46eaf1d0/L/IMGP9158%20copy1000-L.jpg)

Muted tones and limited sharpness
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Cultural-Hotspots-Etobicoke/i-N7WTmCw/0/c29f88d4/L/March%2024-%202018%20house%20orchid%20crop1000-L.jpg)

JR
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Post by: 32BT on March 25, 2018, 04:28:29 am
Muted tones and limited sharpness

JR

The overall binding theme, if i really think about it, would be "tubes"!? How else could you combine orchids and subways in one book?
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 25, 2018, 08:16:48 am
Gorgeous, John!
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Post by: John R on March 25, 2018, 06:01:23 pm
Thanks, Oscar and Eric. I tried to do a photo stack in PS for sharpness throughout. About six images. Did this a few times and the results are very disappointing. Here is one result:

JR

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Bob_B on March 25, 2018, 06:08:26 pm
Thanks, Oscar and Eric. I tried to do a photo stack in PS for sharpness throughout. About six images. Did this a few times and the results are very disappointing. Here is one result:

JR
Lovely orchid. Out of curiosity, what stacking software are you using? The artifact on the bottom of your last image suggests maybe not enough steps, but it could also be caused by software mistakes.
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Post by: LesPalenik on March 25, 2018, 08:25:21 pm
Natural shore ice sculpture
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 25, 2018, 09:44:13 pm
Lovely orchid. Out of curiosity, what stacking software are you using? The artifact on the bottom of your last image suggests maybe not enough steps, but it could also be caused by software mistakes.
I used PS-classic. I tried Zerene Stacker but it created way too much ghosting. I took about six images @f11 using PS. Before this I took about 13 images, @5.6 and the results were almost identical. Lots of right angle white area artifacts. The longer the focal distance between far and near, the worse the results. If the distance is small the technique works fairly well. Example: one flower petal works great. But a whole flower at very close distance creates mush. Look at centre of the image, just mush. I do much better with one shot at F 16. At F22 and 32, the image gets really soft. Great if that's the effect you want.

I did Ok with this one. It was about 20 shots, so I guess I have to create more increments.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-3QZZ49g/0/b89e2e20/M/New%20blend%20photostack-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on March 26, 2018, 06:23:20 am
Lovely orchid. Out of curiosity, what stacking software are you using? The artifact on the bottom of your last image suggests maybe not enough steps, but it could also be caused by software mistakes.

That artifact is likely caused by the change in focal length with different focusing points.
It happens to me all the time, could be solved by a focusing rail but it's not worth the effort for how much I shoot close up focus stacking. As John I get plenty of artifacts and correcting for them is a pain, I'm not sure how you guys do it. I did try in the past Helicon and Zerene and they also had issues.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 26, 2018, 12:24:05 pm
That artifact is likely caused by the change in focal length with different focusing points.
It happens to me all the time, could be solved by a focusing rail but it's not worth the effort for how much I shoot close up focus stacking. As John I get plenty of artifacts and correcting for them is a pain, I'm not sure how you guys do it. I did try in the past Helicon and Zerene and they also had issues.
Maybe oscar has the right idea, I should try for something simpler, like a single flower. Anyway I tried one more time using f16 six images trying to capture a larger section of the flower. Here is the result. You can see the artifacting especially around the edges of the petals, doesn't even include what I cropped out and cloned over.

JR

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on March 29, 2018, 03:39:00 pm
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Post by: armand on March 30, 2018, 04:41:11 pm
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Post by: JNB_Rare on April 04, 2018, 07:14:45 pm
From peering into ditches (at shell ice).
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 04, 2018, 09:21:32 pm
From peering into ditches (at shell ice).
I like these. Especially no 3. It's as if you shrunk yourself and were able to photograph a broken glass pane from a low angle and show us the many facets of cracks in glass.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 05, 2018, 09:29:30 am
That's a great series, JNB.
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Post by: guido on April 05, 2018, 09:51:16 am
From peering into ditches (at shell ice).

Stunning sequence! So good!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: JNB_Rare on April 05, 2018, 12:08:38 pm
Thank-you everyone. John, you've picked the one (#3) that seems to generate the most comments from viewers.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Bob_B on April 07, 2018, 04:26:05 pm
Rainy day... water drop refractions...
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on April 08, 2018, 04:17:38 am
Rainy day... water drop refractions...

Superb colors…
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Bob_B on April 08, 2018, 07:50:17 am
Superb colors…
I appreciate your kind words, francois. Thank you.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 09, 2018, 02:03:13 am
I keep trying photostacking at the macro level. Results are very poor and I have to get a reasonably clean image. Here is one, but you can see the mid sections went blurry. I started shooting F16 instead. The second is the result.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-xgntMb3/0/76c7213b/L/April%208-%202018%20tulipstack-1%20copy1000-L.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-BgCVNtM/0/3621ed19/L/April%208-%202018%20tulip%207560%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on April 09, 2018, 04:18:21 am
I keep trying photostacking at the macro level. Results are very poor and I have to get a reasonably clean image. Here is one, but you can see the mid sections went blurry. I started shooting F16 instead. The second is the result.

JR

Perhaps you need a rail so you don't have to refocus the lens?

Does your software also allow adjustment of the separate layers in the stack? Affinity Photo for example will allow stamp-painting from the separate entries.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 09, 2018, 08:58:18 am
Perhaps you need a rail so you don't have to refocus the lens?

Does your software also allow adjustment of the separate layers in the stack? Affinity Photo for example will allow stamp-painting from the separate entries.
Thank you for that info, Oscar. I tried Zerene stacker and Helicon. They produce a lot of artifacts, you just have to look close. Right now I am trying PS. Perhaps I should try Affinity. If I understand correctly your meaning, with Affinity, I can designate one image to override the others?

As for focusing rail, way to expensive for such limited use. I have my eye on new full-frame Pentax instead!

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 09, 2018, 09:12:24 am
Just send me all your rejects, John. I'll be happy to have them.   ;)

Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 12, 2018, 03:15:11 am
Okay, at least this one more represents the kind of look I want to achieve.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-hnJq4rw/0/7bd53271/M/March%2026-%202018%20house%20orchid%20minimumfocus%20copy1000-M.jpg)

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Richowens on April 13, 2018, 02:42:50 am
(https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-N2HrMFN/0/5fda6b54/L/i-N2HrMFN-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: guido on April 13, 2018, 08:23:00 am
(https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-N2HrMFN/0/5fda6b54/L/i-N2HrMFN-L.jpg)

Very well seen!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 13, 2018, 09:22:36 am
Surreal take on a spring garden. The gardens are almost here.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-P7snLfP/0/81d8a521/M/Aug%2018-%202014%20Parkette%20Mayfield%20Rd%20007%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on April 13, 2018, 09:53:46 am
(https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-N2HrMFN/0/5fda6b54/L/i-N2HrMFN-L.jpg)

I like one very much, both abstract and nature at the same time.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: pegelli on April 13, 2018, 10:13:16 am
core

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Post by: Richowens on April 13, 2018, 05:32:19 pm
 
  Guido, Francois thank you for the compliments.

   Rich
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Post by: John R on April 13, 2018, 05:56:12 pm

  Guido, Francois thank you for the compliments.

   Rich
Yes, cool image, Rich. I have similar image. Good to keep an eye out for these kinds of patterns.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 13, 2018, 06:07:31 pm
Going for a walk.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Badlands-of-Caledon/i-W7Hm3WL/0/05b341b8/M/sept%2026-%202014%20Halton-badlands%20017%20bwcopy-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Richowens on April 14, 2018, 12:21:02 am
There was a crooked man who walked a crooked mile.  ;D ;D ;D

Rich
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 14, 2018, 09:52:04 am
There was a crooked man who walked a crooked mile.  ;D ;D ;D

Rich
Thanks, Rich. I was trying to think of the right caption for John R's photo, and I think you nailed it.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 14, 2018, 04:05:20 pm
Thanks, Rich. I was trying to think of the right caption for Joh R's photo, and I think you nailed it.
Yes, yes...at least he is mobile!

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 15, 2018, 04:10:04 am
An experiment. My little nephew made me see it.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-5ZmwmCV/0/712348c6/M/April%2015-%202018%20spinner%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 15, 2018, 02:05:13 pm
Your nephew has a good eye.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 15, 2018, 04:40:05 pm
Your nephew has a good eye.
Eric, it's a fidget spinner. I noticed that when it spins, it gives off colours and patterns. He brought it to my attention, and that's what I photographed.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 16, 2018, 04:02:44 am
First I photographed tulips using macro lens. It was intense= photo1

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-9fws7x3/0/0b229d21/M/April%207-%202018%20Tulip-1%20copy1000-M.jpg)

Then as the petals fell off I decided to play a little and this is result, photo 2:
(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-7cNRm2G/0/015ea372/M/April%207-%202018%20O7505%20white%20background%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 17, 2018, 06:37:43 pm
More from Tulipland.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-PWfvMhG/0/fd2ac6bc/M/April%2017-%202018%20tulip-4%20copy1000b-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-6hmx33d/0/3f4c5ff6/M/April%2017-%202018%20tulip-5%20cropcopy-1000-M.jpg)
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Post by: John R on April 18, 2018, 12:28:47 pm
Fantasy sky and abstract.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-t7rqd8q/0/b5c7bf53/M/April%2018-%202018%20wispysky-1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-LMwS34R/0/1d9b21d3/M/April%2018-%202018%20abstract-1%20copy1000-M.jpg)
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 18, 2018, 07:56:02 pm
Wow!
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Post by: John R on April 18, 2018, 10:33:04 pm
Wow!
Thanks Eric. It was either that, or this Pokemon called Mew-3, named after the original Mew-2. My daughter who used to play with them, got a real kick out of it.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-WbFB445/0/528a326b/L/Me-3%20pokemon-L.jpg)
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 18, 2018, 11:46:09 pm
Wow squared!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 20, 2018, 05:51:59 am
Wow squared!
Thanks again. Photographing glass and other objects looking for patterns and other interesting phenomena.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-wJvJfVQ/0/42dc8ca5/M/JMRO7831%20copy1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-s3gtNQc/1/5af0d48b/M/April%2018-%202018%20abstract-5%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on April 20, 2018, 12:12:22 pm
"Castellation"
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: David Eckels on April 20, 2018, 12:12:57 pm
Too Many Balls in the Air!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: David Eckels on April 20, 2018, 12:42:31 pm
To Infinity and Beyond!
Made me think of the Buzz Lightyear movie  :P
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 22, 2018, 11:01:36 pm
Colour interrupted.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-FTtPDS7/0/d7d0345e/M/JMRO7855%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on April 23, 2018, 01:10:33 am
“Crossing the red Line”
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on April 23, 2018, 02:26:53 am
Colour interrupted.

JR

But beautifully interupted it is.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on April 23, 2018, 02:28:20 am
“Crossing the red Line”

Yes, for some reason i like this one a lot better than the one with the lamppost.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 23, 2018, 03:23:07 pm
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
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 23, 2018, 03:47:40 pm
But beautifully interupted it is.
Thanks Oscar. Bought another piece of glass to continue my experiments on light and colour.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-VgS7nz5/0/7b658cf4/M/April%2023-%202018%20abstracts%20JMRO7915%20copy1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-4nDfMph/0/255c5c2c/M/April%2020-%202018%20abstract%20glass_0444%20copy1000-2-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on April 26, 2018, 03:19:26 pm
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Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: pegelli on April 26, 2018, 04:21:31 pm
Mechanical abstracts
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Peter McLennan on April 26, 2018, 04:58:15 pm
Mechanical abstracts

Beautiful!  What are those mechanisms?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on April 27, 2018, 02:30:32 am
It's as acstract as many here.

(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/909/40787810395_3af25953ae_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/259hc1g)

Mike
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 27, 2018, 03:51:17 am
It's as acstract as many here.

(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/909/40787810395_3af25953ae_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/259hc1g)

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

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Tony Jay on April 27, 2018, 03:53:17 am
It's as acstract as many here.

(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/909/40787810395_3af25953ae_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/259hc1g)

Mike
Bravo!

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

Congratulations
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: pegelli on April 27, 2018, 06:39:52 am
Beautiful!  What are those mechanisms?
Thanks, it's the internals of a mechanical calculator, it's an exhibit in the Science Museum in London.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on April 28, 2018, 04:33:30 am
Re lamp on wall - thanks for the support guys :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on April 28, 2018, 08:34:38 am
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.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on April 28, 2018, 08:43:08 am
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
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on April 28, 2018, 09:04:10 am
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."
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on April 28, 2018, 10:08:37 am
I don't disagree, I don't think it's awfully abstract but then I'd say half the shots in this thread aren't really abstract either :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on April 29, 2018, 03:45:03 pm
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Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 29, 2018, 06:00:15 pm
Triangularity because I don't know how to photograph a singularity ;)

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-R3pNxjN/0/6bc7e3e4/L/April%2023-%202018%20JMRO7907%20copy3-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 30, 2018, 12:52:44 pm
Taken with cell phone at the long term care facility I was visiting.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-F7n99Sw/0/bad4aedb/L/shadow-%20lakeshore%20lodge%20copy-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on April 30, 2018, 04:58:14 pm
Taken with cell phone at the long term care facility I was visiting.

JR

Very nice!
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Post by: John R on May 01, 2018, 07:09:53 am
Very nice!
Thanks Armand. I never thought a cell phone would take a decent image, but the newer phones have decent sensors.

JR
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Post by: John R on May 01, 2018, 07:11:21 am
A new one I created yesterday.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-5P8XMFZ/0/54458fcd/M/stepscomposite-bw-1%20copy-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 01, 2018, 08:12:00 am
A new one I created yesterday.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-5P8XMFZ/0/54458fcd/M/stepscomposite-bw-1%20copy-M.jpg)
I love it!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: JNB_Rare on May 01, 2018, 08:53:36 am
Thanks Armand. I never thought a cell phone would take a decent image, but the newer phones have decent sensors.

JR

It's not the device. You could have used a pencil to sketch that scene, and it would still be a lovely image. Good eye!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 01, 2018, 12:05:31 pm
It's not the device. You could have used a pencil to sketch that scene, and it would still be a lovely image. Good eye!
Thank you John and Eric. John B, I agree. I was trying to say how surprised I am at the quality if the images coming out of the cell phone.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on May 01, 2018, 12:46:54 pm
Thanks Armand. I never thought a cell phone would take a decent image, but the newer phones have decent sensors.

JR

This recent trip I used my phone almost as much as my "good" camera as the image quality is good enough most of the times. It suffers in lower light and when I want a different perspective than the fixed focal length.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Two23 on May 01, 2018, 06:22:49 pm
On track.


Kent in SD

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Post by: armand on May 01, 2018, 09:27:47 pm
blueish
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Post by: JNB_Rare on May 02, 2018, 10:34:57 pm
blueish

I like these very much.
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Post by: JNB_Rare on May 02, 2018, 10:36:18 pm
On today's walkabout...
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 03, 2018, 10:20:26 am
On today's walkabout...
Lovely. Just the right amount space to offset the powerful red. I will guess a buoy and boat.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 03, 2018, 10:22:12 am
On track.


Kent in SD
It's quite an image. But it does look somewhat staged.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: petermfiore on May 03, 2018, 10:55:06 am

Kent,
Without the shotgun shells, you'd have a much more powerful image.
If you placed a shadow of a hunter in the image, still staged, but a plausible narrative.

Peter
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Post by: Rob C on May 03, 2018, 11:04:49 am
Does the image imply six shots to kill one poor animal?

Poor mother if it does.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: JNB_Rare on May 03, 2018, 12:25:34 pm
Lovely. Just the right amount space to offset the powerful red. I will guess a buoy and boat.

JR

Thank you, and yes.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: pegelli on May 03, 2018, 03:19:18 pm
Steps and shadow
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 03, 2018, 04:25:06 pm
Steps and shadow
Pieter, I like this image but have a suggestion, if you don't mind. I think this image would be much more effective if the depth of field was solid throughout.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: pegelli on May 03, 2018, 05:12:40 pm
Thanks John, and I don't mind at all.

It would take another long train ride/day trip to try your suggestion (as well as a nice sunny day) because I didn't take the same shot with a much smaller aperture when I was there. Sometimes you miss the most obvious variations.

But I'll try to think of it next time I "work" a subject to try different dof settings
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 04, 2018, 11:24:34 am
Didn't think it would turn out well because the light was very harsh, but the camera movement smoothed out the harshness. The transition from lights to darks, looks quite effective and moody to my eyes. Taken at Niagara area in small conservation area.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/St-Johns-and-Niagara/i-LNrRbPz/0/41c9a44a/M/JMRO8122%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 04, 2018, 01:07:14 pm
Another lovely "nature" shot, John.
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Post by: BobDavid on May 04, 2018, 04:04:13 pm
nice
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Post by: armand on May 05, 2018, 03:43:13 pm
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Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 06, 2018, 09:20:13 pm
Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-Q2LcPQH/0/1a7c0ccc/M/April%2020-%202018%20abstract%20glass_0426%20pano-5%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Calohan on May 07, 2018, 08:29:18 pm
Cypress Swamp Abstracts: Spanish Moss & Cypress Trees 1/6 @ f/22 ISO 50 shot from a moving boat
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 08, 2018, 09:20:12 am
Cypress Swamp Abstracts: Spanish Moss & Cypress Trees 1/6 @ f/22 ISO 50 shot from a moving boat
The second feels a bit unbalanced to me, but the first one is great.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Calohan on May 08, 2018, 12:00:42 pm
I shot two here so this is the first shot. I thought the above posted showed more of the swamp-ish look.
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Post by: David Eckels on May 08, 2018, 12:12:05 pm
Nice one Chris!
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 08, 2018, 12:48:18 pm
Nice one Chris!
+1.
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Post by: armand on May 08, 2018, 01:50:00 pm
Fallen
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Post by: John R on May 10, 2018, 10:50:52 am
Was out and about yesterday. Some results.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/St-Johns-and-Niagara/i-XmsJJJ3/0/36d39bf6/M/JMRO8251%20copy1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/St-Johns-and-Niagara/i-nwg3tfP/0/9a7f9f75/M/JMRO8221%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 11, 2018, 03:31:16 pm
Taken with my cell phone outside the care centre I visit regularly.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-7CLt2pR/0/ed08a394/L/20180510_201555%20copycrop-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 11, 2018, 04:47:45 pm
More excellent goodies, John.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: MattBurt on May 11, 2018, 07:38:06 pm
That wavy reflection one is particularly nice!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 13, 2018, 10:34:04 pm
Thanks Matt and Eric.

Here we have magnetic personalities with so much attraction they distort each other.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-BR2C6nD/0/1f2cdaa9/M/Jan%202-2013%20Mississaga%20downtown%20024%20bwtwist-copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Peter McLennan on May 13, 2018, 11:23:37 pm
Was out and about yesterday. Some results.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/St-Johns-and-Niagara/i-nwg3tfP/0/9a7f9f75/M/JMRO8221%20copy1000-M.jpg)

LOVE this one.  BFP time.  :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 14, 2018, 10:15:19 am
Thank you Peter.

Does anyone want a sandwich?

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-72h5h2f/0/b18815ba/M/May%2013-%202018%20St%20Johns_0107%20bwcopy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: LesPalenik on May 15, 2018, 01:20:17 am
Water drops over circuit board

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on May 15, 2018, 02:39:41 am
A little more abstract maybe?

(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/911/41387964204_e57ec64113_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/264j8PJ)

Anyone guess where it was taken?

Mike
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 16, 2018, 05:39:19 am
A little more abstract maybe?

Anyone guess where it was taken?

Mike
Yes, a little more abstract. But the shadow detracts from the overall movement, and the focus on the highlights against the green.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 16, 2018, 02:59:23 pm
One more from the conservation area in Niagara.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/St-Johns-and-Niagara/i-7FQ6FNR/0/aa350b6a/M/JMRO8319%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: muntanela on May 17, 2018, 01:41:01 pm
Focusing on Cyclamen purpurascens Mill at the feet of Mount San Martino.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 19, 2018, 01:10:45 am
I am thinking of taking a photo of singer in a club and then compositing same on this fantasy stage.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-9pkQC8d/0/14e43d2c/M/stepscomposite-2bw-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 19, 2018, 08:42:46 pm
From some experiments with glass.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-7D3W7BV/0/c822d49f/M/April%2023-%2022018%20JMRO7914%20copy3-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 21, 2018, 12:58:50 am
Went to photograph trees and flowers but came back with these.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-7ZRVmQf/0/2346ce79/M/JMRO8799%20copy2-1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-ZH87rW7/0/424210b0/M/JMRO8818%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 23, 2018, 09:39:53 pm
Spring Impressions.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-S5TXF85/0/b0de1721/M/JMRO8401%20copy2-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on May 24, 2018, 03:45:17 pm
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Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 27, 2018, 11:58:10 am
.
Armand, very nice and very interesting. It reminds me of a crescent moon trying to shine through a cloudy sky- softly luminous.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on May 27, 2018, 12:36:01 pm
Armand, very nice and very interesting. It reminds me of a crescent moon trying to shine through a cloudy sky- softly luminous.

JR

Thanks. It's a slightly older shot, I have no idea what it was as I have no other frames before or after.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: BobDavid on May 27, 2018, 02:44:30 pm
'Went to photograph trees and flowers but came back with these.'

Excellent.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 28, 2018, 09:29:39 am
'Went to photograph trees and flowers but came back with these.'

Excellent.
Thank you Bob!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on May 29, 2018, 02:48:09 pm
A load of balls really

(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1736/27567179307_5f75d501d7_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/J11ZYX)

Mike
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 30, 2018, 12:32:01 pm
Summer impression.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-9KbzKR7/0/0f0d7fc8/M/Aug%2012-12%20Miss%20Bicycles%20104%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 30, 2018, 09:34:35 pm
Cool!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on May 31, 2018, 01:56:58 am
Summer impression.

JR

John, that's a bloody cool direction you're moving into. Didn't realize this works even better with a common object than with flowers. With flowers, trees, and nature it is still instantly recognisable as such, but here it "detaches" from reality because for some reason it takes time to comprehend the shape even if you already recognise it.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 31, 2018, 10:19:40 am
Thank you John and Eric. I am attaching the "original", so to speak. The colours are not enhanced in PP.  They are painted by the city to attract visitors to the area. There are about 6 bicycles, all painted and topped off with a basket of flowers. The red flowers make the best accent and really attract the eye. I now photograph these, semi-freehand- that is hand held while resting my hands and camera on top of tripod. Too difficult otherwise. Notice the fence in the original? It disappears when you move the camera enough or when you take enough exposures.

JR

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 31, 2018, 02:15:44 pm
The original is interesting, but I prefer your interpretation, John.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 01, 2018, 04:04:15 am
Graphical play

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-cCJdGjm/0/b3e7f72e/M/Feb%2010-13%20Sunnyside%20009%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: petermfiore on June 01, 2018, 09:00:36 am
Graphical play

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-cCJdGjm/0/b3e7f72e/M/Feb%2010-13%20Sunnyside%20009%20copy1000-M.jpg)

Like the shapes very much.

Peter
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on June 01, 2018, 04:16:20 pm
Like the shapes very much.

Peter
Me too.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: bns on June 04, 2018, 07:21:03 am
Something different

cheers,
Boudewijn Swanenburg
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on June 04, 2018, 09:49:37 am
Something different

cheers,
Boudewijn Swanenburg
Like!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 04, 2018, 10:32:24 pm
Something different

cheers,
Boudewijn Swanenburg
Looking at this image small reminds me of ocean waves painted in Van Gogh style . When enlarged it is much more abstract. Nicely done.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: BobDavid on June 05, 2018, 03:54:53 am
+1 for "Graphical Play"
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 07, 2018, 11:51:36 pm
Thanks for the comments Eric, Peter and Bob.

Here is one from a Spring Garden.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-7w9fsSx/0/5f53085b/M/JMRO8396%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: bns on June 08, 2018, 06:10:43 am
Endless variations

cheers,
Boudewijn Swanenburg
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Peter McLennan on June 08, 2018, 09:41:45 am
Something different

cheers,
Boudewijn Swanenburg

Beautiful!
Agreed - looks like Van Gogh.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on June 08, 2018, 01:08:33 pm
Endless variations

cheers,
Boudewijn Swanenburg
Also lovely.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: bns on June 09, 2018, 03:14:36 pm
Cannot resist.

cheers,
Boudewijn Swanenburg
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Telecaster on June 09, 2018, 04:20:10 pm
Cannot resist.

I like!

Been reading a draft of a paper a friend is working on. Physics stuff…so when I look at this photo I can't help but see a gravity well.  ;)

-Dave-
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: bns on June 09, 2018, 04:29:04 pm
I call this photo “Big Bang”
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 09, 2018, 05:25:26 pm
I call this photo “Big Bang”
Very nice.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on June 09, 2018, 07:47:26 pm
I call this photo “Big Bang”
You are really on a roll!
Great stuff!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 09, 2018, 11:13:45 pm
More garden delights.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Rhododendrum-Park-Mississauga/i-VvfwS9V/0/40168bd3/M/JMRO9404%20copy1crop-1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Rhododendrum-Park-Mississauga/i-FtmLPxC/0/48afbd87/M/JMRO9401%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on June 09, 2018, 11:51:22 pm
Recently observed.


  (http://www.pbase.com/image/167620068/original.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 10, 2018, 01:22:04 am
Recently observed.
I really like this, Arlen. Where have you been? You have just the right amount of elements in focus to make this abstract image successful. It  draws your eyes into the intriguing combination of colors and shapes. This would be wonderful on a wall.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: bns on June 10, 2018, 02:57:58 am
You are really on a roll!
Great stuff!

Thanks, Eric and also JR and Dave. I have been working on a series of abstracts with a comon, but variable, subject matter. I am using the shapes of nature to create my own images.

cheers,
Boudewijn Swanenburg
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on June 10, 2018, 12:25:15 pm
I really like this, Arlen. Where have you been? You have just the right amount of elements in focus to make this abstract image successful. It  draws your eyes into the intriguing combination of colors and shapes. This would be wonderful on a wall.

JR

Thanks John, it's been a while since I've done something like this and I had forgotten how much fun it is. As for my absence, a number of life events came up that pretty much commanded all of my attention; and then once out of the habit of posting, it took a while to pick up again. I'm trying to get back into the groove.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 10, 2018, 11:04:38 pm
Spring impressions 2.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-jCPz5LC/0/55ab70f7/M/May20-%202018%20RBG_0248%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 12, 2018, 12:11:14 pm
Casting shadows. Taken with my cell phone.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-qRPmncC/0/3a79fd45/M/20180510_193528%20bwcopy-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: bns on June 16, 2018, 01:59:13 pm
I don't believe I have shown this one already.

cheers,
Boudewijn Swanenburg
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 17, 2018, 12:37:37 am
Sometimes the world is like a swirl.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-bz5sxz7/0/30ec022e/M/stepscomposite-liquify-2%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on June 17, 2018, 08:46:29 am
So, John, please tell me exactly how you waved your camera around to get that swirl!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 17, 2018, 10:14:47 am
So, John, please tell me exactly how you waved your camera around to get that swirl!
Ahem, ahem, not really a camera swirl. It is an PP exercise work I did for a "creative" competition. I did it with the liquify tool. Easy to overdo. But I like the look of this one so I stopped. Thanks for the comments, Eric.

JR

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: JNB_Rare on June 17, 2018, 11:58:30 pm
Spring impressions 2.
JR

Very attractive.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: JNB_Rare on June 17, 2018, 11:59:28 pm
Casting shadows. Taken with my cell phone.

I like this one!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: JNB_Rare on June 18, 2018, 12:00:58 am
I don't believe I have shown this one already.
cheers,
Boudewijn Swanenburg

Really nice. Love the texture and subtle colour.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: JNB_Rare on June 18, 2018, 12:04:37 am
While waiting for my wife, I spied this just up the street.

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: bns on June 18, 2018, 09:16:23 am
While waiting for my wife, I spied this just up the street.
Beautiful catch.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on June 19, 2018, 07:35:55 am
Stainless:

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: JNB_Rare on June 19, 2018, 08:15:53 am
Stainless:

Flawless.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on June 19, 2018, 08:20:45 am
Flawless.
+1.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 19, 2018, 12:13:19 pm
While waiting for my wife, I spied this just up the street.
Good eye!

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 19, 2018, 12:14:45 pm
One from downtown.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-rLL8pbW/0/36bdad4b/M/Sept%2016-12%20Downtown%20TO%20085%20bwcopy-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on June 19, 2018, 05:32:14 pm
Flawless.

Thanks; can't buy myself a boat, and if I could have it would have had to have been sold some time ago... time seems to be the great leveller - everyone my age who had them had to wave (no pun etc.) them adios at some stage - just too physical.

That said, they still provide some good photo ops.

:-)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on June 19, 2018, 05:36:05 pm
+1.

Thanks, Eric; I seem to be attracted to shiny, stainless steel things. As I am to things grimmer, too.

:-)

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: BobDavid on June 20, 2018, 01:47:01 am
So, John, please tell me exactly how you waved your camera around to get that swirl!

Ha!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 21, 2018, 01:16:55 am
Ha!
Yes I sometimes resort to PP to create images.

But most times it's simply not necessary. Here is one for the caterpillars.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-ktwGNqk/0/0912b7b1/M/JMRO8812%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on June 21, 2018, 05:59:40 pm
Yes I sometimes resort to PP to create images.

But most times it's simply not necessary. Here is one for the caterpillars.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-ktwGNqk/0/0912b7b1/M/JMRO8812%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Very nice.

Taken, of course, with your caterpillar lens.   ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 22, 2018, 09:29:11 am
Ha!
I couldn't help myself, so I did one more.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-Px6vQ4k/0/7f890648/M/April%2015-%202018%20spinner%20transformcopy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on June 26, 2018, 10:17:02 am
Rooftopstudy
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on June 26, 2018, 10:36:15 am
Rooftopstudy


Difficult to make "complex" work, but you've pulled it off with style!

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 26, 2018, 05:19:34 pm
Rooftopstudy
See, one can quibble about what constitutes an abstract, but this image definitely has an abstract feel with abstract like shapes. So much to photograph in this scene. Well seen!!

JR

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on June 26, 2018, 06:29:15 pm

Difficult to make "complex" work, but you've pulled it off with style!

Rob
+1.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on June 27, 2018, 03:07:42 am
See, one can quibble about what constitutes an abstract, but this image definitely has an abstract feel with abstract like shapes. So much to photograph in this scene. Well seen!!

JR

Doesn't have an abstract feel to me, geometric yes, graphic maybe but I don't detect any abstraction not that the lack of a label diminishes a photograph in any way.

Mike
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 27, 2018, 05:40:39 am
Doesn't have an abstract feel to me, geometric yes, graphic maybe but I don't detect any abstraction not that the lack of a label diminishes a photograph in any way.

Mike
Your view reinforces my point. The image does have recognizable elements, but it is fundamentally about an abstraction of shapes, colours and lines and not about the things themselves. If we go the route of only unrecognizable elements, most of our efforts will be be unappealing and unrelatable to most people. But I certainly take your point.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 27, 2018, 05:59:40 am
These are not necessarily great images but I want to show them because I tried one of the in-camera "filters" called "Bold Monochrome." Based on some trials, I think it does not reproduce bw well on subjects that are already highly contrasty. Such as white sidewalks and black elements on sunny days. It completely overwhelmed the whites and blacks. I am going to try this filter on moderately sunny days, hopefully with just soft shadows, and see how the monochromes reproduce.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-jCkHfGs/0/21d6429f/M/JMRO9520%20bwcopy-1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-LbnGwLJ/0/e06615b4/M/JMRO9462%20bwcopy-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on June 27, 2018, 06:20:36 am
Your view reinforces my point. The image does have recognizable elements, but it is fundamentally about an abstraction of shapes, colours and lines and not about the things themselves. If we go the route of only unrecognizable elements, most of our efforts will be be unappealing and unrelatable to most people. But I certainly take your point.

JR

As ever it's only a personal opinion.

Is this abstract or a portrait?

http://www.johnpaulcaponigro.com/blog/http://www.johnpaulcaponigro.com/blog/wp-content/themes/zinfandel-blue-10/images/02_Brandt.jpg

This must be abstract

https://images.curiator.com/images/t_x/art/d0fe0005a006075084c8767ae8354884/bill-brandt-nude-east-sussex-coast-may-1959.jpg

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: JNB_Rare on June 27, 2018, 06:49:03 am
These are not necessarily great images but I want to show them because I tried one of the in-camera "filters" called "Bold Monochrome." Based on some trials, I think it does not reproduce bw well on subjects that are already highly contrasty. Such as white sidewalks and black elements on sunny days. It completely overwhelmed the whites and blacks. I am going to try this filter on moderately sunny days, hopefully with just soft shadows, and see how the monochromes reproduce.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-LbnGwLJ/0/e06615b4/M/JMRO9462%20bwcopy-1000-M.jpg)

I like this one a lot.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 27, 2018, 07:26:14 am
As ever it's only a personal opinion.

Is this abstract or a portrait?

http://www.johnpaulcaponigro.com/blog/http://www.johnpaulcaponigro.com/blog/wp-content/themes/zinfandel-blue-10/images/02_Brandt.jpg

This must be abstract

https://images.curiator.com/images/t_x/art/d0fe0005a006075084c8767ae8354884/bill-brandt-nude-east-sussex-coast-may-1959.jpg
Of course I recognize the elements in both images as aspect of the human form. I agree that the second is 'more' abstract than the first. However, I view both images as abstract in quality, where the object was to reduce the image to its simple elements. Love the images by the way. First rate.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on June 27, 2018, 09:19:48 am
Of course I recognize the elements in both images as aspect of the human form. I agree that the second is 'more' abstract than the first. However, I view both images as abstract in quality, where the object was to reduce the image to its simple elements. Love the images by the way. First rate.

JR
I agree completely.

I'll add that OPGR's rooftop and these recent images fit the "purist" meaning of "abstract," which shouldn't care about recognizability. I am quite comfortable also with a looser definition which would include any subject that is interesting but unrecognizable.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on June 27, 2018, 10:09:30 am
Sometimes the world is like a swirl.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-bz5sxz7/0/30ec022e/M/stepscomposite-liquify-2%20copy1000-M.jpg)


Different tools, new results. If you like the results (and I do), why be restricted by convention?  :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on June 27, 2018, 04:01:34 pm

Different tools, new results. If you like the results (and I do), why be restricted by convention?  :)
Amen!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: MattNQ on June 27, 2018, 11:46:49 pm
Not sure I've posted this one before?

Palm fronds in the wind

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Mashup/i-mxSqb9v/0/8b19a154/L/P9161123-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: BobDavid on June 28, 2018, 04:16:26 am
More experimentation...
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on June 28, 2018, 09:50:51 am
Very intriguing, Bob. I admire your experimenting spirit.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on June 28, 2018, 11:03:25 am
More experimentation...


I like it very much but for the stars; for me, they introduce something that doesn't fit with the rest of the feeling. Just too defined and distracting.

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: BobDavid on June 28, 2018, 12:59:01 pm
This is for a fourth of July themed event...
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on June 28, 2018, 03:21:45 pm
This is for a fourth of July themed event...
Ah! So the stars can stay.
Nice one.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Hans Kruse on June 28, 2018, 03:32:07 pm


https://www.hanskrusephotography.com/Landscapes/Råbjerg-Mile/i-DrVrrWh
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Råbjerg-Mile/i-DrVrrWh/0/5433df61/X3/_MG_6844-X3.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: LesPalenik on June 28, 2018, 04:10:48 pm
Old and wrinkled - ancient granite on Lake Superior north shore
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on June 28, 2018, 05:16:00 pm

https://www.hanskrusephotography.com/Landscapes/Råbjerg-Mile/i-DrVrrWh
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Råbjerg-Mile/i-DrVrrWh/0/5433df61/X3/_MG_6844-X3.jpg)
Very fine! And different from your usual broad landscapes.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on June 28, 2018, 05:27:10 pm
Street tar abstract.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Hans Kruse on June 29, 2018, 06:59:43 am
Very fine! And different from your usual broad landscapes.

Thanks Eric and I do also photograph abstracts from time to time :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: petermfiore on June 29, 2018, 07:29:46 am
Street tar abstract.

It's a Brice Marden...I like this picture very much, Eric. 

link to Brice Marden> https://www.google.com/search?q=bryce+marden&oq=bryce+marden&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.7767j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Peter
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on June 29, 2018, 07:37:41 am
It's a Bryce Marden...I like this picture very much, Eric. 

link to Bryce Marden> https://www.google.com/search?q=bryce+marden&oq=bryce+marden&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.7767j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Peter


That's cool Peter; did Bryce invent/discover string theory?

I learn something amazing and new every day. The downside: there's no place left to store it without dumping previous files. That, of course, is the basis of dementia: too much friggin' information and not enough space on the C disk.

There is no solution, I'm afraid.

:-(


Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 29, 2018, 09:27:53 pm
Very intriguing, Bob. I admire your experimenting spirit.
Like it very much, except the stars. But hey, it's for a big day.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 29, 2018, 09:50:50 pm
Who knows? The murky shadows knows.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-44tL6JL/0/a5cb23f3/M/June%2025-%202018%20RBG_0225%20bwcopy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 29, 2018, 09:52:34 pm
Street tar abstract.
Like this one, Eric. But I am curious as to why the street is so bright. Using Flash or under lamp light?

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on June 29, 2018, 11:37:11 pm
Like this one, Eric. But I am curious as to why the street is so bright. Using Flash or under lamp light?

JR
It was shot in fairly flat light and I boosted the contrast and added some vignetting to liven it up. I now realize that it does look as if there was an unnatural light source. But it was all Lightroom trickery, no PhotoShopping required.

Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 30, 2018, 01:50:21 am
These are not necessarily great images but I want to show them because I tried one of the in-camera "filters" called "Bold Monochrome." Based on some trials, I think it does not reproduce bw well on subjects that are already highly contrasty. Such as white sidewalks and black elements on sunny days. It completely overwhelmed the whites and blacks. I am going to try this filter on moderately sunny days, hopefully with just soft shadows, and see how the monochromes reproduce.

JR

Just want to expand on what I said about the "Bold Monochrome" experiments. Notice how where darks and blacks already exist things quite quickly turn blacker. Whites almost pure. For some subjects, this will work. But for most, the extremes look unreal and unusable for reasonably natural images. See below.

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on June 30, 2018, 07:09:09 am
Just want to expand on what I said about the "Bold Monochrome" experiments. Notice how where darks and blacks already exist things quite quickly turn blacker. Whites almost pure. For some subjects, this will work. But for most, the extremes look unreal and unusable for reasonably natural images. See below.

The Sony's have a high-contrast mono mode, which i presume is an equivalent. The whites show haloing which seems a deliberate effect, and for the little Sony's the blacks tend to block, though that can help to separate subject of course. I think it renders that way so you can emulate the covetted gritty street look.

I have yet to try it on the A7 which has significantly more DR. See what they are really after.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Kern on June 30, 2018, 01:51:48 pm
Repeating Pattern
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Kern on June 30, 2018, 02:04:56 pm
Blue Vase from Covent Garden

The backstory:

Me: "Where did you get that?"
Wife: "Covent Garden."
Me: "What?  We haven't visited London in years!"
Wife: "And now you finally notice it."
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 30, 2018, 11:52:41 pm
The Sony's have a high-contrast mono mode, which i presume is an equivalent. The whites show haloing which seems a deliberate effect, and for the little Sony's the blacks tend to block, though that can help to separate subject of course. I think it renders that way so you can emulate the covetted gritty street look.

I have yet to try it on the A7 which has significantly more DR. See what they are really after.
Please do try it. I would like to see some results. For my part, I still want try this mode on bright overcast days to see if the bw is less contrasty and whether blacks and white block up less.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 01, 2018, 12:24:18 am
An IR look that to my eye looks less murky than a straight bw average conversion. It certainly allows the textures to come out.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-zzhm2HV/0/28a31e49/M/JMRO9496%20bwIFcopy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on July 04, 2018, 02:42:56 pm
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Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: JNB_Rare on July 04, 2018, 05:17:32 pm
Oooh, I like abs-14!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 05, 2018, 04:31:41 pm
Walk on by.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-WKzTnvL/0/81ee7747/M/July%204-%202018%20James%20Gardens_0338%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 06, 2018, 11:16:04 am
What to do on bright sunny days!!?

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-gNgm3qf/0/d195c42d/M/JMRO9628%20copy1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-ZC5Xs8d/0/c83f0d30/M/JMRO9629%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 06, 2018, 03:09:18 pm
What to do on bright sunny days!!?

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-gNgm3qf/0/d195c42d/M/JMRO9628%20copy1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-ZC5Xs8d/0/c83f0d30/M/JMRO9629%20copy1000-M.jpg)
But only if you have a superb eye for design and pattern!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on July 06, 2018, 06:27:56 pm
Oooh, I like abs-14!
Thanks!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on July 07, 2018, 04:03:51 pm
A recent one.


       (http://www.pbase.com/art1/image/167774105/original.jpg)



Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on July 07, 2018, 05:06:20 pm
A recent one.


       (http://www.pbase.com/art1/image/167774105/original.jpg)

My tummy feels like that sometimes.

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on July 07, 2018, 05:21:00 pm
Mine too.  :)

I've been thinking of titling it "The Way Out".
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 07, 2018, 07:13:12 pm
A recent one.


       (http://www.pbase.com/art1/image/167774105/original.jpg)
Well, I like the image, tummy or no tummy.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Neil Williams on July 07, 2018, 08:33:42 pm
Barcelona
(https://www.dropbox.com/s/q3ptmddgz1u263m/Neils-Photography--M10-in-Barcelona-030718-072.jpg?raw=1)
(https://www.dropbox.com/s/ikjamui2jjegdr9/Neils-Photography--M10-in-Barcelona-030718-076.jpg?raw=1)

Neil
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Peter McLennan on July 07, 2018, 08:39:41 pm
Well, I like the image, tummy or no tummy.

Me, too!  Gorgeous. 
Did you light it yourself?  Or is that available light?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Neil Williams on July 07, 2018, 08:41:23 pm
Walk on by.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-WKzTnvL/0/81ee7747/M/July%204-%202018%20James%20Gardens_0338%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Very nice mate
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on July 07, 2018, 08:52:59 pm
Me, too!  Gorgeous. 
Did you light it yourself?  Or is that available light?


Thanks, Peter. It's available light.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 07, 2018, 09:53:58 pm
Mine too.  :)

I've been thinking of titling it "The Way Out".
Wonderful Arlen. To me the image is somewhat foreboding, like a crocodile's eye watching you.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 07, 2018, 10:00:10 pm
Very nice mate
Neil, thank you for the comments. But as I was scanning the new images I noticed your fabulous bw images of Barcelona architecture. Who could these be from? The new kid on the block. The images are quite powerful and surreal they way you have composed them against the sky. Excellent work.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on July 07, 2018, 10:13:50 pm
Neil, thank you for the comments. But as I was scanning the new images I noticed your fabulous bw images of Barcelona architecture. Who could these be from? The new kid on the block. The images are quite powerful and surreal they way you have composed them against the sky. Excellent work.

JR

Indeed, they are excellent. Well done Neil.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: LesPalenik on July 08, 2018, 03:20:10 am
Barcelona
(https://www.dropbox.com/s/q3ptmddgz1u263m/Neils-Photography--M10-in-Barcelona-030718-072.jpg?raw=1)
(https://www.dropbox.com/s/ikjamui2jjegdr9/Neils-Photography--M10-in-Barcelona-030718-076.jpg?raw=1)

Neil

I like the second image, Bold and powerful.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: JNB_Rare on July 08, 2018, 08:57:22 am
Barcelona

I like the first one best.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: JNB_Rare on July 08, 2018, 09:02:38 am
On the beach.


Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 08, 2018, 09:37:39 am
Great stuff Neill, Les, and JNB.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 08, 2018, 06:37:50 pm
On the beach.
The tonality is sumptuous. Very effective and organic looking.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 08, 2018, 06:40:15 pm
From my cell phone on trip to local minimall.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-mcZcNgB/0/f24496a9/M/Wall%20abstract%200180708_144621%20copy900-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 08, 2018, 08:11:54 pm
From my cell phone on trip to local minimall.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-mcZcNgB/0/f24496a9/M/Wall%20abstract%200180708_144621%20copy900-M.jpg)
You've got a good eye, John, even when you don't wiggle your camera/phone around.  ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: JNB_Rare on July 08, 2018, 11:43:42 pm
You've got a good eye, John, even when you don't wiggle your camera/phone around.  ;)

+1
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 09, 2018, 12:14:35 pm
+1
Thank you Eric and John. Lots of wonderful stuff being posted lately.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: JNB_Rare on July 09, 2018, 02:42:54 pm
Ups and downs in the Maritimes.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 11, 2018, 06:16:17 am
Ups and downs in the Maritimes.
Good seeing.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rayyan on July 11, 2018, 11:15:49 am
Wonderful work John.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 12, 2018, 11:34:08 am
Just want to expand on what I said about the "Bold Monochrome" experiments. Notice how where darks and blacks already exist things quite quickly turn blacker. Whites almost pure. For some subjects, this will work. But for most, the extremes look unreal and unusable for reasonably natural images. See below.
More experimenting in softer shadow light. Still lots of blacked out areas in the shade.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-ZLcB4BS/0/110b186f/M/JMRO9962%20bwcopy2-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: JNB_Rare on July 12, 2018, 12:37:12 pm
More experimenting in softer shadow light. Still lots of blacked out areas in the shade.

Very nice. Love the mystery. Reminds me of Susan Burnstine (http://www.susanburnstine.com/).
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 12, 2018, 12:49:47 pm
Very nice. Love the mystery. Reminds me of Susan Burnstine (http://www.susanburnstine.com/).
Wow John. She is good. Love the work and I am still going through it. Thanks for the feedback.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 13, 2018, 03:54:53 pm
The scent of Lavender.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-vFjxrX4/0/f6036b92/M/July%2013-%202018%20Weirs%20farm-4%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on July 13, 2018, 04:24:54 pm
Very evocative, John. It really does give the impression of a scent rising from the blooms.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 13, 2018, 05:07:22 pm
Very evocative, John. It really does give the impression of a scent rising from the blooms.
+1!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 14, 2018, 03:24:15 pm
Well thank you, Arlen and Eric. I think that is the most important element of a  photograph- to convey something. Jay Maisel said, if your images don't convey something for you, why should they for anyone else. The light was harsh, so I decided to experiment even more. Camera movement can and usually does soften colours and contrast.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-QQjNbW6/0/49087b84/M/July%2013-%202018%20Lavender%20farm_0595_editedcopy-1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-ppbXf2b/0/4642da9d/M/July%2013-%202018%20Weirs%20farm-9b%20copy1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-2NSph4N/0/17b645c3/M/July%2013-%202018%20Weirs%20farm-3%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 14, 2018, 05:04:07 pm
I wish someone would do a video of you photographing, John.
I suspect your movements through long exposures would be an interesting dance.   ;)

Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: BobDavid on July 15, 2018, 01:11:10 am
I wish someone would do a video of you photographing, John.
I suspect your movements through long exposures would be an interesting dance.   ;)

Eric

True that, Eric.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 15, 2018, 01:54:51 pm
Thank you Eric and Bob. I take out Club members on outing/workshops, but not not everyone like these types of shots.  Most give up if they don't get good results right away. Also, many just want "prize winning shots", rather than pursue what really interests them. So nowadays,  I just try to help them with whatever they like.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 20, 2018, 08:57:17 am
Radiating.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-4R77H8D/0/e555a118/M/July%206-%202018%20Bloor%20St_0375%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 20, 2018, 11:07:05 am
Surreal, but real.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-fk9qsTW/0/f3a31b6f/M/July%206-%202018%20Bloor%20St_0367%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 20, 2018, 01:18:02 pm
Surreal, but real.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-fk9qsTW/0/f3a31b6f/M/July%206-%202018%20Bloor%20St_0367%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Absolutely!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on July 20, 2018, 02:17:20 pm
If it's cars then ...

(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2658/32220728174_87b3d1ef8f_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/R6eDW7)

Mike
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on July 21, 2018, 06:36:19 am
Surreal, but real.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-fk9qsTW/0/f3a31b6f/M/July%206-%202018%20Bloor%20St_0367%20copy1000-M.jpg)

I like this one a lot, with those smooth curves and shapes.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 22, 2018, 09:00:16 pm
Thank you Eric, Mike and Francois. Appreciate the comments.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: churly on July 23, 2018, 07:05:57 pm
A couple of garden variety abstracts.Chuck
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 23, 2018, 07:49:14 pm
Both very nice, Chuck.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 23, 2018, 10:12:10 pm
Both very nice, Chuck.
Yes. Particularly like the second image.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 23, 2018, 10:15:29 pm
Taking off.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Toronto-City-Hall-outing/i-78QPCNm/0/38bb7027/M/Feb%208-%202014%20Downtown%20Toronto%20115%20bwcopy2-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: BobDavid on July 23, 2018, 10:27:08 pm
Surreal, but real.

+1
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 24, 2018, 08:43:55 pm
Surreal, but real.

+1
Thanks Bob.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 24, 2018, 08:45:18 pm
Mystery lamps.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-rV9Csfq/0/9917997a/M/JMRO0256%20July%2024-%202018%20sepialamp%20copy1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-qB586VG/0/d3acd5d3/M/JMRO0244%20July%2024-%202018%20lamp1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rayyan on July 25, 2018, 01:14:19 am

A rainy day at the Piazza San Marco...

(https://fursan.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-3/p2987070922-6.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on July 25, 2018, 07:45:48 am
Directional intuition...

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on July 25, 2018, 09:44:42 am
Directional intuition...


Intriguing fabric that also makes me think of those coarse, oatmeal biscuits that taste so good when dunked in coffee, just as long as you get 'em out rapidly enough to avoid total disintegration, whereupon both biccy and coffee become disasters.

So, a photograph good enough to eat?

:-)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on July 25, 2018, 09:58:33 am

Intriguing fabric that also makes me think of those coarse, oatmeal biscuits that taste so good when dunked in coffee, just as long as you get 'em out rapidly enough to avoid total disintegration, whereupon both biccy and coffee become disasters.

So, a photograph good enough to eat?

:-)

I think that's why the French came up with croissants, better dunkin' material...
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: churly on July 25, 2018, 11:03:29 am
Lot's of really interesting shots on this thread as usual.  I always stop by to see what's new here.

Chuck
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 26, 2018, 08:51:13 am
The Phoenix rises again.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-K2NphWb/0/add7b87a/M/IMG_0014%20July%2025-%202018%20Etobicoke%20Valley%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 26, 2018, 09:16:57 am
The Phoenix rises again.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-K2NphWb/0/add7b87a/M/IMG_0014%20July%2025-%202018%20Etobicoke%20Valley%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Good catch, John!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: JNB_Rare on July 26, 2018, 09:26:01 am
Good catch, John!

+1
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: JNB_Rare on July 26, 2018, 09:35:25 am
Directional intuition...

Until I clicked to get the expanded view, I thought it might be a bald man's misframed selfie.  ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on July 26, 2018, 08:37:26 pm
The Phoenix rises again.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-K2NphWb/0/add7b87a/M/IMG_0014%20July%2025-%202018%20Etobicoke%20Valley%20copy1000-M.jpg)

When the pigs fly
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 26, 2018, 08:40:32 pm
 
When the pigs fly
;D
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on July 27, 2018, 04:01:23 am
Phoenix [from John R] and Pigs fly are stunning and even without much imagination, one can quickly figure out how the titles have been chosen.

Well seen, John and Armand
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on July 27, 2018, 09:34:33 pm
Phoenix [from John R] and Pigs fly are stunning and even without much imagination, one can quickly figure out how the titles have been chosen.

Well seen, John and Armand

Thank you
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on July 27, 2018, 09:35:05 pm
windows
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 28, 2018, 05:58:23 pm
I went to a garden party...

(https://photos.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-pCrQXdm/0/4af5af3c/M/JMRO0502%20July%2027-%202018%20RBG%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 28, 2018, 11:59:17 pm
I went to a garden party...

(https://photos.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-pCrQXdm/0/4af5af3c/M/JMRO0502%20July%2027-%202018%20RBG%20copy1000-M.jpg)
... and forgot your glasses.   ;)

Lovely!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 29, 2018, 01:06:37 pm
Thank you Eric. Fortunately, my DSLR has diopter to help with such exigencies.

On way home I came to my senses and held the camera very steady. This is result.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-zz7Nrw4/0/136a46c1/M/JMRO0435%20July%2027-%202018%20RBG%20bwcopy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 29, 2018, 06:09:12 pm
... and this time you used a black-and-white memory card.   ;D
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: churly on July 30, 2018, 12:10:26 pm
Another B&W.Chuck
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: D Fuller on July 30, 2018, 12:58:37 pm
Another B&W.Chuck

That’s lovely. I always find if difficult to figure out where focus belongs in this kind of macro flower image. This seems to get it right.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 30, 2018, 02:19:00 pm
Very sensuous, Chuck.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: farbschlurf on July 30, 2018, 03:11:25 pm
Pretty cool!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: churly on July 31, 2018, 07:44:28 am
Thanks guys.

Eric - I have never had anything I have done described as sensuous.   ;)

Chuck
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 31, 2018, 08:34:28 am
Thanks guys.

Eric - I have never had anything I have done described as sensuous.   ;)

Chuck
I'll have to look back over your other posts and find some more that fit that term.   ;)

Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on July 31, 2018, 09:28:58 pm
... and forgot your glasses.   ;)

Lovely!

There are many things that are best seen without your glasses.  :)

I like this one a lot, John.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 01, 2018, 12:44:05 pm
It was too bright and sunny, so gave up on the sunflowers. Went for more pans in the fields and meadows.  Thanks again Arlen.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 01, 2018, 02:28:10 pm
Took this one on 'almost' daily walk along a nearby creek. Left the white streaks as they seem to go nicely in BW version. To me it has appearance of elements coming at and by you. Love my point and shoot Canon G1X.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-Tx5jXB7/0/ef82a108/M/IMG_0043%20July%2025-%202018%20Etobicoke%20Valley%20bwcopy-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on August 01, 2018, 05:20:40 pm
I've been making fake risographs lately.


Don't worry about it; everybody had been having acute problems with the unfake of late. It's like an escape, the sand that hides the head.

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 05, 2018, 08:30:19 pm
It's amazing what PP will do to recover shadow detail. Lots of noise that works to my benefit this time.

And one with lots of light- dappled light, that is.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-c3xQ8Tp/0/dc0a3e03/M/IMG_0022%20Aug%204-%202018%20copy1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-kF4fD3D/0/b8d874f0/M/JMRO0856%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 07, 2018, 10:05:44 am
Not just butterflies are free to fly.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-TsNwRDb/0/c34f84d5/M/JMRO0959%20copy2-1000-M.jpg)

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on August 07, 2018, 10:19:21 am
Not just butterflies are free to fly.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-TsNwRDb/0/c34f84d5/M/JMRO0959%20copy2-1000-M.jpg)

JR

Wow, John, this one is really unique and eye-catching.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on August 07, 2018, 10:32:44 am
John, you're breaking through a plateau with your latest entries.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: JNB_Rare on August 07, 2018, 10:29:11 pm
John, you're breaking through a plateau with your latest entries.

+1
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: JNB_Rare on August 07, 2018, 10:30:36 pm
On the rocks...
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on August 08, 2018, 01:01:07 am
I like those a lot too, JNB; especially the second one.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 08, 2018, 12:26:03 pm
I like those a lot too, JNB; especially the second one.
I was thinking the same thing. That blue-white-orange combination has a soothing effect, I think.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 08, 2018, 12:27:03 pm
+1
Thank you guys for the comments.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 08, 2018, 01:59:50 pm
Dance of the nucleus.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-zJ5S4rg/0/8e062310/M/Aug%2011-%202015%20RBG%20%26%20Islington%20215%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Patricia Sheley on August 08, 2018, 10:03:52 pm
Strange how the mind plays John. How in the world your waterlily took me to the light of the Dutch masters AND Picasso's cubist portraits in the same flight of fancy I am unable to explain, yet it did. Such play is always so rewarding. Thanks for this one~
p.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 08, 2018, 10:30:53 pm
Many thanks Patricia. You certainly have your own voice when it comes to words.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: BobDavid on August 09, 2018, 01:39:00 am
Not just butterflies are free to fly.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-TsNwRDb/0/c34f84d5/M/JMRO0959%20copy2-1000-M.jpg)

JR

+2
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 09, 2018, 10:07:46 pm
+2
Thanks Bob.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 09, 2018, 10:09:45 pm
I posted something similar a while back, but this I like better. I going to try it again with hopefully a softer light so that the triangle is not so bright.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-44TVx68/0/2877817c/M/WALL%201%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: BobDavid on August 10, 2018, 03:12:04 am
I posted something similar a while back, but this I like better. I going to try it again with hopefully a softer light so that the triangle is not so bright.

JR


Great shadows and light (nice triangles). The aged three-way light switch is a neat element. The subtle hues work. ...keep playing with it.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Patricia Sheley on August 10, 2018, 11:47:58 pm
~
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 11, 2018, 12:43:22 am
I love it, Patricia!
I can enjoy it as a pure graphic and also "read" the image in many different ways.

-Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on August 11, 2018, 08:48:48 am
I love it, Patricia!
I can enjoy it as a pure graphic and also "read" the image in many different ways.

-Eric

Yep, makes you think abstractly (another argument would posit that all thought is abstract), and that is good for the soul, pushing it to spaces it might otherwise not navigate.

As an aside: Lillian Bassman would have loved that shot!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Patricia Sheley on August 11, 2018, 10:10:10 am
"As an aside: Lillian Bassman would have loved that shot!"

Very generous Rob,
Her ability to work so graphically, painting and fashion, having sprung from the generation she did, was an early inspiration back in my teens. She perceived light in verso in a way that set the mind wandering. Although I have not yet achieved her 90 some odd years, I am on my way there, carrying her long white hair.
p.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Patricia Sheley on August 11, 2018, 10:15:47 am
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Re: Show us some Abstracts!
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I love it, Patricia!
I can enjoy it as a pure graphic and also "read" the image in many different ways.

-Eric

It has been an unexpected treat to have two gentlemen considered friends (not the norm for me), both pick up on something I felt in the night when thinking my way through a painting from one of my self portraits. Your individual perceptions brush my day~
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 12, 2018, 12:40:22 pm
Shadow intrigue - from the opposite wall of course.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-hPmDxvH/0/46cfe54e/M/Aug%2011-%202018%20window%20shadows%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 12, 2018, 01:03:23 pm
Shadow intrigue - from the opposite wall of course.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-hPmDxvH/0/46cfe54e/M/Aug%2011-%202018%20window%20shadows%20copy1000-M.jpg)
YAW! (Yet Another Winner.)  ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 12, 2018, 10:19:20 pm
YAW! (Yet Another Winner.)  ;)
Thank you Eric.

Shadow Intrigue is surely a segue to a 'Playground of the mind'.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-R7fxBM7/0/eda83a57/M/JMRO1248%20Aug%2012-%202018%20Etobicoke%20Creek%20-%20copy2-1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-2X8XNHk/0/976c18b4/M/JMRO1250%20Aug12-%202018%20Etobicoke%20Creek%202%20copy1000-M.jpg)

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on August 13, 2018, 01:17:33 pm
Trainstationstudy nr 2

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: JNB_Rare on August 13, 2018, 01:41:25 pm
Trainstationstudy nr 2

Colour, pattern, texture, light and shadow... I find this one is very appealing!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 13, 2018, 01:48:18 pm
Colour, pattern, texture, light and shadow... I find this one is very appealing!
Me too.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 13, 2018, 01:59:18 pm
Me too.
Me Three.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on August 13, 2018, 02:44:57 pm
This one is going to be cool too. I'm going to take the exact same picture, except with a lady in red descending the stairs. From the trainstationseries.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 13, 2018, 10:47:50 pm
Yes, cool. I like how the small dark shadows defines the steps and layers. I tell people to look for these whenever doing architecture, in particular.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on August 15, 2018, 10:43:59 am
"As an aside: Lillian Bassman would have loved that shot!"

Very generous Rob,
Her ability to work so graphically, painting and fashion, having sprung from the generation she did, was an early inspiration back in my teens. She perceived light in verso in a way that set the mind wandering. Although I have not yet achieved her 90 some odd years, I am on my way there, carrying her long white hair.
p.

Better than I ever managed! At least I can be smug: my son lost his by thirty!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on August 15, 2018, 10:50:21 am
This one is going to be cool too. I'm going to take the exact same picture, except with a lady in red descending the stairs. From the trainstationseries.


Oscar, we can't go on meeting like this!

:-)

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on August 15, 2018, 01:13:49 pm

Oscar, we can't go on meeting like this!

:-)

When our queen was succeeded by her son, they asked a rather famous local composer to score a special song for the occasion. As soon as the music was first heard, many people commented it sounded all too familiar, even suggesting plagiarism.

Obviously, that composer isn't quite as stupid to commit plagiarism for such a public occasion, but the music did indeed seem too much a copy of some other obscure piece of music. (At least not exactly a source for semi-copying the masterpiece of your lifetime).

Then i wondered: how does inspiration happen? I mean it could well be that he'd be having an entertaining meal at some obscure Chin. Ind. Spec. Rest. where they have some obscure background music playing, which he, being the composer he is, subconsciously registers and couples to a pleasing evening.

Years later he thinks he conceives an inspirational new melody to attribute to the new king.

So, here then is hoping you didn't publish this picture previously at some obscure website where i shouldn't have been visiting in the first place...
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on August 16, 2018, 03:06:48 am
Apparently, "photographic imaging" is a thing now (although technically this can be done in camera on some models).

Summerswirl
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on August 16, 2018, 08:14:44 am
The essence of turmoil
(Photographic imaging, or perhaps "photographics" for short...)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on August 16, 2018, 09:10:18 am
Apparently, "photographic imaging" is a thing now (although technically this can be done in camera on some models).

Summerswirl


Very nice! Did you knit that one yourself?

;-)

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on August 16, 2018, 09:13:19 am
The essence of turmoil
(Photographic imaging, or perhaps "photographics" for short...)

I'd have opted for imagraphics, myself, but that's just an personal quirk of mine...

But a cool image, either way.

;-)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 16, 2018, 09:59:48 am
Both very nice, ~O~ .

I would call them "Photo" for very short, or perhaps "Photo+."
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 16, 2018, 10:15:02 am
Both very nice, ~O~ .

I would call them "Photo" for very short, or perhaps "Photo+."
I like them both. Very nice work Oscar. I also do those in-camera on my Pentax. One sample, very similar to ~O~, but not as colorful.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-2cSdbTQ/0/9568bd5b/M/June%2025-%202018%20RBG_0216%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 16, 2018, 10:52:38 am
Went for breakfast with neighbour and spotted these shadows created by the morning light. Taken with cell phone.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-WNNfvvG/0/85d6d346/M/Restaurant%20abstract%20copy2-1000-M.jpg)

edit: changed to color version.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 17, 2018, 06:37:16 pm
Working on image doing PP when what do espy- light, in pattern of course.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-QpZ53wK/0/cc062ae8/M/couch%20abstract%20copy2-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on August 27, 2018, 12:45:16 pm
This one is going to be cool too. I'm going to take the exact same picture, except with a lady in red descending the stairs. From the trainstationseries.

Finally had a chance to do another testshot. This is a random traveller, but i believe the idea is going to work real well. I'd like a yellow dress walking down and a red dress walking up, as a metaphor for trains on a track with their yellow front lights and red tail lights.

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 27, 2018, 02:04:04 pm
That should work well, O.
I look forward to it (the red dress and the yellow one.)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 02, 2018, 12:49:17 pm
Taken on Daily Walk, but I think fits nicely into abstract.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Etobicoke-Valley/i-Bvx6KFK/0/a20e07ac/M/JMRO2599%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on September 02, 2018, 12:52:21 pm
... I think fits nicely into abstract.

Perfect example of a photographic abstract. Perfectly realistic, yet perfectly abstract.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 02, 2018, 12:54:59 pm
Perfect example of a photographic abstract. Perfectly realistic, yet perfectly abstract.
+1.

(P.S. Must I apologize for thinking like Slobodan?   ;)  )
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on September 02, 2018, 01:02:02 pm
Perfect example of a photographic abstract. Perfectly realistic, yet perfectly abstract.

+1

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on September 02, 2018, 01:10:44 pm
+1.

(P.S. Must I apologize for thinking like Slobodan?   ;)  )

As long as it's not about politics! ;-)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Patricia Sheley on September 02, 2018, 01:43:23 pm
Taken on Daily Walk, but I think fits nicely into abstract.


Those walks, John, have you chatting with some interesting spirits. C. Monet did a wonderful series at Vetheuil in the fog. Fog lifted but you caught that full first glance of the whole beautifully. Nice one.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on September 02, 2018, 01:45:27 pm
... (P.S. Must I apologize for thinking like Slobodan?   ;)  )

I deleted my post to avoid further distraction. Sorry for the silliness on my part.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Patricia Sheley on September 02, 2018, 01:49:09 pm
hmmmm~
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 02, 2018, 02:44:44 pm
Well, I'm definitely a Type C, which makes me "a passionate, creative person."   ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Patricia Sheley on September 02, 2018, 03:43:58 pm
hmmmmm~
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 02, 2018, 05:46:24 pm
hmmmmm~
Patricia scares me with her ~hmmmmm~ But thanks everyone. Now I must check my toes, but not until after my walk. Wouldn't want to be disappointed before starting.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on September 02, 2018, 07:43:49 pm
That depends on the shape of your foot, Eric.

I've just come across this totally scientific and surprisingly accurate analysis of my personality (I am type D):

 ;D

What if one foot is one type and the other is different?  ;D
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 02, 2018, 07:59:00 pm
What if one foot is one type and the other is different?  ;D
It means your surgeon didn't match you correctly when you got your foot-transplant.   ::)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 03, 2018, 12:58:38 am
I admit I had some fun with this one in PP.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Etobicoke-Valley/i-RdhN59m/0/f65c9fee/M/JMRO2718%20copy2-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 04, 2018, 10:09:43 am
Not quite pure abstract, but I like its abstract qualities. Taken on daily walk.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Etobicoke-Valley/i-fW6pB7r/0/f9c76ae1/M/JMRO2936%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on September 04, 2018, 03:35:23 pm
Architectural abstractions are always good exercise.
I was actually positioned differently (and quite comforably i might add) on the pray for someone to walk the bridge and cast a nice shadow for the human factor, but unfortunately it didn't pan out, at least not in the time it took me to slowly finish my cappuccino...
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on September 04, 2018, 04:26:34 pm
Sort of abstract?


     (http://www.pbase.com/art1/image/168073152/original.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on September 04, 2018, 04:33:56 pm
That bird had been on the juice.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 04, 2018, 05:50:59 pm
That bird had been on the juice.
I do like the bird image. I have found if I leave the stabilization in the on position, it screws up my ICM timing and therefore the image.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on September 04, 2018, 06:22:09 pm
Well this was all in camera, but I have to fess up that it was an accident, where the camera missed the focus. But I liked it better than other frames that were in focus.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 04, 2018, 10:30:37 pm
Shadow play from Daily walk.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Etobicoke-Valley/i-XVrzg3p/0/f6629c16/M/Sept%204-%202018%20Etobicoke%20Valley_0003%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Telecaster on September 05, 2018, 03:39:41 pm
Well this was all in camera, but I have to fess up that it was an accident, where the camera missed the focus. But I liked it better than other frames that were in focus.

One of my *fav bird pics of the last few years was the result of misfocus.

-Dave-

*A fav among those taken by me, that is.  ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 06, 2018, 11:08:53 am
From under trestle railway bridge. Love the long shadows. Taken on Daily Walk.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Etobicoke-Valley/i-2PVRNQs/0/5800aa37/M/Sept%203-%202018%20Etobicoke%20Valley_0018%20bwcopy-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: JNB_Rare on September 06, 2018, 12:18:17 pm
From under trestle railway bridge. Love the long shadows. Taken on Daily Walk.

Well seen!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on September 06, 2018, 12:25:55 pm
From under trestle railway bridge. Love the long shadows...

Reminds me of this:
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: JNB_Rare on September 06, 2018, 03:29:02 pm
Sort of abstract? I just loved the swirls.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on September 06, 2018, 04:49:03 pm
Sort of abstract? I just loved the swirls.

Me too; very nice. I'm always attracted to those kinds of tree swirls, but getting a good rectangular composition is usually a challenge.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: petermfiore on September 07, 2018, 07:34:50 am
One of my *fav bird pics of the last few years was the result of misfocus.

-Dave-

*A fav among those taken by me, that is.  ;)
Dave,

Wonderful picture.
So often the case...beauty is the goal and tack sharp can rob an image of it's poetry.

Peter
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 07, 2018, 12:27:22 pm
Me too; very nice. I'm always attracted to those kinds of tree swirls, but getting a good rectangular composition is usually a challenge.
I agree. But I think the excellent bw tonality really makes the image sing.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 07, 2018, 12:56:18 pm
A pod of dolphins (perhaps?) taken on Daily Walk. They are kind of blue because they long for the sea.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Etobicoke-Valley/i-WJQK8b9/0/3ff0681b/M/Sept%204-%202018%20Etobicoke%20Valley_0030%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Telecaster on September 07, 2018, 03:00:12 pm
Wonderful picture.
So often the case...beauty is the goal and tack sharp can rob an image of it's poetry.

Thanks. I have it in mind to get a (rumored) Fuji GFX-50r, adapt my Pentax 75/2.8 (great 645 format lens) to it and then take scads of photos either out of focus or at slooow shutter speeds. Besides hopefully resulting in some worthwhile pics it might also get under the skin of the res addicts.  :D

-Dave-
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: petermfiore on September 07, 2018, 07:59:24 pm
Thanks. I have it in mind to get a (rumored) Fuji GFX-50r, adapt my Pentax 75/2.8 (great 645 format lens) to it and then take scads of photos either out of focus or at slooow shutter speeds. Besides hopefully resulting in some worthwhile pics it might also get under the skin of the res addicts.  :D

-Dave-

Yay!!!

Peter
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 07, 2018, 08:35:06 pm
Yay!!!

Peter
+1!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 08, 2018, 03:31:34 pm
Indeed, very nice David. I think you included just enough black elements to balance the image beautifully.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: David Eckels on September 08, 2018, 03:37:38 pm
Thanks, John!
Title: Re: Harpa Reykjavik 3
Post by: John R on September 09, 2018, 09:21:27 pm
Seems this beautiful building and the morning sun collaborate well together!
You know Dave, these abstracts either strike you or don't. It's OK, but I don't like it as much as the first version.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 09, 2018, 09:25:26 pm
From my Daily Walk series. Not hard to guess, but it was the interplay of shadow, light and shapes that drew my attention.

(edit: changed my mind, I like original better)

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Etobicoke-Valley/i-tnXQGLx/0/69d469df/M/JMRO3363%20bwcopy-2-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Harpa Reykjavik 3
Post by: David Eckels on September 10, 2018, 10:15:24 am
You know Dave, these abstracts either strike you or don't. It's OK, but I don't like it as much as the first version.

JR
I understand, John. I am working on a small series that will represent a "portrait" of Harpa, embellished with some of these detail shots for my coffee table book based on my recent trip to Iceland. It should be a best-seller of one! ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Kern on September 12, 2018, 06:40:03 pm
Is it fair for me to call this an abstract?  A cityscape?  Probably not an architectural and I'm fairly certain it's not a landscape—despite the presence of a mountain and some weather in the background.  I don't want to indulge in excessive genre-bending.

Made earlier this month during a vacation in Vancouver, B.C.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on September 12, 2018, 07:09:43 pm
... an abstract?  A cityscape?  Probably not an architectural and I'm fairly certain it's not a landscape...

That's why it is important to make up your mind as to what you are trying to convey at the time of shooting and reframe and refocus accordingly (both literally and figuratively). Selectivity in photography is paramount. Or, as my high school professor used to say: "A lack of clarity of language is a sure sign of the lack of clarity of mind." The same goes for visual language.  ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Kern on September 12, 2018, 07:19:37 pm
That's why it is important to make up your mind as to what you are trying to convey at the time of shooting and reframe and refocus accordingly (both literally and figuratively).

Sigh.  I fear you may be correct.  I simply tend to shoot what looks interesting to me while I'm peering through the viewfinder without thinking too much (okay, prolly not at all) about "what I'm trying to convey."

But I suspect I'm too old and set in my ways to learn how to exercise more discipline.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Kern on September 12, 2018, 08:07:30 pm
More abstract.  But still with mountains.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Kern on September 12, 2018, 08:15:38 pm
No mountains.  No sky.  This ought to rate at least an 8.5 on the international open-ended abstraction scale, wot?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on September 12, 2018, 09:31:58 pm
No mountains.  No sky.  This ought to rate at least an 8.5 on the international open-ended abstraction scale, wot?

Yes :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on September 12, 2018, 09:41:13 pm
More abstract.  But still with mountains.

What you probably noticed in that scene is the layering of different buildings when viewed at a certain angle. You can then capitalize on that and exclude (abstract!) everything else (sorry, mountains). Something similar I did in Houston (five different buildings):

(https://www.slobodanblagojevic.com/img/s/v-2/p1454106853-4.jpg) (https://www.slobodanblagojevic.com/p161565912/e56abe8e5)


P.S. This isn't meant as lecturing, but rather as a friendly exchange of ideas
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on September 12, 2018, 09:49:01 pm
...I simply tend to shoot what looks interesting to me while I'm peering through the viewfinder...

Nothing wrong with that. That's how it starts. It is an iterative process. You see something interesting and snap it. Then you think: "Hmmm, this looks interesting but too busy, too much information... how do I simplify it?" For instance, the photo posted above started with this image:
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: JNB_Rare on September 12, 2018, 11:44:57 pm
No mountains.  No sky.  This ought to rate at least an 8.5 on the international open-ended abstraction scale, wot?

Rotate right 90 degrees and get a 9.0!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Kern on September 13, 2018, 10:59:00 am
It is an iterative process. You see something interesting and snap it. Then you think: "Hmmm, this looks interesting but too busy, too much information... how do I simplify it?"

The three pictures I posted earlier in this thread were all made within a five-minute period.  Actually, I started with the most abstract, then my eye was attracted to the skycrapers with the mountains and clouds in the background.

My wife and I have been visiting Vancouver every two or three years for 25 years now.  It is is arguably the big city with the most beautiful setting in North America.  But the downtown is looking increasingly like Hong Kong Central, with enormous, closely-spaced towers crowding out the view of the harbour and the mountains beyond.  In the three years since our last visit, it seemed like at least a half dozen new ones had sprouted up.  A local community activist complained to us that relatively new buildings were being torn down so that even taller ones could be constructed in their place and, as often happens in city centers where there is a surge of redevelopment, housing costs have increased dramatically.  The attached photo provides a sense of the density.  I made it from an isolated park—apparently unfamiliar even to many Vancouverites—which must be the only parcel of undeveloped land along the downtown waterfront.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 13, 2018, 09:56:08 pm
From downtown Toronto.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Kensington-Market/i-TG2x96L/0/8cf13bfb/M/IMG_0068%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Kern on September 13, 2018, 10:04:33 pm
From downtown Toronto.

". . . the pipes, the pipes are calling."
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on September 14, 2018, 02:27:07 am
I'm guessing this is as abstract as many here

(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1873/43749534405_fc06b1d4d9_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/29DZNnk)

Mike
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 14, 2018, 02:13:52 pm
I'm guessing this is as abstract as many here

Mike
It looks fine to me. Here is one from nature, taken on my Daily Walk.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Etobicoke-Valley/i-Xq3XWNz/0/7e6d9ee6/M/Sept%2014-%202018%20Terra%20Cotta_0179%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on September 14, 2018, 02:52:39 pm
You choose your subjects well for in the camera movement. The trick seems to be to avoid over bright skies and white as the background.

This one is particularly nice as it has relatively few plants in it.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: JNB_Rare on September 14, 2018, 03:40:24 pm
Here is one from nature, taken on my Daily Walk.

Really good, this one.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 14, 2018, 06:48:33 pm
Really good, this one.
+1.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on September 14, 2018, 07:48:13 pm
Encounter
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 14, 2018, 08:40:37 pm
+1.
Thank you John, Eric and Mike for the comments. Mike the image consists of grasses shot against pond water reflecting the blue sky. But you are quite right, in general, I try to avoid white unless I decide the white can be part of the image or has a pattern.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: JNB_Rare on September 14, 2018, 09:08:57 pm
Encounter

Cool. I like the tilted perspective.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 15, 2018, 11:03:30 am
From yesterday's walk, Sept 15, some abstractions.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Etobicoke-Valley/i-ck54GLg/0/b2124d98/M/Sept%2014-%202018%20Terra%20Cotta_0193%20copy1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Etobicoke-Valley/i-WjcRTws/0/24cff078/M/Sept%2014-%202018%20Terra%20Cotta_0204%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on September 16, 2018, 11:57:42 am
Cool. I like the tilted perspective.

Thank you.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on September 16, 2018, 11:58:18 am
Few more, quite different
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 16, 2018, 03:19:40 pm
Few more, quite different
These are different. But I especially like second image with its almost mysterious shadows.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: JNB_Rare on September 16, 2018, 08:59:01 pm
Few more, quite different

I really like the third one.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 17, 2018, 12:26:29 pm
Part of Daily Walk in a new conservation area.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Etobicoke-Valley/i-GVK8VdQ/0/4cdcb4cf/M/JMRO4392%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on September 17, 2018, 12:46:29 pm
Part of Daily Walk in a new conservation area.

A change of environment every now and then can be healthy.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on September 17, 2018, 12:52:52 pm
Mangkhut
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on September 17, 2018, 04:06:30 pm
It looks fine to me. Here is one from nature, taken on my Daily Walk.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Etobicoke-Valley/i-Xq3XWNz/0/7e6d9ee6/M/Sept%2014-%202018%20Terra%20Cotta_0179%20copy1000-M.jpg)

A standout, from among many good ones.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: James Clark on September 17, 2018, 04:57:43 pm
Sadly, work has kept me from doing as much photography as I like for much of this year, but I had an architecture assignment in Vancouver over the weekend and saw a couple of abstract opportunities on the flight home.  Because of the loss of sharpness from shooting through commercial airliner windows, I'm not sure any of these are suitable for printing/framing but I like the results enough to share online :)

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 17, 2018, 09:17:06 pm
A standout, from among many good ones.
Thank you Arlen!

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 17, 2018, 09:20:52 pm
[...clip] Because of the loss of sharpness from shooting through commercial airliner windows, I'm not sure any of these are suitable for printing/framing but I like the results enough to share online :)
I really like the first one. Love the movement of the river and the green colour. It looks much better in large version.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on September 17, 2018, 10:20:43 pm
These are different. But I especially like second image with its almost mysterious shadows.

JR


I really like the third one.

Thank you!


Sadly, work has kept me from doing as much photography as I like for much of this year, but I had an architecture assignment in Vancouver over the weekend and saw a couple of abstract opportunities on the flight home.  Because of the loss of sharpness from shooting through commercial airliner windows, I'm not sure any of these are suitable for printing/framing but I like the results enough to share online :)



I know the feeling. I came across beautiful views from the airplane and got all excited when taking some photos only to be disappointed later when I pixel peep.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on September 18, 2018, 06:58:50 pm
Grass
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 21, 2018, 10:50:00 am
The conversing trio.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Graffiti-Alley/i-S53vLCG/0/ceaba1f3/M/March%208-%202015%20Graffiti%20Alley%20247%20copybw-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 21, 2018, 01:27:25 pm
And the middleman is saying, "Wait! You're both right!"
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on September 23, 2018, 12:17:06 pm
more grass
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on September 24, 2018, 11:02:45 am
I ventured into JR's galaxy of icm, the little Sony has a special JMR mode for that, no kidding. Let's just say i'm glad i made it back out alive.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 24, 2018, 01:26:42 pm
I ventured into JR's galaxy of icm, the little Sony has a special JMR mode for that, no kidding. Let's just say i'm glad i made it back out alive.
Keep going. It looks pretty good. It not black hole, but a Big Bang. Seriously though, do you mean the software does something: Or does the lens actually move, zoom, and/or turn?

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on September 24, 2018, 01:52:55 pm
Keep going. It looks pretty good. It not black hole, but a Big Bang. Seriously though, do you mean the software does something: Or does the lens actually move, zoom, and/or turn?

JR

No, it has a fixed 2 second exposure mode that they claim is for fireworks. Obviously, we here at LuLa know better. Movement is of course entirely optional.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on September 25, 2018, 05:45:26 pm
even more grass
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Kern on September 25, 2018, 05:53:31 pm
Tree fungus.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: degrub on September 25, 2018, 06:40:36 pm
even more grass
That is a very fine shot.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: churly on September 25, 2018, 06:45:20 pm
That is a very fine shot.
Indeed.  Good one Armand!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on September 25, 2018, 09:04:39 pm
That is a very fine shot.

Indeed.  Good one Armand!

Thank you!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on September 26, 2018, 05:04:19 pm
2 - very different
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 27, 2018, 01:41:56 pm
From Daily Walk series.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Etobicoke-Valley/i-q3K8Bc5/0/5455c8b0/M/JMRO4592%20copy1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Etobicoke-Valley/i-XRTk6jt/0/db77b6df/M/JMRO4603%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 28, 2018, 08:44:58 pm
Not conventional abstract, but close enough. Taken at ISO 6400 on my diversion from daily walk near the park. Got too dark for my liking.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-kLC5V66/0/86d9f6fa/M/JMRO5172%20copy1000-M.jpg)

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 30, 2018, 07:27:36 am
Abstract from Daily walk.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Etobicoke-Valley/i-2L5z88C/0/5a6000f6/M/Sept%2029-%202018%20High%20Park_0028%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 30, 2018, 08:53:48 am
Ooh! Excellent!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on September 30, 2018, 07:44:26 pm
"Found Art" - exploring wall art in Wynwood, a Miami's art district:
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: JNB_Rare on September 30, 2018, 08:19:17 pm
"Found Art" - exploring wall art in Wynwood, a Miami's art district:

I like them!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 30, 2018, 10:24:03 pm
I like them!
Well, I was about to say the same. I think the way you have composed them puts your own stamp on the "found art." I also like how you "worked" the subject, with your three samples. Well done.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 30, 2018, 11:16:40 pm
Well, I was about to say the same. I think the way you have composed them puts your own stamp on the "found art." I also like how you "worked" the subject, with your three samples. Well done.

JR
Right on! Good stuff.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 01, 2018, 12:23:27 pm
More abstractions from the graffiti walls.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Etobicoke-Valley/i-mV7nkTL/0/51559651/M/JMRO2933%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on October 01, 2018, 10:12:14 pm
"Found Art" - exploring wall art in Wynwood, a Miami's art district:

New stuff, here are some from 3 years ago
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: langier on October 02, 2018, 08:50:26 am
Acqua danzante, Burno, Italia.

BTW, nice find, Slobodan!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on October 04, 2018, 06:37:42 am
I may need to revisit this for a more refined picture, since there seems to be some lost craftmanship in this.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 05, 2018, 10:59:47 am
I may need to revisit this for a more refined picture, since there seems to be some lost craftmanship in this.
A picture/window frame? Very interesting.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 05, 2018, 11:07:50 am
Here is one from my daily walk, warts and all.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Etobicoke-Valley/i-cKHXnQn/0/bcedb7b0/M/JMRO5753%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 09, 2018, 03:51:15 pm
From Oct 9, Daily walk at the Badlands.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Badlands-of-Caledon/i-MZLjt8H/0/d8431ed0/M/Oct%209-%202018%20Caledon%20Badlands_0258%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 10, 2018, 10:25:59 pm
From Oct 10, Daily walk.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Hilton-Falls/i-9cD4RGn/0/1e63eb55/M/JMRO6064%20cropcopy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: jimh on October 11, 2018, 11:10:37 am
Hematite

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstract/i-KD2J3qr/0/a892e2d1/X3/hematite-X3.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on October 11, 2018, 11:48:44 am
Are these abstract? Probably.

(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1963/30306203367_2688ce1e71_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Nb4dpH)

and

(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1903/30306203317_58eca7e06d_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Nb4doR)

Mike
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on October 11, 2018, 11:28:57 pm
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Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: LesPalenik on October 12, 2018, 12:35:59 am
Fall reflections and wave patterns in a small lake in eastern Ontario
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on October 12, 2018, 08:36:28 am
.

Nice photograph; so specific that maybe it does actually cross over into abstract in the sense of generic representation?

;-)

Rob

P.S. Why does a dot appear in my post, here, instead of the photo of the leaf?

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on October 12, 2018, 05:32:57 pm
Nice photograph; so specific that maybe it does actually cross over into abstract in the sense of generic representation?

;-)

Rob

P.S. Why does a dot appear in my post, here, instead of the photo of the leaf?

I think this topic went away from purely abstract long time ago. What I felt was abstract about this one was the presentation, with the leaf suspended in the air with no visible support (clearly at least, an astute observer can figure out it's suspended in a spider net)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 12, 2018, 06:00:23 pm
Turning over a new leaf in an abstract pond. From daily walk series.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Etobicoke-Valley/i-mHfwwsk/0/49dfefda/M/JMRO6348%20cropcopy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 13, 2018, 11:59:04 pm
I finally learned that I can work with white on occasion. From Daily walk.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Etobicoke-Valley/i-zHFpnv2/0/38b609fc/M/JMRO6559%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 14, 2018, 08:27:13 am
I think you can work with anything that moves.
And if it doesn't move, you do!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on October 14, 2018, 08:53:03 am
Not a sunset at the beach.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 14, 2018, 09:36:37 am
I think you can work with anything that moves.
And if it doesn't move, you do!
Thanks Eric. Got to keep moving, as they say.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 14, 2018, 09:38:24 am
Not a sunset at the beach.
Sure it is. And wonderful find at that.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: bns on October 15, 2018, 11:38:50 am
Encounter with a tree.

cheers,
Boudewijn Swanenburg
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 15, 2018, 12:01:09 pm
Encounter with a tree.

cheers,
Boudewijn Swanenburg
Very nice. Like the browns and white unfied by the black wavy lines.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 17, 2018, 02:14:46 pm
A second variant from daily walk.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Etobicoke-Valley/i-R2xRh43/0/63d7ad3b/M/JMRO6768%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: James Clark on October 17, 2018, 03:41:25 pm
Nice fall color!   Continuing on the water theme...

Sea Spray 1, 2, & 3
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 18, 2018, 10:02:16 pm
Yes, let's continue the autumn and colour themes. From daily walk series.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Etobicoke-Valley/i-V6gtFWR/0/89fe90e5/M/Oct%2012-%202018%20Glen%20Haffey%202_0272%20cropcopy-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 21, 2018, 10:41:13 am
May have posted this before, but not in the abstract thread.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-mXMrCs6/0/53085f34/M/Aug%203-%202016%20James%20Gardens%20049%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 25, 2018, 03:12:31 pm
Something seems to be missing...

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/OTTAWA/i-vg7fCs9/0/610bf181/M/May%2013-%202016%20Ottawa%20jpegs%20054%20bwmono-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on October 25, 2018, 03:16:38 pm
Something seems to be missing...

Color?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 25, 2018, 03:40:57 pm
Something seems to be missing...

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/OTTAWA/i-vg7fCs9/0/610bf181/M/May%2013-%202016%20Ottawa%20jpegs%20054%20bwmono-1000-M.jpg)
"Let there be light?"
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on October 25, 2018, 03:46:15 pm
Well, John, I could always give you the benefit of the doubt and believe you shot an ultra modern pipe and tap system, so the missing link might be drops of water...

;-)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 25, 2018, 06:42:08 pm
Wow, three hits! Thanks for looking. Oscar, so tongue in cheek. Whereas, Eric and Rob are so creative. I believe the blank pole is for flags, as in flags announcing an event or exhibition. But I am sure all you sharp rhetoricians knew that. :-*

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 25, 2018, 07:29:52 pm
I almost didn't know it was yours, John, because nothing was moving.   ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 26, 2018, 08:25:46 pm
Eric, if the post is not going to move, I have to make it more exotic.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/OTTAWA/i-bz9P5B9/0/26db8779/M/May%2013-%202016%20Ottawa%20jpegs%20054%20bwmono2-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 26, 2018, 10:09:03 pm
Black and white makes this a little more abstract than the color version.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/OTTAWA/i-6zM92Vw/0/89a66fad/M/May%2013-%202016%20Ottawa%20jpegs%20369%20bwcopy1000-M.jpg)

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 28, 2018, 08:56:36 pm
A little experimentation and creative license.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Hilton-Falls/i-3GVsxGJ/0/49e80d25/M/JMRO6058%20copyblur3-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 28, 2018, 11:56:58 pm
A little experimentation and creative license.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Hilton-Falls/i-3GVsxGJ/0/49e80d25/M/JMRO6058%20copyblur3-1000-M.jpg)
Neat!!!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on October 29, 2018, 05:07:53 am
This?

(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1913/30464313657_1c05e74d9b_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Nq2z6c)

Mike
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 30, 2018, 12:00:39 am
This?

(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1913/30464313657_1c05e74d9b_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Nq2z6c)

Mike
Yes.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 30, 2018, 09:14:26 am
It looks like both you and the graffiti artist were trying to balance things. :D

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on November 01, 2018, 09:09:06 am
Feng shui
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 01, 2018, 12:21:43 pm
Feng shui
Nice one, O.
I think I'll redesign my home office using the principles expressed here.   ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: churly on November 01, 2018, 06:36:46 pm
abstract.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on November 01, 2018, 10:49:40 pm
reflections
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: BobDavid on November 03, 2018, 04:05:50 am
...a bit disorienting, good. Nice play between ground and figure/ground and sky.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: BobDavid on November 03, 2018, 04:09:15 am
May have posted this before, but not in the abstract thread.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-mXMrCs6/0/53085f34/M/Aug%203-%202016%20James%20Gardens%20049%20copy1000-M.jpg)

+1
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 03, 2018, 11:31:13 am
Thank you Bob! Was about to post another and I guess I will. Could have removed the security camera, but it looks more sinister and abstract at same time with camera in place.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-LsL9sgK/0/30b7e2e8/M/Sept%2025-09%20Bolton%20177%20LS-bwcrop-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on November 03, 2018, 12:25:49 pm
Thank you Bob! Was about to post another and I guess I will. Could have removed the security camera, but it looks more sinister and abstract at same time with camera in place.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-LsL9sgK/0/30b7e2e8/M/Sept%2025-09%20Bolton%20177%20LS-bwcrop-1000-M.jpg)
Very nice, I like it! Strong visuals.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: BobDavid on November 03, 2018, 02:10:09 pm
Security cameras are ubiquitous. Leaving it in is appropriate.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 03, 2018, 11:04:23 pm
Security cameras are ubiquitous. Leaving it in is appropriate.
Definitely.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on November 04, 2018, 06:24:11 am
Definitely.

Yep, don't abstract 'em!

:-)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on November 04, 2018, 06:26:02 am
Reminds me of my callow youthfulness and the happy 60s.

:-)

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: PeterAit on November 04, 2018, 10:02:16 am
I am getting more interested in abstracts, and here's one of my faves.


Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on November 04, 2018, 11:57:48 am
Reminds me of my callow youthfulness and the happy 60s.

:-)

Sponge Bob, obv... ;-)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on November 04, 2018, 12:09:29 pm
reflections

Very nice, Armand. I know several spots where i have similar multiplicity, but haven't found an interesting subject yet. The tree as a natural object in an unnatural setting (especially with the addition of the lights) works well.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on November 04, 2018, 12:15:40 pm
I am getting more interested in abstracts, and here's one of my faves.

Totally Tangram. ;-)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 04, 2018, 03:41:14 pm
I am getting more interested in abstracts, and here's one of my faves.
Nice one!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 04, 2018, 05:19:38 pm
Nice one!
Double nice. It has a real optical illusion quality to it.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 05, 2018, 10:13:53 pm
Also at parking lot of Senior's Home I visit.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Etobicoke-Valley/i-kVjJxVx/0/2f0bf643/M/20181004_181908%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 06, 2018, 12:03:18 am
Wild!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 06, 2018, 11:47:07 am
Wild!
Thanks Eric. Sometimes when you by a place a lot, you decide to slow down and notice a few things. This one was easy as the sun was going down and made reflections obvious and glaring.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 06, 2018, 11:58:11 am
When I visit the Seniors Residence on a sunny day I can't help but notice the wonderful shadows created by the metal outdoor furniture, as I walk into the building. I photograph them with my cell camera on occasion whenever the light is right. They are so intriguing.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-HJ5BnPw/0/ab7a834f/M/20180916_162910%20copy1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-xRGNb8s/0/45876a2e/M/20180916_163259%20copy1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-cDZmZLW/0/44b51183/M/20180527_140556%20copy1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-SdpK8H4/0/11ed164d/M/20180901_160217%20copy1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-3fGbrc6/0/7f70793d/L/20180916_163137%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Peter McLennan on November 06, 2018, 07:26:47 pm
Beautiful!  Well seen.  Especially #3.
I love the idea that cameras make us see better.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 06, 2018, 09:20:49 pm
Beautiful!  Well seen.  Especially #3.
I love the idea that cameras make us see better.
+1 to both points!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on November 06, 2018, 10:17:47 pm
Very nice, Armand. I know several spots where i have similar multiplicity, but haven't found an interesting subject yet. The tree as a natural object in an unnatural setting (especially with the addition of the lights) works well.

Thank you, that entire building is designed like this and there is a central area where it gets interesting if there is a gathering of people.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on November 06, 2018, 10:18:49 pm
Overexposed an experiment but before I send it to the trash I came up with this.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 07, 2018, 02:56:11 pm
+1 to both points!
Thanks Peter and Eric. I never thought I would like the images from my phone, but I do. In fact I am going to buy a decent holder because that is one area where cell phones are lacking. Tapping your phone and still getting reasonably sharp images is dicey at best. Peter, I think your observation is well stated. Seeing the world through such a large and clear "finder" can not be overstated. For me it is a kind of awakening, like the first time I looked through the viewfinder of medium format camera.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 07, 2018, 03:10:32 pm
From my brother's new apartment. Taken with my cell phone. All he had to say, was, 'Oh, I see'. He is very interested because he has now taken up photography as well. One of the things I really like about this image, is the secondary subtle lighting on the radiator.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-P7PF2Pv/0/1d855c1e/L/20180811_173402%20copy1000-L.jpg)

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: D Fuller on November 07, 2018, 08:18:15 pm
Overexposed an experiment but before I send it to the trash I came up with this.

I like this, Armand.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on November 09, 2018, 11:26:22 am
I like this, Armand.

Thank you! It was supposed to look like this: https://forum.luminous-landscape.com/index.php?topic=127319.msg1076747#msg1076747

It's a long exposure at 30s during which I used a flashlight to lit it from the sides, at the ground level.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 12, 2018, 10:11:06 pm
It's as if the wind blows on a moody autumn day.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Glen-Haffey/i-Zmzx3d8/0/e034ec9e/L/Oct%207-%202013%20Glen%20Haffey%20630%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: LesPalenik on November 12, 2018, 10:56:59 pm
Lake Superior
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 13, 2018, 04:12:09 pm
I really took to these Temples. The bw shapes created by the sun and shadows made for endless possibilities.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-JPShTg4/0/L/i-JPShTg4-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on November 14, 2018, 08:23:24 am
Apparently need to do some people pictures again, because, well, ...

Schlagerfestival (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schlager_music)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on November 15, 2018, 07:59:14 am
I quite enjoy the idea of catching three different dimensions at once, and thus making a fourth. Oh well, it keeps the computer warmed up and the belief that one is getting one's money's worth in a kinda roundabout way.

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 16, 2018, 09:04:47 am
I really took to these Temples. The bw shapes created by the sun and shadows made for endless possibilities.

JR

This is an abstract taken from same temple location above:

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-VpHHV95/0/ec46f36e/M/Oct%209-%202013%20Gore%20Rd%20Architecture%20060%20cropcopy2-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 17, 2018, 10:11:53 am
From the temple that keeps on giving. I decided to consolidate these and post in one post so people can see how interesting this temple is.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-ns5Wz8t/0/3acfbfce/M/Oct%2011-%202013%20Gore%20Rd%20Temples%20010%20bwcopy1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-JPShTg4/0/334a7ca4/M/Oct%2011-%202013%20Gore%20Rd%20Temples%20053%20bw-crop1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-6FwBQbb/0/2b640fa7/M/Oct%2011-%202013%20Gore%20Rd%20Temples%20028%20bwcopy1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-fdvJBbp/0/c4146053/M/Oct%2011-%202013%20Gore%20Rd%20Temples%20029%20bwcopy1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-VpHHV95/0/ec46f36e/M/Oct%209-%202013%20Gore%20Rd%20Architecture%20060%20cropcopy2-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 17, 2018, 10:35:58 am
John, I think that temple exists only in your fertile imagination!
Fascinating.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 18, 2018, 09:19:55 am
John, I think that temple exists only in your fertile imagination!
Fascinating.
Thank you Eric. I think I will show one last colour version of the Temple. Harsh sunlight sometimes makes for interesting bold and dense shapes and colors.
JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-zBPD9z5/0/e24452c0/L/Oct%2011-%202013%20Gore%20Rd%20Temples%20040%20copy3B-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 20, 2018, 08:49:24 pm
Let the chips fall where they may...

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-FdV4MTQ/0/1f5684b9/L/Oct%201-2013%20Haliburton%20trip%20036%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on November 21, 2018, 03:18:59 am
Nice find - but if it was mine I'd process it hard and make it brutal to focus on the shapes, the hell with the colours :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on November 21, 2018, 03:21:49 am
I see your flaky paint and raise with my weird bark.

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4871/45070259875_0160cc9307_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2bEGS38)

Which isn't processed quite right.

Mike :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 21, 2018, 11:16:06 am
Nice find - but if it was mine I'd process it hard and make it brutal to focus on the shapes, the hell with the colours :)
Thanks Mike. Are you referring to the red paint chips? If so, sometimes I will exaggerate to bring the effect or look. I should have used LR for PP as it has black and white point settings, whereas Elements is very basic.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 21, 2018, 11:24:58 am
I see your flaky paint and raise with my weird bark.

Which isn't processed quite right.

Mike :)
It looks pretty good to me. Nice dense golden browns, well defined shapes in the overall design pattern.

I ran out of "real abstracts", if that matters anymore. So here is one whose subject matter is obvious, but I think has quirky abstractness to it.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-phSPDJh/0/5c2e8530/M/Oct%201-2013%20Haliburton%20trip%20052%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 21, 2018, 11:28:16 am
That one has charm!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on November 21, 2018, 02:11:23 pm
Yes the red fakes. Give a roughing up in Nik which is I think once again free?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 21, 2018, 02:20:16 pm
That one has charm!
Thanks Eric. Yes I thought it was charming and whimsical until I gave it a bw treatment. Amazing how bw can alter the look and feel of an image literally and figuratively. Looks a little menacing, now, I think.

JR



Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on November 21, 2018, 03:08:11 pm
Thanks Eric. Yes I thought it was charming and whimsical until I gave it a bw treatment. Amazing how bw can alter the look and feel of an image literally and figuratively. Looks a little menacing, now, I think.

JR

Nah, for me it be the color one. The lego colorscheme seems to really support the quirkiness.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 21, 2018, 04:02:55 pm
I can't decide. I like them both, but the feeling is very different.

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on November 21, 2018, 04:39:06 pm
Not for this puppy: the b/w conversion is just dead when you compare with the vibrancy of the colour shot. Not all originals are created equal.

IMO.

:-)

Rob.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on November 21, 2018, 05:05:32 pm
He's right you know :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on November 21, 2018, 05:07:12 pm
And another where the PP isn't quite right - it was a very dull, overcast day in Italy. Sigh

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4815/44909913185_a856dd2697_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2bqx3y2)

Mike
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on November 21, 2018, 05:12:03 pm
Mallorca:

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: JNB_Rare on November 21, 2018, 05:31:47 pm
I ran out of "real abstracts", if that matters anymore. So here is one whose subject matter is obvious, but I think has quirky abstractness to it.

JR

The Unbearable Being of Lightness  ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: JNB_Rare on November 21, 2018, 05:32:57 pm
Mallorca:

Love the richness of it.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 21, 2018, 10:09:06 pm
And another where the PP isn't quite right - it was a very dull, overcast day in Italy. Sigh

Mike
Mike, I think I know what you are after, but if the light is not suitable, not much you can do. The composition is good. I am guessing you want more contrasty light to accentuate the elements. Most of my images are like that- you get what you get when you are there. The resulting images may not be great, but they help in keeping our visual sense sharp...if only the light was better... if only the light was better...

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 21, 2018, 10:13:57 pm
Mallorca:
For some reason Rob, I can picture you dancing in similar light with a rose your mouth, tapping and stamping your feet, right to the end.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on November 22, 2018, 04:53:32 am
For some reason Rob, I can picture you dancing in similar light with a rose your mouth, tapping and stamping your feet, right to the end.

JR

Actually, I have been trying to master the Moonwalk.

It is very simple and even an idiot can do it. The problem is, if you are not an idiot, it is very hard to ignore reality and attempt to counter and pervert the rules of physics of forward motion and bodily equilibrium. I am sure that had I been allowed to continue art classes in school rather than doing physics and chemistry I would, by now, have that pesky walk down to the level that I could just do a quick couple of seconds of it where I think it might get some applause, rather than find myself still practising it out on the terrace, checking my lack of progress in the french windows.

The rose I leave for the Mexicans; never seen a Spanish chick do that! But hey, flamenco's not my thing.

;-)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 22, 2018, 06:48:25 am
Lines that meet the sky. More abstractions from my local mall.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-64Nf5Gz/0/01e3014e/M/Brownsline%20mall%20DSC_8766%20bwcopy2-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 22, 2018, 10:16:34 am
Lots of good stuff here, folks.

And Rob: I would love to see your moonwalk!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on November 22, 2018, 10:34:03 am
Lots of good stuff here, folks.

And Rob: I would love to see your moonwalk!

In fifteen years when I've got it down pat, let's get together and share the moment!

;-)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 22, 2018, 12:56:36 pm
In fifteen years when I've got it down pat, let's get together and share the moment!

;-)
I'll come visit you in my wheelchair by then.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on November 23, 2018, 03:47:44 am
This isn't abstract but will feel at home here.

(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1977/31529538928_e823596e43_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Q3a8s9)

Mike
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 23, 2018, 08:14:05 am
This isn't abstract but will feel at home here.

(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1977/31529538928_e823596e43_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Q3a8s9)

Mike
It's more design than subject, so it fits just fine.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 23, 2018, 08:29:46 am
It looks good to me Mike. Bold intersecting lines with just enough irregularity to give it some tension.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 23, 2018, 01:19:56 pm
This morning at 11F (or -12C).
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 25, 2018, 09:38:11 pm
They were leaning on me, so to speak.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-gz3j28z/0/6d983ec5/M/Sept%2024-2013%20Ottawa-Algonquin%20trip%20006%20bwcopy1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-LGnNhqx/0/16ea588d/M/Oct%201-2013%20Haliburton%20trip%20002%20copy2-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: PeterAit on November 28, 2018, 09:37:14 am
In a seldom-used corner of my garage.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 30, 2018, 03:41:03 pm
Wispy.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Glen-Haffey/i-Mp4thCT/0/f9dc08bd/M/Oct%2011-11%20GH-Gore%20Rd%20719%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on November 30, 2018, 05:21:27 pm
Wispy.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Glen-Haffey/i-Mp4thCT/0/f9dc08bd/M/Oct%2011-11%20GH-Gore%20Rd%20719%20copy1000-M.jpg)


Cool!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 30, 2018, 11:48:35 pm

Cool!
Very!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 01, 2018, 12:48:30 am
Rob and Eric, thanks for the comments.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on December 01, 2018, 07:53:13 am
Patina
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 01, 2018, 08:40:28 am
Nice one, ~O~.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 01, 2018, 01:05:58 pm
Red always demands to be seen. Just ask it. In fact, it wants its own thread! Ha, ha....you know, laugh like the Joker. Strictly an abstract comparison ;)

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-CBPqXpr/0/5be90382/M/Sept%2019-11%20JG%20028%20cropcopy2-1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-nskGdXv/0/a8529aa4/M/Sept%2019-11%20JG%20038%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on December 01, 2018, 01:24:48 pm
Patina

Beautiful, and I can share the misery of a destroyed cassette.

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 01, 2018, 06:13:00 pm
Red always demands to be seen. Just ask it. In fact, it wants its own thread! Ha, ha....you know, laugh like the Joker. Strictly an abstract comparison ;)

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-CBPqXpr/0/5be90382/M/Sept%2019-11%20JG%20028%20cropcopy2-1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-nskGdXv/0/a8529aa4/M/Sept%2019-11%20JG%20038%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Oh no! Do we now need a Red Showcase thread?   ::)

These look great right here.   ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on December 01, 2018, 07:02:31 pm
,
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 03, 2018, 06:48:32 pm
You're breaking up...

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-7DsCkV5/0/01c6150c/L/May%208-11%20HP%20197%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on December 04, 2018, 12:51:56 pm
You're breaking up...

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-7DsCkV5/0/01c6150c/L/May%208-11%20HP%20197%20copy1000-L.jpg)

Nice!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on December 04, 2018, 12:52:44 pm
..
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 08, 2018, 12:16:59 pm
...
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 08, 2018, 12:27:17 pm
Armand, I think I like the color version best. Something about pink that is soothing and eye catching.

Eric, what is behind the curtain. Hope? The wood? is very nice. The red-orange pieces really draw your attention.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 08, 2018, 11:32:18 pm
Peep holes...naw, just quirky and practical fence building.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Bygone-Days/i-88p49kx/0/8422eaf8/M/JMRO2588%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 09, 2018, 08:18:46 am
Nice one, John.
Even B&W photos can be cheerful.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 09, 2018, 11:51:18 pm
Nice one, John.
Even B&W photos can be cheerful.
Thanks Eric. I sure hope LuLa can find a home for genreless images. Come to think of it many of your images homeless too :-[

But you won't catch me crying over spilt milk.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Badlands-of-Caledon/i-kZ3p3g2/0/860b7a5d/M/Mar%207-11%20badlands%20025%20copy2-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 10, 2018, 06:32:48 pm
Thanks Eric. I sure hope LuLa can find a home for genreless images. Come to think of it many of your images homeless too :-[

But you won't catch me crying over spilt milk.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Badlands-of-Caledon/i-kZ3p3g2/0/860b7a5d/M/Mar%207-11%20badlands%20025%20copy2-1000-M.jpg)
I like this one, John. It would go nicely with some of my road tar images.   ;)

Let's hear it for more Genre-free images!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Hans Kruse on December 13, 2018, 08:20:16 am
From Santiago Chile.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Hans Kruse on December 13, 2018, 08:21:55 am
The ghost from the Dolomites :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on December 13, 2018, 08:35:22 am
The ghost from the Dolomites :)

Brilliant! This is the stuff that nightmares are made of, and our life is rounded with little sleep.

(Shakespeare probably got lost in translation somewhere.)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on December 13, 2018, 09:25:49 am
I like this one, John. It would go nicely with some of my road tar images.   ;)

Let's hear it for more Genre-free images!

Ah Eric, were Abstract but not a genre... Irony of the day!

;-)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 13, 2018, 11:00:20 am
Hans, I like them both. Nice to see you post some abstracts and architecture images. The first is a nice juxtaposition of elements. Re the second ghostly image, I have to admit I did not at first notice the face in the water(?) but saw an abstract of undulating colors. So when Oscar used the word nightmare, I revisited and wondered what I missed. She looks eerie but also benign and otherworldly. Nice. Ghostly is right imho.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on December 13, 2018, 11:51:23 am
Hans, I like them both. Nice to see you post some abstracts and architecture images. The first is a nice juxtaposition of elements. Re the second ghostly image, I have to admit I did not at first notice the face in the water(?) but saw an abstract of undulating colors. So when Oscar used the word nightmare, I revisited and wondered what I missed. She looks eerie but also benign and otherworldly. Nice. Ghostly is right imho.

JR

If that were the only face, it would indeed be relatively benign...

Dante has been there, i'm sure.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Hans Kruse on December 13, 2018, 11:55:11 am
If that were the only face, it would indeed be relatively benign...

Dante has been there, i'm sure.

Thanks and I should have used plural as there are more than one :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: MattBurt on December 14, 2018, 12:47:17 am
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4871/31352092917_d9ff69fd77_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/PLtEWa)

Hope that's not too objective.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 14, 2018, 01:06:13 am

Hope that's not too objective.
Fantastic. Good seeing.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 14, 2018, 08:02:06 am
Fantastic. Good seeing.

JR
+1.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 14, 2018, 10:00:38 am
I processed this image many ways. In the end I liked what came straight out of camera with a little brightness and contrast adjustment. What I like is that soft blur of the leaves matches the movement of the water.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/High-Park-Toronto/i-MBrttrP/0/4a4defc2/L/Dec%204-11%20HP%20001%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Bob_B on December 14, 2018, 11:38:04 am
A bit of fun with old christmas lights and cut crystal I call "Seasonal Chaos". I'm pretty sure they're not Hallmark-ready, but I had some fun. C&C welcomed.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Michael West on December 14, 2018, 07:42:43 pm




(http://oi67.tinypic.com/2a5knzk.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 15, 2018, 01:23:10 pm
A bit of fun with old christmas lights and cut crystal I call "Seasonal Chaos". I'm pretty sure they're not Hallmark-ready, but I had some fun. C&C welcomed.
Bob, I like the middle one best. The black makes the design come out better. I do think they are a little bit static because the overall shape is a hexagon which is positioned right in the middle. I have tried some of these myself and found using extension tubes allows you to explore even more interesting effects. If you are really keen on showing part of crystal, you may want to try selective focus stacking. That is keep only the areas you want sharp.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Bob_B on December 16, 2018, 08:56:11 am
Hi John and thanks for your thoughts. Definitely a work in progress.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 17, 2018, 10:53:41 am
Well...somewhat abstract, in anticipation of the coalescing needles...ouch, ouch ouch ;)

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/High-Park-Toronto/i-6FJScJR/0/58ab81a6/M/Nov%2013-11%20HP%20066%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 18, 2018, 02:13:28 pm
Elegant lines.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/High-Park-Toronto/i-QX7Lwgf/0/4301885a/L/Nov%207-11%20HP%20556%20bwcopy1000-L.jpg)

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on December 18, 2018, 02:46:16 pm
,
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 19, 2018, 07:38:50 pm
Nice Armand. You, me and few other have been staring at the paint dry again ;)

One from Glen Haffey, happily a little known place.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-NwrPdX6/0/51d15b04/L/Oct%207-%202014%20Badlands-%20Glen%20Haffey%20068%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 19, 2018, 08:37:28 pm
John,
I think your paint is still wet.   :D
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 19, 2018, 08:47:03 pm
John,
I think your paint is still wet.   :D
Maybe I can take lessons from Peter on how long I have to wait to post after processing my images 8)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 19, 2018, 09:58:52 pm
...or just keep painting, Eric...

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-9Zd2Svn/0/9488ad19/L/Oct%207-%202014%20Badlands-%20Glen%20Haffey%20159%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 19, 2018, 11:29:05 pm
Do keep on painting, John.

Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Peter McLennan on December 20, 2018, 05:13:07 pm
Testing to see if I can embed an image directly from my Google Photos account:

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/O71Mf18THsHiEe72C4qBqFJXxKR9nYM1ZS_vbHciKXyKPGNdwlqIzkGioiwIaY-YBrB6uHeYiH6ZXYcaaKH06L-FN5kYe6AfU5qYWb26zO7KJGhHSeErL0vp9oDqcfd6fu3zCPpbCw=w2400)

YES!   8)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 20, 2018, 06:15:14 pm
Yes it looks good to me Peter. It is rather large so tread carefully or you will break it.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: JNB_Rare on December 20, 2018, 06:23:54 pm
Ice in the river. As the sun warmed the day and the water receded (this far upriver from the ocean still sees tidal swings), I kept hearing "snap, crackle, pop"!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Peter McLennan on December 21, 2018, 07:07:41 am
Yes it looks good to me Peter. It is rather large so tread carefully or you will break it.
JR

Thanks for the warning.  Break Google Photos linking?  Or the Forum?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 21, 2018, 08:54:22 am
Thanks for the warning.  Break Google Photos linking?  Or the Forum?
I tried unsuccessfully to be humorous. I meant the ice.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 21, 2018, 09:02:31 am
It looked to me as if Peter had already tiptoed onto the ice, perhaps trying to retrieve his camera.   ;)

I like the shot, Peter.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Bob_B on December 23, 2018, 10:36:21 am
More seasonal chaos, and happy holidays!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 25, 2018, 11:24:43 am
Zoom, zoom, lines and circles is all you need.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-FxGzgFV/0/60b7bd22/L/Aug%2015-12%20Applewood%20cars%20013%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 11, 2019, 04:29:22 am
What can I say, the green just wanted to intrude and not be left out.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-SCZSs5R/0/36ce8899/L/Dec%202-%202013%20Guelph%20outing%20020%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on January 11, 2019, 05:30:35 am
What can I say, the green just wanted to intrude and not be left out.

JR

Bloody brilliant!!!! "The Parachutist"...
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 11, 2019, 05:08:25 pm
I need to post some more here. So here goes.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 11, 2019, 05:09:13 pm
And a more minimalist one.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 12, 2019, 04:51:11 am
And a more minimalist one.
Eric, sometimes colour alone is enough to move one when viewing an image. I like the blue ice image a lot.

One from the archives, which for some reason I bypassed.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-jBmNLVL/0/6b4f9975/L/Aug%2012-%202013%20Caledon%20123%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 12, 2019, 08:24:13 am
And I like your gentle waves. (You know, the one titled "JMR.)   ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 12, 2019, 01:27:45 pm
From same outing, a little more surreal looking.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Belfountain-and-Forks-of-the/i-Z7stds9/0/f338637f/L/Feb%204-2013%20Bellfountain%20208%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: langier on January 12, 2019, 11:28:17 pm
Burano, Italia.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 12, 2019, 11:51:45 pm
Nice one, Larry.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 13, 2019, 12:39:12 am
Nice one, Larry.
Yes I like that shot a lot Larry.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 13, 2019, 08:16:50 am
Abstract and minimalist.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Caledon-Badlands-20142015/i-MQ9xnBN/0/68da0c3d/L/Jan%2010-%2020115%20Caledon%20Badlands%20122%20bwcopy-highcontrast%20-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 13, 2019, 09:17:46 am
Abstract and minimalist.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Caledon-Badlands-20142015/i-MQ9xnBN/0/68da0c3d/L/Jan%2010-%2020115%20Caledon%20Badlands%20122%20bwcopy-highcontrast%20-1000-L.jpg)
Great!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: mbaginy on January 13, 2019, 10:25:29 am
Nice reflections, Larry!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: mbaginy on January 13, 2019, 10:27:02 am
I like your abstract and minimalistic photo, JR!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: langier on January 13, 2019, 12:01:32 pm
Death Valley.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 13, 2019, 12:17:20 pm
Death Valley.
Thank you Eric and MIke.

Larry, love this mushroom colored desert landscape. Wonderful movement of shapes and shadows.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 14, 2019, 12:53:09 pm
I have decided this looks abstract enough to post on this thread. The original is good in its own right, but as this is a creative image for a friendly competition, I decided to alter it.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-98SrC5R/0/7889fcb8/L/Mar%2014-11%20Downtown%20179%20bwcreative2-1000-L.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-ZSZ5Rbk/0/d424682f/S/Mar%2014-11%20Downtown%20179%20copy1000-S.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: mbaginy on January 14, 2019, 01:33:21 pm
Another nice one, Larry.  Sadly, I've never visited Death Valley.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on January 14, 2019, 01:56:57 pm
...I decided to alter it...

Me too :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 14, 2019, 05:36:08 pm
Nice ones, John and Slobodan.
I must admit that when I first saw John's, I thought it might be from Slobodan, who is usually the "abstract building king."
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 14, 2019, 11:30:48 pm
Thank you Eric. Yes Slobodan has some mighty fine architectural abstracts. But does he have a spaceship like this! Come to think of it, I bet he does.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-pCKGRBJ/0/59e1c833/L/Mar%2014-11%20Downtown%20229%20pano2-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 15, 2019, 12:24:59 am
Beam me up, Scotty! (Er, I mean, Johnny.)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: rabanito on January 15, 2019, 07:08:00 am
Bark - Hawai'i

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 15, 2019, 07:59:27 am
Nice one, Rab.
And it certainly would not work in B&W.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 15, 2019, 10:25:28 am
Nice one, Rab.
And it certainly would not work in B&W.
Was about to say the same. Well done Rab.

A large percentage of my images will not work in BW because they rely on color combinations like this image.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on January 15, 2019, 12:02:35 pm
... Yes Slobodan has some mighty fine architectural abstracts. But does he have a spaceship like this! Come to think of it, I bet he does.

No, I don't. But were we in the Chain thread, I would offer something like this in response ;)

P.S. Nice one, Rabanito
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 15, 2019, 02:09:38 pm
No, I don't. But were we in the Chain thread, I would offer something like this in response ;)

P.S. Nice one, Rabanito
Excellent image. The triangle in your image is an excellent follow up and match for my 'spaceship'.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 15, 2019, 02:21:46 pm
I took this one today. It has energy, I think. Would have preferred all the flowers to be coloured and not white, but alas, it was not to be. Doesn't matter though, because the greenhouse and all its flowers brought joy to my day.

JR

Edit: added a second image.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-4RsmDpT/0/c4bebe85/L/Jan%2015-%202019%20Centennial%20Greenhouse-1%20copy1000-L.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-wCRRk8W/0/d4720235/L/Jan%2015-%202019%20Centennial%20Greenhouse-7%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: rabanito on January 16, 2019, 03:09:57 am
A pleasure to look at your pics, not only those
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 16, 2019, 09:07:33 am
A pleasure to look at your pics, not only those
+1.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 16, 2019, 02:50:12 pm
+1.
Thanks Eric and Rabo. It is even more gratifying when you love what you do.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: langier on January 16, 2019, 05:27:01 pm
Space ships from Slobodan's former life back in Belgrade :-)... (Belgrade, Serbia's Aeronautical Museum).
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 17, 2019, 07:05:41 pm
Space ships from Slobodan's former life back in Belgrade :-)... (Belgrade, Serbia's Aeronautical Museum).
Very creative Larry. Now I know what the Serbs have been up to.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 17, 2019, 07:09:02 pm
Orange, black and blue I could not eschew.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-XPnjJMC/0/234e76e0/L/Sept%209-12%20Downtown%20TO%20004%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 19, 2019, 05:22:11 am
More whimsical play of light and shadow to go with previous deeper play of Orange brick and blue lamp with dark shadows.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-GVn79SF/0/166feaa1/L/Sept%209-12%20Downtown%20TO%20100%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 20, 2019, 06:57:54 am
Water memories...that's the way I remember these images.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-WBcScKZ/0/fdb2cbfa/L/May%2021-12%20Rockway%20105%20copy1000-L.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-gfzQh8M/0/1c064070/L/July%201-12%20Burlington%20081%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 20, 2019, 12:15:41 pm
A minimalist ice:
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 20, 2019, 12:16:40 pm
And ice in B&W:
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on January 21, 2019, 12:33:23 am
...
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Patricia Sheley on January 21, 2019, 07:41:28 am
Now look what you've gone and done Eric.. You've planted that wonderful taunt of Edmands, and teased out another side of Slobodan.  Pleasurable on both counts~
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 21, 2019, 09:26:18 am
Now look what you've gone and done Eric.. You've planted that wonderful taunt of Edmands, and teased out another side of Slobodan.  Pleasurable on both counts~
Thank you, Patricia.

When I saw Slobodan's, my first thought was "Ooh! That's my kind of image!"   ;D
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 21, 2019, 09:42:25 am
Now look what you've gone and done Eric.. You've planted that wonderful taunt of Edmands, and teased out another side of Slobodan.  Pleasurable on both counts~
Indeed, nice work, Eric and Slobodan. But Slobodan, you have to post more of these.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on January 21, 2019, 09:43:04 am
... When I saw Slobodan's, my first thought was "Ooh! That's my kind of image!"   ;D

 I’ll tell you a secret, Eric. That’s a reflection of the blood moon of last night in our building’s rooftop pool  ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 21, 2019, 10:08:39 am
I’ll tell you a secret, Eric. That’s a reflection of the blood moon of last night in our building’s rooftop pool  ;)
I'll have to come visit you at the next blood moon to see if I can do an even better shot.    :D
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on January 21, 2019, 11:00:36 am
I'll have to come visit you...

Any time, Eric.

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 21, 2019, 11:03:01 am
Any time, Eric.
:)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on January 21, 2019, 06:49:23 pm
.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 22, 2019, 12:09:14 pm
I am in Spring mode. So here is one which is sheer play in PP.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-63HWKCL/0/4d79c854/M/May%202-%2012%20Niagara%20Gardens%20350%20copyred2%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: mbaginy on January 22, 2019, 12:33:30 pm
Nice and prickly, Armand.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on January 22, 2019, 01:26:27 pm
Nice and prickly, Armand.

Thank you!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 23, 2019, 10:57:40 am
Stark and abstract.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-MRVhLX3/0/9e5e16ad/L/May%2026-2013%20Ont%20arch%20Ass%20bldg%20043%20bwcopy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Patricia Sheley on January 23, 2019, 11:14:15 am
I am in Spring mode. So here is one which is sheer play in PP.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-63HWKCL/0/4d79c854/M/May%202-%2012%20Niagara%20Gardens%20350%20copyred2%20copy1000-M.jpg)

Envious, a field of tulips... Strawberry Fields. In youth, did bruise my hands through the poison to tissue of hands planting a naturalized field of tulips. Lasted for years. Trying to work a bit of that magic here on the island but with the existing woods and alongshore areas.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 23, 2019, 03:43:34 pm
Envious, a field of tulips... Strawberry Fields. In youth, did bruise my hands through the poison to tissue of hands planting a naturalized field of tulips. Lasted for years. Trying to work a bit of that magic here on the island but with the existing woods and alongshore areas.
Patricia, you manage to interweave the ordinary with the extraordinary when you write. Thank you for the comments. One last look. Any more and it would be cruel.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-TPvGKQL/0/49449ada/M/May%203-%2012%20RBG%20443%20desat-copy%20memorial%20bench-1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-mQbG8XW/0/28713b7e/M/May%203-%2012%20RBG%20432%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Bob_B on January 23, 2019, 04:23:01 pm
I spied a 10-toothed ice monster near the banks of the river yesterday, and thought I should document its presence for all to see.  ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: langier on January 23, 2019, 04:32:10 pm
A couple from Indiana last fall:
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on January 23, 2019, 05:45:45 pm
A couple from Indiana last fall:

The first one is a fall indeed. The second is more like slip and fall ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 23, 2019, 08:27:17 pm
The first one is fall indeed. The second is more like slip and fall ;)
Yea Larry, you're out of control. Why can't you be less flamboyant and go in one direction, like sideways.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-qFKCkH2/0/e814e618/L/Sept%202-12%20Charles%20Daley%20167%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: rabanito on January 24, 2019, 12:12:54 pm
Frozen Pond

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on January 24, 2019, 02:18:55 pm
winter
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 24, 2019, 04:38:05 pm
more winter ice.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: rabanito on January 24, 2019, 04:48:07 pm
more winter ice.
The first: Wow
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 24, 2019, 05:20:21 pm
The first: Wow
Thanks, Rab. It was on a small puddle in a normally dry part of our local woods.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on January 24, 2019, 06:40:53 pm
The first: Wow

Make that two wows! Lots of things to see in that one.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 25, 2019, 05:36:40 am
Make that two wows! Lots of things to see in that one.
Yes, the snow puddle does have a surreal quality. But I do like the blue ice image with its array of glass-like lines that radiate in all directions.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 25, 2019, 05:42:03 am
We don't often see brown.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Centre-Island-outing/i-w28HzCg/0/f128d990/M/June%202-%202015%20Downtown-Centre%20Island%20102%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 26, 2019, 07:40:23 am
Of course it is recognizable, but it is somewhat abstract.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-kctJbK8/0/2164c90b/M/Aug%205-12%20HB%20206%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 26, 2019, 08:31:33 am
Not very recognizable to me (I wasn't there when you shot it), but very nicely abstract.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 26, 2019, 08:57:35 am
Not very recognizable to me (I wasn't there when you shot it), but very nicely abstract.
Thank you Eric. You are right. I wasn't thinking. Of course, not everyone is from Toronto.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on January 26, 2019, 10:31:34 am
Of course it is recognizable, but it is somewhat abstract.

JR

I like it a lot, John. It actually hits the exact right balance between abstract and recognisable, and it's precisely therefore that I believe it should be considered a very successful abstraction. It has a nice graphical quality to it, so one can imagine more than a city nightscape, e.g. a graph timeline of all activity in the city or something odd like that.

By recognisable, i mean recognisable as a city nightscape, not necessarily which particular city, although for those people living there and recognising it as their hometown, it might just give another dimension to it and I'm sure this would be a potential seller for a postersize print aimed at the hipster crowd.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Peter McLennan on January 26, 2019, 10:19:37 pm
Of course, not everyone is from Toronto.

HA!  ROFL.  You've justified one of Canada's greatest in-jokes. :) :) :)

Nice image, too. :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 27, 2019, 06:11:39 am
HA!  ROFL.  You've justified one of Canada's greatest in-jokes. :) :) :)

Nice image, too. :)
Thanks Peter. It's true. When travelling in Canada and asked where I am from, I never say Toronto. Etobicoke. If people then ask, where is that, I mumble as quietly as possible, Ter...an...a.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 27, 2019, 06:14:18 am
I like it a lot, John. It actually hits the exact right balance between abstract and recognisable, and it's precisely therefore that I believe it should be considered a very successful abstraction. It has a nice graphical quality to it, so one can imagine more than a city nightscape, e.g. a graph timeline of all activity in the city or something odd like that.

By recognisable, i mean recognisable as a city nightscape, not necessarily which particular city, although for those people living there and recognising it as their hometown, it might just give another dimension to it and I'm sure this would be a potential seller for a postersize print aimed at the hipster crowd.
Thanks Oscar. I came across the image while culling my stock, which I suppose is more fuel for those who advocate, save everything!

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 27, 2019, 09:17:36 am
I came across the image while culling my stock, which I suppose is more fuel for those who advocate, save everything!

JR
Alternatively, you could just send me all your discards and let me pick the best 90% of them.   ;)

P.S. I've never been in T*r*nt*, except for one airplane change at the airport, which required something like a six-mile hike to get to the next plane.

Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 27, 2019, 02:01:51 pm
Yesterday I went to a butterfly conservatory. Didn't get much in the way of butterflies (rejects!), but I did get some great abstracts. The first is about the mysterious light and dark, but the second is the same radiating fire I posted on chain thread.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-w94QpGD/0/1030a045/M/JMRO8006%20butterfly%20con%20copy1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-CtLHpzS/0/0d9c2612/M/JMRO8111%20butterfly%20con-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 28, 2019, 12:30:15 am
Both excellent, as always.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Kellerman on January 28, 2019, 09:09:20 am
This is strictly speaking a bodyscape, but it is both abstract and landscapy, I think.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on January 28, 2019, 09:14:06 am
Clever!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 28, 2019, 09:26:13 am
Clever!
+1.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 28, 2019, 11:05:45 am
+1.
+2. You have to tell us in which country those dunes were taken 8)

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 28, 2019, 11:08:39 am
Again no butterflies, but did get this "true" abstract.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-55CCc7t/0/36175948/M/JMRO8136%20butterfly%20con2%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Kellerman on January 28, 2019, 11:58:07 am
+2. You have to tell us in which country those dunes were taken 8)

JR

Unmistakably Dutch dunes!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: langier on January 28, 2019, 06:20:56 pm
Nice "Dunes" JR!

Here's some from California:
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 28, 2019, 08:47:20 pm
And another. Stovepipe Wells in Death Valley.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 28, 2019, 09:04:34 pm
Nice "Dunes" JR!

Here's some from California:
Hey Larry, those Dunes were taken be Eric Kellerman, not me.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 29, 2019, 11:09:59 am
A patchwork.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-8tPR8cd/0/8b64c4ab/L/JMRO8201%20buttterfly%20con-2%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Kellerman on January 29, 2019, 11:11:45 am
THAT is very pretty!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 29, 2019, 12:28:04 pm
THAT is very pretty!
+1.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 29, 2019, 02:25:35 pm
+1.
Thank you Eric and Eric. I think I am going to put this one on my wall.

JR

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: MattNQ on January 29, 2019, 11:29:05 pm
+1.

+2

It is kind of mesmerising... Definitely will make a great print.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: langier on January 30, 2019, 01:09:44 am
Another winner, JR!

Here's one from Burano, Italia.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 30, 2019, 09:06:14 am
Another winner, JR!

Here's one from Burano, Italia.
Nice Larry. You don't see how vibrant Larry's reflection is until you enlarge it.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 30, 2019, 09:27:06 am
Nice Larry. You don't see how vibrant Larry's reflection is until you enlarge it.

JR
Agreed.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: langier on January 30, 2019, 10:41:14 am
Thanks you two!

Too many people on a hot summer's day in Venice...then saw the post cards of Burano and spent the afternoon there. Lots fewer people, lots more hidden gems and...the colorful, dancing waters! Neither still nor motion can do it justice.

Love to see a collection of JR's abstracts. Portfolio or book, perhaps?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on January 30, 2019, 11:54:17 am
Gateway
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on January 30, 2019, 02:41:27 pm
Gateway

You're cooking! Like it.

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on January 30, 2019, 04:34:36 pm
You're cooking! Like it.

Rob

Me too, it is very striking.

I'm also mesmerized by JR's patchwork. Well worth printing.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 30, 2019, 04:56:28 pm
Another thumb's up for ~O~'s Gateway.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on January 30, 2019, 05:58:35 pm
car language
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 30, 2019, 08:05:26 pm
Thanks you two!

Too many people on a hot summer's day in Venice...then saw the post cards of Burano and spent the afternoon there. Lots fewer people, lots more hidden gems and...the colorful, dancing waters! Neither still nor motion can do it justice.

Love to see a collection of JR's abstracts. Portfolio or book, perhaps?
Thank you Larry and Arlen for your comments. I do have two galleries which contain many of my abstracts. Some are repeats in both galleries.

https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Abstracts/

https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 30, 2019, 09:23:55 pm
Gateway
Interesting that your lines seem to be radiating outward, while the light and arch want stasis and focus. Cool image.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Lesley on January 30, 2019, 11:42:41 pm
Autumn swirl
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on January 31, 2019, 11:18:33 am
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Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 31, 2019, 01:32:41 pm
From one temporary puddle in nearby woods ...
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 01, 2019, 11:50:41 am
From one temporary puddle in nearby woods ...
Very nice set. On the whole they remind me of images of the universe and the inner workings of the human body. The second looks like it is consuming something with its jaws. But the last I like for its composition and its similarity to this one.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-CBzh8pS/0/da8358b7/M/Feb%2018-13%20Sam%20Smith%20Pk%20015%20smugcopy-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 01, 2019, 01:00:52 pm
Thanks, John.
Maybe we should start a new Chain thread: Groups of Lumps.   :D
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rajan Parrikar on February 01, 2019, 02:07:44 pm
Eric - the first and fourth will make for great prints.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 01, 2019, 06:43:39 pm
More from "patchwork." This one has white areas that are like a tear in the fabric of colour.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-P3bvLMj/0/5879d747/M/JMRO8225%20butterfly%20con%20copycrop1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 01, 2019, 07:16:22 pm
Eric - the first and fourth will make for great prints.
Thanks, Rajan.
I haven't printed any of them yet. I have to let them "age" in my mind's eye before printing, but I will get to them in about another week.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 01, 2019, 07:20:28 pm
More from "patchwork." This one has white areas that are like a tear in the fabric of colour.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-P3bvLMj/0/5879d747/M/JMRO8225%20butterfly%20con%20copycrop1000-M.jpg)
You are a magician, John.
With your earlier motion-effect images, I could figure out pretty esily how you did them.
(And when I tried swinging the camera myself, I learned how hard it can be to get the desired result.)
But with these recent shots I have no idea how you do them. But they are quite beautiful!

Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 02, 2019, 10:12:10 am
More ice patterns, from Brookline Reservoir, yesterday.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: churly on February 03, 2019, 05:52:55 pm
Organic Abstracts.


Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 04, 2019, 09:15:57 pm
In the alleyways of Graffiti in downtown Toronto, you can find much more. The walk alone is worth the trip.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Graffiti-Alley/i-9S6XhZw/0/72d84a21/M/March%208-%202015%20Graffiti%20Alley%20248%20copysmug-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 04, 2019, 09:33:20 pm
More ice patterns, from Brookline Reservoir, yesterday.
I especially like the first image. Nice movement of intersecting lines just interrupted by the small circles.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: morristaub on February 05, 2019, 05:11:18 am
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4379/36339054440_9bb5546f7c_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Xna9Ro)160406_lola.mb.abst5_018645 (https://flic.kr/p/Xna9Ro) by Morris (https://www.flickr.com/photos/morristaub/), on Flickr

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4315/35873561800_d1766cca04_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/WE2o7d)160401_lola.mb.abst2_018621 (https://flic.kr/p/WE2o7d) by Morris (https://www.flickr.com/photos/morristaub/), on Flickr


Dear josh and company. I'm getting sick of having to type in the verification letters and math answers every time I post, make a change, etc.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 05, 2019, 09:08:57 am
Two beauties, Morris!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 05, 2019, 01:06:59 pm
Two beauties, Morris!
Interesting movement. I like the second, so much frenetic energy.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on February 05, 2019, 02:46:28 pm
Two beauties, Morris!

+1
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 06, 2019, 09:47:22 am
Left the white arc in, as I think it contributes to overall arc-movement.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-kpTscgm/0/ace3b3af/L/Jan%2026-%202019%20Butterfly%20Con_0826%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: rabanito on February 06, 2019, 03:15:59 pm
Cryostraktus
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 09, 2019, 01:31:00 pm
Back to work...er... I mean the fun!

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-MjZSr94/0/45186e73/M/Feb%209-%202019%20toothbrushes%20JMRO8307%20invertcopy2-1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-CSBKRVn/0/6894e960/M/Feb%209-%202019%20toothbrushes%20JMRO8390%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 10, 2019, 01:01:44 am
One more to complete the collection.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-zBkhqfB/0/fdf0d4eb/M/Feb%209-%202019%20toothbrushes%20JMRO8318%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: petermfiore on February 10, 2019, 07:59:58 am
Left the white arc in, as I think it contributes to overall arc-movement.

JR

I agree, the arc makes the image...

Peter

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Peter McLennan on February 10, 2019, 09:47:17 am
Is there a name for this style of image, John?  I agree with the others - they are quite beautiful.

I’ll try:  “gestural photography”. 
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: langier on February 10, 2019, 10:14:14 am
I see a nice series, JR! Perhaps a portfolio?

Here's another from my Dancing Waters of Burano, Italia.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 10, 2019, 11:29:19 pm
Is there a name for this style of image, John?  I agree with the others - they are quite beautiful.

I’ll try:  “gestural photography”.
Thanks Peter M and Larry for your comments and interest. At this point, I have only my website to view my work, here: https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/ and here: https://johnroias.smugmug.com/Abstracts/  Some are repeated.

I would call this type of photography, impressionistic and abstract, based on in-camera-motion (ICM) techniques. Some I do with multiple exposures, but they are much more difficult to do successfully. With this ICM technique you can make subjects appear totally abstract, or for want of better term, semi-abstract and impressionist. I came to this technique after obtaining my first digital camera in late 2007 and into 2008 and experimenting with camera movement. About five years ago I discovered the ICM work of Michael Orton. Yes, the same person known for popularizing the Orton technique. Orton's work has inspired me to look at the smaller world and to look for patterns in subjects, or even to create patterns by using ICM. Rather than explain how I do these, I will refer you to Michael Orton's video. After you view his video, you will see why I call him a master of this technique.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-cxPJcO1Xw
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 10, 2019, 11:32:29 pm
I agree, the arc makes the image...

Peter
Thanks again for your comments, Peter. Always a pleasure to hear your thoughts and critiques.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on February 11, 2019, 12:46:25 am
Short circuit of the autistic mind
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on February 11, 2019, 12:53:09 am
At the hospital
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 11, 2019, 09:07:19 am
Oscar excellent abstracts. The first is electric but frenzied. Remember one of the first big Moog electronic music hits- Popcorn? Reminds me of that music. The second is more placid, but plays with the mind a bit. It might be very dull without the lines, just flat shapes. The lines help lead the eye and unifies the image.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: langier on February 11, 2019, 09:29:00 am
Another nice pair in the collection, Oscar!

JR: Love your collection! Enough within the ICM to grab and relate to that's missing from Orton's work. Perhaps a step beyond!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 12, 2019, 08:03:32 am
Another nice pair in the collection, Oscar!

JR: Love your collection! Enough within the ICM to grab and relate to that's missing from Orton's work. Perhaps a step beyond!
Thanks again Larry. I really do like Orton's slide shows!

Here is one that I hope has not been posted before. The purple-red comes from overlapping red leaves and blue sky due to multiple exposures. It's like a giant wave on the ocean.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Autumn-2015/i-h4wXCxR/0/8aa4e0ad/L/Oct%2017-%202015%20Mount%20Nemo%20021%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 12, 2019, 10:51:54 pm
Delicacy.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-22bmkh9/0/8f5192e4/M/April%201-%202018%20-%202%20House%20Flowers_0029%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on February 15, 2019, 03:27:50 am
Macula
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: JNB_Rare on February 15, 2019, 09:14:40 am
...
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 15, 2019, 09:13:02 pm
Very nice John B. You are a master of rendering tones.

JR

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 15, 2019, 09:22:02 pm
Light and shadow in a grainy world

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-CVW5Fvc/0/fec30c02/L/Feb%2015-%202019%20Lamp%20JMRO8402%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 17, 2019, 12:37:23 pm
Wild thing...you make my heart sing...

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-vcfqDpp/0/ffbd2070/L/April%208-%202016%20Centennial%20Conservatory%20131%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Patricia Sheley on February 17, 2019, 03:21:29 pm
Light and shadow in a grainy world

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-CVW5Fvc/0/fec30c02/L/Feb%2015-%202019%20Lamp%20JMRO8402%20copy1000-L.jpg)

Indoors>Outdoors>JR~
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 17, 2019, 10:48:22 pm
Great pairing, John R and Patricia.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 18, 2019, 12:58:30 pm
Great pairing, John R and Patricia.
Thank you Patricia and Eric. But Patricia makes you think what are those mysterious shadows and shapes.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 18, 2019, 01:34:43 pm
Shifting sheen.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-t3j3z62/0/ae1d8377/M/Feb%208-%202014%20Downtown%20Toronto%20075%20bwcopy-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 18, 2019, 10:44:04 pm
Fun with RBG, from same location as shifting sheen.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-x2xgBbt/0/a7141ee7/M/Feb%208-%202014%20Downtown%20Toronto%20071%20RBGcopy3-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 19, 2019, 07:58:06 pm
New York Subway...
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on February 19, 2019, 08:20:51 pm
New York Subway...

I can almost hear Bach’s organ music ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: langier on February 19, 2019, 11:56:31 pm
Nice find, Eric!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 20, 2019, 12:06:51 am
Thanks, Slobodan and Larry.

We were staying at my brother's condo. He and his wife are both pipe organ fanatics.

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: leuallen on February 20, 2019, 04:30:15 pm
Can you figure out what objects this is a photo of.

Larry
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 20, 2019, 05:18:27 pm
Nope. But they are pretty.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 20, 2019, 05:50:46 pm
Surf boards, skateboards? Mind the white rectangle looks like a wall outlet, so maybe a painting or mural?

edit: I cheated but won't give it away.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: leuallen on February 20, 2019, 09:04:55 pm
Quote
Surf boards, skateboards?

Somewhat close. Hint: it was at a sports/outdoors shop.

Larry
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 21, 2019, 06:14:37 am
What, you still want me to guess. How about canoe or kayak?

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 21, 2019, 08:38:24 am
Oversized Frisbees???
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: leuallen on February 21, 2019, 10:44:48 am
Jackpot! Kayak. This ultramodern outdoors store is set back from the road, nicely landscaped, and has a gaggle of kayaks stacked up vertically against a plain gray wall. Marketing genius as it really stands out as you go by and you know what the store is about.

I passed it everyday for a month. I originally photographed it in a more traditional straight on manner but that did not satisfy me. So I decided to make the photo more from the side and use a long telephoto (560mm) to compress the kayaks. Bingo, what I wanted.

Larry
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 21, 2019, 12:31:43 pm
Great shot, well presented.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 21, 2019, 12:39:13 pm
Great shot, well presented.
Fine shot, but you may want clone out the white sticker on blue kayak, so it doesn't draw too much attention away from the vibrant colors and random design elements.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: leuallen on February 21, 2019, 05:15:41 pm
Quote
clone out the white sticker on blue kayak

Have thought about that. Will probably do.

Larry
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 22, 2019, 10:55:16 am
I can almost hear Bach’s organ music ;)
Yea Eric, I can hear it too. Your imaginary neighbors must hate you.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 22, 2019, 10:59:05 am
Seems our discussion on AI and PS tools has had on effect on me:

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-VbHvpSp/0/c1968a5a/L/Feb%208-%202014%20Downtown%20Toronto%20067%20copy2-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 22, 2019, 01:19:50 pm
It looks to me like a perfectly normal blue piano keyboard with extra small sharp keys.   ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: degrub on February 23, 2019, 12:58:31 pm
or "resistance is futile"  ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 24, 2019, 02:35:17 pm
From Algonquin Park. May it always flourish.
The purply color is from red-orange-yellow foliage overlapping the blue of the sky, and not PP.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-fNhKCTp/0/b833057a/L/Sept%2028-%202014%20Algonquin%20Area%20166%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 24, 2019, 10:01:46 pm
A second from series on Algonquin.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-3cm3Sdp/0/0fbda11f/L/Sept%2028-%202014%20Algonquin%20Area%20136%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 25, 2019, 08:38:31 am
Next time I'm near Algonquin Park I'll have to look for those two exact scenes.   :D
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 25, 2019, 10:33:13 am
Next time I'm near Algonquin Park I'll have to look for those two exact scenes.   :D
Thank you Eric. Head for Algonquin in autumn. Take a walk in woods with camera and zoom lens. Point it up, move camera in the direction of trunk, zoom and turn camera, all at same time, (don't forget to press shutter), you will arrive at location. Just like Dorothy in the land of Oz. But remember she took a long journey to get there, so be patient and pay no attention to the people who say "what are you photographing anyway?"

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-qcqF6jq/0/d034efc0/L/Sept%2028-%202014%20Algonquin%20Area%20172%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 25, 2019, 01:26:33 pm
Ah, so that's the secret: "(don't forget to press shutter)"

As for the rest, I think I need the advice of a Chiropractor before trying it. 

Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on March 01, 2019, 03:34:39 am
John R going completely nineteeneighties musicvideo effects on us...

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on March 01, 2019, 10:27:32 am
Thank you Eric. Head for Algonquin in autumn. Take a walk in woods with camera and zoom lens. Point it up, move camera in the direction of trunk, zoom and turn camera, all at same time, (don't forget to press shutter), you will arrive at location. Just like Dorothy in the land of Oz. But remember she took a long journey to get there, so be patient and pay no attention to the people who say "what are you photographing anyway?"

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-qcqF6jq/0/d034efc0/L/Sept%2028-%202014%20Algonquin%20Area%20172%20copy1000-L.jpg)

Of the three, I particularly like this third one, John. And it looks like the tornado that whisked Dorothy away is currently in progress.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 01, 2019, 11:59:19 am
Of the three, I particularly like this third one, John. And it looks like the tornado that whisked Dorothy away is currently in progress.
Thank you Arlen and everyone else that took the trouble to comment on my images. I took these out of hibernation because of the February blahs. You know, can't get outside due to weather and other problems. I am glad I did, as I rediscovered how much I like them. My initial reaction was that people wouldn't like the purply skies created by overlapping yellow, red and orange leaves with the blue sky. NowI just accept that it is part of the creative process and the multi-exposure technique.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on March 02, 2019, 01:14:23 pm
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Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on March 02, 2019, 04:11:03 pm
Hard to think of this as abstract as I know what it is. Anyway:

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on March 02, 2019, 04:41:06 pm
Hard to think of this as abstract as I know what it is. Anyway:

Vodka?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 02, 2019, 04:58:35 pm
Hard to think of this as abstract as I know what it is. Anyway:
As long as you don't tell, it stays abstract.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: JNB_Rare on March 04, 2019, 03:17:34 pm
Sleet. More fun photographing it on my window than walking in it. The wee dog was not amused by my insistence that she go out to pee.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on March 05, 2019, 03:48:42 am
Sleet. More fun photographing it on my window than walking in it. The wee dog was not amused by my insistence that she go out to pee.


Wee dogs know that the short distance between undercarriage and ground can cause instant flash freezing. That could be dangerous. Ask any vet.

;-)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: langier on March 05, 2019, 03:57:41 pm
The view of my sun roof after a wet summer night in Idaho, 6:14 am...
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on March 05, 2019, 09:38:14 pm
at the edge of abstract
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 07, 2019, 06:37:04 pm
The flowers were quite willing to pose, but the colors wanted to be more dynamic and wouldn't behave.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-pzQSHn3/0/52b50b4b/M/July%2020-%202015%20James%20Gardens%20032%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 08, 2019, 09:21:08 am
Impressions to warm up the winter blahs.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Autumn-2015/i-bCtDxk6/0/4e0d55b6/M/Oct%204-%202014%20Haliburton%20and%20Oxtongue%20Rapids%20382%20boatblur-desat1%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 08, 2019, 01:33:03 pm
Baby orcas? But where are the eyes?

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Autumn-2015/i-M6qNjZw/0/1ec618a5/M/Oct%204-%202014%20Haliburton%20and%20Oxtongue%20Rapids%20150%20bwcopy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: LesPalenik on March 09, 2019, 03:36:02 pm
Sadly, these things were delivered without any eyes, but you can always install a pair of strap eyes or pad eyes. One pair in the bow and another in the stern.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 09, 2019, 04:58:55 pm
They're napping, and their eyes are closed.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 09, 2019, 06:44:35 pm
So Eric, can you and Les do at least one sticker with a wink, and second with one one eye open. Can't trust passersby, except photographers and canoeists ;)

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: LesPalenik on March 10, 2019, 09:56:40 pm
John,

I think, I posted this image somewhere else before, but here it is anyway - whitewater boat in Ferrari red, and equipped with two eyelets in the front.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on March 11, 2019, 08:01:36 pm
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Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: langier on March 11, 2019, 09:33:38 pm
King City, California
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on March 11, 2019, 11:12:10 pm
semi abstract
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 12, 2019, 11:37:37 am
King City, California
Cool Larry, well seen.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 12, 2019, 11:54:01 am
Let it flow.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-bbg3SM5/0/92ae03bb/M/Sept%2026-11%20huntsville%20061%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on March 12, 2019, 11:31:32 pm
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Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on March 13, 2019, 12:48:15 pm
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Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 14, 2019, 02:41:40 pm
Spring is coming. It's just a hop and step away...

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-vkMFV9g/0/b019e677/M/Sept%205-11%20HP%20057%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 17, 2019, 07:55:01 am
Oh yes, the glorious blossoms are coming...

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-WWrLTXD/0/1629e8e4/L/May%203-%202013%20RBG%20184%20copy2-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on March 17, 2019, 11:16:11 pm

   Chaos in Order

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on March 17, 2019, 11:48:58 pm
John and Arlen, outstanding work, gentlemen!

 John, that last one is just utterly impressionistic in both look and character. Great flow and texture. Please tell me it is icm, and not some dope postfilter ai thingy accidentally doing the right thing. Oddly enough, I have an urge to flip the image horizontally. Not sure why that "feels" more appropriate? Must be a left-to-right reader problem perhaps, you know, the unfolding of hope and opportunity associated with spring requiring a "leaning into" the image, in the same way that cursive text "leans forward".
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 18, 2019, 08:47:01 am
John and Arlen, outstanding work, gentlemen!

 John, that last one is just utterly impressionistic in both look and character. Great flow and texture. Please tell me it is icm, and not some dope postfilter ai thingy accidentally doing the right thing. Oddly enough, I have an urge to flip the image horizontally. Not sure why that "feels" more appropriate? Must be a left-to-right reader problem perhaps, you know, the unfolding of hope and opportunity associated with spring requiring a "leaning into" the image, in the same way that cursive text "leans forward".
Oscar, thanks for the comments. It turns out the original is left to right but I didn't notice, since it's been awhile. It seems I created a mirror image and was going to meld them to create something new. I abandoned it because it looked too static. When I resized to post I didn't notice which one was the original. It is all ICM, perhaps two exposures. I don't think you can replicate this look with filters.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-b5ZzQwg/0/f9be8fd0/M/May%203-%202013%20RBG%20184%20copy2original-1000-M.jpg)

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 18, 2019, 11:13:34 am
I like it better this way.
Before, when I turned my monitor upside down, it was hard to read the text.   :D
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 18, 2019, 04:11:15 pm
   Chaos in Order
Yes its is the vein-like structures that create the visual order. A wonderful play of snow and branches.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 18, 2019, 08:04:26 pm
One from the greenhouse. The plants just kept needling me. So here is one.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Cultural-Hotspots-Etobicoke/i-28KrtPp/0/54edd9f2/M/April%207-13%20Allen%20Gardens%20227%20bwcopy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 19, 2019, 08:03:07 pm
Not quite sure why this one speaks to me, but it does remind me of Astronauts tethered in space as a great ball (the earth) hovers in the background. A micro world view, I guess.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-SFVKjq8/0/12805459/M/April%207-13%20Allen%20Gardens%20260%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 20, 2019, 12:07:36 am
More really good stuff, John.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 21, 2019, 03:29:40 pm
Thanks Eric. Recognizable but on the abstract side.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Guelph/i-wfKpRgZ/0/2832f192/M/Nov%2025-%202013%20Guelph%20walk%20076%20bwcopy1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-fmm5SxQ/0/eee95398/M/July%207-2013%20Toronto%20Art%20show%20018%20bwcopy2-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: rabanito on March 22, 2019, 08:41:59 am


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Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 22, 2019, 08:54:27 am
That's a powerful and moody image, Rab. It really pulls me in.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: rabanito on March 22, 2019, 06:35:19 pm
That's a powerful and moody image, Rab. It really pulls me in.

Thanks Eric  :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: churly on March 22, 2019, 07:00:28 pm
That's a powerful and moody image, Rab. It really pulls me in.

Ageed. Well done.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: rabanito on March 23, 2019, 08:20:26 pm
Ageed. Well done.
:)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 29, 2019, 11:07:26 am
Sometimes I see this image as simple juxtaposition of elements. Other times I see big brother and little brother.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/AGO/i-df3WNx8/0/96781f31/M/Oct%201-11%20AGO%20120%20bwcopy-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 29, 2019, 03:08:43 pm
Night is falling...and spring is coming. Can't wait to get out in the fresh air.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-PgDkWbB/0/236cab87/M/Sept%2017-11%20HP%20125%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Calohan on March 30, 2019, 12:26:39 pm
Roofers
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 30, 2019, 01:36:41 pm
Roofers
Neat!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on March 30, 2019, 03:22:19 pm
A very engaging image, Chris. Is there a story behind its making?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Calohan on March 30, 2019, 07:51:21 pm
A very engaging image, Chris. Is there a story behind its making?

I was shooting in the multiple exposure mode on a tripod earlier and wondered what it would do hand held...and this is what it did. D850 allows for 10 overlays with the 11th a composite of the ten. Works much like a neutral density filter. Not an abstract but just to give an idea of how it works like a ND. As to roofers, I finally got a new roof nearly 6 months after Hurricane Michael...so many more have not.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on March 31, 2019, 10:17:32 am
Well I like the picture, and the fact that you now have a roof. Sorry that you've had to go through all that. My (82-year-old at the time) Mother's house (and neighborhood) was destroyed by a tornado some years ago, and she was almost killed. But as her doctor said, she is a tough old bird, and she eventually bounced back.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 31, 2019, 04:43:46 pm
I too am glad you finally have a roof, Chris, and that you are making use of such opportunities for good photography.

-Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Calohan on March 31, 2019, 05:25:52 pm
It's a daily struggle but at least I'm dry now and I do appreciate everyone's concern...here's another focus stack in normal mode, 9 frames stacked and blended...for an in-camera process, it's pretty dang neat. I did some landscapes today but I had too narrow a step set and now know 5 to 6 will work far better than 3 which did work well on this image but the actual depth was far more narrow.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 01, 2019, 12:39:30 am
Ethereal woods, ethereal sky.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Cultural-Hotspots-Etobicoke/i-3F3VLpv/0/8ff1c617/M/Apr%2023-11%20SamSmith%20103%20bwcopy1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Cultural-Hotspots-Etobicoke/i-ZNfTKPc/0/0c3e3d53/M/Apr%2023-11%20SamSmith%20087%20bwcopy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: mbaginy on April 01, 2019, 07:16:04 am
A fellow I met while strolling through the city.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 03, 2019, 03:21:36 pm
Beautiful sunny day.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-jv45fWv/0/ee24d4b1/M/Oct%2011-11%20Glen%20Haffy%20019%20cropcopy2-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: langier on April 03, 2019, 05:32:18 pm
Indiana.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 04, 2019, 09:45:35 am
Moving on to shapes and elements...

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-fqrq7FF/0/4a41743e/M/April%2016-%202012%20232%20bwcopy-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 05, 2019, 08:27:52 pm
Light and shadow.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Front-St-Walk-Toronto/i-hDkdgXd/0/d7a8972a/M/Feb%2020-12%20Downtown%20HDR%20211%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on April 07, 2019, 02:00:53 pm
Patina is best cultivated near the salty sea...
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on April 07, 2019, 05:58:40 pm
Patina is best cultivated near the salty sea...

And patience and a drop - gallon or two? - of penetrating oil might have saved the damned pipe from breaking off!

:-)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 08, 2019, 12:10:02 am
And patience and a drop - gallon or two? - of penetrating oil might have saved the damned pipe from breaking off!

:-)
But the result wouldn't have been as interesting photographically.   ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 08, 2019, 09:37:06 pm
The foreboding path.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-2pnjHWS/0/594eb089/M/Aug%206-10%20JGardens%20008%20bwcopy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 09, 2019, 11:22:01 am
The foreboding path.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-2pnjHWS/0/594eb089/M/Aug%206-10%20JGardens%20008%20bwcopy1000-M.jpg)
Super! Simple, elegant, powerful.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 09, 2019, 02:55:41 pm
Super! Simple, elegant, powerful.
Thanks Eric. Sometimes I make lines with the camera and create a flow; sometimes nature makes the lines and I watch the flow.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Belfountain-and-Forks-of-the/i-rfsBrDj/0/a1305a94/M/Jan%2027-10%20Bellfountain%20227%20cropcopy-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on April 09, 2019, 09:10:24 pm
Moody and surreal, John. I like it.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 09, 2019, 11:15:55 pm
Moody and surreal, John. I like it.
Ditto.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 10, 2019, 11:18:43 am
Thanks again, Eric and Arlen. Moving on to spring and summer pastures.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-hRpxtsV/0/0b7fd96e/M/June%2019-09%20HP%20018%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 14, 2019, 06:04:07 pm
From vortex to gentle turbulence, or maybe charcoal sketch.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Autumn-Images-2012/i-v3xGjNs/0/51baa8d0/M/Sept-Oct%202010%20Algonquin%20968%20cropcopy1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Autumn-Images-2012/i-BpZd3mb/0/3f6acfd6/M/Sept-Oct%202010%20Algonquin%20626%20copy1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-G2T6Xwb/0/2af5e83d/M/May%20412%2010%20Kortright%20048%20bw-layercopy-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on April 15, 2019, 10:34:04 am
They're all interesting, John, but I particularly like the charcoal sketch.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on April 15, 2019, 11:21:17 am
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Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Calohan on April 15, 2019, 01:09:23 pm
Tree Cutter - last limbs to have to come down six months after the storm...trying times, trying times... The third image is just for clarification as to what's happening in the first image.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 15, 2019, 06:45:08 pm
They're all interesting, John, but I particularly like the charcoal sketch.
Thanks Arlen. It seems some of my ICM images lend themselves very well to this bw charcoal look.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-6tBmqDK/0/3a28243b/M/Nov%2015-10%20GH%20017%20bwcopy-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on April 16, 2019, 11:10:23 am
Thanks Arlen. It seems some of my ICM images lend themselves very well to this bw charcoal look.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-6tBmqDK/0/3a28243b/M/Nov%2015-10%20GH%20017%20bwcopy-1000-M.jpg)

Yes and this is another one. Very nice.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 16, 2019, 11:57:16 am
Nebulous...

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Belfountain-and-Forks-of-the/i-vNc2z9R/0/65a2093b/M/Mar%2010-10%20Forks%20057%20bwcopy-1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Belfountain-and-Forks-of-the/i-nCfRXFv/0/353e6f7c/M/Mar%2010-10%20Forks%20058%20bwcopy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 16, 2019, 04:30:45 pm
Oh, man! These are good, John.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 16, 2019, 09:43:18 pm
Oh, man! These are good, John.
Hey thanks! Do you know what the actually subject is?

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 16, 2019, 10:22:02 pm
Hey thanks! Do you know what the actually subject is?

JR
Could be water, hair, finger paint, an accidental shutter-click while tripping over a tree root, or ...
You can tell me if you want to, but it won't make me like the images any less.   :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 16, 2019, 10:43:52 pm
Could be water, hair, finger paint, an accidental shutter-click while tripping over a tree root, or ...
You can tell me if you want to, but it won't make me like the images any less.   :)
I am much amused by the "accidental shutter-click while tripping over a tree root" guess. I should go with that. You got it, moving water. Thanks again for your comments.

JR
(edit: added one last image)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Belfountain-and-Forks-of-the/i-VjPqNvn/0/403906a6/M/Mar%2010-10%20Forks%20054%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 17, 2019, 11:20:20 am
A little sunlight, a little sprinkle.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Sherman-Falls/i-8CFRkRq/0/d17055bc/M/Mar%2024-10%20Sherman%20Falls%20018%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 18, 2019, 01:13:03 pm
Shadows in snow.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Landscape-Impressions/i-xjfX6ck/0/6fcb03e8/M/snow%20shadows2-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: sdwilsonsct on April 19, 2019, 11:57:51 am
Inspiring work, as always, John.

Query: how are you posting these images so that they fit within my screen?

Lately, it seems that every other image posted in the forum is too big for the screen, so that I have to scroll right and left to see the whole thing.

Thanks!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 19, 2019, 01:20:30 pm
Inspiring work, as always, John.

Query: how are you posting these images so that they fit within my screen?

Lately, it seems that every other image posted in the forum is too big for the screen, so that I have to scroll right and left to see the whole thing.

Thanks!
Thank you. I copy my images to my site at 1000 pix long by abt. 700 high. I then copy it from the site at medium (abt 600 x 400) or large (abt 800 x 600) I too find anything over abt 1000 does not fit on my 25 inch screen!!

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: faberryman on April 19, 2019, 02:56:23 pm
(http://www.ultrahighendreview.com/uploads/images/miscellaneous/abstract0010.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 19, 2019, 05:39:25 pm
Nice one, Fab.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 19, 2019, 07:14:55 pm
Nice one, Fab.
I agree. Quite interesting, inasmuch as you have three movements: vertical, oblique and horizontal fluid, wavy movements.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on April 22, 2019, 04:11:05 pm
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Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 22, 2019, 04:46:04 pm
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Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: rabanito on April 23, 2019, 07:45:30 am
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Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on April 24, 2019, 05:02:42 pm
"Batman"

(Rob should be able to figure this one out.)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on April 24, 2019, 05:12:15 pm
"Batman"

(Rob should be able to figure this one out.)

Anchors aweigh!?

Nice!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 27, 2019, 03:50:28 pm
a little on the surreal side.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-N9Ws8fB/0/62af1d89/L/Mar%2019-12%20Cloverdale%20010%20bwcopy-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 27, 2019, 06:18:39 pm
The ETs are watching us!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: degrub on April 27, 2019, 06:58:34 pm
reminds me of an insect in the tropics, a fly i think, that has a head on a long stalk plus with two eye stalks to side.
Good seeing !
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 27, 2019, 11:31:56 pm
The ETs are watching us!
Thank you Eric and Degrub. Eric, this is same area and mall that I got my creations image of 'lift off' from. It is particularly amenable to bw conversions. I have whole series from this location and I may post them some time. I think it really works because the colours and shapes are so simple elegant and bold, especially against a blue sky.

https://forum.luminous-landscape.com/index.php?topic=96962.msg1105630#new

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on April 28, 2019, 08:06:10 am
Tulips...


(sigh)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 28, 2019, 07:19:28 pm
Tulips...


(sigh)
Nice. I haven't seen any this year yet. This spring seems rather cool and everything is delayed.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 28, 2019, 09:16:25 pm
Couldn't resist...after remembering all the arguments about what is an abstract.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/OTTAWA/i-2qpQT2F/0/bda571c5/M/Sept%2024-2013%20Ottawa-Algonquin%20trip%20006%20duotone-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on April 29, 2019, 12:38:09 am
Couldn't resist...after remembering all the arguments about what is an abstract.

JR

There comes a point when it is just easier to use Illustrator instead of a camera...  =:-\
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 29, 2019, 06:55:23 am
The abstract comes from this abstract-like building image:

(https://photos.smugmug.com/OTTAWA/i-WZNWJHv/0/b51ef8b6/M/Sept%2024-2013%20Ottawa-Algonquin%20trip%20006%20copy1000-M.jpg)

But I do prefer the power and colour of this suggested movement.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-xKM2BQD/0/0ad4cade/M/Sept%2028-%202013%20Minden%20area%20052%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on April 29, 2019, 10:49:28 am
The abstract comes from this abstract-like building image:

(https://photos.smugmug.com/OTTAWA/i-WZNWJHv/0/b51ef8b6/M/Sept%2024-2013%20Ottawa-Algonquin%20trip%20006%20copy1000-M.jpg)

But I do prefer the power and colour of this suggested movement.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-xKM2BQD/0/0ad4cade/M/Sept%2028-%202013%20Minden%20area%20052%20copy1000-M.jpg)

+1 on the second
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 29, 2019, 01:22:00 pm
The abstract comes from this abstract-like building image:

(https://photos.smugmug.com/OTTAWA/i-WZNWJHv/0/b51ef8b6/M/Sept%2024-2013%20Ottawa-Algonquin%20trip%20006%20copy1000-M.jpg)

But I do prefer the power and colour of this suggested movement.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-xKM2BQD/0/0ad4cade/M/Sept%2028-%202013%20Minden%20area%20052%20copy1000-M.jpg)
I don't think the second is the same buildings as in the first.    ;D
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on April 29, 2019, 02:20:30 pm

But I do prefer the power and colour of this suggested movement.


Plus you can't use Illustrator for that.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on April 29, 2019, 04:15:06 pm
I don't think the second is the same buildings as in the first.    ;D

Where did you discover the clue, Eric?

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 29, 2019, 06:21:43 pm
Where did you discover the clue, Eric?

Rob
Hey, never mind! That was a great observation.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 29, 2019, 10:02:48 pm
 :D
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 30, 2019, 03:17:20 pm
Floating everywhere...

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-4XNvNRC/0/3f08fd34/M/June%209-2013%20RBG%20164%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on April 30, 2019, 09:20:07 pm
reflections
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 30, 2019, 09:24:30 pm
And a little of the essence of Spring.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/High-Park-Toronto/i-GhqDRxG/0/23a4f668/M/May%206-2013%20High%20Park%20067%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 01, 2019, 07:14:09 pm
Water lilies in motion.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-Mz64KSc/0/153cf32f/M/July%2031-%202018%20RBG_0832%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 03, 2019, 01:25:40 pm
We were on an outing and I was photographing something when my friend asked if I could help him. "Not now," I said. He responded, 'you are such are door knob." Little did he know what I was about to show him.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Port-Hope-and-Cobourg/i-CmvDVrN/0/30cbd8d0/M/March%2017-13%20Cobourg%20275%20bwcopy2-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 03, 2019, 05:01:43 pm
Nice selfie, John!    ;D
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 03, 2019, 05:45:05 pm
Nice selfie, John!    ;D
Yea, I'm in there somewhere. Those door knobs now cost more than my older camera!

Eric, I am throwing these windows at you, so I suggest you dodge and duck.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Port-Hope-and-Cobourg/i-QrsWmGc/0/57dbb11c/L/March%2017-13%20Cobourg%20328%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 03, 2019, 08:16:07 pm
Since I'm on a Windows computer, I'm afriad I can't throw Apples back at you!    :D
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Peter McLennan on May 04, 2019, 12:39:38 am
And a little of the essence of Spring.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/High-Park-Toronto/i-GhqDRxG/0/23a4f668/M/May%206-2013%20High%20Park%20067%20copy1000-M.jpg)

SO springtime!  Lovely.  John, you are the master of these techniques!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 04, 2019, 12:27:56 pm
SO springtime!  Lovely.  John, you are the master of these techniques!
Thanks Peter! Not like that guy Eric who wants to throw Apple(s) at me. Of course, I deserve it because I did throw Windows (7) at him.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on May 05, 2019, 10:36:41 am
Indoor trout fishing. I kid you not...
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 05, 2019, 05:47:09 pm
Indoor trout fishing. I kid you not...
It may be fishy, but I like it.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 05, 2019, 06:26:45 pm
It may be fishy, but I like it.
Yes, very cool. You have to enlarge this to make sense of it- as thing we know and recognize. At the small level, I thought I was I looking at cow grazing and some shack above the cow.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 05, 2019, 06:29:00 pm
Uncanny that on day Oscar posted his trout fishing, I just came back from a walk in the woods where people were fishing in nearby pond.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/St-Johns-and-Niagara/i-gXMbJkR/0/99513b14/L/JMRO8916%20St%20Johns3-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: rabanito on May 06, 2019, 05:00:19 pm
Spring Hormones

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 07, 2019, 10:30:23 am
Willow and forest. Finally some spring-like weather and blooms everywhere.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/St-Johns-and-Niagara/i-7q9DKT3/0/affaae2c/L/May%205-%202019%20St%20Johns%20-2_0069%20copy1000-L.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/St-Johns-and-Niagara/i-HKtwMp3/0/6c364dd3/L/May%205-%202019%20St%20Johns_0275%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on May 08, 2019, 02:55:24 am
The colors work really well in the second one, interesting sense of depth too.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on May 08, 2019, 11:09:49 am
Spring Hormones

Can't quite remember the last time my hormones sprang into life; is there any quick way to check they are still there? Which of course, assumes that they ever were, but how could one tell? Is a love for photography a hormone-inspired phenomenon? It might be!

I also wonder whether a love for photography actually finds itself able to reside within the same skull that has apparently lost its drive for making photographs. I've been thinking recently of just taking the battery out of the one camera that currently houses such a thing because I don't want it to rot there, just as happens a couple of times in every life with torches.

The current problem is, really, that at the end of working on some pix the moment comes when one asks - at least, I do - so what happened, did the Earth really move? Most of the time it appears not to have budged one iota. There has to be a certain perversity in continuing along such barren routes, no?

(This is all about personal considerations, by the way, not about any pictures folks have posted here.)

Is the pleasure one of camera ownership, of one-upmanship, of constantly upgrading and spending more and more to get somewhere up at the top of the totem pole; is it of a sense of adventure even, or is it something born of habit and the fact that the money has been spent, so may as well use the purchase simply to justify it?

I know without doubt that the removal of the professional bit has turned the whole thing upside down for me; rather than any supposed freedom to "shoot for myself", there is suddenly no other self for whom to shoot, since pretty much all I did professionally in the final half of the career was largely self-motivated and packaged to anyone willing to finance the gig. And there the rub: finance is of the essence if I want to do the things I want to do. Big finance I do not have, and would not spend on those trippy things if I had it. It would be hollow. It needs the client belief in one's ability to deliver.

I suppose I would never have been a happy amateur, never seeing photography from that perspective even as a schooldboy: it was always going, sooner or later, to be the job, the entire life. I wonder if professional journalists get the same feeling at the ending of their working lives and begin to devote their remaining time to the book they will never publish? Or the pub?

Unfortunately, I don't know any retired journos so can't ask 'em.

;-)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: rabanito on May 09, 2019, 02:04:30 pm

I suppose I would never have been a happy amateur, never seeing photography from that perspective even as a schooldboy
I remember watching some movies by Man Ray. In them he showed a world as I'd seen when being about 4 years old.
All that is probably lost now :-(
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: rabanito on May 09, 2019, 02:09:21 pm
Can't quite remember the last time my hormones sprang into life; is there any quick way to check they are still there? Which of course, assumes that they ever were, but how could one tell? Is a love for photography a hormone-inspired phenomenon? It might be!

But the way the picture is of a male peacock trying to impress the ladies and at the same time of getting rid of the intrusive photographer
 ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: rabanito on May 09, 2019, 02:55:49 pm
Rabanito's drone over Jupiter
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 09, 2019, 08:22:45 pm
I like both your "hormones" shot and the second of this latest pair.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 09, 2019, 10:15:04 pm
Jupiter! Imagine that. Hey Rabanito you sure go a long way to take photographs. Here is my lowly earth contribution.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-kHHcB2z/0/1e779ffd/L/JMRO8072%20butterfly%20con%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: rabanito on May 10, 2019, 04:25:33 am
Jupiter! Imagine that. Hey Rabanito you sure go a long way to take photographs.

Oh no, don't overrate me!
Without false modesty, I just sent my drone to Jupiter from home...  ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on May 10, 2019, 04:53:54 am
Oh no, don't overrate me!
Without false modesty, I just sent my drone to Jupiter from home...  ;)

Either that, or your bathroom needs a serious cleaning...


;-)    <------
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on May 10, 2019, 09:25:25 am
Either that, or your bathroom needs a serious cleaning...


;-)    <------

That's the single advantage that having your house for sale gives you: you gotta keep it fairly clean, or when an appointment comes along, you kill yourself with the concentrated effort.

;-(
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: rabanito on May 10, 2019, 09:37:59 am
Either that, or your bathroom needs a serious cleaning...


;-)    <------

You're probably envious because you cannot afford an Interplanetary Drone
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 12, 2019, 10:32:49 am
How about some micro interplanetary images.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-PNLF9dV/0/ce16e1b4/L/April%2020-%202018%20abstract%20glass_0412%20copy1000-L.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-ttv4WZB/0/20f28ae8/L/April%2020-%202018%20abstract%20glass_0455%20copy2-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: degrub on May 12, 2019, 11:55:08 am
those are sweet ! i would print those large.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 12, 2019, 01:21:13 pm
those are sweet ! i would print those large.
Ditto!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on May 12, 2019, 02:13:05 pm
those are sweet ! i would print those large.

Agreed. Those could really brighten up a room!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 12, 2019, 08:10:08 pm
Thank you all for the comments. I ruined quite a few of these because I didn't realize every time the floor moved the tripod moved with it and blurred many shots. Such cruel irony from a guy who loves to take blurry (ICM) images!!

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 12, 2019, 08:22:05 pm
I ruined quite a few of these because I didn't realize every time the floor moved the tripod moved with it and blurred many shots. Such cruel irony from a guy who loves to take blurry (ICM) images!!

JR
That's hilarious, John.

Here is a "Natural" abstract, taken where the floor doesn't move (much). But hand-held.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 12, 2019, 09:23:00 pm
That's hilarious, John.

Here is a "Natural" abstract, taken where the floor doesn't move (much). But hand-held.
I like that one. So intricate but not chaotic looking. I love such subjects. Here is mine:

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Autumn-2015/i-T3HMLMx/0/8f2f0022/M/Sept%2027-28-2015%20Algonquin%20area%20540%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: rabanito on May 13, 2019, 04:57:59 pm
Rabanito's spacecraft "Lem" over the planet Solaris
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on May 13, 2019, 06:44:11 pm
I ruined quite a few of these because I didn't realize every time the floor moved the tripod moved with it and blurred many shots.

The floor of the micro interplanetatium?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on May 14, 2019, 07:42:40 am
Radiating
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 14, 2019, 10:41:40 am
The floor of the micro interplanetatium?
I bought a crystal container from Value village. Then bought a rainbow colored styrofoam knee pad from dollar store. I placed both on coffee table by window light. Whenever I moved the floor would buckle and cause both coffee table and tripod to sway. So frustrating. But I learned not to move and to hold my breath, and used self timer. I am going to try this again with smaller items and lamp light. Should produce lots of spectral light. Here are a few more.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-VgS7nz5/0/7b658cf4/M/April%2023-%202018%20abstracts%20JMRO7915%20copy1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-t7rqd8q/0/b5c7bf53/M/April%2018-%202018%20wispysky-1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-wJvJfVQ/0/42dc8ca5/M/JMRO7831%20copy1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-R3pNxjN/0/6bc7e3e4/M/April%2023-%202018%20JMRO7907%20copy3-1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-s3gtNQc/1/5af0d48b/M/April%2018-%202018%20abstract-5%20copy1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-FTtPDS7/0/d7d0345e/M/JMRO7855%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 14, 2019, 05:53:42 pm
Wow!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 15, 2019, 10:08:34 am
Wow!
Thanks Eric. At least you know how I did those images.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on May 15, 2019, 11:22:41 am
Those are wild, John. Wildly good. I've noticed refractions in various vases and crystals around the house and have thought of photographing the effects, but haven't had time yet.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 15, 2019, 03:43:06 pm
Those are wild, John. Wildly good. I've noticed refractions in various vases and crystals around the house and have thought of photographing the effects, but haven't had time yet.
I often have the feeling that "Anything I can do, John can do better..."
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 20, 2019, 07:50:27 am
One more shot before I pack up the car and head home...

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-DVMb39h/0/89835381/M/JMRO0666%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on May 21, 2019, 04:07:32 am
Completely bored at brunch, but at least there's one more image separating me and the doctorlady.

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Jim Kasson on May 21, 2019, 02:59:22 pm
A little work in post.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 21, 2019, 03:30:19 pm
A little work in post.
More like a little magic ;) Reminds me of a child holding a glowing essence within their clasped hands and releasing it as fairy dust. Very nice!

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 25, 2019, 10:07:45 am
I like the wild and surreal look of these.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Rhododendrum-Park-Mississauga/i-dhNPW93/0/7eac0216/M/May%2024-%202019%20Breukner%20Gardens_0945%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: rabanito on May 25, 2019, 11:15:33 am
More like a little magic ;) Reminds me of a child holding a glowing essence within their clasped hands and releasing it as fairy dust. Very nice!

JR
+1
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 26, 2019, 11:24:49 am
Did you clean the front porch and driveway? Oh yes, see for yourself.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-xHspXKk/0/ea7adbf6/M/May%2026-%202019%20Front%20porch-2%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: fdisilvestro on May 29, 2019, 07:58:23 pm
Salty lake bed

(https://www.frankdisilvestro.com.au/img/s/v-10/p3441299051-4.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 03, 2019, 10:37:18 am
Taken on daily walk. Ultragreen from translucent light. Really made for good separation of shadows and light.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-T6FpRNJ/0/21655a80/L/JMRO1995%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 07, 2019, 03:27:56 pm
Something interesting if not for the color combination alone.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-7pWM5ZK/0/3b59cd9b/M/May%2030-%202019%20Brueckner%20Gardens%20-1_1385%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on June 07, 2019, 07:30:00 pm
Everything you post is interesting, John.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 08, 2019, 10:43:58 am
Everything you post is interesting, John.
As always, thanks Eric.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: bns on June 08, 2019, 11:26:13 am
Uncharted territory

Cheers,
Boudewijn Swanenburg
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 08, 2019, 12:02:16 pm
Uncharted territory

Cheers,
Boudewijn Swanenburg
The optic nerve inverted? Kidding of course. Interesting colors and pattern, Boudewijn.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on June 08, 2019, 04:37:42 pm
I like that one a lot, Boudewijn.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 08, 2019, 08:53:45 pm
Pattern of green.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-HkVWGhV/0/c9fc4ca3/M/JMRO2278%20JUne%207-%202019%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: David Eckels on June 09, 2019, 09:15:52 am
Pattern of green.
Nice!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 09, 2019, 12:38:31 pm
Nice!
Thanks Dave! It was take in park on daily walk.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 09, 2019, 10:28:12 pm
Taken today on walk at Breuckner Gardens. Last of the light. Love the bands of shimmering light combined with pattern.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-T83SdGB/0/b154057e/M/JMRO2469%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: David Eckels on June 10, 2019, 01:52:19 am
That too!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 10, 2019, 03:03:18 pm
That too!
Thanks Dave. Never know where you will find subjects like this.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: brianrybolt on June 11, 2019, 12:41:58 pm
Scaffolding at sunset - London
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on June 12, 2019, 08:08:48 pm
Here is a "found" abstract.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 13, 2019, 01:14:24 pm
Here is a "found" abstract.
Of course you are unwittingly trying turn me off ice cream or coffee, right? Or maybe just showing us that good abstracts can be found anywhere ;)

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on June 13, 2019, 03:41:50 pm
It actually wasn't coffee, it was Chocolate Valencia Orange from Whole Foods.   ;)

The next ice cream lid wasn't quite as interesting:
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 14, 2019, 10:00:10 pm
Also taken on walk, but played with this one.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-tB76rQS/0/3856eaf9/L/JMRO2836%20copy3-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Jim Kasson on June 15, 2019, 10:19:55 am
Also taken on walk, but played with this one.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-tB76rQS/0/3856eaf9/L/JMRO2836%20copy3-1000-L.jpg)

Very nice!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 15, 2019, 11:35:22 am
Very nice!
Thanks Jim. Bars from the heavenly gates...ha, ha.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 16, 2019, 03:15:35 pm
I think this one is at least semi abstract.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-km6jKR3/0/44e0c311/M/JMRO2905%20copy2-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on June 16, 2019, 09:47:56 pm
Yes!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 17, 2019, 08:17:03 am
Yes!
Thanks!

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 18, 2019, 08:14:49 pm
I went to see flowers and to buy groceries, and what did I get- abstracts. Taken at RBG gardens and grocery store.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-4d6b8sx/0/0f6f262f/L/JMRO3285%20bwcopy-1000-L.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-ZCnqc5Q/0/de071afd/L/JMRO3303%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on June 19, 2019, 02:18:10 am
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-ZCnqc5Q/0/de071afd/L/JMRO3303%20copy1000-L.jpg)

^ This

Why don't you just buy some colored tape, and go all kindergarten on us? ;-)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 19, 2019, 02:33:42 pm
^ This

Why don't you just buy some colored tape, and go all kindergarten on us? ;-)
Tears are welling in my eyes, you know I missed kindergarten! Went straight to grade one. Guess I have to make up for it.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 20, 2019, 03:08:17 pm
So you want to dance and flit away...

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-F778CGz/0/0f7983fb/M/JMRO3207%20copy1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-cV9rFMd/0/f2181015/M/JMRO3213%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Peter McLennan on June 22, 2019, 12:42:50 am
Scaffolding at sunset - London

LOVE this!  Good seeing.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 22, 2019, 02:51:33 pm
Ride the waves.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Oakville/i-zD6RZ4M/0/40f98a79/L/JMRO3502%20copy2-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on June 22, 2019, 06:20:42 pm
Still waiting for your book, John. Or at least an exhibit, preferably near Boston.   ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 30, 2019, 05:18:02 pm
Have a seat. Taken with phone camera.

JMR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-Rfj6zTW/0/90022250/L/June%2030-%202019%20bw-armchair-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 01, 2019, 02:02:54 am
Taken last night on Daily Walk. Just for Oscar, cause I did miss kindergarten.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-VScqszs/0/d2c16231/M/JMRO4250%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on July 01, 2019, 02:57:07 am
Taken last night on Daily Walk. Just for Oscar, cause I did miss kindergarten.

Ha, you're talking to an habitual 12 year old here, who immediately sees this is a playground.

Victory Boogie Woogie still has a lot of tape included. As tape-fetishists, we'd be in good company.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on July 01, 2019, 02:59:12 am
A bit abstract

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48136829447_eaa272720c_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2gkFQki)

Mike
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on July 01, 2019, 03:03:02 am
A bit abstract

And a beauty it is...
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on July 01, 2019, 03:03:49 am
Thank you.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 01, 2019, 08:50:28 am
And a beauty it is...
Yes it is. The kind of thing we walk by most every day.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on July 01, 2019, 09:03:48 am
Scaffolding at sunset - London

Allow me to present you with the Leiter Award of the month!

A cracking, real shot devoid of silly, repetitive tricks. Well done!

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 01, 2019, 09:50:12 am
You never know what you get on a walk.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Etobicoke-Valley/i-DtNM24d/0/504eb27b/M/JMRO4235%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 02, 2019, 08:52:59 pm
Visited greenhouse and got this abstract.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-bRJTSTg/0/2bf5007f/M/JMRO4433%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Jim Kasson on July 02, 2019, 11:56:35 pm
Purple Chinese houses

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 03, 2019, 12:51:09 am
Purple Chinese houses
Stunning Jim. Just wonderful! Perhaps you can explain the title?

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Jim Kasson on July 03, 2019, 12:58:30 am
Stunning Jim. Just wonderful! Perhaps you can explain the title?

JR

It’s the name of the flower.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on July 03, 2019, 03:02:57 am
For my part I'd be curious to know how you got that effect. It's cleverly done with just the right amount of colour and less attention seeking blur.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 03, 2019, 06:25:13 am
It's a real beauty, Jim.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Jim Kasson on July 03, 2019, 11:30:21 am
For my part I'd be curious to know how you got that effect.

About 1500 lines of Matlab code.

It's cleverly done with just the right amount of colour and less attention seeking blur.

Thanks.

Jim
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on July 03, 2019, 11:38:12 am
About 1500 lines of Matlab code.

Thanks.

Jim

Hahaha, what was the point of the original image? Considering you have more lines of code then you have rows of pixels in the final image!?!?!?

;-)     <----------
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Peter McLennan on July 03, 2019, 11:38:25 am
About 1500 lines of Matlab code.

Really?  Awesome!  Both your strategy and result are brilliant.
Computational Photography rocks!

Congratulations on a lovely image.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Jim Kasson on July 03, 2019, 11:47:30 am
Hahaha, what was the point of the original image? Considering you have more lines of code then you have rows of pixels in the final image!?!?!?

;-)     <----------

The original image wasn't one single image, but rather 5 50-image stacks made with a GFX 50S, the 120 macro, and Aputure lighting, cross-polarized.  The final image is 8000x8000 now, but I'm working at reduced resolution to make the computations go faster. Done at the original resolution, the final image would be 16000x16000 pixels. I can still go back and do one at the original resolution, but there are some things I don't like about the image I posted that I'm working on fixing.

Jim
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Jim Kasson on July 03, 2019, 11:49:48 am
Considering you have more lines of code then you have rows of pixels in the final image!?!?!?


I should point out that this is apples and oranges. There are far more lines of code in Photoshop than there are rows in any image produced by it.

Jim
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on July 03, 2019, 12:37:48 pm
About 1500 lines of Matlab code.

Thanks.

Jim

Ah, not the answer I expected but interesting.

Mike
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 03, 2019, 01:24:29 pm
Aw shucks!
My Sony RX10III doesn't include Matlab. I can't find it anywhere in the menu.   :(

 :D
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 03, 2019, 02:11:07 pm
Back to abstracts - semi, that is. With a little texture in the mix. From visit to Greenhouse.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-dwnfB3F/0/3063aa78/M/JMRO4355%20copy1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-Xb6MTVr/0/3f7d1877/M/JMRO4364%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on July 03, 2019, 03:34:58 pm
I thought there was a thread for graphic images but I didn't find it so this is almost abstract.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48161477202_fc132874db_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2gnSafA)

Nice cacti by the by.

Mike
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 03, 2019, 06:08:33 pm
I thought there was a thread for graphic images but I didn't find it so this is almost abstract.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48161477202_fc132874db_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2gnSafA)

Nice cacti by the by.

Mike
It's pretty good. Minimalist and abstract, despite fact we can recognize it.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 03, 2019, 06:53:57 pm
It's pretty good. Minimalist and abstract, despite fact we can recognize it.

JR
I agree completely.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on July 03, 2019, 07:10:53 pm
It's pretty good. Minimalist and abstract, despite fact we can recognize it.

Minimalist, sure, but what makes it abstract?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 03, 2019, 07:48:03 pm
Minimalist, sure, but what makes it abstract?
This thread allows for semi abstract and non representational imagery. So this qualifies. Sure, it's a sky, a wire and a lamp, but they are presented as shapes colours and an intriguing juxtaposition of the said elements, such that one realizes that this image is precisely more than the sum of its obvious parts.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on July 03, 2019, 08:03:04 pm
Ah, but I have no problem with it being posted here. It's fine, fits right in. But still makes for interesting discussion regarding abstract. I mean, if you really feel there are distinct abstract qualities, what are they? Is it the flatness of the blue sky? Kind of like an abstract blue canvas with an abstracted line which is ambiguous because it could be electricity, but could easily be something else? The lamppost kind of triggering this idea?

Personally, I think it doesn't abstract anything, and therefore it is not abstract at all. It's teetering on the edge of impressionist, in the sense that it has a distinct minimalist collage feeling to it. Three elements that have some meaning when combined. It's potentially interesting as an art expression, but not an abstraction in any sense of the word.

Good contribution, evenso.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 03, 2019, 10:23:40 pm
This thread allows for semi abstract and non representational imagery. So this qualifies. Sure, it's a sky, a wire and a lamp, but they are presented as shapes colours and an intriguing juxtaposition of the said elements, such that one realizes that this image is precisely more than the sum of its obvious parts.

JR
Exactly.
As the originator of this thread I would prefer that it not degenerate into a definitional discussion, as happens too often (in my opinion) in other threads. I suggest that anyone who wants to argue with my admittedly loose definition of "Abstract" should read the comments I have made earlier in this thread about what qualifies.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on July 04, 2019, 03:33:40 am
I don't think my photograph is particularly abstract but I don't care much (and I think it's in the spirit of the thread).

However, I would say I'm not inviting you to look at a lamp, nor a wire nor a beautiful sky.

I'm inviting you to marvel at the interplay between the wire and lamp against a lustrous background of solid blue. I could not care less that it's a lamp or a wire but I do care about the simplicity of the arrangement.

I almost didn't take the photograph as I thought nah, no-one would look at this twice, but then I thought; I would and took it. As you might imagine it took hours of careful consideration to snap. In fact saw and shot in under 10 seconds. Not much thought but some observation.

Mike
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on July 04, 2019, 10:36:36 am
Sprezzatura
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 04, 2019, 10:41:52 am
I don't think my photograph is particularly abstract but I don't care much (and I think it's in the spirit of the thread).

However, I would say I'm not inviting you to look at a lamp, nor a wire nor a beautiful sky.

I'm inviting you to marvel at the interplay between the wire and lamp against a lustrous background of solid blue. I could not care less that it's a lamp or a wire but I do care about the simplicity of the arrangement.

I almost didn't take the photograph as I thought nah, no-one would look at this twice, but then I thought; I would and took it. As you might imagine it took hours of careful consideration to snap. In fact saw and shot in under 10 seconds. Not much thought but some observation.

Mike
Right on.

Maybe I should have called the thread "Show us some images that I will like!"   ;)
Yours certainly fits (and it is sufficiently abstract for me, for just the reasone you explained.)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 04, 2019, 10:43:19 am
Sprezzatura
That is quite excellent. And yes, it is more purely "abstract" than some others in this thread.
I like it a lot.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on July 04, 2019, 11:54:37 am
Nozzlecheck
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 04, 2019, 01:04:13 pm
...It's teetering on the edge of impressionist, in the sense that it has a distinct minimalist collage feeling to it. Three elements that have some meaning when combined. It's potentially interesting as an art expression, but not an abstraction in any sense of the word.

Good contribution, evenso.
I confess I know little about abstract art or its history. You evidently do. I often see on YouTube many images similar to mine, Mike's or Jim's, and some like Eric's street and intimate small landscapes, and people refer to them, loosely, as abstract. I take your point, so on with this show.

Really like 'Sprezzatura', very abstract. Also like this Nozzzlecheck. Perhaps you will influence us at LuLa in new directions.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 04, 2019, 01:16:21 pm
From my Daily Walk.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Etobicoke-Valley/i-7QQQ3B8/0/deac5d11/M/JMRO4461%20dark%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on July 04, 2019, 01:26:34 pm
Krautrock! (https://youtu.be/vkOZNJYAZ7c)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on July 04, 2019, 01:53:31 pm
Nozzle check - no idea why but it makes me smile.

Good photograph as well but it seems to have built in joy.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 04, 2019, 02:18:05 pm
Nozzle check - no idea why but it makes me smile.

Good photograph as well but it seems to have built in joy.
Well said.
Nice catch.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on July 04, 2019, 03:17:41 pm
Vikingship
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Peter McLennan on July 04, 2019, 03:21:18 pm

...nah, no-one would look at this twice, but then I thought; I would


And that's what counts.

Glad you did!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on July 04, 2019, 04:05:49 pm
Nozzle check - no idea why but it makes me smile.

Good photograph as well but it seems to have built in joy.


Never thought of German flags as having any intrinsic joy.

:-)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on July 04, 2019, 04:10:09 pm

Never thought of German flags as having any intrinsic joy.

:-)


Clickedyclick

Nozzlecheck

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 04, 2019, 05:58:37 pm
Vikingship
Very clever, O. You are on a roll.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 04, 2019, 06:24:52 pm
The reaching greens.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-jK8npDX/0/330b7a45/M/July%202-%202019%20Centenniel%20Greenhouse_0053%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 05, 2019, 10:40:02 am
From a walk last night at James Gardens Monet's Garden. The summer flowers are just starting.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-NDXzmdh/0/89c4dcd3/L/JMRO4624%20copy3highercontrast-1000-L.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-Pjc4vc4/0/14d284c7/L/JMRO4594%20copy2-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 06, 2019, 11:04:24 pm
Last piece to complete the impressionist trio.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-MWWKSHN/0/577310d2/L/JMRO4641%20copy2-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on July 07, 2019, 03:05:58 am
Polka
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on July 07, 2019, 03:08:34 am
From a walk last night at James Gardens Monet's Garden. The summer flowers are just starting.

Good distribution of lovely pastels in Monet's garden...
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on July 07, 2019, 03:30:22 am
Absinthe
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 07, 2019, 09:07:48 am
Excellent stuff, both John R and ~O~.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 07, 2019, 10:48:58 am
Excellent stuff, both John R and ~O~.
Thanks Eric.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 08, 2019, 12:07:39 am
Good distribution of lovely pastels in Monet's garden...
Didn't notice this reply. Oscar, I agree the pastels are nicely distributed, but both images are double exposures with camera movement.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on July 08, 2019, 12:03:46 pm
Didn't notice this reply. Oscar, I agree the pastels are nicely distributed, but both images are double exposures with camera movement.

JR

Well, that makes it literally "painting with light". The colors come out nicely. The one notable side-effect may be the unfortunate repetitive pattern-like structure in the first image. Adds a bit of a mechanical feel to an otherwise naturalistic impression.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 08, 2019, 01:05:33 pm
If truth be told I often can't remember how some of these were taken. I experiment a lot, and unfortunately, the Exif does not indicate double or multiple exposure status. My guess is this is double exposure because the lines and colours are more hazy.

JR

1)
(https://photos.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-TVHSPBK/0/6416af3c/L/JMRO4737%20copy1000-L.jpg)

2) On the soft side, probably due to diffraction and perhaps not enough depth of field.
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Oakville/i-QFh9BhT/0/f0009ecd/L/JMRO4892%20copy3-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 10, 2019, 10:46:02 am
Experimenting.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-gBsxKdv/0/2579cb3b/L/July%2010-%202019%20plant%20abstracts_0054%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: James Clark on July 10, 2019, 10:51:40 am
Experimenting.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-gBsxKdv/0/2579cb3b/L/July%2010-%202019%20plant%20abstracts_0054%20copy1000-L.jpg)

Vertical blinds and houseplant leaves?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 10, 2019, 11:02:26 am
Vertical blinds and houseplant leaves?
Of course.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 11, 2019, 11:16:44 am
Borrowed from walk in High Park.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/High-Park-Toronto/i-RmJ4jd5/0/c4225076/M/JMRO5198%20copy1000-M.jpg)

If this was red and yellow, it would surely be a fireball.
(https://photos.smugmug.com/High-Park-Toronto/i-kq9t8bd/0/51c198c1/M/JMRO5206%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 12, 2019, 09:45:14 pm
From walk at RBG Gardens.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-v2NNvbM/0/c20edb2a/L/JMRO5282%20copy1000-L.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-ng2Wm7c/0/aa9d9f34/L/JMRO5275%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Michael West on July 13, 2019, 12:58:01 pm
(https://live.staticflickr.com/4505/38142276431_0000f4e245.jpg)

 
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on July 13, 2019, 01:02:09 pm
Nice find, tried a square crop?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 13, 2019, 02:00:16 pm
(https://live.staticflickr.com/4505/38142276431_0000f4e245.jpg)
That's my cup of tea: True "Street" Photography!  ;)

I think the square format is worth a try.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 13, 2019, 02:06:30 pm
Here are a couple of new semi-abstracts.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on July 13, 2019, 02:38:14 pm
Love the colours and textures of the swimming pool thingy. But for me you're showing us too much. The shadow is nice but I think it drags in a load of other stuff.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 14, 2019, 03:53:34 pm
Also semi-abstract.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-cDkjbJn/0/c30508b7/M/July12-%202019%20RBG-2_0509%20copy3-1000a-M.jpg)

Oh the gentle light and the majestic array.
(https://photos.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-bTCTZv6/0/39785496/M/July12-%202019%20RBG-2_0449%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Michael West on July 15, 2019, 11:23:55 am
That's my cup of tea: True "Street" Photography!  ;)

I think the square format is worth a try.

near square works well.

(https://i.imgur.com/ylAUxEi.jpg])
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 15, 2019, 03:56:52 pm
near square works well.

(https://i.imgur.com/ylAUxEi.jpg])
Yes!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on July 15, 2019, 03:57:50 pm
I agree looks tighter.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 16, 2019, 11:59:36 am
Radiating.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Oakville/i-7dWDsr7/0/9be71074/M/JMRO5973%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 17, 2019, 11:25:03 am
From last night's walk at James Gardens.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-JKRssNL/0/582ec334/M/July%2017-%202019%20James%20Gardens_0594%20copy1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-d7zrmL2/0/3d631acf/M/JMRO6043%20unsharpcopy2-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 18, 2019, 09:07:30 am
Just for fun.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Etobicoke-Valley/i-LQ4jGXR/0/0e948521/M/JMRO6275%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 22, 2019, 03:46:35 pm
Just playing with the colors. From RBG Gardens.
...and second bw from RBG.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-6L9ppdC/0/57f9ad04/M/Aug%2010-%202017%20RBG_0209%20crop6b-1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-bcq9GBr/0/a022bd76/M/Aug%2010-%202017%20RBG_0130%20bwcopy-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 23, 2019, 12:35:29 am
Centennial Gardens abstract.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Cultural-Hotspots-Etobicoke/i-7G7x4hK/0/4116b3b9/M/Jan%2018-%202017%20Etobicoke%20Conservatory%20028%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 23, 2019, 08:51:29 am
Ah, the old party game of "Spin the Camera."   ;)

Nice, as usual.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on July 23, 2019, 09:21:26 am
Nicely done. They are getting more complicated. Circular over straight line motions. I would like to see a video of the contortions you must be going through, John.  :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 23, 2019, 10:20:06 am
Nicely done. They are getting more complicated. Circular over straight line motions. I would like to see a video of the contortions you must be going through, John.  :)
Not really complicated. It's a double exposure: one panned at oblique angle very quickly; the second, the camera is turned and the lens zoomed at same time. It only works well when the colors don't absorb each other. Thanks for the comments.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Jim Kasson on July 23, 2019, 10:40:32 am
Centennial Gardens abstract.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Cultural-Hotspots-Etobicoke/i-7G7x4hK/0/4116b3b9/M/Jan%2018-%202017%20Etobicoke%20Conservatory%20028%20copy1000-M.jpg)

Great!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 23, 2019, 11:26:31 pm
Thanks Jim! One from tonight.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-nkwTZgc/0/730aec1a/M/JMRO6529%20copy2-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 24, 2019, 11:17:53 pm
Something different form the walk.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-XTdKfWc/0/c10093cb/M/JMRO6725%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on July 25, 2019, 01:48:10 am
Something different form the walk.

JR

Indeed different. In a good way. Minimalist on color appearance. High on intrigue. It's ugly and fascinating at the same time. Once you see a bridge (if it even is that), then it actually looks like a good abstracted representation of it. Far enough abstracted to not be impressionist, and yet, enough hints to make something up. (No, don't tell us what it really is, that would just spoil the fun...)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 25, 2019, 03:59:15 pm
Indeed different. In a good way. Minimalist on color appearance. High on intrigue. It's ugly and fascinating at the same time. Once you see a bridge (if it even is that), then it actually looks like a good abstracted representation of it. Far enough abstracted to not be impressionist, and yet, enough hints to make something up. (No, don't tell us what it really is, that would just spoil the fun...)
Interesting comments. You managed to characterise some of what I was thinking about the image. I didn't think it was going to turn out because it was shot near dusk and I had to use a high ISO. Damned mind readers... No wait... thanks for the insights.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on July 25, 2019, 08:06:20 pm
I think we could say this one's abstracted, or at least semi-abstract.


(https://pbase.com/art1/image/169551463/original.jpg)

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 25, 2019, 11:34:15 pm
I think we could say this one's abstracted, or at least semi-abstract.

Very nice. Like a painting. Is it long lens with shallow depth of field?

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Jim Kasson on July 25, 2019, 11:42:40 pm
I think we could say this one's abstracted, or at least semi-abstract.


(https://pbase.com/art1/image/169551463/original.jpg)

That is lovely.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 26, 2019, 06:23:45 am
That is lovely.
+1.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on July 26, 2019, 09:45:14 pm
Thank you, John, Jim and Eric.

John, the lens was an Olympus 60mm (120 equivalent) macro. I was walking down a street in a small eastern Cascade foothills town in late afternoon when I noticed this backlit group of flowers and birch tree near the sidewalk, with more flowers in the distant background. Somehow I saw instantly in my mind what I wanted the final picture to be, with most elements out of focus. So I set the lens to wide open (f/2.8 ) and focused so that most foreground and background elements were blurred. A strong wind was whipping the plants around, which also helped. And to top it off, I added a bit of ICM to the mix. The captured image still had a few more details than I wanted, but after a little processing with Topaz Simplify and Impressions, it came out pretty much as I had envisioned it.

I know; TLDR, right?  :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 26, 2019, 10:25:44 pm
...
I know; TLDR, right?  :)
Not me. I found the explanation interesting. I think I can create the same effect using surface blur in combination with other effects. But  the question is can I match your outstanding result. Also interesting is that I did not know your 60mm macro is the equivalent of a 120 mm full frame. Can you buy extension tubes for your lens?

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: rabanito on July 27, 2019, 01:21:46 pm
Old Shack
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 27, 2019, 01:54:39 pm
A fine set, Rab.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on July 27, 2019, 03:44:56 pm
In the car park.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48389689706_279c1b3185_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2gJ2NSW)

Mike
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: mbaginy on July 27, 2019, 04:56:52 pm
A nice one, Mike!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on July 27, 2019, 05:35:46 pm
Thanks just walking back to the car and I saw it. Not quite as I hoped as usual :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 27, 2019, 05:52:41 pm
A nice one, Mike!
+1.
You could call it, "Reaching for the light."
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: rabanito on July 28, 2019, 05:24:25 am
A fine set, Rab.
Thanks Eric  :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on July 28, 2019, 01:30:32 pm
Can you buy extension tubes for your lens?
JR

I don't think Olympus sells them, at least for the OM-D cameras, but 3d party companies do. The minimum focus distance for the 60mm macro is already very short; not sure I would want to get much closer to most subjects. If I'm getting serious enough to use extension tubes, then I use my Canon full frame system; I have a full set for that.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 29, 2019, 10:49:10 am
Something to ponder over.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-d28wTWT/0/4b8168ee/M/July%2028-%202019%20James%20Gardens_1175%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 30, 2019, 01:20:05 pm
More to ponder over. Or maybe just another galaxy.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-HH84DKT/0/e9a52fe2/M/July%2028-%202019%20James%20Gardens_1080%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on July 30, 2019, 01:39:43 pm
More to ponder over. Or maybe just another galaxy.

JR

The curb...

I must say, I sometimes worry about your health, John. Those drugs safe?

;-)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on July 30, 2019, 02:19:48 pm
The curb...

I must say, I sometimes worry about your health, John. Those drugs safe?

;-)


Definitely habit-forming.

:-)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 31, 2019, 02:20:54 pm
Thanks for the comments Oscar and Rob. Safe enough to keep going... see below... recognizable yes, but it is made up of elements and shapes. And did I mention I like it... And Oscar when are you going to post on your site? I am patiently waiting.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-h4Rx3Zs/0/53bf7ab8/L/JMRO8103%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on July 31, 2019, 05:49:12 pm
semi abstract
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 31, 2019, 10:21:32 pm
From walk along the Humber trail.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-73b98GP/0/a52ec08a/L/JMRO8292%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on August 01, 2019, 06:10:20 pm
From walk along the Humber trail.

JR


I'm not sure where/what the Humber trail is, but I do like your image that takes advantage of it.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 02, 2019, 06:13:37 am
I suspect the Humber Trail doen't look much like that to us mere mortals.   ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on August 02, 2019, 10:48:44 am
I suspect the Humber Trail doen't look much like that to us mere mortals.   ;)


It might to Dorothy.

:-)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 02, 2019, 11:05:55 am
I'm not sure where/what the Humber trail is, but I do like your image that takes advantage of it.

I suspect the Humber Trail doen't look much like that to us mere mortals.   ;)
OK. Time to fess up. This one I took liberties with. It was some kind of symbolic painting taken off the pillars of bridge. I like one part of the symbols; so I visually cropped and panned it so that it looks abstract. Then I inverted the colors for greater effect. Here is original with contrast and brightness adjustments.

Thanks for the comments everyone.

JR

edit: And here is the bridge that the trail runs under.



Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 02, 2019, 12:38:00 pm
OK. Time to fess up. This one I took liberties with.
Gosh! And here I thought this was the first straight-out-of-the-camera shot you ever did with no manipulation at all!    ;D
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 03, 2019, 11:12:17 pm
"I was an oak
Now I'm a willow
Now I can bend"

Buffy Sainte Marie, a really fine songwriter and singer.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/High-Park-Toronto/i-2FZ2KQF/0/25245884/M/April%2021-2013%20High%20Park%20016%20cropcopy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 04, 2019, 12:14:28 pm
Really nice.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: RSL on August 04, 2019, 07:45:51 pm
Yes.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 05, 2019, 10:35:19 am
Ha...what... I won Russ over. Thank you Eric and Russ. Every once in a while some things come together to make an image more expressive.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on August 05, 2019, 11:34:38 pm
I'm won over, too. Reminds me of wispy blond hair hanging down over a blue sweater.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 06, 2019, 03:56:55 am
I'm won over, too. Reminds me of wispy blond hair hanging down over a blue sweater.
Thanks Arlen. Wispy is the word that comes to mind for me also.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 08, 2019, 01:06:49 pm
From last night, Aug 7- 2019, at RBG gardens. Radiating color and splendor.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-GpGZBbr/0/c14b2b5d/L/JMRO9215%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 09, 2019, 11:15:43 am
From Aug 8 walk along creek. I was exploring like a child and came across this; zoom, zoom, look at the red go...

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-cthdfNS/0/0950b5d1/L/JMRO9309%20COPY2-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on August 09, 2019, 12:01:54 pm
From Aug 8 walk along creek. I was exploring like a child and came across this; zoom, zoom, look at the red go...

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-cthdfNS/0/0950b5d1/L/JMRO9309%20COPY2-1000-L.jpg)

Very interesting. I like it.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 09, 2019, 12:43:57 pm
Me too.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: D Fuller on August 09, 2019, 09:52:17 pm
From Aug 8 walk along creek. I was exploring like a child and came across this; zoom, zoom, look at the red go...

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-cthdfNS/0/0950b5d1/L/JMRO9309%20COPY2-1000-L.jpg)

I love this one!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 09, 2019, 10:45:03 pm
I love this one!
Many thanks folks. You never know until you try.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 11, 2019, 02:04:13 am
All aboard for abstract express. You coming Eric and Oscar?

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-HkfgrLw/0/ba1ee3e2/L/JMRO9681%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on August 11, 2019, 02:19:55 am
All aboard for abstract express. You coming Eric and Oscar?

JR

You outdid yourself with that one, John. Very inspirational. Cathedral like if you will, which, come to think of it, would be highly appropriate for a sunday posting...
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: degrub on August 11, 2019, 09:34:25 am
really nice. it looks like the fairy are dancing...
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on August 11, 2019, 10:30:43 am
Outstanding, John. You are setting the bar very high.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 11, 2019, 05:02:02 pm
Outstanding, John. You are setting the bar very high.
What Arlen said!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 12, 2019, 10:44:57 am
What Arlen said!
Thanks guys.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 12, 2019, 07:39:28 pm
Don't fall for it ;)

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Front-St-Walk-Toronto/i-WNJTKfc/0/f3de8ed4/M/June%203-2013%20Downtown%20TO%20007%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on August 12, 2019, 08:08:20 pm
there
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 13, 2019, 12:57:20 pm
Undulating patterns with a splash of color.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Oakville/i-M4LBmKn/0/768c84c7/M/Aug%2025-%202013%20Oakville%20Park%20014%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 14, 2019, 11:25:04 pm
Having a whale of a time.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-57cSLpV/0/320b185d/M/oil-in-pan%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 15, 2019, 01:17:28 pm
What a web we weave.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-jsfKBx8/0/c2460d99/L/Aug%2014-%202019%20Riverwood%20Cons_0307%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 15, 2019, 01:32:29 pm
Really wild, John.
I can't begin to imagine whattricks you used to get this effect,
Perhaps a little LSD  in the camera?   ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 15, 2019, 03:11:39 pm
Really wild, John.
I can't begin to imagine whattricks you used to get this effect,
Perhaps a little LSD  in the camera?   ;)
Thanks Eric. But really it's a sculpture that I visually arranged so that the black lines and blue sky areas would balance out. Beats having to crop later! Ah, the benefits of learning with slide film first.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on August 15, 2019, 03:36:29 pm
Another very appealing result, John. At least to me.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 15, 2019, 08:23:52 pm
Another very appealing result, John. At least to me.
Thanks Arlen.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: petermfiore on August 16, 2019, 07:07:23 pm
Toll Paid...


Peter
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 16, 2019, 07:26:51 pm
Toll Paid...


Peter
Worth every penny.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 17, 2019, 09:49:45 am
Everything became lines and colors.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-NxCSLK3/0/c0a72812/L/Aug%208-%202019%20RBG_0505%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Jim Kasson on August 17, 2019, 11:31:02 am
Everything became lines and colors.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-NxCSLK3/0/c0a72812/L/Aug%208-%202019%20RBG_0505%20copy1000-L.jpg)

Wow!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Peter McLennan on August 17, 2019, 12:10:46 pm
Toll Paid...
Peter

Worth every penny!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on August 17, 2019, 05:18:38 pm
Everything became lines and colors.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-NxCSLK3/0/c0a72812/L/Aug%208-%202019%20RBG_0505%20copy1000-L.jpg)

Very nice, almost makes me want to try it!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on August 17, 2019, 05:19:12 pm
behind
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 17, 2019, 10:00:37 pm
Wow!
Thank you Jim and Armand. It a sideways pan of Gasoline station. So do give it a try Armand.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 18, 2019, 04:26:53 pm
Surreal.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-XxrhXkb/0/1b56e0be/L/Aug%208-%202019%20RBG_0471bwcopy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on August 19, 2019, 05:24:10 am
Surreal.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-XxrhXkb/0/1b56e0be/L/Aug%208-%202019%20RBG_0471bwcopy1000-L.jpg)

I love it…
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 19, 2019, 06:05:24 am
I love it…
Me too.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 19, 2019, 11:51:58 am
Me too.
Me three...just kidding ;) thanks guys.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: bns on August 19, 2019, 01:52:50 pm
It's been a while.
Thanks for looking.

cheers,
Boudewijn Swanenburg
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 19, 2019, 03:19:21 pm
It's been a while.
Thanks for looking.

cheers,
Boudewijn Swanenburg
Pretty cool. Let me know when you go into outer space again. I want to go too!!

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: James Clark on August 19, 2019, 05:03:11 pm
LOVE LOVE LOVE!   Can you tell us the original subject of this one?

Edit - never mind - I see your next post.  This is a great one.  Having done more than a bit of dabbling in this style myself, I can usually see the methodology or the original subject.  Not this time, but that's part of the fun :)

Everything became lines and colors.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-NxCSLK3/0/c0a72812/L/Aug%208-%202019%20RBG_0505%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 19, 2019, 05:45:02 pm
It's been a while.
Thanks for looking.

cheers,
Boudewijn Swanenburg
I love it!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on August 19, 2019, 06:00:28 pm
LOVE LOVE LOVE!

I'm quite fond of it, too. And I wouldn't have guessed in a million years that it started out as a gas station.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on August 19, 2019, 06:02:01 pm
It's been a while.
Thanks for looking.

cheers,
Boudewijn Swanenburg

Very intriguing. Could be the earth's nervous system?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on August 20, 2019, 01:08:37 pm
Penny for guessing what this is:

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: petermfiore on August 20, 2019, 01:49:25 pm
Penny for guessing what this is:

A photograph...


Peter
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on August 20, 2019, 01:57:29 pm
Fairy dust. (Though I think Peter has already technically won the penny.)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 20, 2019, 02:55:39 pm
Floor or car reflecting Christmas lights?

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 20, 2019, 04:24:08 pm
I say it's an Abstract.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on August 20, 2019, 04:59:06 pm
Tunneling


(https://pbase.com/art1/image/169658161/original.jpg)

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on August 20, 2019, 05:15:46 pm
I say it's an Abstract.

Quite. A detail of a Miami fountain, taken earlier in the day.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 20, 2019, 08:06:10 pm
Tunneling


(https://pbase.com/art1/image/169658161/original.jpg)
Nice one, Arlen.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 20, 2019, 11:00:16 pm
Nice one, Arlen.
Yes, very nice. It is like a tapestry and has the light glow look that really shows the wonderful subtle colors and patterns in the wood. But really Arlen, you have to learn to leave those whales alone.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on August 21, 2019, 12:26:48 pm
Thanks, Eric and John.

A whale, huh? I saw it as more like a serpent searching for--chipmunks?--but I could envision it as a whale or a fish. Lately I seem to be noticing zoomorphic patterns within inanimate objects. Maybe I'm regressing to a cave man inner self. Better get a DNA analysis to see if I have an extra helping of Neanderthal genes.  ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: bns on August 21, 2019, 02:03:45 pm
A bit more down to earth. More of my abstract attempts on my website.
Thanks for looking.

cheers,
Boudewijn Swanenburg
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: bns on August 21, 2019, 02:05:36 pm
Tunneling

Great!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 24, 2019, 06:22:12 pm
Flowers take flight.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-rhbW858/0/db313997/M/Aug%2023-2014%20Riverwood%20Park%20041%20copy2-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 25, 2019, 09:32:49 pm
Trying the "bold bw filter" and this is one result.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-zhfKTcr/0/759b0cce/M/JMRO0436%20bold%20bwcopy1000b-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: rabanito on August 26, 2019, 10:22:49 am
Trying the "bold bw filter" and this is one result.

JR

What's a "bold bw filter"? :(
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 26, 2019, 10:52:56 am
What's a "bold bw filter"? :(
Most cameras have software filters built in. Fuji is known for their film simulation filters like astia and velvia. So a bold bw filter creates extremely bold contrasty images in bw. Same as you would do in photoshop if you like that look. I just want to try it. Works a lot better on sunny days as the high contrast is already there to begin with. it tends to block up and blackout dark and shadow areas. So you have to choose your subjects wisely if you want to do it at all.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: rabanito on August 26, 2019, 11:20:14 am
Most cameras have software filters built in. Fuji is known for their film simulation filters like astia and velvia. So a bold bw filter creates extremely bold contrasty images in bw. Same as you would do in photoshop if you like that look. I just want to try it. Works a lot better on sunny days as the high contrast is already there to begin with. it tends to block up and blackout dark and shadow areas. So you have to choose your subjects wisely if you want to do it at all.

JR

Thank you John  :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 26, 2019, 11:42:08 am
Created with the aid of PS Elements. Just for fun folks.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-zs8nvCf/0/5e25b4de/L/JMRO0394%20copyequalize2-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on August 27, 2019, 03:23:18 pm
I like it, John. But I'm really disappointed that it wasn't all done in-camera.  ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 31, 2019, 02:01:14 am
Thanks Arlen. This one is not the usual "offering" in a church.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-kQG9G9c/0/b81cf378/L/March%204-13%20Humber%20V%20church%20240%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 31, 2019, 08:15:44 am
I like it, John. But I'm really disappointed that it wasn't all done in-camera.  ;)
I keep looking for the John R brush in Photoshop, but I can't find it.   :'(
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on August 31, 2019, 07:15:17 pm
..
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 31, 2019, 07:40:30 pm
Neat!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 01, 2019, 07:12:34 pm
It's brutalist-futuristic.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Toronto-City-Hall-outing/i-vTJHM2L/0/059127e2/L/IMGP0160%20bwcopy6-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: RSL on September 01, 2019, 07:39:11 pm
Yes it is. Nice, John.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 02, 2019, 08:29:14 pm
Thanks for the feedback Russ.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on September 03, 2019, 11:07:08 am
..
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 03, 2019, 01:29:56 pm
The summer season is ending...sigh

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-tT76FkX/0/2a70da56/L/Aug%2025-%202013%20James%20Gardens%20301%20copy1000-L.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-JG7V9Ck/0/80335bf1/L/Aug%2025-%202013%20James%20Gardens%20310%20copy1000-L.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-Nb4Hf7f/0/2718eaf6/L/Aug%2025-%202013%20James%20Gardens%20365%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on September 04, 2019, 05:47:44 am
The summer season is ending...sigh

JR


Beautiful color combination and a nice way to remember summer!
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Post by: John R on September 04, 2019, 12:47:57 pm
Beautiful color combination and a nice way to remember summer!
Thank you Francois. Still going out to get the last of summer. Then it's on to my favourite season, autumn.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Calohan on September 06, 2019, 08:06:57 pm
Hot Air In, Cold Air Out
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Post by: John R on September 06, 2019, 08:26:19 pm
Hot Air In, Cold Air Out
Great catch. Beautiful lines shapes and shadows. And I like how the small shadows of texture strewn throughout, reinforce the main shadows,. Very nice.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Calohan on September 06, 2019, 10:04:17 pm
Great catch. Beautiful lines shapes and shadows. And I like how the small shadows of texture strewn throughout, reinforce the main shadows,. Very nice.

JR

It was one of those catches that just called out, "shoot me!" I too loved the interlocking textures.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on September 07, 2019, 04:59:52 am
Hot Air In, Cold Air Out

I like the general geometry and would also probably reach for a camera!

Well seen.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: RSL on September 08, 2019, 10:26:40 am
Grass in Water. . .
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on September 08, 2019, 12:18:56 pm
Redditch

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48149540471_c2e698d52e_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2gmNYST)

Mike
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on September 08, 2019, 12:38:27 pm
Grass in Water. . .

That would make a really cool b&w... and more abstract. Well seen.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 08, 2019, 12:40:04 pm
That would make a really cool b&w... and more abstract. Well seen.
+1.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on September 08, 2019, 01:32:45 pm
That would make a really cool b&w... and more abstract. Well seen.

No! Colour makes it!

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on September 08, 2019, 01:41:04 pm
Wot he said ^^^^^
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: petermfiore on September 08, 2019, 06:26:04 pm

Russ,

That yellow green grass against the muted orange and blue makes it a winner...

Peter
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 08, 2019, 11:21:03 pm
Russ,

That yellow green grass against the muted orange and blue makes it a winner...

Peter
Exactly. A bw version may have a more abstract look, but this color version has a lot of vibrancy and impact.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 09, 2019, 06:18:25 am
I have to agree with the color fans.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 11, 2019, 02:20:20 pm
Somewhat abstract...

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-TGS6wbv/0/653f873e/L/JMRO1186%20copy4blue-1000-L.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-dLLxWGw/0/708a31d9/L/JMRO1180%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: D Fuller on September 11, 2019, 05:01:09 pm
those are lovely, John.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 11, 2019, 05:40:02 pm
those are lovely, John.
+1.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on September 12, 2019, 08:36:04 am
Somewhat abstract...

JR


I like them both a lot… Nice concept with the background.
Well done!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 12, 2019, 10:10:32 am
Thank you gentlemen. The image was not set up. I was talking with someone in my living room, when I looked across and spotted the light coming through the window and unto the plants. I guess it was the right time of day for the angle of light coming through the slats to get those bands of light.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on September 15, 2019, 03:58:42 pm
Almost Le Hex français but not quite.

Oh well, it's Sunday night.

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on September 16, 2019, 12:35:54 pm
..
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on September 16, 2019, 02:41:03 pm
Hope she knows her impact:

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on September 16, 2019, 04:26:32 pm
Very nice, Rob. Don't get the reference--probably not supposed to--but I do like the image.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on September 16, 2019, 05:25:24 pm
Very nice, Rob. Don't get the reference--probably not supposed to--but I do like the image.

Ah, it's to Deborah Turbeville, an American fashion photographer who was an avid user of olde worlde palaces and such, mostly in states of fine decline. Along with Sarah Moon, she completes my list of two favourite female photographers. She passed away some time ago at 82 or 81. She was busy right up to the end.

Thanks for enjoying the picture!

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on September 17, 2019, 02:18:37 am
Inner Space


(https://pbase.com/art1/image/169778631/original.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on September 17, 2019, 03:11:33 am
Inner Space


(https://pbase.com/art1/image/169778631/original.jpg)

When I have dreams like that, I'm also usully trying to drive a car, sometimes one I had many years ago.

The brain does not always seek to remain in the moment.

;-)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 17, 2019, 09:48:05 am
Inner Space


(https://pbase.com/art1/image/169778631/original.jpg)
Great moody abstract!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 17, 2019, 11:53:11 am
Great moody abstract!
Wonderful Arlen! Love the light bathing the stone.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on September 18, 2019, 01:19:02 pm
Thanks, guys. I had a lot of fun with it. Not to mention runs of the imagination.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on September 18, 2019, 04:28:09 pm
..
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 18, 2019, 05:29:58 pm
Nice one, Armand.
Elegant simplicity.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: RBFritz on September 18, 2019, 07:23:13 pm
New York City
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on September 18, 2019, 07:26:07 pm
New York City

Nice!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: RBFritz on September 18, 2019, 07:29:46 pm
Great shots ,Arlen
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: RBFritz on September 18, 2019, 07:31:52 pm
Thank you Slobodan
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 18, 2019, 07:45:11 pm
New York City
Very nice!
Am I the only one seeing a face in the lightest area?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: RBFritz on September 18, 2019, 08:05:46 pm
Good eyes, Eric. That's why I took this shot.At first I thought it was mine and then realized it wasn't so took the photo after moving to make sure it wasn't mine.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 18, 2019, 11:23:41 pm
My ophthalmologist will be pleased that I spotted the face.   ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on September 19, 2019, 05:42:00 am
New York City

Love that style of work!

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on September 19, 2019, 05:46:18 am
Very nice!
Am I the only one seeing a face in the lightest area?


What you are seeing, Eric, is ET's inner man.

Just as well ET doesn't wear his heart on his sleeve too. That would be too much!

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 19, 2019, 08:23:09 am

What you are seeing, Eric, is ET's inner man.

Just as well ET doesn't wear his heart on his sleeve too. That would be too much!

Rob
Right, Rob.
And for a while I just thought it was my conscience showing up.

Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 19, 2019, 10:29:02 am
This was spotted on my weekly walk with friends for breakfast. So ran home and grabbed the camera. And here it is!

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-tvKfFPh/0/4b88280e/L/JMRO1640%20bwcopy2-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 19, 2019, 11:54:45 am
Your Sharp eye is just as good as your Blurry eye, John.   ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: RBFritz on September 19, 2019, 03:14:13 pm
This image and the following were taken in the same place, near a debris field. Need anymore clues?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: RBFritz on September 19, 2019, 03:15:30 pm
Following image.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 19, 2019, 09:34:04 pm
This image and the following were taken in the same place, near a debris field. Need anymore clues?
I really like this one. I guess the two were taken on sheets of ice.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 20, 2019, 01:23:24 am
Your Sharp eye is just as good as your Blurry eye, John.   ;)
Thank you Eric. And you remind me that I have to check my eyes and get new glasses lest I lose both blur and sharpness!

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on September 20, 2019, 03:27:02 am
Your Sharp eye is just as good as your Blurry eye, John.   ;)

Better; it's the demanding one.

;-)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: RBFritz on September 20, 2019, 12:20:01 pm
In a junkyard.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: RBFritz on September 20, 2019, 02:02:00 pm
Not ice though.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on September 20, 2019, 02:42:05 pm
In a junkyard.

Those are very good pictures; I would love access to one of those yards where they stack old cars, not where they are flattened, but just one on top of the other with some shape left.

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 20, 2019, 04:34:20 pm
This image and the following were taken in the same place, near a debris field. Need anymore clues?
I love these both!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: RBFritz on September 21, 2019, 11:40:53 am
Thanks Guys . They are the window glass of old cars shot just after sunrise. Got some good shots and then they were moved and then I moved, so no longer any access to old cars laying about.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: RBFritz on September 21, 2019, 11:55:22 am
A couple of more for perusal.I took quite a few images throughout the years they were there but would have liked to do more. I find the abstractness of the glass intriguing.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: RBFritz on September 21, 2019, 11:56:09 am
second one.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 21, 2019, 02:12:01 pm
It's a wonderful set of images so far. I'm glad you caught what you did.
If you have any more, I'd love to see them too.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on September 21, 2019, 02:36:22 pm
It's a wonderful set of images so far. I'm glad you caught what you did.
If you have any more, I'd love to see them too.


Yes indeed; very unusual. I particulary admire this landscape that is not! Brilliant mind game.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: RBFritz on September 23, 2019, 03:22:23 am
Thanks Eric, I appreciate your interest. Here are a few more.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: RBFritz on September 23, 2019, 03:23:21 am
another.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: RBFritz on September 23, 2019, 03:24:28 am
And one more.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 23, 2019, 06:18:09 am
These are great, too.
The thumbnail of "Midnight River" looked solid black to me, but enlarged it suggests a single lightning stroke on a dark night.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Calohan on September 23, 2019, 08:43:34 am
Floats and a Tube
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 23, 2019, 12:59:45 pm
These are great, too.
The thumbnail of "Midnight River" looked solid black to me, but enlarged it suggests a single lightning stroke on a dark night.
I was thinking the same thing. The last two images are really nice work RBFritz. I believe I have seen that Saguaro sunrise image somewhere before.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 23, 2019, 02:30:27 pm
Just another interplanetary mission I was on...you know...nothing special, more like RBFritz or Eric.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-NxcDWc9/0/7b1148f3/L/JMRO1780%20copy2-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 23, 2019, 05:40:13 pm
Yes, that looks a lot like me, John.   :D
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 23, 2019, 05:43:44 pm
Here's an old one I ran across recently, and that I like.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 23, 2019, 05:54:02 pm
Here's an old one I ran across recently, and that I like.
Beautiful. The Silver Surfer is jealous.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: RBFritz on September 23, 2019, 06:09:46 pm
Like that plum island one.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 23, 2019, 10:41:56 pm
Thanks, John and RB.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 24, 2019, 12:40:28 am

Yes indeed; very unusual. I particulary admire this landscape that is not! Brilliant mind game.
Rob, I agree with your assessment. A fine landscape that is not!

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on September 27, 2019, 05:24:28 pm
Not quite abstract, but not too revealing either:

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 27, 2019, 05:57:16 pm
Good grab, and quite sufficiently abstract for me.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on September 28, 2019, 01:55:10 pm
Good grab, and quite sufficiently abstract for me.


Thanks, Eric.

I'm looking forward to more rainy days; I feel far more enthusiastic about photography when I think there could be a chance of getting reflections where usually all is flat and dull.

That's one of the thoughts that attracts me to returning to Scotland. I saw a shot last night during a BBC music show that was of the entrance to a theatre in Glasgow, and it was made on a bright day. I couldn't help thinking about the drama of it had the deep steps been glistening, the metal railings too. Also, not in any small way thanks to the late Peter Lindbergh, I love the idea of pix of a model out in the rain... whilst I, of course, am safely dry shooting from a doorway. As there would be no assistants, umbrellas are(let's not jump the gun here), would be out.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: 32BT on September 29, 2019, 12:39:48 am
And one more.

Nice series. Very associative.

These could be in a book.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 01, 2019, 01:14:45 am
I said to one club member, what do you mean they are just steps and a porch...look at the lines, light and shadows. It is sometimes difficult to convey what you see to others. The second outing went much better.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-MQVHMzZ/0/f1bfa7d7/L/April%203-12%20Cobourg%20055%20bwcopy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on October 01, 2019, 05:53:03 am
I said to one club member, what do you mean they are just steps and a porch...look at the lines, light and shadows. It is sometimes difficult to convey what you see to others. The second outing went much better.

JR



I take that to mean that, the second time, you went on your own, unencumbered by zombies?

It's the only way I would do it if I wanted to enjoy it, or even suffer the sweet pangs of another uneventful day...
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 01, 2019, 10:22:02 am
I take that to mean that, the second time, you went on your own, unencumbered by zombies?

It's the only way I would do it if I wanted to enjoy it, or even suffer the sweet pangs of another uneventful day...
On the other hand, Rob, after seeing the results, they saw what I was doing and how the light helped to transform mundane subjects. Then they went out with a better understanding of how to look for "interesting" subjects.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on October 01, 2019, 12:50:21 pm
On the other hand, Rob, after seeing the results, they saw what I was doing and how the light helped to transform mundane subjects. Then they went out with a better understanding of how to look for "interesting" subjects.

JR


My missionary zeal is more personal, I'm afraid...

:-)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 01, 2019, 02:10:52 pm
So you helped them discover the amazing fact that photography has to do with LIGHT!   :D
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Jonathan Cross on October 06, 2019, 05:22:16 pm
Office block next to the old Billingsgate Fish Market in Lower Thames St, London.

Best wishes,

Jonathan

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on October 06, 2019, 05:47:52 pm
Truly mind bending image!

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 08, 2019, 07:25:00 pm
Hodge Podge.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-r2rC5BW/0/b3c4e61f/L/JMRO2382%20bwcopycrop-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 08, 2019, 07:44:25 pm
Or you could call it "4."
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 08, 2019, 08:10:17 pm
Or you could call it "4."
Yes, I thought of that, but did not want to be so literal. Sometimes, the obvious is part of the beauty of finding something amid the clutter of lines and shapes. Thanks for commenting.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 09, 2019, 11:48:52 am
More from the local mall.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-QfXSxLZ/0/46d27058/L/JMRO2390%20cropcopy-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: degrub on October 09, 2019, 07:34:46 pm
Shades of mountains past...
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 09, 2019, 10:24:17 pm
Shades of mountains past...
I don't get the reference?

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 09, 2019, 10:25:33 pm
Taken on walk today at Rockwood Conservation area.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-Xnhh2fC/0/15af73e7/L/JMRO2582%20copy2-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: degrub on October 10, 2019, 09:00:07 am
I don't get the reference?

JR

We have had two recent mountain shots with strong, dark, diagonals.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 10, 2019, 06:11:02 pm
Taken on walk today at Rockwood Conservation area.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-Xnhh2fC/0/15af73e7/L/JMRO2582%20copy2-1000-L.jpg)
Excellent.
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Post by: John R on October 11, 2019, 11:47:54 am
Thanks Eric. And you too Degrub, because I don't know your name. And herewith is another figurative mountain. The triangle, is after all a dominant shape in any picture space. Feel free to jump into the reflecting pool.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-hsZmqCC/0/22b70a2a/L/JMRO1682%20copy1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: John R on October 12, 2019, 07:37:04 am
From yesterday's walk in Glen Haffey, a conservation area north of Toronto.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Glen-Haffey/i-JGBLD9J/0/3540239d/L/Oct%2011-%202019%20Glen%20Haffey_0014%20copy2-1000-L.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Glen-Haffey/i-Gwhgmjd/0/bb4e0238/L/Oct%2011-%202019%20Glen%20Haffey_0039%20copy1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 12, 2019, 08:36:04 am
Nice, conventional (?) tree photo.
I like it. Russ will complain about your lens again.

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Post by: John R on October 12, 2019, 09:18:32 am
Nice, conventional (?) tree photo.
I like it. Russ will complain about your lens again.
Thanks Eric. Yes, it is more impressionist than abstract. Just added a second more abstract image.

JR
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Post by: rabanito on October 12, 2019, 09:19:00 am
I enjoy your "abstracts"
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 12, 2019, 12:12:07 pm
The new one is nice, too.

It's interesting that the tree leaves suggest camera motion that was in a mostly-vertical arc, while the top level of the grasses is perfectly horizontal. Have you now mastered a technique that lets you move two parts of the sensor in different ways in the same shot???   ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 12, 2019, 05:50:51 pm
The new one is nice, too.

It's interesting that the tree leaves suggest camera motion that was in a mostly-vertical arc, while the top level of the grasses is perfectly horizontal. Have you now mastered a technique that lets you move two parts of the sensor in different ways in the same shot???   ;)
Thank you Rab and Eric. Eric, when you move the camera much of the image remains in the position where you started your movement. The more light you have on the subject, like sheen, sidelight and backlight, the more you can create the appearance of movement. You will see ghosting mostly on one end or side, depending on where you started and ended.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on October 12, 2019, 06:51:54 pm
Taken on walk today at Rockwood Conservation area.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-Xnhh2fC/0/15af73e7/L/JMRO2582%20copy2-1000-L.jpg)

I'm really liking this one, John, the more I look at it. The sinuous, twisting lines and colors are very appealing.
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Post by: John R on October 13, 2019, 12:00:47 pm
I'm really liking this one, John, the more I look at it. The sinuous, twisting lines and colors are very appealing.
Thanks Arlen. Autumn light and color seems so fleeting and ephemeral.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on October 17, 2019, 11:49:43 pm
A recent one.


   (https://pbase.com/art1/image/169909745/original.jpg)


Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: rabanito on October 18, 2019, 04:47:14 am
A recent one.



Like it very much too
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 18, 2019, 06:08:14 am
Like it very much too
+1.
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Post by: churly on October 18, 2019, 11:56:32 am
Particularly fine shot Arlen!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: MattBurt on October 18, 2019, 04:54:19 pm
Taken on walk today at Rockwood Conservation area.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-Xnhh2fC/0/15af73e7/L/JMRO2582%20copy2-1000-L.jpg)

Awesome. Love the color contrast.
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Post by: RBFritz on October 18, 2019, 07:23:44 pm
All I can say is WOW! Arlen . I like that one.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 18, 2019, 08:47:02 pm
Particularly fine shot Arlen!
It is almost iridescent. Just lovely!

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 18, 2019, 08:47:32 pm
Awesome. Love the color contrast.
Thank you Matt!

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on October 19, 2019, 02:53:00 pm
Thanks guys for all your comments. This one was very experimental, and I did not have a good idea when I started where it would end up. Considering that, I was rather surprised and pleased with the way it turned out.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: RBFritz on October 19, 2019, 05:37:00 pm
Could this be considered an abstract? Reflection in Cliff Lake,MT at dusk looking south. It's a hanging lake in the Milwaukee Peaks area.
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 19, 2019, 07:44:51 pm
Great catch!

It's abstract enough for me.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on October 19, 2019, 08:05:26 pm
Nice! Looks like an alien megalith floating above earth.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 19, 2019, 08:17:20 pm
Could this be considered an abstract? Reflection in Cliff Lake,MT at dusk looking south. It's a hanging lake in the Milwaukee Peaks area.
I guess that's why the moon and Rock are hanging- by a thread if I keep up this silly playing. I think it works great as semi-abstract. And that's what this thread is all about. also flipped it and very nice image.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: LesPalenik on October 19, 2019, 08:19:30 pm
Incredible shot of the rock above the trees.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on October 21, 2019, 02:46:31 am
Could this be considered an abstract? Reflection in Cliff Lake,MT at dusk looking south. It's a hanging lake in the Milwaukee Peaks area.

Genius, I love it. You had a good eye!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 21, 2019, 05:33:49 pm
Could this be considered an abstract? Reflection in Cliff Lake,MT at dusk looking south. It's a hanging lake in the Milwaukee Peaks area.
I have to show my own falling rock, which yours reminded me of.

Full disclosure: mine is a composite.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 21, 2019, 10:35:43 pm
I have to show my own falling rock, which yours reminded me of.

Full disclosure: mine is a composite.
Get back. It's about to splatter everywhere.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 22, 2019, 10:40:06 am
Water memories...

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-JmfL8sJ/0/1ac24350/L/Oct%2013-09%20Glen%20Haffy%20174%20contrastcopy-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: degrub on October 22, 2019, 10:53:53 am
YES !
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 22, 2019, 12:30:21 pm
YES !
+1.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: rabanito on October 22, 2019, 05:19:11 pm
Water memories...

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-JmfL8sJ/0/1ac24350/L/Oct%2013-09%20Glen%20Haffy%20174%20contrastcopy-1000-L.jpg)
Great again
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 22, 2019, 10:03:28 pm
Great again
Autumn more than any season evokes for me memories and sensations that no other season does. I am sure it the same for others. A close second would be early Spring where the new variegated greens are just amazing. You can see the green but also past the green and into the forest and other foliage. Just go for walk, look, breathe in...does it get any better? Thanks Rab!!

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on October 23, 2019, 12:58:33 am
Eric and John, both of those are really wonderful images.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on October 23, 2019, 05:12:25 am
…Full disclosure: mine is a composite.

Superb!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: RBFritz on October 23, 2019, 11:10:13 am
Very impressionistic. Good shots.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: RBFritz on October 23, 2019, 11:11:47 am
Thanks for all the comments. Rock on!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: RBFritz on October 23, 2019, 11:20:34 am
Autumn is such a fantastic season for imagesIMO. I would like to add one to the water series.Taken in Texas hill country in November.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: RBFritz on October 23, 2019, 11:51:24 am
Eric, I'm impressed. I don't know how to do that but it looks great to me.I especially like the streaky stuff trailing the rock.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 23, 2019, 04:40:06 pm
Eric, I'm impressed. I don't know how to do that but it looks great to me.I especially like the streaky stuff trailing the rock.
Thanks, RB and others.

I'll have to go back and see where the "streaky stuff" came from.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 23, 2019, 05:02:56 pm
For the curious, here are the three images that were combined to make my "Sky Rock 4" image (using Photoshop CS6):
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on October 28, 2019, 02:33:37 pm
This one is more firmly grounded, but maybe the complicated patterns are out of this world?


   (https://pbase.com/art1/image/169958609/original.jpg)

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 28, 2019, 04:41:17 pm
It works for me.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 28, 2019, 08:59:22 pm
This one is more firmly grounded, but maybe the complicated patterns are out of this world?
Beautiful weave. I think it works because the blacks are well distributed and the harder lines help unify and guide the eye through the image. But I have to ask, is the area slightly above and below the green moss on the bottom right third, out of focus or soft? Or is that spectral light making it appear so, since the rest of the image appears sharp. You are on roll, I see.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on October 28, 2019, 09:32:47 pm
Thanks, Eric and John.
Wow you have a really good eye, John, I had to really hunt to find the "green moss" you indicated. Not sure if it's moss or what, but I do see the softness near it. I'll go back and see if I can determine its nature.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 30, 2019, 12:51:17 pm
Sometimes I just like to play with the colors and ICM allows this to retain an abstract look.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-vQ7h7hg/0/86c7fb30/L/JMRO5037%20abstract2-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on October 30, 2019, 05:45:52 pm
Lost in space.

:-)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on October 30, 2019, 06:28:10 pm
..
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 30, 2019, 11:19:24 pm
Lost in space.

:-)
Love it, Rob.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 31, 2019, 12:06:56 am
Love it, Rob.
The all seeing, all knowing eye. Rob obviously knows things we don't know.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on October 31, 2019, 04:56:36 am
The all seeing, all knowing eye. Rob obviously knows things we don't know.

JR

You betcha! Especially how it feels stupidly to lose a special part of one's son's inheritance for him.

;-(
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 31, 2019, 01:05:39 pm
You betcha! Especially how it feels stupidly to lose a special part of one's son's inheritance for him.

;-(
I sympathize. However, I feel you are being too hard on yourself. I can't see how you are to blame at all. Those people practice those maneuvers every day.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 03, 2019, 11:29:48 pm
I guess the wind motivated me to go a little wilder. Taken from Daily Walk at High Park.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/High-Park-Toronto/i-6SDRTQ7/0/801d1bdf/L/JMRO5264%20copy1000-L.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/High-Park-Toronto/i-MczdBnb/0/322063ec/L/JMRO5267%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 04, 2019, 01:45:24 pm
Love these.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 04, 2019, 05:41:03 pm
Love these.
Careful Eric, you may get caught up in the wind! Thanks.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 07, 2019, 04:06:20 pm
From Rockwood walk in October. Sometimes the waves combined with sun create fantastic imagery by way of undulating movements.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Rockwood-Conservation-Scotts/i-n768Rw8/0/f706143b/L/JMRO2576%20copy2-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: petermfiore on November 08, 2019, 07:19:41 am
From Rockwood walk in October. Sometimes the waves combined with sun create fantastic imagery by way of undulating movements.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Rockwood-Conservation-Scotts/i-n768Rw8/0/f706143b/L/JMRO2576%20copy2-1000-L.jpg)

I like the blue and the gold nuggets...

Peter
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 08, 2019, 11:18:02 am
I like the blue and the gold nuggets...

Peter
If I recall correctly, the yellow rings came from reflections of the surrounding gold-yellow leaves. Thanks Peter.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: RBFritz on November 08, 2019, 06:23:17 pm
Walking along the shore of Lake Coeur D' Alene. Bit of sun on the water with a slight breeze.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: RBFritz on November 08, 2019, 06:27:32 pm
Oops, forgot to attach the image,sorry.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 08, 2019, 11:18:10 pm
Good one, RB.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: RBFritz on November 10, 2019, 08:40:05 pm
Thanks,Eric. I am intrigued by the constant changing of the pattern and could "use up" a lot of time shooting it.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 11, 2019, 05:57:22 pm
Thanks,Eric. I am intrigued by the constant changing of the pattern and could "use up" a lot of time shooting it.
Indeed, I spent quite a bit of time at my location, because the patterns and bouncing light combined with the undulating water, are always changing. Didn't even want to leave! So keep them coming RB!

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on November 11, 2019, 08:29:55 pm
Was out there searching for some order among the chaos of Earth's origins, once again.


    (https://pbase.com/art1/image/170034380/original.jpg)


Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 11, 2019, 09:58:38 pm
Wow! Love it, Arlen!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on November 11, 2019, 11:00:44 pm
Thank you, Eric. That means a lot coming from you.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 12, 2019, 07:49:01 pm
Was out there searching for some order among the chaos of Earth's origins, once again.
You found it to be sure. The dark and light elements are nicely distributed, making the image look almost like a block print painting. I would still consider opening up shadows a little more in mid dark area. It seems when large you can see some details, but when small it appears almost black.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on November 12, 2019, 09:21:44 pm
Thanks for your thoughts, John. I opened the shadows in that area somewhat already, but being against a light background page makes it look darker. I'll revisit it.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: RBFritz on November 13, 2019, 12:28:41 am
I think it's a very cool image.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: KLaban on November 13, 2019, 03:33:33 am
Was out there searching for some order among the chaos of Earth's origins, once again.

Love it!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on November 14, 2019, 03:43:55 pm
Thank you RBF and Keith, your comments are much appreciated.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on November 15, 2019, 03:48:11 pm
Happy summers past.

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 15, 2019, 04:09:43 pm
Happy summers past.
This certainly is quite well done and intriguing. But I must say, your comments appear to be at odds with the title... or are they?

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on November 15, 2019, 04:16:24 pm
This certainly is quite well done and intriguing. But I must say, your comments appear to be at odds with the title... or are they?

JR

Nope, summers past were better than the current situation I inhabit. On top of which it's cold, and nights are Arctic.

:-(
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 15, 2019, 05:30:25 pm
The title does seem a bit cryptic, but the image is both cryptic and evocative. Love it!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 15, 2019, 06:40:44 pm
Even though some of the light is burned out, I really like the overall vibe. It is intriguing.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-BxmFPP6/0/4adcc1e2/L/JMRO5297%20door%20ajarcolor1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 15, 2019, 11:24:30 pm
Yes!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: petermfiore on November 16, 2019, 08:43:20 am
Even though some of the light is burned out, I really like the overall vibe. It is intriguing.

JR

Groovy man.....Groooovy ;~)


Peter
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 16, 2019, 12:26:21 pm
Even though some of the light is burned out, I really like the overall vibe. It is intriguing.

JR

Groovy man.....Groooovy ;~)


Peter
Thanks Eric and Peter. You know I missed the hippie era, but I am not complaining, because we have, 'cool man!'

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 19, 2019, 12:37:18 pm
Or Psychedelic man.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-Tf9wcg2/0/ed1187ac/L/oxtonge-ragged%20rapids%20096%20distortpano3-1000-L.jpg)

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 19, 2019, 03:07:13 pm
Now THAT is COOL!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: RBFritz on November 22, 2019, 03:25:43 pm
I'm with Eric in his response.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: RBFritz on November 22, 2019, 06:52:16 pm
C&C please.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Peter McLennan on November 22, 2019, 07:27:12 pm
Fascinating. Lovely textures, and a little bit of horror-show weirdness.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 22, 2019, 10:20:19 pm
Fascinating. Lovely textures, and a little bit of horror-show weirdness.
+1.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on November 23, 2019, 04:46:12 am
C&C please.

Totally mysterious and intriguing… I can't (yet) get my head around it.
Bravo!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on November 23, 2019, 01:37:02 pm
Totally mysterious and intriguing… I can't (yet) get my head around it.
Bravo!

Indeed. And the more one zooms in, the more it seems to morph into something else.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on November 23, 2019, 01:40:40 pm
I like Psychedelic man a lot, John. New technique, subject, or both?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 23, 2019, 09:16:42 pm
I like Psychedelic man a lot, John. New technique, subject, or both?
Thanks Arlen. I can't find the original file. Must have renamed it. It is really a "creative" rendition as part of a competition in the club. The original comes from an autumn image full of colors which was mirrored and stitched twice and then warped. Here is one part before the torture! Not bad in its own right.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Rockwood-Conservation-Scotts/i-ZHwKph7/0/43d57652/L/oxtonge-ragged%20rapids%20096%20copypano3-1000-L.jpg)

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on November 24, 2019, 06:22:44 pm
Here is one part before the torture! Not bad in its own right.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Rockwood-Conservation-Scotts/i-ZHwKph7/0/43d57652/L/oxtonge-ragged%20rapids%20096%20copypano3-1000-L.jpg)

Indeed, I like this one a lot, too.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 24, 2019, 11:12:59 pm
Indeed, I like this one a lot, too.
Me too!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 26, 2019, 01:55:25 pm
Thanks Arlen and Eric.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on December 01, 2019, 02:11:27 pm
Few weeks ago I went for the first snow shots but focusing on details was more productive.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 01, 2019, 02:33:01 pm
Few weeks ago I went for the first snow shots but focusing on details was more productive.
That's really fine, Armand. Just read an article from a British photographer who took similar images with a point and shoot camera. The article was about how images of the real world can look abstract without manipulation.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 01, 2019, 02:51:26 pm
From High Park walk. Sometimes when you have red plants against other elements and you do ICM, it can look like a fire!

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Winter-in-High-Park-2013/i-tR8Dc4c/0/30a30540/L/JMRO5740%20copyblur1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 01, 2019, 03:06:51 pm
Armand: That's really nice.

And John:  "Hot stuff!!"    ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 01, 2019, 03:47:13 pm
snip ...
And John:  "Hot stuff!!"    ;)
Did you get burned Eric? If so, here is some tried and true ointment for you.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-q8L9FMk/0/8b780f2d/L/Mar%2016-10%20Elora%20045%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 01, 2019, 08:52:34 pm
That salves my problem.   ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on December 02, 2019, 10:44:11 am
Thank you, John and Eric!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on December 02, 2019, 06:40:47 pm
semi
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 02, 2019, 08:50:16 pm
semi
Wonderful. simple and elegant. Graphic and striking. Good eye!

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on December 03, 2019, 07:08:23 am
A view from my window. And no, I wasn’t smoking anything ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: degrub on December 03, 2019, 07:13:49 am
the faces in the image remind me of Edvard Munch's "the Scream"
 ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on December 03, 2019, 10:40:41 am
Wonderful. simple and elegant. Graphic and striking. Good eye!

JR

Thank you!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 03, 2019, 11:56:35 am
A view from my window. And no, I wasn’t smoking anything ;)
I like it! (And I'm not smoking anything.)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on December 04, 2019, 03:48:49 pm
Semi-abstract:

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on December 04, 2019, 03:52:42 pm
the faces in the image remind me of Edvard Munch's "the Scream"
 ;)

Observant!

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 04, 2019, 11:40:12 pm
Not too lippy at all. Nice.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on December 07, 2019, 08:46:49 am
Further semi-ab:

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 07, 2019, 12:39:49 pm
Further semi-ab:
You know Rob, you can use those dusters to pamper those too-lips  8)

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on December 07, 2019, 01:10:35 pm
You know Rob, you can use those dusters to pamper those too-lips  8)

JR


Now that's deep!

:-)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on December 10, 2019, 05:40:56 am
Natural fridge magnet:

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 10, 2019, 09:01:43 am
I love it!
Very evocative, but completely abstract.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: RBFritz on December 10, 2019, 07:04:06 pm
Two more from the archives. First is from NYC and second is the frozen surface of an alpine lake manipulated(of course).
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: RBFritz on December 10, 2019, 07:05:02 pm
2nd one.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on December 11, 2019, 12:21:13 am
Sinuous

(https://pbase.com/art1/image/170168246/original.jpg)

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 11, 2019, 08:24:01 am
Sinuous
Yes, sinuous and evocative. Well done.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on December 11, 2019, 09:32:33 am
Reminds me of Marilyn under silk sheets.

;-)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on December 11, 2019, 12:43:30 pm
Clever shot beautifully done.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on December 11, 2019, 10:24:44 pm
Thanks a lot for your feedback, guys.

Rob, the beauty of abstracts is that sometimes each of us can see what we want to see.  :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 11, 2019, 11:13:42 pm
Rob, the beauty of abstracts is that sometimes each of us can see what we want to see.  :)
Very true!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: PeterAit on December 17, 2019, 09:49:13 am
For your viewing pleasure (or not!)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: RBFritz on December 17, 2019, 03:22:30 pm
Too much out of focus?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 17, 2019, 03:36:04 pm
Both nice, Peter and RB.
To my thinking, focus sharpness is often less important in abstracts than in other genres.
It doesn't bother me here (but my aging eyes don't have the sharpness they used to  (sigh!!).)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on December 20, 2019, 04:10:29 pm
After the big sucking in of breath:

"That's one bad scene, man..."

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 20, 2019, 04:39:58 pm
Correction:
"That's one great bad scene, man..."
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on December 21, 2019, 09:18:42 am
Correction:
"That's one great bad scene, man..."


Thanks, Eric.

I was saddened, later, to watch her being ripped apart, engines pulled out, interior smashed and taken away to wherever beautiful boats go when they become too neglected and expensive to breath new life into them.

First saw her in '81 and she was a beauty.

;-(
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 28, 2019, 11:06:31 pm
Some days you wind up staring at ceiling for no apparent reason.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-NDtPH6h/0/16535149/M/ceiling%20bw1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on December 29, 2019, 04:32:26 am
And perhaps wishing you were using a Rollei TLR to get the magic of the square :)

No cropping of course.

I know your feeling well. But rarely do anything about it.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 29, 2019, 04:52:31 am
And perhaps wishing you were using a Rollei TLR to get the magic of the square :)

No cropping of course.

I know your feeling well. But rarely do anything about it.
Thank you, whatever your views. Whenever I see square images, I do sometimes question whether I should switch. But the feeling does not last long, because I like both formats. I am almost acculturated to the rectangular format and thus see in that format. At the same time I do appreciate other formats, especially the square format. I once owned a Yashica twin lens reflex camera. Only shot slides with it. Amazing quality and resolution. But do you know what 6x6 cm, slide projector cost back then? And no one else used it either. And so I stayed with 35mm format.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on December 29, 2019, 05:38:46 am
Those Yashica TLR were great. I looked at getting one and doing wet darkroom again but it wasn't realistic.

6x6 projector - must have been a king's ransom. I'm not sure I have actually seen one although the university club might have had one.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: petermfiore on December 29, 2019, 08:16:15 am
Those Yashica TLR were great. I looked at getting one and doing wet darkroom again but it wasn't realistic.

6x6 projector - must have been a king's ransom. I'm not sure I have actually seen one although the university club might have had one.

Years ago a friend was looking to sell his lightly used Rollei 6X6 Projector...which I bought and still have. What a great projector!

Peter
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 29, 2019, 11:07:09 am
Years ago a friend was looking to sell his lightly used Rollei 6X6 Projector...which I bought and still have. What a great projector!

Peter
Guess what Peter, I did buy and still have that same Rollei projector. Beastly, it is. I bought it at Government surplus auction when the Education department no longer wanted it for 100$, 20 or so years ago. The lamps get really hot and tend to burn out quickly. The lamps are very expensive and I don't think they are available any longer. It will go as museum piece unless 6x6 comes back into vogue in big way. Sigh...
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on December 29, 2019, 12:24:51 pm
Thank you, whatever your views. Whenever I see square images, I do sometimes question whether I should switch. But the feeling does not last long, because I like both formats. I am almost acculturated to the rectangular format and thus see in that format. At the same time I do appreciate other formats, especially the square format. I once owned a Yashica twin lens reflex camera. Only shot slides with it. Amazing quality and resolution. But do you know what 6x6 cm, slide projector cost back then? And no one else used it either. And so I stayed with 35mm format.

JR

I've been thinking about that one a bit.

I don't think that I usually see anything in terms of a format unless I happen to be carrying a camera, where the option is no longer mine, but depends on how the format of the camera with me fits the subject once a subject has been selected. Then, when I go to shoot it, it becomes a vertical or horizontal decision depending on what fits the moment best. I take far more horizontals than verticals for one simple reason: I find verticals difficult to frame accurately when hand-holding the camera.

This, of course, applies to amateur photos; for pro stuff it was all about the final shape of the layout I had to fill. That was one reason why I liked the 6x6 cameras: you had more leeway if the final image didn't have to fit a perfect 2:3 shape, which unless it was for something intentional, and of my own design, was usually the case. For many vertical things that 2:3 was just too tall and thin, and on 135 format, ever square mm. counted!

But yeah, as I have said before, I think square gives a very different feel to pictures when they fit that shape perfectly; obviously, you can't just crop every shot square and hope to make it fit nicely, which I know is not what you are suggesting.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on December 30, 2019, 05:49:23 am
Sort of abstract

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49297791548_8af709a712_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2i7h4Vf)

Mike
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 30, 2019, 09:46:19 am
Yes!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on December 30, 2019, 09:49:28 am
Yes!

+ indeed!

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on January 01, 2020, 09:50:15 am
Thanks guys. Back streets are usually more interesting than the polished frontages.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on January 01, 2020, 10:25:08 am
Have another :)

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49310554177_f756d1b71e_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2i8ptNz)

Probably a thousand miles from the last one :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: petermfiore on January 01, 2020, 12:00:20 pm
Thanks guys. Back streets are usually more interesting than the polished frontages.

Absolutely!!!

Peter
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 01, 2020, 03:52:49 pm
Absolutely!!!

Peter
"+ indeed" as a certain Wise Man once said.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 02, 2020, 01:02:08 am
Mike, I like the wire image. But it is more than an abstract. It is just wonderful photography and shows that paying attention to the light can make even a mundane subject come to life. I also like your second image but not as much as your first. Just be safe if you are going in the alleyways.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on January 02, 2020, 03:28:09 am
I usually have a big tough scary minder in the form of my wife :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: MattNQ on January 02, 2020, 11:39:00 pm
Playing with physical camera movement at slower shutter
 
(https://photos.smugmug.com/MonochromeMagic/Infrared/i-G235JSw/0/9af3c5dc/XL/PC276212_edit-XL.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/MonochromeMagic/Infrared/i-GwV7xD6/0/99741614/XL/PC276148_edit-XL.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 03, 2020, 03:19:39 am
Playing with physical camera movement at slower shutter
 

Pretty cool Matt. You shot those with the 645?

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 03, 2020, 03:29:47 am
Perhaps the veils will rise and dance in the wind.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-8j3x4cD/0/3ad10315/M/Aug%2030-11%20St%20Jacob%20011%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on January 03, 2020, 04:02:44 am
Really rather lovely. A very gentle photograph which encourages me to look at it more than once. Not sure why though. Just elegant simplicity I guess.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 03, 2020, 06:14:24 am
Pretty cool Matt.

JR
+1.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: MattNQ on January 03, 2020, 10:02:02 am
Pretty cool Matt. You shot those with the 645?

JR
Thanks John.

Shot on an Olympus EPM1. Sshh....Don't tell anyone.... ;D
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 03, 2020, 09:41:43 pm
Really rather lovely. A very gentle photograph which encourages me to look at it more than once. Not sure why though. Just elegant simplicity I guess.
Thanks Mike. this one is rougher, more industrial.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-ZkrQdcv/0/efbac8ef/M/Aug%2030-11%20St%20Jacob%20047%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 04, 2020, 09:11:35 pm
Lights, camera, action...

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-Dt9HVzN/0/8dd99892/M/Dec%2018-11%20Distillery%20District%20152%20copy1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-GnvktPJ/0/95f99a1a/M/Dec%2018-11%20Distillery%20District%20149%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on January 05, 2020, 03:58:07 am
Two beautiful seasonal ones, John!

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 05, 2020, 11:37:11 am
Two beautiful seasonal ones, John!

Rob
Thanks Rob. Tis the season. I dislike the newer led lights. You can't get wonderful light streaks, instead you get intermittent lines.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 05, 2020, 01:22:05 pm
Two beautiful seasonal ones, John!

Rob
+1.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 06, 2020, 02:06:57 pm
Patterns may often be recognizable, but they can still have abstract qualities.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Front-St-Walk-Toronto/i-fvgBXDs/0/4e2e43d7/M/April%2022-2013%20Allen%20Gardens%20072%20bwcopy1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Front-St-Walk-Toronto/i-9PW8Qq7/0/58c05c89/M/Aug%205-12%20HB%20063%20bwcopy-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: RSL on January 06, 2020, 02:13:14 pm
Well seen, John.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: RSL on January 06, 2020, 02:19:07 pm
I don't normally do abstracts, but here's an exception.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 06, 2020, 02:28:01 pm
I don't normally do abstracts, but here's an exception.
Thanks Russ. This is pretty cool. I was half expecting to see that Ghost figure sitting on one of those cushy blue cloth cubes, a la Rodin, until I realized that is non-starter for a figure with no head or arms! But somehow I still imagine it!

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: RSL on January 06, 2020, 02:53:06 pm
Thanks, John. I couldn't resist either picture considering the way the pattern in the hallway was reflecting off the window. Sometimes luck is the best companion when you're shooting.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on January 06, 2020, 05:13:45 pm
few from Las Vegas
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on January 06, 2020, 05:15:19 pm
continued
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on January 07, 2020, 03:48:59 pm
reflections
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on January 07, 2020, 05:49:03 pm
You've been busy, Armand. A lot of good ones in this group.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on January 07, 2020, 06:46:52 pm
You've been busy, Armand. A lot of good ones in this group.

Thank you. For the last 3 it was like finding a good fishing spot (from when I was still fishing), there was a large panel where bright commercials kept alternating, I just had to press the shutter when it looked appealing. The only problem was that they were changing quite fast and not really repeating so you didn't have many chances.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on January 07, 2020, 07:00:55 pm
That does make it challenging. I think the middle one of that group is my favorite.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on January 08, 2020, 05:32:02 pm
Tinker Bell.

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 08, 2020, 07:19:54 pm
Tinker Bell.

Rob
Really cool Rob!! Well seen. Let me know when you get transported through the galaxy. Works on other levels too. Like small to large, movement and much more.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 08, 2020, 07:43:23 pm
Good stuff, Armand and Rob.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Calohan on January 08, 2020, 10:11:58 pm
Less Coffee! Less Coffee!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on January 09, 2020, 04:17:01 am
Really cool Rob!! Well seen. Let me know when you get transported through the galaxy. Works on other levels too. Like small to large, movement and much more.

JR

Actually, it's not the famous fairy at all: it's the backlight to the computer switch.

This stuff is all around you, if you look for it.
 
;-)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: petermfiore on January 09, 2020, 07:27:15 am
Actually, it's not the famous fairy at all: it's the backlight to the computer switch.

This stuff is all around you, if you look for it.
 
;-)

That's the not so simple truth...love it.

Peter
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 09, 2020, 08:09:34 am
Very funny, Chris.
(And I saw it before I had my morning coffee.)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on January 09, 2020, 09:00:08 am
That's the not so simple truth...love it.

Peter

Thanks, Peter!

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 09, 2020, 10:41:16 am
Very funny, Chris.
(And I saw it before I had my morning coffee.)
I can't agree guys. What we need is more coffee ;)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-NxFPKHv/0/40be8e9e/M/May%209-%202015%20St%20John%27s%20and%20Grimsby%20026%20copy1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-w86vpbX/0/3e356e67/M/JMRO2191%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on January 09, 2020, 11:02:16 am
Kind abstract; perhaps more something bought whilst someone was distracted:

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: RSL on January 09, 2020, 11:05:52 am
To call that an abstract is an understatement, Rob.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on January 09, 2020, 02:19:25 pm
Less Coffee! Less Coffee!

Great minds...

:-)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 09, 2020, 03:20:10 pm
Kind abstract; perhaps more something bought whilst someone was distracted:
Can I say I like that a hull lot?   ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: petermfiore on January 09, 2020, 05:35:13 pm
Kind abstract; perhaps more something bought whilst someone was distracted:

Love it...true abstraction...

Peter
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 10, 2020, 08:56:52 am
Yes!! This thread is getting more lively.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-dmWV7fq/0/7d3d2936/M/Dec%202-%202013%20Guelph%20outing%20084%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on January 10, 2020, 09:44:29 am
Yes!! This thread is getting more lively.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-dmWV7fq/0/7d3d2936/M/Dec%202-%202013%20Guelph%20outing%20084%20copy1000-M.jpg)

Hey soos, John! Your grey scale is seriously out of kilter.

;-)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Calohan on January 13, 2020, 08:47:15 am
Morning Visitor
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 13, 2020, 04:39:20 pm
My first contributions of 2020.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on January 13, 2020, 04:49:24 pm
Very good way to start the year, Eric. I particularly like the first one.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on January 13, 2020, 05:39:44 pm
Very good way to start the year, Eric. I particularly like the first one.

+1 for 1.

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 13, 2020, 06:25:09 pm
Thanks, Arlen and Rob.
I agree.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: RSL on January 13, 2020, 07:52:04 pm
+1 for 1.

Rob

Add +2
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: petermfiore on January 20, 2020, 08:39:08 am
I really enjoy the calm break on the surface in the first image....Just enough to establish the space.

Peter
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 20, 2020, 05:05:03 pm
Thank you Russ and Peter.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: bns on January 23, 2020, 10:04:42 am
Thanks for looking.

cheers,
Boudewijn Swanenburg
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Calohan on January 23, 2020, 10:41:37 am
Rusty Kind of Day
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 23, 2020, 07:34:14 pm
Thanks for looking.

cheers,
Boudewijn Swanenburg
I love it!
It would look good in a huge print.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 23, 2020, 07:35:28 pm
Rusty Kind of Day
That's a fine group, Chris.
I'm a big fan of rust (visually, but not on my own cars.)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on January 24, 2020, 03:48:24 pm
on a similar note
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: PeterAit on January 24, 2020, 04:51:14 pm
This is ice that formed in a shallow puddle in a parking lot. Sony A7-R3, Voightlander 110 mm macro.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 24, 2020, 07:45:41 pm
I like that, Peter.

Here is one that I call "Senility."
Explanation may be forthcoming in a few days.   ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: RBFritz on January 27, 2020, 05:14:13 pm
"Box without key or lid yet golden treasure inside hid". Couldn't help it.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on January 27, 2020, 06:33:33 pm
"Box without key or lid yet golden treasure inside hid". Couldn't help it.

Very nice!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 27, 2020, 11:38:46 pm
Very nice!
+1.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on January 28, 2020, 12:49:48 pm
I like that, Peter.

Here is one that I call "Senility."
Explanation may be forthcoming in a few days.   ;)

Breast, Eric? Ah, memory, ah, senility. :-(

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on January 28, 2020, 03:12:41 pm
mixing
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 28, 2020, 05:16:03 pm
Breast, Eric? Ah, memory, ah, senility. :-(
Not quite, Rob. But I'm glad you asked.
It's actually the result of what happened when I  put the glossy paper into my printer the uncoated side up (Ah, senility!)
The printer left puddles of black ink all over, but it looked sort of interesting, so I left it sitting not-quite-flat for a couple of weeks to dry, which it almost did.

I was actually printing three B&W prints and the stack of paper went in wrong side up.
The results look sort of interesting, so I photographed the results, and I think I'll do some more experiments.

 ;D
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 30, 2020, 02:41:41 am
Juxtaposition. On a walk of course.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-Rj3tctg/0/4f8a9886/M/JMR_0045%20%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on January 30, 2020, 03:05:45 am
Nicely seen and captured. There's a lot going on which to my eye works well.

The watermark really detracts  :D

Mike
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 30, 2020, 09:26:52 am
We've had the watermark discussion several times already.
My only complaint for John is that he forgot to move his camera during exposure!    ;D  :D
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 30, 2020, 09:37:09 am
And for the curious, here are two of the three images that I printed on the wrong side of the paper. One of these two ended up like the one I posted ( I repeat that to make it easy to compare.)

Any guesses as to which of these was the intended image?  The way the ink flowed while drying makes it very hard to be sure. I have no idea myself.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: PeterAit on January 30, 2020, 12:09:02 pm
"Box without key or lid yet golden treasure inside hid". Couldn't help it.

Excellent!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on January 30, 2020, 02:33:35 pm
Eric, that weary nipple at the bottom right is more evident today than it was the other day.

Is this a case of the Dorian Grays?

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 30, 2020, 05:06:21 pm
Maybe Dorian snuck into my PC and played with LightRoom while I was out?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 31, 2020, 12:45:38 am
Oh my, so much cryptic and mysterious images lately. Well, I can add some rhythm.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-hM5V9cb/0/a7e6b425/M/JMR_0052%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: rabanito on January 31, 2020, 01:23:34 pm
Reed


Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on February 01, 2020, 11:52:06 am
And for the curious, here are two of the three images that I printed on the wrong side of the paper. One of these two ended up like the one I posted ( I repeat that to make it easy to compare.)

Any guesses as to which of these was the intended image?  The way the ink flowed while drying makes it very hard to be sure. I have no idea myself.

Whatever you did, it worked out well. I particularly like Bullough's Pond.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on February 01, 2020, 11:54:00 am
Reed

Very nice. I would have been tempted to post it in the Landscape Showcase section.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: RSL on February 01, 2020, 12:16:50 pm
Oh my, so much cryptic and mysterious images lately. Well, I can add some rhythm.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-hM5V9cb/0/a7e6b425/M/JMR_0052%20copy1000-M.jpg)

Good one, John.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: RSL on February 01, 2020, 12:17:31 pm
Reed

Good one, Rab. That's called "seeing."
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 01, 2020, 12:40:40 pm
Whatever you did, it worked out well. I particularly like Bullough's Pond.
Thank you, Arlen.
That one will be in an exhibit I am having in March at the Brookline, MA, Senior Center.

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: rabanito on February 02, 2020, 05:56:19 am
Thanks Russ and Arlen
Actually I thought of putting it on Landscape Showcase but I was curious about opinions  :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 02, 2020, 12:18:52 pm
Reed
Hi, Rab,

I think it works  in both places. Yes, the subject is clear, so it's "landscape." But it's more about the lovely pattern, so it's "abstract."

Either way, I like it.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on February 02, 2020, 12:43:36 pm
I wonder what this once communicated.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49478094518_ea2eeb1ecd_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2iodaH9)

Mike
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on February 02, 2020, 09:13:56 pm
If you look carefully, maybe you'll spy a "cave drawing" of an ancient ungulate standing on a hillside.


   (https://pbase.com/art1/image/170377158/original.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 03, 2020, 10:19:54 am
If you look carefully, maybe you'll spy a "cave drawing" of an ancient ungulate standing on a hillside.

I really like the color palette, Arlen. Is this really a cave? Had to look up ungulate and have to say it be-hooves me to learn such unusual words.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 03, 2020, 10:29:13 am
From a Wednesday walk with friends. Works great in Bw also.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-kS4D2Hs/0/734c639c/L/JMR_0085%20copy2-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on February 04, 2020, 05:42:07 pm
I really like the color palette, Arlen. Is this really a cave? Had to look up ungulate and have to say it be-hooves me to learn such unusual words.

JR

Well if it helps someone learn something, then I guess it serves a useful purpose.  :)
It's not a cave, but the ungulate that my mind's eye sees within the right part of the frame reminds me of a cave drawing. The pattern is actually a small part of the surface of a large candy cane-shaped vent from some underground structure, that someone went to the trouble to paint with multiple colors.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on February 04, 2020, 05:45:00 pm
From a Wednesday walk with friends. Works great in Bw also.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-kS4D2Hs/0/734c639c/L/JMR_0085%20copy2-1000-L.jpg)

You always find such interesting patterns on your walks, John.
Taking a page from your playbook, my "cave drawing" image was also from a walk about.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on February 05, 2020, 06:33:25 am
Oh my, so much cryptic and mysterious images lately. Well, I can add some rhythm.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-hM5V9cb/0/a7e6b425/M/JMR_0052%20copy1000-M.jpg)



To think I don't even play!

Sadly, though, it shows how limited photographers are when compared with painters: we get stuck with what's there.


Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 08, 2020, 01:27:37 pm


To think I don't even play!

Sadly, though, it shows how limited photographers are when compared with painters: we get stuck with what's there.
Interesting observation, Rob. OTOH, I have read and seen many reviewers on the net and in articles say that limiting your tools, or using small set of tools enables them to better focus on subjects they can never have thought of doing without those limitations. Such as when we choose to do a project using only one lens, or exploring only one area, etc.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 08, 2020, 01:29:58 pm
Was just about to erase my card when I spotted this abstract which I had forgotten about. From my walk the other day.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-LpZFz3q/0/bf311f31/M/JMR_0113%20copycrop-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 08, 2020, 08:05:44 pm
Nice, John.

And it reminds me a bit of this one of mine.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 08, 2020, 08:14:19 pm
Nice, John.

And it reminds me a bit of this one of mine.
That's a beaut. I don't recall seeing that one before Eric.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on February 09, 2020, 03:40:20 am
Was just about to erase my card when I spotted this abstract which I had forgotten about. From my walk the other day.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-LpZFz3q/0/bf311f31/M/JMR_0113%20copycrop-1000-M.jpg)

Nice!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on February 09, 2020, 03:47:34 am
Interesting observation, Rob. OTOH, I have read and seen many reviewers on the net and in articles say that limiting your tools, or using small set of tools enables them to better focus on subjects they can never have thought of doing without those limitations. Such as when we choose to do a project using only one lens, or exploring only one area, etc.

JR

It's all I do these non-pro days; liberating, and focusses the mind. That said "these days" I am carrying nothing. It just doesn't seem to matter anymore. Doing pretty much the same old thing each time just creates more time at the computer, which I feel is better spent exercising the thinking part of the mind, and not just the reflexive actions of the eye. Yes, it's still a pleasure (photography), but requires something different, a bit more rewarding than that to crank it up into motion.

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 09, 2020, 07:27:13 am
Can you imagine that spring is about to burst?

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-jfj5LCG/0/b7b0c22e/M/JMR_0057%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: petermfiore on February 09, 2020, 09:00:22 am
Me being a winter person, I say no. Beautiful image, However.  : )


Peter
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: RSL on February 09, 2020, 09:33:29 am
Can you imagine that spring is about to burst?

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-jfj5LCG/0/b7b0c22e/M/JMR_0057%20copy1000-M.jpg)

I love it, John.
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Post by: John R on February 10, 2020, 10:33:00 am
I love it, John.
Thanks, Russ and Peter. I like winter most of the time, Peter. But this has been a winter of discontent for me. And this image and the other two abstracts is from the only outing I have managed this winter. I guess that's life.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on February 10, 2020, 11:34:03 am
I like that one a lot, too, John. And I hope spring brings a change, and that you are able to get out more. For me it looks maybe to be the opposite.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: James Clark on February 10, 2020, 01:15:46 pm
Thanks, Russ and Peter. I like winter most of the time, Peter. But this has been a winter of discontent for me. And this image and the other two abstracts is from the only outing I have managed this winter. I guess that's life.

JR

Sorry to hear that, John.  But as a fellow lover of winter, I find the image wonderful.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 12, 2020, 11:24:02 pm
Thanks everyone. We can only try.

This one has the appearance of organic entanglement. And although it is somewhat entangled, it is mostly in the point of view. It is a multi-exposure chaotic look which I like. On sunny days, I experiment a lot.

JR

Edit,posted bw version
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-z4R8BQ5/0/b70212f5/M/JMR_0154%20bwcopy-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: RSL on February 13, 2020, 07:51:33 am
Looking at this makes me think it's time to visit my optometrist.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 13, 2020, 09:39:20 am
I like that one a lot, too, John. And I hope spring brings a change, and that you are able to get out more.
I share Arlen's sentiments.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on February 13, 2020, 02:41:31 pm
for the blurry fans out there
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 13, 2020, 05:53:07 pm
Looking at this makes me think it's time to visit my optometrist.
Yea Russ, it is somewhat off. I was too lazy do it one at time and so moved the camera during five exposures. There would be less blur if I did one at a time. It can be effective and sometimes not. I should have posted the dark version.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 13, 2020, 06:58:41 pm
I share Arlen's sentiments.
Thanks Eric. Like the singer, Bill Withers said, "There is always tomorrow."

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-9shD5Nm/0/99dc367d/M/JMR_0139%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 13, 2020, 07:42:17 pm
And while we are doing weird reflective stuff, here is a shot from yesterday.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 13, 2020, 07:44:51 pm
I had just parked my Prius at a trailhead to local woods. I was about to open the trunk to get my trekking poles out when I saw this, reflected in the rear window and spoiler of the Prius.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: RSL on February 13, 2020, 07:48:58 pm
Good seeing, Eric.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 13, 2020, 10:24:56 pm
Good seeing, Eric.
Really like it Eric. Always be on the look out.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 14, 2020, 05:21:17 pm
Thanks guys.

Gotta remember to keep the camera in my pocket and my eyes open.   ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on February 16, 2020, 02:44:03 pm
A sun ray reflection on the building across the street created a prism effect on my wall. #shotoniphone

Holy shit, Slobodan, are you in prison?

:-)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on February 16, 2020, 02:45:06 pm
Might have posted it before:

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 16, 2020, 03:01:17 pm
His friends? I thought all of Rob's friends were here on LuLa.   ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on February 16, 2020, 05:13:33 pm
His friends? I thought all of Rob's friends were here on LuLa.   ;)


So did I! The rest are just acquaintances with whom I sometimes share an interrupted lunch somewhere.

:-)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: petermfiore on February 16, 2020, 06:03:43 pm
Holy shit, Slobodan, are you in prison?

:-)

It does purport to be so...


Peter
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 01, 2020, 12:13:49 am
Simple play of light and shadow with a few elements. Taken through bw-bold, in-camera digital filter.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-kWXcM8f/0/b53eaf10/M/JMR_0350%20bwcopy1000-M.jpg)

Or you can just take a shot on the wild side. Also taken with in-camera digital filter.
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-TJ4HV7V/0/1f497b88/M/JMR_0376%20copy1000-M.jpg)

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on March 01, 2020, 12:59:03 pm
I really like both of them John, particularly the second. Sometimes wild works!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on March 01, 2020, 04:05:02 pm
As ever not sure it's abstract.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49606177281_f1f02740b0_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2izwCfD)

Mike
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 01, 2020, 04:40:10 pm
As ever not sure it's abstract.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49606177281_f1f02740b0_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2izwCfD)

Mike
Whatever! It's delightful!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: petermfiore on March 01, 2020, 05:42:04 pm
As ever not sure it's abstract.

Mike

I like this very much...

Peter
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 01, 2020, 07:54:42 pm
I like this very much...

Peter
Me too. It's complete and quite perfect.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 01, 2020, 11:54:59 pm
Me too. It's complete and quite perfect.
Quite cool Mike.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on March 02, 2020, 02:43:50 am
It was a very satisfying capture. I love the clear blue skies of California. I suspect the residents might prefer grey rain clouds for a few months.

Thank you for your kind comments.

Mike
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 02, 2020, 11:44:10 pm
In case some of you are near Boston in March or April, consider visiting the Gallery 93 of the Brookline, Massachusetts Senior Center at 93 Winchester Street, where I will be showing some thirty prints. The exhibit runs from March 11 through April 30, 2020, and there is a reception from 4-6 pm on Thursday, March 12.

The gallery is open M-F 8:30 am to 5:00 pm.

This image is on the postcard.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on March 03, 2020, 02:58:00 am
Well done on the  exhibition Eric.

May I ask what size will the prints be?

Mike
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on March 03, 2020, 07:36:01 am
Congrats, Eric; was offered one once and then they pulled it.

In my case, probably saved me a fortune on frames that today would outnumber my wall-space.

:-(
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 03, 2020, 09:01:13 am
Thanks Mike and Rob.

Mike: All prints are image size about 10"x15" in16"x20" frames, six in "Portrait" orientation, the rest in "Landscape."

Rob: I have accumulated about forty metal frames over the years for earlier exhibits, and I keep reusing them. Cutting mats and reframing is a nuisance, but it's a lot cheaper than buying new frames.

Our house is small, so 16x20" is the biggest size that looks right on our walls.

-Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: RSL on March 03, 2020, 09:30:22 am
Wish I could make the show, Eric, but I'm gonna miss it. Congratulations in advance.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 03, 2020, 02:26:33 pm
Thanks, Russ.
It would be a long walk from Florida, so I can forgive you.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: RSL on March 03, 2020, 03:41:43 pm
A truly true abstract.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 03, 2020, 05:22:49 pm
A truly true abstract.
Yes!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: degrub on March 04, 2020, 12:12:09 am
Many, many scenes in one frame.
Frightening, chaotic, but ordered.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on March 04, 2020, 02:59:30 am
I'm not sure what you are abstracting the reality from in that photograph. To my eye it's no more abstract than my palm tree although I feel I refined my two elements down to their essential underlying elements of curve and shape.

But I'm not getting into any detailed discussion as it quickly reduces to discussing how many angels can dance on the head of pin  ;D

A lovely image is a lovely image. That's enough for me.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 06, 2020, 08:37:12 pm
Wish I could make the show, Eric, but I'm gonna miss it. Congratulations in advance.
Indeed, congratulations Eric! And If I was anywhere close to Boston, I would be sure to visit.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 06, 2020, 08:59:10 pm
Curves anyone?

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-v2DBTFs/0/9908a382/L/JMR_0380%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on March 07, 2020, 11:20:31 am
Curves anyone?

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-v2DBTFs/0/9908a382/L/JMR_0380%20copy1000-L.jpg)

Yes, good curves along with nice textures. I like it.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 09, 2020, 08:23:12 am
Thanks Francois. This time a less curvy, more urban.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-jZmXpvB/0/54ec525d/L/IMG_0021%20cropcopy-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 10, 2020, 11:38:52 am
Indeed, congratulations Eric! And If I was anywhere close to Boston, I would be sure to visit.

JR
Interestingly, I won't get a chance to see my own show for another month (it is being hung today.)

During my dialysis treatment last Friday, there came a phone call to inform me that I needed to get to Mass General Hospital in Boston as soon as possible, because they had a kidney for me! I have been waiting over five years for one, but never really expected to get one.

The operation was successfully carried out Friday evening and I was sent home yesterday. Now I have a raft of new medications to take every day (anti-rejection, ant-infection, anti-viral, etc.) many of which will be long-term. Right now I am on "house arrest" at home for a month (except for weekly visits to the clinic), while the new kidney and my system learn to coexist.

So my wife delivered the prints this morning and a good friend (photographer) is hanging the show for me.

My show runs through April, so I will get a chance to see it in a month.

I am, of course, jubilant to have finally gotten my transplant.

-Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on March 10, 2020, 01:29:12 pm
Many, many congratulations, Eric, and I pray that it all goes perfectly for you!

Rob
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Post by: churly on March 10, 2020, 02:36:19 pm
That's great news Eric.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 10, 2020, 10:51:38 pm
Many, many congratulations, Eric, and I pray that it all goes perfectly for you!

Rob
May the light of good fortune continue to shine on you, Eric.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 11, 2020, 12:11:01 am
Thank you Rob, Chuck and John!

while I'm on "house arrest" for about a month, it's good to be able to keep up with friends on LuLa even if I can't get out with camera yet.

It's going very well so far.

Best, Eric
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 11, 2020, 10:37:32 am
This building is supposed to represent a giant pencil or artist's box. What you see here is some of its columns and the underside. It certainly is eye-catching.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-4dR2dqb/0/4f4dd97c/L/IMG_0023%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: RSL on March 11, 2020, 10:48:39 am
I like your last two, John. They're abstract but there's a reality there with which the viewer can connect. Abstracts don't have to be fuzzy.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 11, 2020, 09:24:04 pm
I like your last two, John. They're abstract but there's a reality there with which the viewer can connect. Abstracts don't have to be fuzzy.
I agree. (But sometimes fuzzy works, too. Especially when John tries it.)

Here I was thinking that an Artist's Box should have paint dripping from the edge.
But it's a nice semi-abstract.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 12, 2020, 09:50:31 am
Thanks Russ and Eric. You guys should look it up. It is the Ontario College of Arts building and has won many international architecture awards. What you don't see from my image is how the building actually looks. The checkered white area is actually the floor of the building and the building itself is a box on columns. Very unusual and it really has the feel of inviting people as they go to and fro right under the building.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 16, 2020, 01:02:50 am
Thank goodness the sun does not affect these pipes. Was on my walk happy as can be with my point and shoot camera. Took a few images and after a while realized the camera info screen was flashing something at me. What it could be? What, no card...nooo... Cell phone to the rescue. You know the one I never give a second thought to.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-BQ5fDsC/0/92c49596/L/20200315_184629%20gaspipes-copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: RSL on March 16, 2020, 03:13:29 pm
Love it, John. That's my kind of abstract.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 17, 2020, 08:05:44 am
Thanks Russ. I know where you are coming from. I will save the ICM's for Eric, who shall no doubt prevail in his recovery. His LuLa persona sure is cheerful for such a tough personal situation.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 17, 2020, 08:08:31 am
I have started my daily walks again. I always manage to get at least one good image most days. Shadow play.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-cXRs7c6/0/03cdc34f/L/IMG_0053%20bwcopy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: RSL on March 17, 2020, 09:54:49 am
Good shooting, John.

Yeah, I've started my morning walks again too, but for now I pretty much have to confine them to the river. Just unloaded this morning's shoot. We'll see if I can claim what you can claim.

Well, here's at least a shot at an abstract.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 17, 2020, 07:17:35 pm
...We'll see if I can claim what you can claim.

Well, here's at least a shot at an abstract.
I am sure you can Russ. You got the golden light and the lush greens. But I will say, it is much more difficult doing abstracts in your surroundings.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 18, 2020, 05:40:42 am
From yesterday's afternoon walk.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-bsVCBVm/0/c2df52b6/L/IMG_0019%20bwcopy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on March 18, 2020, 08:24:19 am
Nice catch. Lovely cloud.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 18, 2020, 02:21:04 pm
Very nice.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: RSL on March 18, 2020, 02:32:33 pm
Good one, John.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 18, 2020, 08:00:04 pm
Good one, John.
Thank you, Russ, Eric and Mike. Always something to see.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 18, 2020, 08:08:11 pm
This is for you fun-loving, car-loving, old timers. I know you are out there in the 'without prejudice' space. And even though I never did much care for cars, I really liked seeing this one. The red together with the chrome brightened up an otherwise dull day. You never know what you see on a walk.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-rDhmjkf/0/b74a8d7c/M/IMG_0006%20copy2-1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-VdmNbsq/0/7936eeb5/M/JMR_0427%20copy1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-9kWTxZF/0/fbb19b50/M/JMR_0432%20copy1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-xtBtknF/0/488f9aee/M/JMR_0421%20copy1000-M.jpg)

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 18, 2020, 11:26:31 pm
That car was clearly designed for you, John.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on March 20, 2020, 01:49:19 pm
..
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 20, 2020, 08:28:29 pm
Elegant simplicity. Very nice.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 21, 2020, 12:27:58 am
Elegant simplicity. Very nice.
Agreed.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on March 21, 2020, 12:04:30 pm
Thank you Eric and John!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on March 21, 2020, 08:20:34 pm
opposites
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on March 22, 2020, 12:54:32 pm
NYC
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on March 23, 2020, 12:10:45 pm
Great geometry and a study for leading lines and perspective!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on March 23, 2020, 03:27:53 pm
Thank you Francois!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 23, 2020, 04:40:16 pm
That's the most interesting view I've seen of that much-photographed bridge.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 23, 2020, 07:56:27 pm
One wall, many angles.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-rxCpz68/0/7b7e4fbf/L/JMR_0758%20bwcopy2-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 23, 2020, 10:48:54 pm
Nice.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: bobfriedman on March 24, 2020, 08:27:31 am
Nikon D300S ,Mitutoyo M Plan APO 2x NA 0.28 200/0
1/250s iso100 60-stack
(https://pbase.com/bobfriedman/image/143231114/original.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 24, 2020, 10:19:35 am
Ooh! I love it! Wild!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 24, 2020, 12:37:47 pm
Nice.
Thanks Eric. Low, almost ground level light.

JR

 Low, almost ground level light.
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-tMC2WJJ/0/c4ab02ae/L/JMR_0728%20bwcopy-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: RSL on March 24, 2020, 03:00:24 pm
Good one, John.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on March 24, 2020, 07:59:54 pm
That's the most interesting view I've seen of that much-photographed bridge.

Thank you Eric, you are too kind!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on March 24, 2020, 08:00:56 pm
Selfie
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Craig Lamson on March 24, 2020, 08:14:41 pm
rust and rivets
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: PeterAit on March 25, 2020, 10:03:47 am
Thanks Eric. Low, almost ground level light.

JR

 Low, almost ground level light.
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-tMC2WJJ/0/c4ab02ae/L/JMR_0728%20bwcopy-1000-L.jpg)

I first thought is was an electron micrograph of the virus!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: PeterAit on March 25, 2020, 10:06:14 am
A recent try to expand my interest in abstracts and minimalism.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on March 25, 2020, 10:24:18 am
moody
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 26, 2020, 01:27:54 pm
What to do on days like these:

JR

A set of stop light lights hanging in the middle of crosswalk, shot against trees.
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-dnDcSbm/0/75e4dca8/M/March%2018-%202020%20Car%20walk_0415%20copy7-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 26, 2020, 06:09:05 pm
I like it!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 28, 2020, 12:12:37 pm
Today is rain, rain, rain..., so another from yesterday's walk.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-5nmGP89/0/54931116/L/JMR_0930%20squarecrop1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on March 28, 2020, 01:22:53 pm
Today is rain, rain, rain..., so another from yesterday's walk.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-5nmGP89/0/54931116/L/JMR_0930%20squarecrop1000-L.jpg)

Excellent!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on March 28, 2020, 04:12:19 pm
mess
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 29, 2020, 11:48:53 pm
Thanks Armand. At least these keep us going.

JR


shadow sentinel
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-k8ZLCsJ/0/17c4270d/M/March%2027-%202020%20Walk_0069%20copy1000-M.jpg)

Light portal
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-qLz4BB2/0/3ca5d656/M/March%2027-%202020%20Walk_0031%20bwcopy2-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on March 30, 2020, 05:12:52 am
Another day another lamp taken a week ago just before we were locked down. Sigh.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49715720161_56472006ec_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2iKd4wZ)

Mike
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Post by: Rob C on March 30, 2020, 07:35:40 am
Another day another lamp taken a week ago just before we were locked down. Sigh.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49715720161_56472006ec_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2iKd4wZ)

Mike

Nice shot; great possibilities for being the base to some exciting typography. I have always wished that I had the gift for typography: it looks so easy until you try to use something appropriate.

We had some really great stuff back in the 60s - 80s on billboards scattered around our UK cities. I think that great graphic designers etc. make a lot of photographers look better than they actually are.

Rob
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 31, 2020, 02:35:01 am
Light was bouncing off the this wall quite harshly. You can see it in the red.
JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-Kf2kTs7/0/194e5a75/M/March%2027-%202020%20Walk_0034%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on March 31, 2020, 03:40:05 am
John I see your sparkly colours and raise you this :)

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49715720031_6fd6f06fe1_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2iKd4uK)

Mike
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 31, 2020, 11:47:36 am
Guess I will have to work on it. For now this:

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-Ln4ff8W/0/5b75defa/M/March%2027-%202020%20Walk_0083%20crop2-1000-M.jpg)
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 31, 2020, 12:01:37 pm
Good stuff, guys.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on March 31, 2020, 12:17:48 pm
Nice colours. You get these on your daily walks?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 31, 2020, 02:08:17 pm
Nice colours. You get these on your daily walks?
Yes. Last few are all from the last two weeks. I have to admit, at first I didn't think I would get much, but one thing leads to another. To me it's like warming up visually, then at some point I really start to see things. I am sure it is like that for most of us. I don't think seeing photographically is natural to us. Have to warm up to it.

JR
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Post by: langier on March 31, 2020, 04:00:55 pm
Something new from along a road less traveled a couple of weeks ago.
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 31, 2020, 11:00:02 pm
Nice one, Larry.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Peter McLennan on March 31, 2020, 11:09:07 pm
Still my favourite thread on LuLa.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 01, 2020, 06:13:25 am
Evening of the long shadows.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-29h85M3/0/08ce6077/M/March%2025-%202020%20Walk_0016%20bwcopy1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-jv47wZK/0/31282037/M/March%2025-%202020%20Walk_0014%20bwcopy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on April 01, 2020, 06:42:35 am
Evening of the long shadows...

Which reminds me of:
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on April 01, 2020, 06:59:34 am
Which brings to mind

(https://live.staticflickr.com/914/42155708545_2cbf921c06_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/27ea2t8)

Mike
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Post by: John R on April 01, 2020, 08:19:45 am
For the time being, the shadows prevail.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-dGqq4SR/0/8c04330f/M/March%2027-%202020%20Walk_0059%20bwcopy2-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: RSL on April 01, 2020, 08:49:39 am
A number of recent successes, John. Good work.
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 01, 2020, 11:54:24 am
Excellent shadows, guys.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on April 01, 2020, 11:56:20 am
I love shadows

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48723398298_cf6c399c51_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2hew9Pm)

Mike
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Craig Lamson on April 01, 2020, 01:28:50 pm
I like shadows too :)

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Post by: Craig Lamson on April 01, 2020, 01:30:46 pm
More shadows....

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Post by: Craig Lamson on April 01, 2020, 01:33:09 pm
one more...

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on April 01, 2020, 01:33:10 pm
Ah, yes, light and shadows:

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on April 01, 2020, 02:34:28 pm
Indeed shadows

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49724764781_f36d2fbc9d_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2iL1qbH)

Mike
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 01, 2020, 02:46:05 pm
Thanks to Russ and Eric. Some interesting and fine work being posted.
Shifting somewhat to light and shadow as Slobodan has indicated,
I had a really good morning. And here is one.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-Q9CFVXw/0/5e37799a/M/JMR_1187%20bwcopy1000-M.jpg)

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on April 01, 2020, 03:47:19 pm
I wish my daily walk could include such things. As you may know we are in the UK are restricted to walks near our own home and I live in a small village with little to inspire me - which I know is my failing :) Many people would love to live hereabouts but I find it limited photographically. I like the man made.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on April 01, 2020, 03:54:18 pm
From Miami archives of last year:
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 01, 2020, 06:10:32 pm
A great shadow collection, guys.
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Post by: langier on April 01, 2020, 09:01:41 pm
Another old favorite from my home town.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 02, 2020, 01:29:04 pm
More shadows....
I really like your court fence and stone circle shots. The circle shot, with shimmering light, in particular has a quality that exudes a feeling that I can't quite put my finger on.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Craig Lamson on April 02, 2020, 03:24:31 pm
I really like your court fence and stone circle shots. The circle shot, with shimmering light, in particular has a quality that exudes a feeling that I can't quite put my finger on.

JR

Thanks a lot. I dont shoot much for pleasure since I shoot commercially for a living.  But both of those were taken as a welcome relief from the daily grind. 
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on April 02, 2020, 04:32:11 pm
Craig if you don't mind me asking do you still have a daily grind? In the UK I think much of commercial photography has ground to a halt. How is it with you?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 03, 2020, 01:57:04 pm
On the Street.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-wGPcpL6/0/85e8f56b/M/IMG_0007%20bwcopy1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-SmjFv2G/0/23a6a840/M/IMG_0005%20bw-cropcopy2-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 04, 2020, 10:04:04 am
Darn it, I've got to start looking for shadows on my next mini-walk.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Craig Lamson on April 04, 2020, 10:08:54 am
Craig if you don't mind me asking do you still have a daily grind? In the UK I think much of commercial photography has ground to a halt. How is it with you?

Not now.  I last worked 3 weeks ago.  I have things that were booked ( its my busy season) but are now on hold due to business beig closed.  I'm not sure how I'll deal with getting back to work again once this thing lifts. My wife and I are both in the age and physical condition group who are most affected by the virus and my 90YO mother also lilves with us.  We need to be careful.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Craig Lamson on April 04, 2020, 10:10:03 am
On the Street.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-wGPcpL6/0/85e8f56b/M/IMG_0007%20bwcopy1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-SmjFv2G/0/23a6a840/M/IMG_0005%20bw-cropcopy2-1000-M.jpg)

The lamppost sings!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: RBFritz on April 04, 2020, 02:26:28 pm
Good eye, JR. Like 'em both!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 04, 2020, 03:54:48 pm
Thanks guys. Looks like I have to restrict my activities more.

 JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: RSL on April 04, 2020, 07:37:44 pm
Good eye, JR. Like 'em both!

+1
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 04, 2020, 08:12:56 pm
Good eye, JR. Like 'em both!
+2.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Craig Lamson on April 05, 2020, 11:32:25 pm
Walking backwards through some old images while trying the stay safe as the world burns.

From a series of playground equipment.



Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 06, 2020, 09:38:32 am
Nice one, Craig.
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Post by: Rob C on April 06, 2020, 09:40:57 am
Nice one, Craig.

+ 1
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Post by: John R on April 06, 2020, 11:04:18 am
+ 1
Cool man.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: RSL on April 06, 2020, 11:08:53 am
+2 or 3
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Post by: armand on April 06, 2020, 12:15:51 pm
..
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Craig Lamson on April 06, 2020, 02:13:19 pm
+2 or 3

Thanks to all. I must admit I'm having some fun wallowing in the past :). 
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Craig Lamson on April 06, 2020, 03:36:49 pm
Another from the same playground, this time in B/W

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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 06, 2020, 05:55:46 pm
Fun and imaginative seeing.

If we can all keep this up, maybe we'll get through the p*nd*m*c.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 06, 2020, 10:36:58 pm
Good stuff Craig. Feel like climbing?

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-BXmVsrv/0/7ddc3c06/M/March%2027-%202020%20Walk_0038%20bwcopy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Craig Lamson on April 07, 2020, 11:08:00 am
Good stuff Craig. Feel like climbing?

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-BXmVsrv/0/7ddc3c06/M/March%2027-%202020%20Walk_0038%20bwcopy1000-M.jpg)

Yes!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: RSL on April 07, 2020, 11:11:13 am
The stairway is very good, John. A genuine abstract.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Craig Lamson on April 07, 2020, 11:18:29 am
bench
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Alan Klein on April 07, 2020, 12:25:04 pm
(https://live.staticflickr.com/5247/5262921174_c84512c1f3_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/924R7f)
Mystical Horse in Storm (https://flic.kr/p/924R7f) by Alan Klein (https://www.flickr.com/photos/alanklein2000/), on Flickr
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Craig Lamson on April 07, 2020, 04:03:51 pm
"Indian"


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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 07, 2020, 05:35:58 pm
Good seeing, guys.

As for John's stairs: Can I go down them instead of up? These days climbing stairs I get winded.  :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: rabanito on April 07, 2020, 05:56:55 pm
Good seeing, guys.

As for John's stairs: Can I go down them instead of up? These days climbing stairs I get winded.  :)

 ;D
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 07, 2020, 07:31:45 pm
Good seeing, guys.

As for John's stairs: Can I go down them instead of up? These days climbing stairs I get winded.  :)
Understood Eric. I will let you use these hand rails if you promise to get better and do those mini-walks you are obviously dying to do. One step at a time and ignore those deceptive zig-zags.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/ROM-Annex-Walk-August-2016/i-qZvSXvN/0/69ea91f3/M/Sept%2025-%202016%20Annex%20outing%20104%20copybw-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Craig Lamson on April 08, 2020, 11:11:24 am
Here is an old one, long forgotten,  I still like it :)

Snow toes:
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: RBFritz on April 09, 2020, 09:22:05 pm
From the desert botanical garden in phoenix, AZ.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 09, 2020, 11:54:25 pm
From the desert botanical garden in phoenix, AZ.
Ouch!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 10, 2020, 12:27:27 am
If you stand under these and they take a liking to you, they ignore the sun and follow you around ;)

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-rcJm9t6/0/03fbe75e/M/April%206-%202020%20walk_0293%20bwcopy2-1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-QCCt7Ps/0/d306eee9/M/April%206-%202020%20walk_0292%20bwcopy2-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Craig Lamson on April 10, 2020, 09:26:14 am
If you stand under these and they take a liking to you, they ignore the sun and follow you around ;)

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-rcJm9t6/0/03fbe75e/M/April%206-%202020%20walk_0293%20bwcopy2-1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-QCCt7Ps/0/d306eee9/M/April%206-%202020%20walk_0292%20bwcopy2-1000-M.jpg)

Best one yet
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Post by: John R on April 10, 2020, 12:49:21 pm
Best one yet
Thanks Craig. Abtracts or semi-abstracts kind of grow on you.

JR
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Post by: armand on April 10, 2020, 01:16:04 pm
few
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Post by: John R on April 11, 2020, 01:03:51 pm
This one reminds of me of the Louis Armstrong song "What a wonderful world."

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-2zj6c4C/0/89e75c0a/L/JMR_1530%20copy3-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on April 11, 2020, 01:12:26 pm
to keep the theme
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Post by: Craig Lamson on April 13, 2020, 10:27:51 am
Alcatraz:

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Post by: francois on April 13, 2020, 11:28:50 am
to keep the theme

Flying saucer? Very nice!
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Post by: armand on April 13, 2020, 03:26:42 pm
Flying saucer? Very nice!

Thank you!

A couple more
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Post by: PeterAit on April 19, 2020, 12:43:23 pm
Winchester, Virginia

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Post by: RSL on April 19, 2020, 02:25:38 pm
Good one Peter. A real abstract.
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Post by: Craig Lamson on April 21, 2020, 01:25:19 pm
Magnolia Mill, Alma Colorado
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Post by: RBFritz on April 21, 2020, 03:08:46 pm
Backyard bonfire.
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 21, 2020, 05:41:11 pm
Backyard bonfire.
I like this!
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Post by: John R on April 21, 2020, 09:12:08 pm
I like this!
Yes, cool layers and swirls.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on April 25, 2020, 08:22:47 am
From the Lockdown Period:

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 25, 2020, 09:04:42 pm
Mine is from 'social distancing' period. Kind of dark considering it came from an empty children's playground.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-t8rx8Zb/0/ad184a01/L/JMR_2090%20bwcopy2-1000-L.jpg)

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Post by: Arlen on April 25, 2020, 11:25:09 pm
I like it, John. And I wouldn't have guessed it is a playground.

As a bonus, I think it qualifies as a true abstract.  :)
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Post by: Arlen on April 25, 2020, 11:29:56 pm
From the Lockdown Period:

As a biologist who in the lab has carefully adjusted more than my share of menisci, I appreciate your intriguing take on the subject, Rob.
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Post by: drmike on April 26, 2020, 03:03:09 am
I am finally managing top open my eyes on daily exercise. It's not easy though as it is all too familiar and seemingly unchanging.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49813482873_b51d4da8dc_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2iTR7YZ)

Mike
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Post by: Rob C on April 26, 2020, 09:16:14 am
As a biologist who in the lab has carefully adjusted more than my share of menisci, I appreciate your intriguing take on the subject, Rob.

Thank you, Arlen. My wife was into chemistry and worked as an analytical one for a brief period before she married me; as she did so so young, and the first child appeared promptly on schedule (quite whose schedule was never explained - nine months from the wedding seems sort of fast) her career didn't go very far! Which suited me just fine, being the selfish sonofab that I can sometimes be. I always maintained that she was needed more at home.

:-)
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Post by: Rob C on April 26, 2020, 06:11:47 pm
Mine is from 'social distancing' period. Kind of dark considering it came from an empty children's playground.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-t8rx8Zb/0/ad184a01/L/JMR_2090%20bwcopy2-1000-L.jpg)

All children in playgrounds are empty: comes with the territory and age. (Crisis humour; forgive and forget.)

At first glance, the picture reminded me of those old wooden forms that grandmothers once used to stick into socks in order better to darn the heels. I never saw holes in socks other than at the heels; we were a sophisticated family and always trimmed our toenails. I wonder where all those clippings go after they get dumped into the waste bin? Does the secret service collect them and analyse them and build up a genetic file on everyone? Today, to avoid that, I dump them straight into the garden where I believe they feed the wolf spiders that I sometimes bump into by mistake. Perhaps they pose less risk than using the official bins?

:-)

P.S.

Just struck me: also reminiscent of one of Sieff's Derrières series photographs.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 26, 2020, 07:20:24 pm
I was nearing home on my walk during a light, on-and-off light drizzle, resigned to not getting anything today, when what came into my eye, this piece of wet and dry art work. Maybe I will play with it and make even more abstract.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-FLKwrpc/0/7c0183d1/L/IMG_0008%20bwcopy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: RSL on April 26, 2020, 07:49:59 pm
Good one, John.
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Post by: John R on April 27, 2020, 03:10:37 pm
Thanks for the comments, Russ, Rob and Arlen. Rob your life experiences always manage to find their way, not only into your images, but also into your critiques. Always welcome.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on April 27, 2020, 03:47:59 pm
Our club cannot meet due to lockdown so we have started to use Zoom for remote meetings which gets about half the usual attendance which is good going.

We ran our first competition via Zoom this evening and it was a panels competition where 3 or more images are presented as one and to huge surprise this won.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49826444768_e163282d45_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2iUZy6W)

They were intended as three individual prints - the print version of the panels allows for as many prints as you like on a common theme. I wouldn't have entered the projected competition which is what this was in effect. But I thought I'd enter anyway.

Mike
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: langier on April 27, 2020, 03:56:10 pm
Couple of new b&w abstracts from an outing in early March. Found along the road less traveled.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 29, 2020, 07:12:31 pm
Feel like sliding...

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-m37cTv7/0/df399251/L/JMR_2240%20copy1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: drmike on April 30, 2020, 02:56:32 am
Gorgeous.
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Post by: James Clark on April 30, 2020, 09:30:15 am
Feel like sliding...

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-m37cTv7/0/df399251/L/JMR_2240%20copy1000-L.jpg)

Nice one! 
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 30, 2020, 02:33:52 pm
Gorgeous.
+1.
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Post by: John R on April 30, 2020, 09:00:02 pm
Thanks Mike, James and Eric. I guess I will let it remain a mystery for now.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 01, 2020, 12:23:37 pm
I'm pretty sure it's not a bicycle.
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Post by: John R on May 01, 2020, 03:54:27 pm
I'm pretty sure it's not a bicycle.
It's the contours on the hood of blue car. The design are reflections on the hood. I couldn't keep it a secret.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on May 01, 2020, 04:01:24 pm
Our club cannot meet due to lockdown so we have started to use Zoom for remote meetings which gets about half the usual attendance which is good going.

We ran our first competition via Zoom this evening and it was a panels competition where 3 or more images are presented as one and to huge surprise this won.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49826444768_e163282d45_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2iUZy6W)

They were intended as three individual prints - the print version of the panels allows for as many prints as you like on a common theme. I wouldn't have entered the projected competition which is what this was in effect. But I thought I'd enter anyway.

Mike

Very neat, I like it!
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Post by: armand on May 01, 2020, 04:01:51 pm
..
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 01, 2020, 04:07:46 pm
This one I like, Armand. Reminds me of those trees with flaking bark.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on May 01, 2020, 04:08:55 pm
This one I like, Armand. Reminds me of those trees with flaking bark.

JR

Thank you. That's what it is, didn't want to make it too abstract.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: James Clark on May 01, 2020, 05:01:07 pm
It's the contours on the hood of blue car. The design are reflections on the hood. I couldn't keep it a secret.

JR

I thought it was chrome :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 01, 2020, 05:41:58 pm
It's the contours on the hood of blue car. The design are reflections on the hood. I couldn't keep it a secret.

JR
I was right! Not a bicycle!   ;D
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Post by: John R on May 02, 2020, 02:26:05 pm
I was right! Not a bicycle!   ;D
Thanks guys. Like a clock, Eric, you will be right at least twice a day! Wait...bad aphorism, we are now in the digital world ???

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 02, 2020, 06:16:12 pm
If a digital clock still has a working display, even if the timer is broken, it can still be right twice a day.    :D
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 03, 2020, 03:55:31 am
Changed my route and found some pretty interesting subjects, at least to me. And now, "Color My World" as the group Chicago said, in their wonderful song by the same name.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-gvm7xwm/0/5c34ec1d/L/May%201-%202020%20Walk_0980%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on May 03, 2020, 10:10:42 am
Changed my route and found some pretty interesting subjects, at least to me. And now, "Color My World" as the group Chicago said, in their wonderful song by the same name.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-gvm7xwm/0/5c34ec1d/L/May%201-%202020%20Walk_0980%20copy1000-L.jpg)

Your Mondrian moment.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on May 03, 2020, 07:17:38 pm
another bw
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 04, 2020, 12:56:02 pm
Shadow and light.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-SpcDZ4z/0/8cf0a622/M/May%201-%202020%20Walk_0942%20bwcopy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 04, 2020, 04:57:40 pm
I finally got out with the little camera a couple of days ago.
Try this:
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 04, 2020, 05:51:16 pm
I finally got out with the little camera a couple of days ago.
Try this:
Glad to see you are out and about. It looks pretty good to me. What little camera would that be?

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on May 05, 2020, 05:15:56 am
I finally got out with the little camera a couple of days ago.
Try this:

Really mysterious and also pleasant at the same time!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 05, 2020, 05:37:19 pm
Thanks, John and Francois.

My little camera is a Canon G5X, and almost pocket camera.
I'm not strong enough yet to carry the Big camera yet. It's a Sony RX10 Mark 3.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 05, 2020, 09:51:13 pm
Thanks, John and Francois.

My little camera is a Canon G5X, and almost pocket camera.
I'm not strong enough yet to carry the Big camera yet. It's a Sony RX10 Mark 3.
So would that be the same as my G1X but the fifth version? Mine won't focus closer than four feet, otherwise it is fine camera with an almost crop size sensor.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 06, 2020, 05:48:59 pm
This one really stood out and called my name. How could I resist.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-sNNGSqN/0/989ad107/L/May%201-%202020%20Walk_1013%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 07, 2020, 08:44:36 am
And it planted your name in the lower right corner.   ;)

My G5X won't focus closer than about four feet in its "normal" mode, but it also has a "Macro" setting that is excruciatingly difficult to turn on or off. I often get "interesting" effects when I forget which way I have it set.


Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on May 07, 2020, 09:09:23 am
And it planted your name in the lower right corner.   ;)

My G5X won't focus closer than about four feet in its "normal" mode, but it also has a "Macro" setting that is excruciatingly difficult to turn on or off. I often get "interesting" effects when I forget which way I have it set.


Is that a sort of stream of consciousness photography, Eric?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 07, 2020, 10:25:35 am

Is that a sort of stream of consciousness photography, Eric?
Of course.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 07, 2020, 01:29:44 pm
Of course.
It's a horse of course. Could be worse. Maybe a curse. Enough already. I do my best photography when I have been out for a while, if that helps. This previous dark blue and shadow image is quickly becoming one my favourites. Closer to becoming a true abstract. I thought it was called non-representational imagery.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-3JJ6rwC/0/f04c5ae7/M/JMR_3021%20copy3-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 07, 2020, 05:36:07 pm
Would it be just as abstract upside down?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on May 08, 2020, 08:27:30 am
Beautiful rainbow bright colors…
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 08, 2020, 01:14:46 pm
Beautiful rainbow bright colors…
Thanks Francois. Once you get hooked on rainbows, it's hard to let them go or stop playing
with them. I turned this one right side up just for Eric and Rob. I don't want any confusion
about my random, stream-of consciousness abstracts ;)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-2dJ9fgz/0/04e2732a/M/JMR_3019%20mirrorcrop3-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 09, 2020, 12:14:42 pm
That's very nice.
.ecin yrev s'tahT
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on May 09, 2020, 12:51:57 pm
I finally got out with the little camera a couple of days ago.
Try this:


Lovely picture.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: RSL on May 09, 2020, 02:40:55 pm
It's a good one, John.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 14, 2020, 06:11:27 pm
A little space with structure.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-cQDc6Tz/0/5ba094f0/M/May%201-%202020%20Walk_0993%20bwcopy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 15, 2020, 11:11:16 am
It would work well in an abecedarian series of photos. Got any other letters?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 15, 2020, 02:19:03 pm
Is it abecedarian (had to look that up)? No, it's a simple abstract brought to you by a structure, low sun and a guy with a camera.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-L8XXwMD/0/be3b9311/M/JMR_3208%20copy3-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: RSL on May 15, 2020, 02:49:52 pm
Another good one, John.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: bobfriedman on May 15, 2020, 10:12:20 pm
Nikon D2x ,Nikkor 200mm f/4D ED-IF AF Micro
1s f/8.0 at 200.0mm iso100 with Flash
(https://pbase.com/bobfriedman/image/66238080/original.jpg/)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 16, 2020, 02:11:02 am
Nikon D2x ,Nikkor 200mm f/4D ED-IF AF Micro
1s f/8.0 at 200.0mm iso100 with Flash
Lovely. I am wondering if it was necessary to use your [flash] and was that just your preference?

JR
[edit 'flash' inserted]
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: bobfriedman on May 16, 2020, 06:36:20 am
Lovely. I am wondering if it was necessary to use your and was that just your preference?

I think I missing something in your question?  flash??
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 16, 2020, 01:52:54 pm
I think I missing something in your question?  flash??
Yes. Sorry I left out the word Flash. Wow! A 200mm macro, now that's a great lens for creating bokeh.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 18, 2020, 12:07:40 am
Not a true abstract, but certainly an abstraction of sorts.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-QfG36fG/0/563ff924/L/JMR_3327%20crophalf-bwcopy2-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: MattBurt on May 19, 2020, 01:23:19 am
Not sure about this one either as far as qualifying. But maybe...
(https://live.staticflickr.com/4635/39181840721_ec89e160a8_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/22GnbaX)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 19, 2020, 03:26:40 am
Not sure about this one either as far as qualifying. But maybe...
It's great. Next time you make so many pancakes, how about inviting us over? Those trapped bubbles look really eerie in bw. Nothing that a little syrup won't fix.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 19, 2020, 09:52:36 am
Not sure about this one either as far as qualifying. But maybe...
(https://live.staticflickr.com/4635/39181840721_ec89e160a8_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/22GnbaX)
I love it!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: RSL on May 19, 2020, 10:27:01 am
+1
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 20, 2020, 07:26:33 pm
Something a little more abstract.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-cVXrxQ9/0/a2f9fc6f/M/May%204-%202020%20St%20Johns_0022%20copy4-1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-F9JVz69/0/0a812c92/M/May%205-%202020%20Walk_0119%20bwcopy2-1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Kern on May 20, 2020, 09:28:32 pm
Detail of painted Amerindian ceramic pot.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49913032823_3157ba691c_c_d.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 21, 2020, 08:51:13 am
Nice one, Chris.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: RSL on May 21, 2020, 09:03:30 am
+1
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Kern on May 21, 2020, 09:16:27 am
Thank you, gentle men.

I needed a new project that was suitable for my confinement under house arrest during the pandemic, so I found a used macro lens for my Fuji X-T3 on the website of one of the New York retailers and have been happily experimenting with focus-stacking for the last couple of weeks.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 22, 2020, 12:13:43 am
Thank you, gentle men.

I needed a new project that was suitable for my confinement under house arrest during the pandemic, so I found a used macro lens for my Fuji X-T3 on the website of one of the New York retailers and have been happily experimenting with focus-stacking for the last couple of weeks.
It's very sharp and rich in colour. I was wondering how you did this. But you gave the answer - photostacking. I gave up on that and Photoshop.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on May 22, 2020, 01:27:42 pm
..

(https://armandtanase.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p3899572291-4.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: David Eckels on May 22, 2020, 01:35:40 pm
Some terrific new additions! Here's one from me, too.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 22, 2020, 08:03:26 pm
Nice one, David.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: David Eckels on May 23, 2020, 10:16:24 am
Nice one, David.
Thanks, Eric.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 23, 2020, 12:05:22 pm
Eavesdroppers.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-6KGN7gg/0/ab673f9b/L/May%2021-%202020%20Etobicoke%20Creek%20walk_0137%20bwcopy2-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: drmike on May 23, 2020, 12:09:49 pm
That's very effective indeed. Nice conversion.

If it was a solid blue sky I'd have thought colour could work too - but then I like pure blue skies :)

Mike
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Kern on May 23, 2020, 12:59:53 pm
Through a Glass Darkly

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49926318793_85d303dcde_b_d.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 23, 2020, 03:24:27 pm
And one from me:
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 23, 2020, 09:08:09 pm
That's very effective indeed. Nice conversion.

If it was a solid blue sky I'd have thought colour could work too - but then I like pure blue skies :)

Mike

Through a Glass Darkly

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49926318793_85d303dcde_b_d.jpg)
Thanks Mike and Chris. To my eye it has more impact in BW. These sometimes come across as dark and foreboding, I think, because of the overarching limb-like shapes of the lamps, which can be suggestive. Of course Chris made me look up the reference to 'Through a Glass Darkly." I knew the phrase, but now know where it came from. Love it.

JR



Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 24, 2020, 05:49:15 am
And one from me:
It does remind of a nest and eggs. My good bw's are few, but you seem to have it down pat.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 24, 2020, 05:52:48 am
Into the vortex, if you dare. I stole it from the old Time Tunnel series.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-txq6vDP/0/67860dd8/L/JMR_4318%20copy2-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 24, 2020, 08:32:59 am
Ooh, Neat!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on May 25, 2020, 11:19:06 am
Neptune's trash:

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 25, 2020, 12:27:02 pm
Well I guess it's time to join Neptune's trash. Maybe with the tines of his fork?

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-Nw9w9dn/0/c3c21cce/M/JMR_4320%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Kern on May 25, 2020, 01:20:08 pm
A Gentle Breeze

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49935341682_2177cbbb03_c_d.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 25, 2020, 02:12:50 pm
Well I guess it's time to join Neptune's trash. Maybe with the tines of his fork?

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-Nw9w9dn/0/c3c21cce/M/JMR_4320%20copy1000-M.jpg)
Thank you Chris. BTW, this image is the same subject as the vortex image.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 25, 2020, 02:30:26 pm
A Gentle Breeze

I see you are trying multiple exposures. For a different look, try to shift the positions while maintaining the same axis point. So the image will rotate and shift ever so slightly without moving sideways or up and down.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Kern on May 25, 2020, 05:56:38 pm
A Gentle Breeze

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49935341682_2177cbbb03_w_d.jpg)

I see you are trying multiple exposures. For a different look, try to shift the positions while maintaining the same axis point. So the image will rotate and shift ever so slightly without moving sideways or up and down.

Full disclosure: I wasn't intentionally trying to produce a multiple-exposure image.  I've been experimenting with focus stacking for a couple of weeks using a recently-acquired macro lens.  I wanted to see if I could make a hand-held outdoor shot by cranking out ten fast frames, and still stack them correctly.  I was curious whether the dedicated focus-stacking program I've been using (Helicon Focus) could align the frames properly under such trying circumstances.  I waited until the air seemed still before pressing the shutter button, but there was still enough breeze to cause enough movement to confuse the software.

It was just a test.  However, I liked the effect and my wife gave it her seal of approval, as well, so I decided to post it.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Rob C on May 27, 2020, 03:43:32 am
Full disclosure: I wasn't intentionally trying to produce a multiple-exposure image.  I've been experimenting with focus stacking for a couple of weeks using a recently-acquired macro lens.  I wanted to see if I could make a hand-held outdoor shot by cranking out ten fast frames, and still stack them correctly.  I was curious whether the dedicated focus-stacking program I've been using (Helicon Focus) could align the frames properly under such trying circumstances.  I waited until the air seemed still before pressing the shutter button, but there was still enough breeze to cause enough movement to confuse the software.

It was just a test.  However, I liked the effect and my wife gave it her seal of approval, as well, so I decided to post it.

Like the tree scenes in Predator.

;-)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 27, 2020, 08:43:49 am
The abstracts march on...

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-qgCDBn3/0/db5fd203/L/JMR_3619%20copy3-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: RSL on May 27, 2020, 09:48:13 am
Good one, John.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 27, 2020, 10:21:26 am
Yes it is.
You do more with less material than anyone else here, IMHO.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 28, 2020, 05:25:11 pm
Good one, John.

Yes it is.
You do more with less material than anyone else here, IMHO.
Thank you Russ. And Eric, I guess I am having fun. No point if you can't enjoy it.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on May 31, 2020, 07:13:46 am
…You do more with less material than anyone else here, IMHO.

I agree 100% with Eric's comment!
Bravo.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Kern on June 09, 2020, 02:32:25 pm
Vortex

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49988359528_ca46d72af8_b_d.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on June 09, 2020, 05:12:55 pm
I love it!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 10, 2020, 10:30:42 pm
I love it!
It does have vibrant glow which comes to life in bw.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 10, 2020, 10:36:40 pm
When I was photographing in April and May, the light seemed perfect for these kinds of shots. Now that summer is almost here, the sun is higher in the sky and the shadows longer. The light just doesn't strike or appeal to me in the same way. Perhaps I will wait for later in the day, or rise very early.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-2BtnDqJ/0/e318129d/M/May%2020-%202020%20Walk_0008%20bwcopy1000-M.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-T3WKZQh/0/2e4671b3/M/JMR_3504%20bwcopy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on June 14, 2020, 10:50:25 am
on the water


(https://armandtanase.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p3909776408-5.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 14, 2020, 12:40:13 pm
Life squared @ 3200 ISO.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-t5kLNH7/0/d0735042/M/JMR_6081%20cropcopy1000-M.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: RSL on June 14, 2020, 12:46:11 pm
See. When you shoot with a camera and lens that are working properly you get results like this. I've got one very similar, John. Guess I'll have to dig and see if I can find it. I never thought of it as an abstract, but if you guys are sure it is, I'll cave and agree with you.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 14, 2020, 02:42:19 pm
See. When you shoot with a camera and lens that are working properly you get results like this. I've got one very similar, John. Guess I'll have to dig and see if I can find it. I never thought of it as an abstract, but if you guys are sure it is, I'll cave and agree with you.
But I thought we agreed that in realm of photography these constitute abstracts, as long we acknowledge they are not true abstracts as in other arts. Every photographic site I know calls these abstracts. Slobadan's entries were architecture abstracts entered into an abstract catergory. See here:

https://www.thespiderawards.com/gallery/14th/amateur/abstract

Doesn't matter Russ, I would live to see anything you have that is 'kind of abstract.' Maybe you have any eye for it.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: RSL on June 14, 2020, 03:08:37 pm
Okay, John. Here are two. I've posted them on LuLa before. I'd guess they come as close to abstract as anything I normally shoot. The woman with the cat is real street. The hallway isn't. I'm sure that if I spend some time with my catalog I'll find more that might fall into the abstract category. But that's not the kind of thing I normally do.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Kern on June 14, 2020, 10:15:05 pm
Life squared @ 3200 ISO.

Hmmm.  I have one of those:

View from My Chair

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/33539241826_ace148a977_b_d.jpg)

Frankly, I'd have trouble claiming this to be abstract, even by my rather generous definition of the term as it relates to photography.  It is, quite literally, a view from my favorite chair.  The next one, maybe.  Although it's also an unmanipulated photograph―pretty much straight out of the camera except for some unexceptional post-processing.

Window Treatment

(https://live.staticflickr.com/1850/43737834465_12953615af_b_d.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: RSL on June 15, 2020, 08:14:06 am
But I thought we agreed that in realm of photography these constitute abstracts, as long we acknowledge they are not true abstracts as in other arts. Every photographic site I know calls these abstracts. Slobadan's entries were architecture abstracts entered into an abstract catergory.
JR

Hi John, The more I think about it the more I'd be inclined to call my own "abstracts" "surrealism." There is, of course, a distinct difference.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: James Clark on June 15, 2020, 10:55:26 am
Okay, John. Here are two. I've posted them on LuLa before. I'd guess they come as close to abstract as anything I normally shoot. The woman with the cat is real street. The hallway isn't. I'm sure that if I spend some time with my catalog I'll find more that might fall into the abstract category. But that's not the kind of thing I normally do.

I'd say those qualify. :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: James Clark on June 15, 2020, 12:05:57 pm
But I thought we agreed that in realm of photography these constitute abstracts, as long we acknowledge they are not true abstracts as in other arts. Every photographic site I know calls these abstracts. Slobadan's entries were architecture abstracts entered into an abstract catergory. See here:

https://www.thespiderawards.com/gallery/14th/amateur/abstract

Doesn't matter Russ, I would live to see anything you have that is 'kind of abstract.' Maybe you have any eye for it.

JR

Lula is generally well-represented in the Spider Awards, for whatever reason :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 15, 2020, 09:00:35 pm
Hi John, The more I think about it the more I'd be inclined to call my own "abstracts" "surrealism." There is, of course, a distinct difference.
Well, if you are trying to juxtapose elements within a scene and lead the viewer to see it as "surreal', or painterly, or as impressionist, or as objects, or shapes, or as light or combination of them, rather than as how we normally see or regard such scenes, then I would say that is a kind of abstract. There you have succeeded.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 15, 2020, 09:25:09 pm
Hmmm.  I have one of those:

View from My Chair

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/33539241826_ace148a977_b_d.jpg)

Frankly, I'd have trouble claiming this to be abstract, even by my rather generous definition of the term as it relates to photography.  It is, quite literally, a view from my favorite chair.  The next one, maybe.  Although it's also an unmanipulated photograph―pretty much straight out of the camera except for some unexceptional post-processing.

Window Treatment

(https://live.staticflickr.com/1850/43737834465_12953615af_b_d.jpg)
Chris they are very nice images. I particularly like the view from the chair. However, I see the window image as an abstract, but not the view from the chair. Why, because to me the image shows a straight forward image of your rooms in the house as rooms with art. If your focus was on the corners of the room, or the shapes of the windows or how they created lights or shapes, then I would agree they are abstract. The view from the window isolates part of the tower and makes us see it, not as windows, but as shapes, tones lines and colours, even though we may recognize the true subject. The other possibility, as Russ suggested, is to depict the subject, in a surreal or other worldly manner.

We accept anything abstract or semi-abstract in the thread anyway. So post away, please!

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Kern on June 15, 2020, 09:42:16 pm
We accept anything abstract or semi-abstract in the thread anyway. So post away, please!

OK, challenge accepted.  What about these?

Shaded Window

(https://live.staticflickr.com/1930/43441380210_cbae68ffd4_c_d.jpg)


Hibiscus

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/40323722550_01d8ebb5cd_c_d.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 16, 2020, 12:57:17 am
OK, challenge accepted.  What about these?

[...]
Once again very nice work. Like the subtlety of the underlying "other world." Abstract, yes as we are forced to see the world in another way. Like an illusion. The flower is superb but so recognizable that we see a close up of a flower.

Doesn't matter Chris, I am not the arbiter what is abstract or semi-abstract, just giving my opinion because you asked.

JR                                   
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 16, 2020, 01:08:31 am
A little soft due to very high ISO and being handheld. For me the focus is on the pattern and the contrast between the blue and orange-yellow movement of the colours.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-5M8BPPP/0/f4ea07ed/L/JMR_6507-cropcopy1-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: RSL on June 16, 2020, 10:16:00 am
Yeah. I like that one. Strikes me as a flow of colors down a drain to the left.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Kern on June 16, 2020, 10:25:16 am
For me the focus is on the pattern and the contrast between the blue and orange-yellow movement of the colours.

This, I think, is genuinely abstract, even by the standard I would apply to painting.  Well done.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 16, 2020, 12:57:26 pm
Yeah. I like that one. Strikes me as a flow of colors down a drain to the left.
Well you got it right, Russ. It is small rapids flowing over a rock looking like a drain motion as it moves over the rock. The yellow-orange comes from a ridge reflecting evening light onto the rapids. Thanks again.

This, I think, is genuinely abstract, even by the standard I would apply to painting.  Well done.
Thanks Chris. I chose that image because I knew it was closer to a "true" abstract. I had a great day on my walk, but sure wish I had brought the tripod. In this one, the underlying subject is more obvious but still has an abstract quality, I think.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-2jrH9nc/0/6997bb8f/L/JMR_6500-copy2-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on June 16, 2020, 01:23:09 pm
This, I think, is genuinely abstract, even by the standard I would apply to painting.  Well done.
I agree. And very nice.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: fdisilvestro on June 17, 2020, 12:03:12 am
Beyond the room

(https://pro2-bar-s3-cdn-cf6.myportfolio.com/e3e9ca86-5054-40e2-977b-31d60725e26a/04f3d589-6efe-4048-9b5a-b90cd9905e75_rw_1920.jpg?)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on June 17, 2020, 10:05:13 am
Ghostly! I like it!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on June 17, 2020, 11:59:18 am

In this one, the underlying subject is more obvious but still has an abstract quality, I think.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-2jrH9nc/0/6997bb8f/L/JMR_6500-copy2-1000-L.jpg)
[/quote]

Whatever you label it, this one really strikes my fancy. Well done, John.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on June 17, 2020, 12:01:18 pm
Beyond the room

(https://pro2-bar-s3-cdn-cf6.myportfolio.com/e3e9ca86-5054-40e2-977b-31d60725e26a/04f3d589-6efe-4048-9b5a-b90cd9905e75_rw_1920.jpg?)

Simply excellent, Francisco. A standout.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: RSL on June 17, 2020, 12:25:31 pm
+1
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Post by: armand on June 17, 2020, 01:07:32 pm
Simply excellent, Francisco. A standout.

+1
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Post by: fdisilvestro on June 17, 2020, 05:20:42 pm
Simply excellent, Francisco. A standout.

Thanks so much Arlen!
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Post by: fdisilvestro on June 17, 2020, 05:21:47 pm
Thanks for your comments Eric, Russ & Armand
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Post by: John R on June 17, 2020, 08:28:01 pm
Simply excellent, Francisco. A standout.
Yes, I agree. I really like the play of low light with the darkness.

JR
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Post by: John R on June 18, 2020, 04:02:32 am
A few dabs of blue will do you.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-wfV9P4F/0/cbf4592d/L/une%2015-%202020%20Lambton%20woods_0172%20copy1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: RSL on June 18, 2020, 08:15:29 am
Good stuff, John.
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Post by: KLaban on June 18, 2020, 10:50:14 am
Beyond the room

Wonderful.
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Post by: fdisilvestro on June 18, 2020, 06:21:30 pm
Keith, John, thanks for your comments!
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Post by: PeterAit on June 19, 2020, 09:36:57 am
A simple photo of a boat's wake on a lake.

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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on June 19, 2020, 10:51:55 am
Elegant.
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Post by: John R on July 04, 2020, 12:45:15 am
Was allowed to visit my mother at the Lodge and while waiting I photographed this nearby building at a College Campus with my point and shoot.

The white wants to explore, but the black says, not so far.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-7MngQSJ/0/66237dac/L/IMG_0042%20copy2-1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: John R on July 08, 2020, 03:46:45 pm
Tip toeing...

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-4SXgBgL/0/06e618ea/L/JMR_8156%20copy2-1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: Peter McLennan on July 08, 2020, 06:27:39 pm
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/B0w85Qkl1IYr9woO2qpTW1Ti5_tKJX4qW-m2FxXKM-smgaKdbfOWeca1B7uCC0Fuv2J7MSjhqXRhx0gBsQCQXkACWi2JVImaNHcxbE7LlLb4SHp65twXdGTidk2oC9DvyLwz4WHzlQ=w2400)

A little too complex for my taste, but what the heck.  I haven't posted to my favourite topic for a while. :)
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Post by: RSL on July 08, 2020, 07:31:58 pm
Definitely abstract, Peter. I like it.
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 08, 2020, 11:19:09 pm
Definitely abstract, Peter. I like it.
Me too.
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Post by: John R on July 13, 2020, 01:14:46 pm
Golden light.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-Tqpcg37/0/b3bcc763/L/JMR_8378%20copy1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: John R on July 15, 2020, 10:24:11 am
Believe it or not, both found along a river walk.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-z22cgTG/0/4bb4faf4/L/JMR_8479%20copy1000-L.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-q87d8Mz/0/4be0c696/L/JMR_8616%20copy1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 15, 2020, 11:14:08 am
Of these last three, I can imagine what the actual scene looked like in the first two, but the third has no obvious connection with "reality" that my mind can conjure. SO it's the most "abstract" of the three and my personal favorite.
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Post by: John R on July 15, 2020, 01:08:40 pm
Of these last three, I can imagine what the actual scene looked like in the first two, but the third has no obvious connection with "reality" that my mind can conjure. SO it's the most "abstract" of the three and my personal favorite.
Thanks Eric. Along the river they created garden plots with little fences. The fences were actually horizontally mounted wires covered in rainbow ribbons. And that's what I shot as I panned the camera. It was amusing watching the passersby wondering what I was doing!

JR
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 15, 2020, 06:30:51 pm
"There goes that crazy John, who can't even hand-hold his camera steady."    :D
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Post by: armand on July 15, 2020, 07:55:30 pm
..

(https://armandtanase.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p3931888099-5.jpg)
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Post by: John R on July 15, 2020, 11:33:45 pm
..

Four layers of shimmering light. The feeling of reflecting and bouncing light as the waves move is very nice Armand. An association with summer and water for sure.

JR
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Post by: francois on July 16, 2020, 05:45:33 am
..


Superb. For me it's either summer and the beach or Christmas with all the lights!
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Post by: John R on July 16, 2020, 04:41:47 pm
Experimenting...

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-kLHrBQP/0/b88b14dd/L/JMR_8922%20copy1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: RSL on July 16, 2020, 07:35:46 pm
A successful experiment, John.
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Post by: armand on July 16, 2020, 09:27:46 pm
Thank you John and Francois!
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Post by: John R on July 17, 2020, 04:31:53 pm
Undulating waters.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-RmsnVwR/0/5efb4e7c/L/JMR_8703%20copy1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 18, 2020, 08:39:44 am
Very nice, as usual.
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Post by: David Eckels on July 18, 2020, 01:38:40 pm
Chaos
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 19, 2020, 09:42:00 am
Excellent, David.
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Post by: RSL on July 19, 2020, 10:10:58 am
+1
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Post by: KLaban on July 22, 2020, 05:44:16 am
A few dabs of blue will do you.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-wfV9P4F/0/cbf4592d/L/une%2015-%202020%20Lambton%20woods_0172%20copy1000-L.jpg)

I missed this one. Excellent, very painterly.

Speaking of painters, where has Peter Fiore gone? I seem to remember he had issues with the political discussions here on LuLa. Here's hoping it is just that and that everything is well with Peter and his family.
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Post by: John R on July 25, 2020, 02:09:08 pm
Thanks Keith. I am sure Peter is busy.

JR
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Post by: John R on July 25, 2020, 02:10:50 pm
We're off to who knows where...

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-FFdFvwP/0/c8e3f276/L/JMR_9780%20copy1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: RSL on July 25, 2020, 02:26:10 pm
Good one, John.
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Post by: John R on July 25, 2020, 02:47:47 pm
Thanks Russ. One more and I think I will retire for awhile...so hot outside.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-LKwZvQT/0/bcab17d3/L/IMG_0003%20copy1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: RSL on July 25, 2020, 03:07:50 pm
Another good one. Yes. Tell me about hot. I go out in the morning as close to first light as I can get out there, and by the time I get to the bottom of the porch steps I'm sweating. By the time I get to the golf course, which is my stopping point about three quarters of a mile down the river the sweat's rolling off my face and I'm drenched. But if I can come back with even one good picture it's all worth it. (I also need the exercise, and with the lockdown it's about the only way I'm going to get it.)
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Post by: John R on July 30, 2020, 02:10:46 am
A little more mysterious.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-dkJ2W53/0/f1cca08f/L/JMR_0159%20copy2-1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 30, 2020, 10:47:03 am
A little more mysterious.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-dkJ2W53/0/f1cca08f/L/JMR_0159%20copy2-1000-L.jpg)
Very fine.
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Post by: John R on July 30, 2020, 09:02:40 pm
Very fine.
Thanks Eric. They are in facts roots. Uncanny that we both posted roots.

JR
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Post by: RSL on July 31, 2020, 10:16:39 am
In the River
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 31, 2020, 11:00:06 am
Russ,
I was about to write that this would look good in Abstracts, and then I noticed that that was where I was (blush).

I like it a lot.
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Post by: David Eckels on July 31, 2020, 11:20:25 am
Another nice one, Russ. If you flipped it vertically, you could really mess with our heads!
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Post by: KLaban on July 31, 2020, 12:19:07 pm
In the River

Who needs oils?
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Post by: John R on July 31, 2020, 01:24:46 pm
Another nice one, Russ. If you flipped it vertically, you could really mess with our heads!
He is just trying turn us upside down!

JR
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Post by: RSL on July 31, 2020, 02:51:32 pm
Who needs oils?

Interesting, Keith. After I got home, dried out, and brought this up on my computer I had a similar thought. I thought what I was looking at was about as close to a real abstract as you could get with a camera, and that to do better you'd need a brush and a canvas. A slight disturbance in the water was what brought the scene as close to a real abstract as it is.
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Post by: James Clark on August 03, 2020, 09:16:55 pm
Yachts!
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Post by: Arlen on August 03, 2020, 09:24:29 pm
Lots of yachts! And very interesting.
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Post by: John R on August 03, 2020, 10:51:53 pm
Lots of yachts! And very interesting.
Interesting yes! But you shouldn't have told us what it is. It's a good abstract.

JR
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Post by: John R on August 04, 2020, 09:25:20 am
Serene green.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-PhXJr5R/0/1528a5c9/L/JMR_8175%20copy1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: Arlen on August 05, 2020, 11:11:40 pm
Top to Bottom


   (https://pbase.com/art1/image/170928277/original.jpg)


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Post by: John R on August 06, 2020, 09:27:01 pm
Top to Bottom
Quite surreal and abstract. Moving water with dapples of light? It moves the eye as if flowing.

JR
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Post by: Chris Calohan on August 06, 2020, 11:48:27 pm
Squirrely
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Post by: RSL on August 07, 2020, 10:00:53 am
Very good, Chris. Again, about as close as you can get to a real abstract with a camera.
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Post by: James Clark on August 07, 2020, 10:15:18 am
Top to Bottom


   (https://pbase.com/art1/image/170928277/original.jpg)

Love this.. but there's a filter applied right?  Topaz impression or something similar maybe? 
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Post by: Arlen on August 07, 2020, 05:32:42 pm
John, you hit the nail on the head. The water was crystal clear and the bottom was a patchwork of black volcanic rock and algae. James, yes there was additional processing employed until I came up with something I liked.
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Post by: John R on August 07, 2020, 05:56:35 pm
Also from water movement. But unfortunately I was not able to paint mine as nice as Arlen's.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-t7HRfDT/0/4769dded/L/JMR_0556%20copy1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: Arlen on August 07, 2020, 07:32:40 pm
You paint with your camera movements, and within its menus. With nearly always superlative results, like this last one, as far as I can tell.
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Post by: John R on August 08, 2020, 11:21:43 am
You paint with your camera movements, and within its menus. With nearly always superlative results, like this last one, as far as I can tell.
Thanks Arlen. The last blue image is just undulating water and reflections, probably of sky and clouds. These two are patterns created by foam running from waterfall, resting and coalescing on the shore of a stream. That was natural colour with a little contrast added to heighten the contrast. You can even see a little blue and yellow.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-CLCRnKk/0/5ad1b73a/L/JMR_0577%20copy1000b-L.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-Zzc3B7N/0/f816d7d9/L/JMR_0585%20copy1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: PeterAit on August 08, 2020, 11:53:45 am
From my "hanging around the house" series.
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Post by: Arlen on August 08, 2020, 07:52:10 pm
These two are patterns created by foam running from waterfall, resting and coalescing on the shore of a stream. That was natural colour with a little contrast added to heighten the contrast. You can even see a little blue and yellow.

JR


They are both enchanting, and that near-black-and-white-but-not-quite look suits them well. I'm having a hard time deciding which one I like best.
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Post by: Arlen on August 08, 2020, 08:00:05 pm
From my "hanging around the house" series.

It is quite mysterious. Whatever it is, I think it needs a tourniquet.
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Post by: John R on August 09, 2020, 07:40:19 am
Fleeting movements.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-TxLKkcD/0/69ef7d3d/L/JMR_0607%20sharpcopy1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: langier on August 09, 2020, 12:38:57 pm
The Dancing Waters of Burano:
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Post by: John R on August 09, 2020, 05:22:19 pm
And they are all really fine Larry. So much colour!!

JR
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 09, 2020, 07:16:25 pm
Lovely water abstracts, guys.
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Post by: langier on August 10, 2020, 10:28:40 am
Thanks, JR! You're the master of the abstract, IMHO!
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Post by: armand on August 10, 2020, 06:49:52 pm
..


(https://armandtanase.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p3952270144-5.jpg)
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Post by: John R on August 13, 2020, 06:34:54 pm
Echoes...

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-LgGzrV7/0/e0ce3681/L/JMR_0759%20copy1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 14, 2020, 11:38:48 am
Nice.
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Post by: John R on August 14, 2020, 07:56:31 pm
Nice.
Thank Eric...Eric... what more echoes?
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Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on August 15, 2020, 10:23:04 am
A rainy day abstract:
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Post by: RSL on August 15, 2020, 10:32:35 am
Good seeing, Slobodan.
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Post by: Arlen on August 16, 2020, 02:32:58 am
Refraction

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Post by: John R on August 16, 2020, 09:48:51 am
Refraction
Yes! From a cursory look at small level, I thought it was a leaping leopard with frost filter. A visual symbiotic relationship between environment, fish, water and colour. Wonderful.

JR
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 16, 2020, 10:50:09 am
Wild and wonderful.
I also saw the leopard and wondered if it was about to leap out of the water to attack the photographer.
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Post by: John R on August 16, 2020, 06:56:52 pm
The skies must have a foil.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Guelph/i-j94xJhT/0/6f03a826/L/Aug%2012-2020%20Guelph%20Arboretum_0448%20bwcopy1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: Arlen on August 16, 2020, 11:14:03 pm
Thanks, John and Eric. And you guys are not the only ones who have seen a leopard in that picture. But I guess knowing what it was kept me from recognizing that possibility.
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Post by: Arlen on August 16, 2020, 11:15:37 pm
The skies must have a foil.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Guelph/i-j94xJhT/0/6f03a826/L/Aug%2012-2020%20Guelph%20Arboretum_0448%20bwcopy1000-L.jpg)

I love it when dramatic clouds and good foils come together.
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Post by: PeterAit on September 03, 2020, 05:16:00 pm
Somewhere in Alaska
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 03, 2020, 07:55:13 pm
Charming.
Your champagne glass before you drank it?   ;)
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Post by: armand on September 03, 2020, 09:00:33 pm
Weathered

(https://armandtanase.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p3952273067-4.jpg)


(https://armandtanase.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p3952273078-5.jpg)
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Post by: PeterAit on September 04, 2020, 10:36:46 am
Weathered


Great textures and colors! The sort of thing that would catch me eye.
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 04, 2020, 07:24:01 pm
Great textures and colors! The sort of thing that would catch me eye.
+1.
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Post by: RSL on September 04, 2020, 07:43:18 pm
Good shooting, Armand.
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Post by: armand on September 04, 2020, 11:40:21 pm
Thank you Peter, Eric and Russ!
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Post by: John R on September 05, 2020, 11:46:49 pm
Admit it Armand you painted that, latch and all. Then  you dried it up and scraped it until it looked just so. Right? I especially like the latch image.

JR
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Post by: John R on September 06, 2020, 12:03:36 am
From last night's walk to the grocer.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-rpLv3Gs/0/ccfa0269/L/IMG_0004%20Sept%205-20%20walk-1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: Chris Calohan on September 06, 2020, 09:00:26 am
This one took a first place in a local Photo Competition in the Abstract division. Whoopie for me but I'm a hundred clams richer.

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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 06, 2020, 07:39:02 pm
Nice one, Chris.
Congratulations!
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Post by: Arlen on September 07, 2020, 12:50:47 am
Metolius Mirage


  (https://pbase.com/art1/image/171017355/original.jpg)

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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 07, 2020, 02:32:45 pm
Good one. Wants a big print.
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Post by: RSL on September 07, 2020, 03:07:34 pm
Arlen’s shot is lovely. Chris’s shot is beautiful. And it looks as if John finally cleaned the Vaseline off his lens.
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 07, 2020, 11:06:47 pm
Arlen’s shot is lovely. Chris’s shot is beautiful. And it looks as if John finally cleaned the Vaseline off his lens.
True. But I'm sure John has a lifetime supply of Vaseline.
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Post by: Arlen on September 08, 2020, 12:46:58 am
Thanks guys, I appreciate the feedback. I do plan to see what it looks like in print.
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Post by: John R on September 08, 2020, 06:19:13 pm
Good one. Wants a big print.
These images always make me think about how much blur is acceptable before it gets too muddy. From a distance it has more painterly quality, so I think Eric is right. The pattern of colour and touch of blue balance beautifully.

JR
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Post by: John R on September 08, 2020, 06:36:12 pm
True. But I'm sure John has a lifetime supply of Vaseline.
If Russ would only walk a little on the 'dark side', then things would all fall in place. I have laid out this path if you dare.
(Secret sauce: Glasses for straight images; no glasses for ICM. Watch out for "Alice in wonderland rabbit holes 8))

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Etobicoke-Valley/i-kX3bLT9/0/86b5f55c/L/JMR_1932%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on September 08, 2020, 06:40:26 pm
These images always make me think about how much blur is acceptable before it gets too muddy. From a distance it has more painterly quality, so I think Eric is right. The pattern of colour and touch of blue balance beautifully.

JR

Hey, at least I didn't use any vaseline.  ;D

But actually, since yesterday I had already decided that it might be a tad too soft, and have added just a slight touch of texture to it.
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 09, 2020, 12:15:02 pm
My cameras tend to see like Russ, but my own eyes these days tend to see like John's ICM photos.   :(
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Post by: John R on September 09, 2020, 03:46:40 pm
The flow of blue and pink.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-zHwHnHG/0/4ab6d4a9/L/IMG_0007%20copy1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: Patricia Sheley on September 11, 2020, 01:25:08 am
~Lumine
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Post by: JNB_Rare on September 11, 2020, 08:16:17 am
The light in my garden.

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Post by: KLaban on September 11, 2020, 08:29:05 am
The light in my garden.

Lovely.
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Post by: John R on September 11, 2020, 08:10:31 pm
Lovely.
Yes. This is also Lumine.

JR
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 12, 2020, 10:15:54 am
Very fine shots, John, Patricia, and JNB.
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Post by: John R on September 12, 2020, 01:07:31 pm
I have been a little knotty lately. See for yourself.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-bhtX8BP/0/32f0023e/L/JMR_2152%20copy3-1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: RSL on September 12, 2020, 02:32:43 pm
The flow of blue and pink.

JR

Missed it at first, John. Very nice.
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Post by: Arlen on September 13, 2020, 05:30:44 pm
The light in my garden.

Very nice indeed.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on September 13, 2020, 05:34:24 pm
The flow of blue and pink.

JR

Missed it at first, John. Very nice.

Me, too. The interplay of lines and colors is very appealing.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 14, 2020, 09:32:07 pm
Me, too. The interplay of lines and colors is very appealing.
Thanks Russ and Arlen.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 14, 2020, 09:43:38 pm
Striking a balance with shapes and lines.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-BrmGsBR/0/448da960/L/JMR_2446%20bwcopy2-1000-L.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-PFwScfs/0/3874ca39/L/JMR_2246%20bwcopy1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 14, 2020, 10:22:54 pm
Both good.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 15, 2020, 11:28:15 am
Here's one from me, at last.
Taken this summer, but I have no idea what the actual subject was.
(it was taken on a walk where I shot several Lady Slippers. This is clearly not one of them.)
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Post by: John R on September 15, 2020, 01:00:24 pm
Here's one from me, at last.
Taken this summer, but I have no idea what the actual subject was.
(it was taken on a walk where I shot several Lady Slippers. This is clearly not one of them.)
I think I have an idea of what it is. But it does remind me of jagged, moss covered rocks, something old slowly being reclaimed by the earth. The soft light makes the vertical pattern come out nicely.

JR
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 15, 2020, 04:53:46 pm
Parts of it look to me like the trunk of a fallen tree that someone has taken an axe or a chainsaw to.
I'v got to revisit the places I found lady slippers in June and see if I can find it again,
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Post by: John R on September 15, 2020, 07:11:56 pm
Parts of it look to me like the trunk of a fallen tree that someone has taken an axe or a chainsaw to.
I'v got to revisit the places I found lady slippers in June and see if I can find it again,
Hey, regardless, enjoy the walks. I think I have only seen one lady slipper. I know lots grow in the Niagara Peninsula if you can bear the bugs when they come out.

JR
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Post by: John R on September 15, 2020, 07:36:00 pm
Incongruent. But it fits nicely with the theme of trying to balance all the elements. I can crop this image six ways to Sunday and still come up with a good composition. And I did just that in the field, which is the way I like to work. It expands your horizons, so to speak. I am sure others have their way of 'seeing'.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-sHbrFXv/0/f6bdd164/XL/JMR_2448%20cropcopy-1000-XL.jpg)
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Post by: JNB_Rare on September 16, 2020, 06:50:00 am
Incongruent. But it fits nicely with the theme of trying to balance all the elements. I can crop this image six ways to Sunday and still come up with a good composition. And I did just that in the field, which is the way I like to work. It expands your horizons, so to speak. I am sure others have their way of 'seeing'.

JR

Really good! I enjoy these kind of 'graphic' design images. I tend to frame 'classically' when I'm not really thinking about it. Lately, I've tried to be more open to asymmetry, discord, and tension.
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Post by: francois on September 16, 2020, 06:56:57 am
Incongruent. But it fits nicely with the theme of trying to balance all the elements. I can crop this image six ways to Sunday and still come up with a good composition. And I did just that in the field, which is the way I like to work. It expands your horizons, so to speak. I am sure others have their way of 'seeing'.

JR


Excellent: Patterns, colors and shapes, I like it a lot!
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 16, 2020, 09:55:16 am
Another good one.

My field technique is something like this: I wave the camera around until I see something that might be interesting. Then I just press the "Compose" button.    ;D
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Post by: John R on September 16, 2020, 09:28:59 pm
Really good! I enjoy these kind of 'graphic' design images. I tend to frame 'classically' when I'm not really thinking about it. Lately, I've tried to be more open to asymmetry, discord, and tension.
Of course, the irony is if you want to show those themes in a photograph you have to bring order and structure to them in the photograph.

Another good one.

My field technique is something like this: I wave the camera around until I see something that might be interesting. Then I just press the "Compose" button.    ;D
I have to try that some time Eric. I have to say I sometimes dream of photographing by blinking my eyes in the dream. So perhaps that is what you mean.

Thanks Francois.

JR
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 18, 2020, 08:21:54 pm
I've found my Mystery Abstract.
It is indeed a fallen tree. It looks as if some inexperienced woodsman attempted unsuccessfully to cut the tree down after it was dead but still standing. It eventually fell down of its own accord.

I went for a walk  this afternoon in the nearby woods where I had seen ladyslippers in May. I was out for over an hour, following every trail that I might have gone on that day. I was about to give up, when I finally found it, about 6 feet from where I parked my car!

Here is the original "abstract," so you don't have to go looking for it, and below it is today's image, which I think shows the scene better.

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Post by: John R on September 18, 2020, 09:48:53 pm
I've found my Mystery Abstract.
It is indeed a fallen tree. It looks as if some inexperienced woodsman attempted unsuccessfully to cut the tree down after it was dead but still standing. It eventually fell down of its own accord.

I went for a walk  this afternoon in the nearby woods where I had seen ladyslippers in May. I was out for over an hour, following every trail that I might have gone on that day. I was about to give up, when I finally found it, about 6 feet from where I parked my car!

Here is the original "abstract," so you don't have to go looking for it, and below it is today's image, which I think shows the scene better.
Your abstract was gnawing at me until I finally realized what it reminded me of - pipes of an organ!

JR
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Post by: RSL on September 19, 2020, 08:47:46 am
Good eye, Eric. That's an abstract all right.
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Post by: francois on September 19, 2020, 09:57:44 am
I've found my Mystery Abstract.
It is indeed a fallen tree. It looks as if some inexperienced woodsman attempted unsuccessfully to cut the tree down after it was dead but still standing. It eventually fell down of its own accord.

I went for a walk  this afternoon in the nearby woods where I had seen ladyslippers in May. I was out for over an hour, following every trail that I might have gone on that day. I was about to give up, when I finally found it, about 6 feet from where I parked my car!

Here is the original "abstract," so you don't have to go looking for it, and below it is today's image, which I think shows the scene better.

Excellent stuff, Eric!

In your second shot, are the cutting marks some sort of cannibalism on a human femur?  :D
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 19, 2020, 07:32:11 pm
Thanks guys.

And Francois: I assumed that those grooves were made by a kid who had borrowed his dad's chainsaw. I suspect the chainsaw was to heavy for him to hold it up while cutting all the way through the fallen tree. But maybe it was good enough to work OK on his little sister.   8)
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Post by: John R on September 19, 2020, 10:16:24 pm
On another industrial walk just a few blocks from the house.
(edit: added a third image)

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-c6nJgJJ/0/534dbf04/L/JMR_2814%20copy3-1000-L.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-GNvR7Cc/0/721d88fb/L/JMR_2776%20copy1000-L.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-cDsL9v8/0/16dc528e/L/JMR_2823%20copy1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: RSL on September 20, 2020, 02:54:52 pm
The first of these is especially good, John.
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 20, 2020, 04:00:56 pm
The first of these is especially good, John.
I agree.
(Even though it was taken with your sharp lens.)
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Post by: John R on September 21, 2020, 09:51:29 am
Thanks Russ and Eric. But if you don't knock it off I will set my giant pet spider on you guys ;)

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-r6p22rH/0/cdbb0905/L/JMR_2731%20copy1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 21, 2020, 01:15:25 pm
That one is superb. And I have no idea how you did it.
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Post by: John R on September 22, 2020, 10:44:44 am
Thanks Eric. Here is one taken as I walked toward an underpass. i could not pass up this strong graphic look of shadow, light and shapes. Looks great in BW also.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-gpjgPJd/0/3ffd8586/L/IMG_0023%20crop2-1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: RSL on September 22, 2020, 11:02:55 am
Another good one, John -- that can fairly be called an abstract.
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 22, 2020, 07:10:10 pm
Another good one, John -- that can fairly be called an abstract.
Yes it can. Excellent.
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Post by: JNB_Rare on September 23, 2020, 10:11:01 pm
I like the "spider" abstract!
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Post by: John R on September 24, 2020, 12:26:07 am
Yes it can. Excellent.
Thanks again. Another take. As I said one could easily frame some subjects many ways.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-CwSBjXD/0/380bd598/L/IMG_0023%20bwcrop-b1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: John R on September 24, 2020, 12:27:11 am
I like the "spider" abstract!
Thanks for the comments, John B.

JR
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Post by: francois on September 24, 2020, 08:10:55 am
Beautiful symmetry and contrasts!
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Post by: John R on September 27, 2020, 01:15:29 pm
Beautiful symmetry and contrasts!
Thanks Francois. Two from my recent trip to Campbellford.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-KgfBcjB/0/58fa418a/L/JMR_3567%20copy1000-L.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-6vFtQgF/0/45863248/L/JMR_3539%20copy1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 27, 2020, 02:02:43 pm
Who was riding in that small boat just about to go over the falls?
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Post by: John R on September 27, 2020, 03:15:26 pm
Who was riding in that small boat just about to go over the falls?
It's Monet without his glasses trying to tell Manet everything is just fine - come on in!

JR
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Post by: RSL on September 27, 2020, 03:27:28 pm
Good shooting, John. The last one is more than abstract. It's mysterious.
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 27, 2020, 07:25:34 pm
Very!
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Post by: John R on September 27, 2020, 08:27:44 pm
Good shooting, John. The last one is more than abstract. It's mysterious.
In that case, I will continue the mystery with this variation on a theme so to speak. Thanks Russ and Eric.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-2gNkmkL/0/5d072f63/L/JMR_3536%20copy2-1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: degrub on September 27, 2020, 10:37:07 pm
It must a DUCK, cause it sure has wheels  ;D
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Post by: Bob_B on September 28, 2020, 03:42:12 pm
I've been experimenting with b/w macros aiming towards high key abstracts. It's still a work in progress, but here is a recent set. Please feel free to leave your thoughts, and thanks for stopping by. - Bob
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Post by: John R on September 30, 2020, 02:05:33 pm
Just one I played with and can't recall where it was taken. Reminds me of fire, even though the colours are not the same.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-7gc5SGF/0/a368fef1/L/IMG_0054%20copy1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: langier on September 30, 2020, 02:08:16 pm
Here's a new one from the side of the road when I was chasing the fall color on the back side of the Sierra Nevada a week ago. In some ways, it was the best "find" of the day since the skies were smokey and many of the trees just turning from green to yellow.
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Post by: John R on October 03, 2020, 08:16:33 pm
From today's walk at Glen Haffey.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Glen-Haffey/i-dR6NzR9/0/0878cb8b/L/Oct%203-%202020%20Glen%20Haffey_0003%20copy1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: RSL on October 04, 2020, 08:30:37 am
John, your best shots occur when your lens and camera are functioning properly.
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 04, 2020, 09:49:21 am
John, your best shots occur when your lens and camera are functioning properly.
John, it must be that HCB never shot a blurry photo, even though all of his were hand-held.   ;D
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Post by: RSL on October 04, 2020, 10:33:59 am
Here's a new one from the side of the road when I was chasing the fall color on the back side of the Sierra Nevada a week ago. In some ways, it was the best "find" of the day since the skies were smokey and many of the trees just turning from green to yellow.

Now there's an abstract, Larry.
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Post by: John R on October 04, 2020, 02:43:18 pm
John, it must be that HCB never shot a blurry photo, even though all of his were hand-held.   ;D

John, your best shots occur when your lens and camera are functioning properly.
We went through this already. Semi abstract and impressions are abstract enough. 8) That image was actually composed of multiple exposures. Now this one is a combination of the two.

JR

Wispy autumn
(https://photos.smugmug.com/High-Park-Toronto/i-Hgfk4BZ/0/902a8f0a/L/JMR_4133%20copy1000-L.jpg)

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Post by: degrub on October 04, 2020, 07:16:28 pm
Coke bottle.
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Post by: John R on October 06, 2020, 12:00:57 pm
Flow.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-9S5DqWP/0/4a69fcbf/L/JMR_4956%20copy1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: armand on October 13, 2020, 01:32:13 pm
CT gone mad

(https://armandtanase.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p4014617622-5.jpg)
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Post by: John R on October 13, 2020, 03:03:53 pm
Autumn shadows.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-mCNLzBs/0/3c0fec54/L/JMR_6327%20copy1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: Chris Calohan on October 13, 2020, 07:10:33 pm
Wind Dancer
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Post by: John R on October 17, 2020, 09:25:44 am
Sun flare and camera motion.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-C8v6xzn/0/5f262c40/L/JMR_7190%20copy1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: RSL on October 17, 2020, 10:47:33 am
Hi John, I like your Autumn Shadows but then you dropped the camera again.
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 17, 2020, 11:17:09 am
Hi John, I like your Autumn Shadows but then you dropped the camera again.
Naw. He just replaced the battery in his camera vibrator.
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Post by: John R on October 19, 2020, 02:19:10 pm
Yes, I recharged the batteries and my spirits.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-mdWxt8c/0/1f625026/L/Oct%2016-%202020%20Grindstone%20Creek_0399%20copy4-1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: JNB_Rare on October 19, 2020, 02:43:44 pm
Yes, I recharged the batteries and my spirits.

JR

There's something about this one that I really like.
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Post by: degrub on October 19, 2020, 09:01:37 pm
Linear !  ;)
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 20, 2020, 09:55:23 am
Good one!
That large glass of spirits helped a great deal.
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Post by: John R on October 24, 2020, 06:10:47 pm
Sometimes you just try things.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-FQ9QLwL/0/483a2272/L/JMR_8731%20copy1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: Arlen on October 24, 2020, 07:10:52 pm
There's something about this one that I really like.

Me, too. That one is different and very interesting, John.
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Post by: Chris Calohan on October 24, 2020, 11:56:12 pm
Leaf Me Alone
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Post by: John R on October 28, 2020, 11:35:21 pm
When something strikes you photograph it even if you think it is not much, this is the way I felt about this image.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-sHWK5Q8/0/e566cd4c/L/JMR_9102%20copy2-1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 29, 2020, 10:26:08 am
I could see playing around with this one in several ways (viewpoint, cropping, etc.)
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Post by: francois on October 29, 2020, 12:07:39 pm
I could see playing around with this one in several ways (viewpoint, cropping, etc.)

Yes and even with a slightest move in any direction, the final image could be totally different…
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Post by: John R on October 29, 2020, 04:02:15 pm
Thank you Eric and Francois. Yes this one is amenable to cropping and creating even more new configurations.

JR
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Post by: Chris Calohan on October 29, 2020, 07:37:16 pm
Tidal Surge
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Post by: armand on October 29, 2020, 08:05:15 pm
(https://armandtanase.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p4034544783-5.jpg)
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Post by: Chris Calohan on October 31, 2020, 06:55:47 pm
Boathouse Reflection
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Post by: armand on October 31, 2020, 07:02:56 pm
Boathouse Reflection

That's wild! I reckon it could work in b&w also.
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 01, 2020, 12:10:59 pm
Lovely zig-zags.
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Post by: John R on November 01, 2020, 12:59:31 pm
Boathouse Reflection
Really cool, Chris!

JR
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Post by: langier on November 02, 2020, 12:00:17 pm
A few new ones from the roadside:
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 02, 2020, 03:05:16 pm
Fascinating roadside. Good stuff.
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Post by: sdwilsonsct on November 04, 2020, 06:56:45 pm
Salmo River.
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 04, 2020, 07:38:31 pm
Two excellent ones, Scott.
My favorite is the first.
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Post by: Chris Kern on November 08, 2020, 07:50:23 pm
Sunlit siding on a detached garage, captured during this afternoon's walk on an unseasonably warm day here in Rockville, Maryand.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50581050076_250e73538f_c_d.jpg)
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Post by: John R on November 08, 2020, 10:01:20 pm
Sunlit siding on a detached garage, captured during this afternoon's walk on an unseasonably warm day here in Rockville, Maryand.

Beautiful!

JR
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Post by: Arlen on November 15, 2020, 02:33:23 pm
A few new ones from the roadside:

All of them are quite intriguing. I think I like the first one the best.
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 17, 2020, 06:54:25 pm
Here's a new one from me.
Any guesses?
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Post by: degrub on November 17, 2020, 09:01:12 pm
looks like formed paper/cardboard for shipping  - maybe a printer head or a medical device ?
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Post by: John R on November 18, 2020, 09:29:19 am
That's Eric's fingerprint. And that big dark area is his indelible family trait. Is it casting mark form bottom of a metal object?

JR
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 18, 2020, 12:35:50 pm
Well, Degrub wins the grand prize, but yes, John, my fingerprints are all over it.
It's actually the custom packing insert for a vacuum cleaner we just bought. It is the most elaborate piece of custom packaging I have seen. Here are some other variants:
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: degrub on November 18, 2020, 01:07:23 pm
you could have a series with a close up lens or macro !
Views of the vacuum box canyon  ;)
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 18, 2020, 02:42:18 pm
you could have a series with a close up lens or macro !
Views of the vacuum box canyon  ;)
I may try that. I haven't had the heart to throw the "model" away yet.
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Post by: John R on November 19, 2020, 03:56:19 am
I like your second image of the second set best. To me it has the best flow. It allows the understated sheen to dominate while still showing the shapes, textures and shadow areas.
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 19, 2020, 10:18:57 am
Thanks, John. I think I agree.
I'll keep a copy of that handy as I work on any more versions.
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Post by: Peter McLennan on November 19, 2020, 11:06:52 am
Salmo River.

HA!  Many's the time I've admired that river on my way to and from the coast.  Gorgeous at nearly any time of the year.

You've shown it well.
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Post by: Peter McLennan on November 19, 2020, 11:09:32 am
Well, Degrub wins the grand prize, but yes, John, my fingerprints are all over it.
It's actually the custom packing insert for a vacuum cleaner we just bought. It is the most elaborate piece of custom packaging I have seen. Here are some other variants:

A perfect example of why this is my favourite thread on the forum.  Well seen and imaged!  Looks like something from "Bladerunner".

Seeing is the hard part, right?
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 19, 2020, 12:48:40 pm
A perfect example of why this is my favourite thread on the forum.  Well seen and imaged!  Looks like something from "Bladerunner".

Seeing is the hard part, right?
I never expected to find inspiration in a hunk of molded cardboard, but once I saw it ...
(The vacuum cleaner works fine, but is visually uninspiring.)
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Post by: John R on November 19, 2020, 02:43:08 pm
Early New Years celebrations 8)

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-JNV5pnh/0/43597cad/L/Nov%2014-%202020%20Roncesvalles%20Walk_0063%20copy1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 19, 2020, 03:20:08 pm
I can read lots of different scenes into that.
Nice!
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Post by: John R on November 29, 2020, 08:16:38 pm
On a bright sunny winter day.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-TV9s3fz/0/b5383d91/L/Nov%2028-%202020%20Sherman%20Falls-RBG%20bog_0056%20bwcopy3-1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: rabanito on December 05, 2020, 11:21:35 am
Young Swan
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 05, 2020, 02:29:27 pm
Fine shot, beautifully processed.
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Post by: Chris Calohan on December 15, 2020, 12:26:27 am
Koi
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 15, 2020, 12:33:35 pm
The sea-monster of the bayou?
Nice catch.
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Post by: EricV on December 15, 2020, 10:00:25 pm
Carp diem.
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 31, 2020, 05:19:08 pm
A couple from a while ago.
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Post by: armand on January 08, 2021, 07:35:18 pm
(https://armandtanase.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p4103278365-4.jpg)
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Post by: Chris Calohan on January 27, 2021, 06:29:23 pm
Acid Sunrise (Bored and needed something to do) Obviously composited.
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Post by: John R on January 27, 2021, 09:15:48 pm
It looks interesting Chris. Exotic is the word that comes to mind. Now here is mine, not as exotic, but certainly a bit surreal. A simple double exposure in the field. My PS skills are so, so.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-mV5nHcC/0/7aefc715/L/JMR_0473%20bwcopy1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: Michael West on January 27, 2021, 10:44:27 pm
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50882537493_747998a6cb_c.jpg)

 
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Post by: David Eckels on January 28, 2021, 10:49:37 am
Excellent, Michael!
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Post by: John R on January 28, 2021, 10:51:10 am
Excellent, Michael!
Yes, well done.

JR
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Post by: Peter McLennan on January 28, 2021, 11:08:30 am
+1
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Post by: Michael West on January 28, 2021, 11:38:16 am
Yes, well done.

JR

Thank you.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on January 31, 2021, 09:03:01 pm
Yes, well done.

JR

Make that one more well done.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 03, 2021, 12:02:44 am
From my walk at Humber Bay. Echoes of movement.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-jFVZXrZ/0/f216433c/L/Jan%2025-%202021%20Humber%20Bay_0488%20copy2-1000-L.jpg)

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on February 03, 2021, 07:05:21 am
From my walk at Humber Bay. Echoes of movement.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-jFVZXrZ/0/f216433c/L/Jan%2025-%202021%20Humber%20Bay_0488%20copy2-1000-L.jpg)

Stunning and could also be used as an illustration for physic course!
Well seen.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: David Eckels on February 03, 2021, 09:45:58 am
Stunning and could also be used as an illustration for physic course!
Well seen.
+1
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 03, 2021, 09:50:27 am
One of your best!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 03, 2021, 03:49:31 pm
Thank you gentlemen. If you jump in, your get to travel back in time, just like the old time tunnel show 8)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: fdisilvestro on February 04, 2021, 03:28:18 pm
That's a wonderful image John
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: William Walker on February 07, 2021, 08:55:30 am
For some time now, I have been trying to photograph the Gaura (Butterfly Bush) in our garden.

I found it impossible trying to get enough of it in focus without the background. I tried shallow and deep DOF's and nothing worked.

Today I tried completely out of focus at f1.8 and this was the result.

I am interested to see what you guys make of it...
To me, it perfectly captures the "feel" I get when we sit on our veranda and watch the sunrise every morning.

(They must be viewed as large as possible!)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 07, 2021, 09:09:33 am
Both are very effective. I think you found just the right approach for these.
Bravo!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 07, 2021, 11:06:58 am
You have to see these large to appreciate the "look." Keep looking!

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 08, 2021, 03:00:07 pm
Urbanscape.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-mzWJTCF/0/9b2dbce6/L/Jan%2025-2021%20Humber%20Bay%201007%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 08, 2021, 05:31:50 pm
Just enough hints for it to say "City."
Bravo!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 02, 2021, 01:33:14 am
Shadowy figures.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-MPsxD9n/0/5f39582f/L/JMR_1286%20High%20Park2-bw1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 03, 2021, 09:14:19 pm
Reflecting the sky.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-LZ9C2fz/0/99eb419c/L/JMR_1560%20Mar%203-%202021%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on March 04, 2021, 10:55:27 am
Good catch, John. I like it.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 04, 2021, 12:17:28 pm
Good catch, John. I like it.
Thanks Arlen. This was done with in-camera filter where it pulls out one colour -blue in this case from sky- accentuates it and renders the remainder as BW, all super saturated. Almost like blocked up dense colors. Works good on graphic style images such as this one. Not so much for other types of images.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on March 04, 2021, 12:24:36 pm
That's a cool effect, and this was a good application for it.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 04, 2021, 12:25:11 pm
Good catch, John. I like it.
+1.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 04, 2021, 12:44:07 pm
Thanks guys. And I really like this one, not only for its simplicity but also because it reminds me of Kodachrome

"...Makes you think all the world's a sunny day, oh yeah
I got a Nikon [Pentax] camera
I love to take a photograph
So Mama don't take my Kodachrome away!"
from Paul Simon

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-jdpthrP/0/379ceca0/L/JMR_1549%20Mar%203-%202021%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 04, 2021, 07:34:44 pm
Nice!
(I never did like ektachrome.)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: blaininjapan on March 04, 2021, 11:41:31 pm
A tunnel I have driven numberless times; this one is in Hokkaido on the way to Rausu in Shiretoko National Park.  I did an exhibit on tunnels and the Zoom Lens Effect in Tokyo a few years ago; the reaction was warm and friendly. Namaste, Blain (hair some u) Harasymiw. 
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 05, 2021, 08:27:47 am
A tunnel I have driven numberless times; this one is in Hokkaido on the way to Rausu in Shiretoko National Park.  I did an exhibit on tunnels and the Zoom Lens Effect in Tokyo a few years ago; the reaction was warm and friendly. Namaste, Blain (hair some u) Harasymiw.
Cool. If by chance you are time travelling, let us know. You look like you are in a hurry to anywhere and yet I am sure you want to stop somewhere. LuLa is as good a place any.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 05, 2021, 11:49:42 am
A fine tunnel shot.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: blaininjapan on March 06, 2021, 10:48:02 am
Eric Myrvaagnes, thank you and thank you for sharing the URL to your website, brilliant photography.  The images that truly spoke to me are POS_25, POS33, POS35, POS45, POS51, POS52, and numerous others.  I bookmarked your website, and I am sure to visit again.  Namaste, Blain in Japan🇯🇵
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 06, 2021, 06:27:29 pm
Thanks for the kind comments.
My website has some bugs at the moment, which I hope to have squashed within a few more days.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 10, 2021, 12:20:45 pm
Perhaps (?) the last of snow in my area.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-kF3pD3z/0/4999b3ff/L/JMR_1144%20bwcopy2-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 10, 2021, 02:17:00 pm
We've still got a little snow, but the forecast for tomorrow is sunny and temperatures in the 70s (F)!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 11, 2021, 01:19:44 pm
No snow. All gone. Just grey and black... a geometric and tonal exercise...if you will...

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-X7PGxXw/0/d93e5a93/L/JMR_2048%20bwcopy3-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 12, 2021, 02:33:24 pm
Window and wall; light and shadow - and that's all.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-MBwjFNn/0/3b5bbcd2/L/JMR_2275%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: rabanito on March 13, 2021, 10:49:44 am
I'm not commenting each image every time.
I just watch and like them  :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 13, 2021, 12:42:23 pm
Thanks for your interest Rab. I am sure the other posters appreciate it.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 13, 2021, 05:17:40 pm
Some days are more colorful and abstract than others.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-Kt3kwgs/0/c7ad79b6/L/JMR_2194%20copy2-1000-L.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-7jhv453/0/6fce10b2/L/March%2011-%202021%20Local%20Walk_0064%20copy1000-L.jpg)

This one is just a play on the original green colors.
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-4j4QTV8/0/da5a60c4/L/March%2011-%202021%20Local%20Walk_0067%20blue-redcopy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 13, 2021, 07:17:42 pm
I think I know your secret, John.
You just press the "auto-find-good-image" button on your custom camera and it wanders around your neighborhood snapping only the best stuff, returning when its film chip needs to be replaced. Of course, you have optional buttons you can also set before it goes out: Color or BW, ... , and dials to specify camera wiggle (degree and direction), etc.  :D
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: degrub on March 13, 2021, 07:35:28 pm
must be an Australian brand since it does the "wiggles"  ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 13, 2021, 09:17:39 pm
I think I know your secret, John.
You just press the "auto-find-good-image" button on your custom camera and it wanders around your neighborhood snapping only the best stuff, returning when its film chip needs to be replaced. Of course, you have optional buttons you can also set before it goes out: Color or BW, ... , and dials to specify camera wiggle (degree and direction), etc.  :D
Thank you Eric and Degrub (sorry I don't know your name.)

Eric, my biggest influence by far was Freeman Patterson, a Canadian photographer and teacher. You are probably familiar with him as he traveled to the US often to teach and give seminars. Epecially in the New England states. He is now in his eighties, still teaching and leading workshops in New Brunswick. He published a book back in the eighties called, "Photography and the art of seeing." That was a big influence on me. There was nothing like it back then, as it was about aesthetics and learning to see and photograph as a way to express oneself and not simply take post cardy pictures. This pandemic has constrained the way we work, travel and play. I think what I have learned from FP and fine artists, coupled with these constraints have helped me see images I otherwise would have walked by. Look at the fine work Keith has produced. On it goes, I hope.

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 17, 2021, 12:03:24 pm
It was very cold and windy, so I cut my walk short. What to do now? I reviewed my images and said that won't do. So I got out the crayons that my kids discarded - and this is the result!

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-QJNnCk3/0/fff26075/L/JMR_2403%20bwcopy1000-L.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-32jWVmn/0/ff9c9987/L/March%2013-%202021%20Local%20Walk_0049%20copy2-1000-L.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-RFsMwct/0/e5e4c403/L/JMR_2400%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 17, 2021, 01:05:56 pm
I never drew that neatly with crayons.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 17, 2021, 08:41:48 pm
Eric, you should have saved your hockey sticks and used them to draw straight lines. On my daily walk series I used Lego water colours and pastels, ha, ha.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 22, 2021, 10:51:53 pm
There comes a time when one has to put away the crayons. So light and shadow play today.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-8kLtPBb/0/b783bc81/L/JMR_2768%20bwcopy3-1000-L.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-nvqffQ4/0/64dac1cd/L/JMR_2790%20bwcopy2-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on March 22, 2021, 11:33:57 pm
Really interesting, John. And the two work well together, with the lines from the top image seeming to continue into the bottom one. Did you do that intentionally?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 23, 2021, 12:15:05 am
Really interesting, John. And the two work well together, with the lines from the top image seeming to continue into the bottom one. Did you do that intentionally?
I would like to say yes, but I didn't notice the continuity until you mentioned it. Thanks for the comments, Arlen.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 23, 2021, 11:08:46 am
Really interesting, John. And the two work well together, with the lines from the top image seeming to continue into the bottom one. Did you do that intentionally?
Just what I was thinking.

Also, it's nice to see you found a subject with its wiggle built-in (no need to wobble the camera.)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 23, 2021, 11:23:34 am
Just what I was thinking.

Also, it's nice to see you found a subject with its wiggle built-in (no need to wobble the camera.)
Thanks Eric, whistle wiggle while you work...

JR

Sometimes I like to put a new slant on things.
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-26sQBNX/0/8246e1b2/L/JMR_3297%20bwcopy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 23, 2021, 04:37:47 pm
Photographed during the great San Francisco earthquake, no doubt.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 23, 2021, 05:40:58 pm
Photographed during the great San Francisco earthquake, no doubt.
I humbly admit I backed into a crazy skateboarder.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 24, 2021, 12:24:42 am
When are we most like light and shadow. Depends on time of day and season.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-m2Dk3V7/0/9732891f/L/JMR_3148%20bwcopy2-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on March 24, 2021, 08:11:56 am
Which are we most like light and shadow. Depends on time of day and season.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-m2Dk3V7/0/9732891f/L/JMR_3148%20bwcopy2-1000-L.jpg)

I love this one, it plays with my mind and lets me imagine different geometries!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 24, 2021, 08:17:59 am
I love this one, it plays with my mind and lets me imagine different geometries!
Thanks Francois. It did the same for me.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 24, 2021, 11:35:13 am
That's just what a good abstract should do: invite you yo play mind games.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 27, 2021, 11:19:47 am
The shadows make it.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-wfbk6D5/0/61cb09cf/L/JMR_3154%20copy2-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 27, 2021, 04:49:55 pm
This is nice, too.
I like the fact that there is no clue to the actual size. Teacup or building? Could be either, or in between.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 27, 2021, 06:04:37 pm
This is nice, too.
I like the fact that there is no clue to the actual size. Teacup or building? Could be either, or in between.
Thanks Eric. It's the ribs of largish motorboat.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 28, 2021, 07:22:40 pm
You might want to revisit it and try some camera wiggle.
It might be interesting, or might not.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Kern on April 01, 2021, 09:17:34 pm
I'm not certain whether this qualifies as abstract.  It's a macro of a dogwood tree flower bud, a little more than 1 cm in diameter.  Literally, I suppose it's representational, but if I hadn't shot it myself I wouldn't have been able to identify it.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51089501290_3658ea84c3_c_d.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 01, 2021, 11:28:46 pm
It's a fine, well-composed, interesting image.
Whether it is "sufficiently abstract" to deserve the label is a question I'm not interested in.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 02, 2021, 12:16:16 pm
It's a fine, well-composed, interesting image.
Whether it is "sufficiently abstract" to deserve the label is a question I'm not interested in.
And I agree...

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Kern on April 02, 2021, 12:42:55 pm
Then who am I to argue?

Thanks for the comments, Gentle Men.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 02, 2021, 03:06:08 pm
A gentle glow makes what looks like building blocks come to to life.

JR


(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-73N3LDb/0/e26d1e6e/L/JMR_3554%20cropcopy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 02, 2021, 03:43:25 pm
Nice.
Did you buy that set of blocks at Toys'R'Us?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 02, 2021, 11:04:39 pm
Nice.
Did you buy that set of blocks at Toys'R'Us?
Sometimes Eric, I think you are just trying to push my button.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-7d77VH4/0/294e9820/L/JMR_3602%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: degrub on April 02, 2021, 11:10:00 pm
Careful !
That is a $ 7,000 red dot.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 03, 2021, 08:46:44 am
I tried, but nothing happened (but it left a smudge on my computer screen.)   :(
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on April 07, 2021, 07:00:44 pm
Natural patterns aplenty.


          (https://pbase.com/art1/image/171541440/original.jpg)


Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 07, 2021, 11:06:23 pm
Wild!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on April 08, 2021, 06:31:33 pm
And the entire critter, though just 13 mm long, is only a little less wild.


   (https://pbase.com/art1/image/171542995/original.jpg)


Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 08, 2021, 08:04:34 pm
Wild!
Yes wild. But I must say I like the whole critter image even more.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on April 08, 2021, 08:19:24 pm
So do I, John. But it's not often one gets to see the astonishing close up patterns and details in small bugs like this.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 08, 2021, 10:24:05 pm
I agree Arlen. Let the patterns and colors play on.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-RchzSWh/0/b524636b/L/JMR_3799%20copy4-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 09, 2021, 11:32:08 am
And the entire critter, though just 13 mm long, is only a little less wild.


   (https://pbase.com/art1/image/171542995/original.jpg)
Did you say 13 feet long???  8)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 09, 2021, 11:33:23 am
I agree Arlen. Let the patterns and colors play on.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-RchzSWh/0/b524636b/L/JMR_3799%20copy4-1000-L.jpg)
Ah! Less terrifying than Arlen's.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on April 09, 2021, 08:47:24 pm
Ah! Less terrifying than Arlen's.

Agreed. It seems to be beautifully saying "wake up, happy days are here again." Or something like that.  :)

The more I look at it, the more I like it, as I imagine it hanging on a wall. Substantial unprintable colors, but soft proofing suggests it would still look good on, say, Ilford Gold Fibre Silk baryta (no longer available), or even, though more subdued, on Epson Hot Press Bright.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 11, 2021, 11:43:38 am
Agreed. It seems to be beautifully saying "wake up, happy days are here again." Or something like that.  :)

The more I look at it, the more I like it, as I imagine it hanging on a wall. Substantial unprintable colors, but soft proofing suggests it would still look good on, say, Ilford Gold Fibre Silk baryta (no longer available), or even, though more subdued, on Epson Hot Press Bright.
My friend here, says I should thank you guys for your interest and comments. Thank you!

JR

Look what the digital age has wrought.
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-vxpnnNm/0/3a49207f/L/JMR_3845%20panocopy6-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 11, 2021, 08:01:50 pm
That's just the sort of thing you often find on your daily walk, John?

Very nice!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on April 11, 2021, 09:21:34 pm
Quite intriguing. I know we probably shouldn't ask, but this is one where I feel the need for a clue as to what it is, or how it was done, if you care to shed light on the mystery.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Michael West on April 11, 2021, 10:20:13 pm
Nice.
Did you buy that set of blocks at Toys'R'Us?

these LEGOS came from toys r US
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 11, 2021, 11:02:36 pm
Quite intriguing. I know we probably shouldn't ask, but this is one where I feel the need for a clue as to what it is, or how it was done, if you care to shed light on the mystery.
Here is the original image, I believe it is a tinsel ornament that the kids hung in the park along with all kinds of other things. I deleted the image that actually looks like tinsel because I did not like it, and it is not what I was after. This is what I have left -  the one I liked. I really wanted a blur because the tinsel was moving. But without a tripod I could not hold it steady enough. So I moved the camera!

I mirrored the image and pano-stitched it. Then mirrored, flipped, and pano-stitched it again. Then I tried the polar coordinate, distortion filter on it. I didn't like it, so I tried selecting two colors and that worked for me. I noticed the futuristic digital like face and cropped it to emphasize the eyes and face. I don't use PS or Lightroom, so no history. Just experimentation until I see something I like.

So Eric, I did take this on my walk, kind of... 8)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-bQ8KwQf/0/8ac8d1b3/M/JMR_3845%20copy1000-M.jpg)

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 12, 2021, 10:14:09 am
The original shot is fascinating, but what you did with it is superb.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on April 12, 2021, 11:55:12 am
Here is the original image, I believe it is a tinsel ornament that the kids hung in the park along with all kinds of other things. I deleted the image that actually looks like tinsel because I did not like it, and it is not what I was after. This is what I have left -  the one I liked. I really wanted a blur because the tinsel was moving. But without a tripod I could not hold it steady enough. So I moved the camera!

I mirrored the image and pano-stitched it. Then mirrored, flipped, and pano-stitched it again. Then I tried the polar coordinate, distortion filter on it. I didn't like it, so I tried selecting two colors and that worked for me. I noticed the futuristic digital like face and cropped it to emphasize the eyes and face. I don't use PS or Lightroom, so no history. Just experimentation until I see something I like.

So Eric, I did take this on my walk, kind of... 8)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-bQ8KwQf/0/8ac8d1b3/M/JMR_3845%20copy1000-M.jpg)

Well, you get a "bravo" from me. Starting from something unsatisfying but with potential, you kept modifying it until it became not only very interesting, but unique. No one has ever made something quite like this, and likely no one else ever will. Pretty much the definition of creativity.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 17, 2021, 10:44:13 am
Thanks Arlen.

Played with this one a bit. the colours are true, but I elected to present as half black and white.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-5GGVtfH/0/e5085aa9/L/April%2022-%202020%20Walk_0700%20halfbw-copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 17, 2021, 01:34:11 pm
No doubt taken as a single shot with your new half-monochrome half-color Johnrikon .
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 21, 2021, 09:14:43 am
Time for a change.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-dCnzLMD/0/ad0ace48/L/JMR_4220%20bwcopy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: degrub on April 21, 2021, 09:42:52 am
reminds me that the summer olympics are right around the corner !
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: David Eckels on April 21, 2021, 10:49:32 am
Bravo, John!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 23, 2021, 10:42:54 am
Bravo, John!

reminds me that the summer olympics are right around the corner !

Thanks guys!

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 23, 2021, 12:43:02 pm
Excellent, John.
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Post by: Chris Kern on April 23, 2021, 08:06:37 pm
Well seen and nicely presented.
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Post by: John R on April 23, 2021, 08:57:15 pm
Thanks again for recognizing the undulations... I mean for the congratulations, Chris and Eric ;)

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 25, 2021, 11:11:46 pm
I decided this is a little more abstract...lines and colours and even some noise.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-5RKdX7J/0/1cb3c036/L/JMR_4389%20copy2-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on April 26, 2021, 07:34:33 am
I decided this is a little more abstract...lines and colours and even some noise.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-5RKdX7J/0/1cb3c036/L/JMR_4389%20copy2-1000-L.jpg)

Wow, that's abstract! I need to rev up my brain.

Well done!
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 26, 2021, 10:00:38 am
Another excellent one indeed.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 26, 2021, 01:39:51 pm
Wow, that's abstract! I need to rev up my brain.

Well done!
That's exactly how I see abstracts and semi-abstracts. Have to rev up the brain to notice things I normally pass by. Thanks Francois and Eric.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 06, 2021, 11:10:57 am
Here are two more.
The first one I call "The Great Sand Heron.
The second I can't come up with a good moniker, so I'll just call it "Abstract # 29671."
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Frans Waterlander on May 06, 2021, 11:57:41 am
How about "Fish in a Pond"?
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Post by: John R on May 06, 2021, 03:14:21 pm
Beautiful tonality and expressions!The first speaks for itself, but the second kind of reminds of something being born. Excellent!

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 06, 2021, 04:13:26 pm
Thanks, Frans and John.

Hm. I like "Fish in a pond" much better than Abstract #...
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Post by: rabanito on May 06, 2021, 06:39:34 pm
I like them, as usual
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 06, 2021, 11:26:18 pm
Thanks, Rab.
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Post by: PeterAit on May 10, 2021, 05:43:21 pm
This is not marble. Any ideas?
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Post by: John R on May 10, 2021, 08:10:46 pm
This is not marble. Any ideas?
I have similar images myself. Scum and froth on water? Possibly coffee with some cream - what opposites!

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: PeterAit on May 11, 2021, 07:44:55 am
I have similar images myself. Scum and froth on water? Possibly coffee with some cream - what opposites!

JR

Your first guess is correct.
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Post by: John R on May 12, 2021, 09:13:32 pm
Your first guess is correct.
Peter are you familiar with the PS module the governs layers? If you duplicate the layer and then use the multiply or overlay command I think you can really enhance contrast and bring out the dark patterns.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 12, 2021, 09:18:50 pm
Ripples of colour.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Etobicoke-Valley/i-HgGsFLP/0/b3650aef/L/IMG_0038%20copy4-1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: francois on May 13, 2021, 07:35:31 am
I love this one. The ripples and alternating colors look like a sea with waves coming from two different directions.
Well done.
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 13, 2021, 10:31:59 am
Really wild!
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Post by: James Clark on May 15, 2021, 04:10:31 pm
A Gradient in Seattle

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Post by: John R on May 16, 2021, 09:09:24 pm
A Gradient in Seattle
Good eye. I like it James, especially the highlighted white areas in the water. But I suspect, if the highlights were not there you would not have taken the shot.

JR
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 16, 2021, 10:19:26 pm
I agree with John R.
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Post by: francois on May 17, 2021, 09:01:20 am
A Gradient in Seattle

Very subtle, just enough to be noticed by a keen eye!
Well done.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 17, 2021, 10:43:10 pm
A school of frantic fish trying to navigate the seaweed...

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-8bHnk28/0/3bb59d66/L/May%2016-%202021%20Breuckner%20Gardens_0086%20copy1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 18, 2021, 02:04:51 pm
Is this an example of ICMUW? (ICW Under Water?)

I like it.
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Post by: John R on May 19, 2021, 03:46:42 pm
Yes, that's it Eric. UW imagery! Why didn't I think of that.

JR
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Post by: John R on May 19, 2021, 03:49:09 pm
Reaching up...

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-75ChfLh/0/63ed434c/L/JMR_8209%20copy3-1000-L.jpg)

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: James Clark on May 19, 2021, 06:06:37 pm
Good eye. I like it James, especially the highlighted white areas in the water. But I suspect, if the highlights were not there you would not have taken the shot.

JR

Yes!  It’s always nice when someone else appreciates exactly what you found interesting in a shot.  Thanks!  And thanks also Eric and Francois :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: James Clark on May 19, 2021, 06:07:00 pm
Ripples of colour.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Etobicoke-Valley/i-HgGsFLP/0/b3650aef/L/IMG_0038%20copy4-1000-L.jpg)

This one is striking.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: James Clark on May 19, 2021, 06:07:47 pm
A school of frantic fish trying to navigate the seaweed...

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-8bHnk28/0/3bb59d66/L/May%2016-%202021%20Breuckner%20Gardens_0086%20copy1000-L.jpg)

Fascinating crosshatch ICM.  Two (or more) exposures?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 19, 2021, 07:27:44 pm
Fascinating crosshatch ICM.  Two (or more) exposures?
Thank you James for your comments. The second image is indeed a kind of crosshatch. But it is two images in rapid succession in a circular motion. It is truly experimental and no two results are the same. It is a slightly more predictable if you do two single exposures where you plan where certain elements in a scene will appear. Like this one where greens and reds were combined for a single image. Incidentally, one is ICM, a kind of background for the green yews. It too is very striking. And note how the overlap turned some elements purple.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-C2B5JnK/0/60575b5e/L/JMRO8762%20copy1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: John R on May 20, 2021, 10:50:02 pm
Along the inlet and shores of Humber Bay, Toronto.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-q88wVxw/0/416b6ca5/L/JMR_8201%20copy3-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: PeterAit on May 23, 2021, 05:39:44 pm
I'll just say that this was taken at the beach.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 24, 2021, 08:54:10 am
Just playing with the camera 8)

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-VG7NMjX/0/ed722681/L/JMR_8628%20copy1000-L.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-czBZH8t/0/04e10586/L/JMR_8619%20copy3-1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 24, 2021, 03:23:14 pm
All excellent, James and John and Peter.
(Hey! Never noticed we had so many saints on LuLa!)
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Post by: francois on May 25, 2021, 09:19:57 am
Both are wonderful but the last one is mind-boggling, especially the "weaving" pattern.
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Post by: John R on May 25, 2021, 01:24:43 pm
Both are wonderful but the last one is mind-boggling, especially the "weaving" pattern.
Thanks Francois and Eric. My Sainthood remains intact. To echo the claim, check out my accordion halo.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-qztGFHp/1/e20841bf/L/IMG_0009%20blue3-1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 25, 2021, 04:51:43 pm
Stairway to Paradise?
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Post by: John R on May 26, 2021, 11:24:57 am
Stairway to Paradise?
Could be a corrugated wall with a light. But what do you do on blue days? I suppose I could have cloned out the black opening lines, but this way it shows you can find abstracts, or at least interesting subjects anywhere.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-dTDSKrz/0/a82220c2/L/March%2011-%202021%20Local%20Walk_0090%20copy1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 26, 2021, 12:01:49 pm
Good one.

I have a couple of recent ones in a similar spirit that I'll post in a few days (not yet processed.)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on May 27, 2021, 09:08:54 am
Thanks Francois and Eric. My Sainthood remains intact. To echo the claim, check out my accordion halo.

JR

Now, there's no possible discussion about your Sainthood  :D
Very nice geometry with this accordion shot!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Kern on May 27, 2021, 11:10:17 am
Labyrinth

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51205928267_83159a8029_c_d.jpg)
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Post by: James Clark on May 27, 2021, 11:34:46 am
All excellent, James and John and Peter.
(Hey! Never noticed we had so many saints on LuLa!)

 ;D 
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Post by: James Clark on May 27, 2021, 11:35:37 am
Labyrinth

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51205928267_2d6fa17e6c_c_d.jpg)

Nice tonality - that would look great in a 48x48 framed on a wall in a clean, modern house.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 27, 2021, 11:47:53 am
Nice tonality - that would look great in a 48x48 framed on a wall in a clean, modern house.
+1.
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Post by: John R on May 27, 2021, 01:53:04 pm
+1.
+2. All your images appear to be ultra sharp.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Kern on May 27, 2021, 04:26:25 pm
All your images appear to be ultra sharp.

That was a 34-frame focus stack of a miniature chrysanthemum that was about 4 cm in diameter, shot with a macro lens at approximately 1:2 magnification.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: James Clark on May 27, 2021, 07:43:47 pm
That was a 34-frame focus stack of a miniature chrysanthemum that was about 4 cm in diameter, shot with a macro lens at approximately 1:2 magnification.

All that work and you didn't bother to clone out the little fiber/hair in the top left center?  ;)

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Post by: John R on May 27, 2021, 09:31:26 pm
All that work and you didn't bother to clone out the little fiber/hair in the top left center?  ;)
Really? Where is it that fibre, I can't see it? I withdraw my favourable comments 8) Wow, 34 images! I never had a good experience with photostacking. Could be because I almost always take an interpretive approach to my macros and not a documentary one. I usually only want one or two elements within my macro images to be sharp.

JR
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Post by: Chris Kern on May 27, 2021, 10:48:36 pm
All that work and you didn't bother to clone out the little fiber/hair in the top left center?  ;)

I didn't even notice that!  Fixed now in my edited post.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Kern on May 27, 2021, 10:56:50 pm
Wow, 34 images! I never had a good experience with photostacking. Could be because I almost always take an interpretive approach to my macros and not a documentary one. I usually only want one or two elements within my macro images to be sharp.

The Fuji X-T4 I used to make that image has an excellent feature (which I believe is shared by some if not all of the medium-format Fujis) that allows you to set the nearest and farthest points you want in focus, and, based on the aperture you have selected, automatically shoots the number of frames required to create the stack.  I sometimes tweak that in Helicon Focus to soften some background features even more.  For this picture, however, I knew in advance that I wanted everything visible to be sharp.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 28, 2021, 11:24:09 am
The Fuji X-T4 I used to make that image has an excellent feature (which I believe is shared by some if not all of the medium-format Fujis) that allows you to set the nearest and farthest points you want in focus, and, based on the aperture you have selected, automatically shoots the number of frames required to create the stack.  I sometimes tweak that in Helicon Focus to soften some background features even more.  For this picture, however, I knew in advance that I wanted everything visible to be sharp.
Thanks for the information Chris. But when my Pentax dies, it looks I will settle for a Nikon, which I believe has a similar feature set.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 31, 2021, 03:39:17 pm
This one is very close to just curves of colour, wispiness.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-6V2j5RN/0/6d9440ee/L/IMG_0037%20copy2-1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 31, 2021, 07:40:35 pm
Nice wisps.
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Post by: John R on May 31, 2021, 09:41:11 pm
Nice wisps.
Thanks again. The phlox flowers turned out similar to the lavendar fields.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on June 03, 2021, 05:16:44 pm
Thanks Francois and Eric. My Sainthood remains intact. To echo the claim, check out my accordion halo.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-qztGFHp/1/e20841bf/L/IMG_0009%20blue3-1000-L.jpg)

I really like this one!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on June 03, 2021, 05:17:24 pm
(https://armandtanase.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p2495564043-5.jpg)


(https://armandtanase.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p2495564032-5.jpg)
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on June 03, 2021, 08:19:09 pm
Both fine and elegant.
My choice is the second, for quiet simplicity.
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Post by: John R on June 03, 2021, 11:00:32 pm
Both fine and elegant.
My choice is the second, for quiet simplicity.
Let me disagree. Yes the second image does have quiet simplicity, but the first image has a lot of character. We don't have to toss a coin because we have both images! And thanks for the comments on my image Armand.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on June 04, 2021, 05:26:28 pm
Here are a few new ones (at last) from me. Inside a car on a rainy day.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 12, 2021, 11:34:50 am
Here are a few new ones (at last) from me. Inside a car on a rainy day.
Rainy days and Mondays always get me down...you know the song. I like the second image. But these would be more effective if the raindrops were more in focus.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 12, 2021, 12:02:09 pm
What! Some colour of course.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-Nwk52TW/0/5003755e/L/April%208-%202021%20Queensway%20walk_0422%20blocks7-1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: degrub on June 12, 2021, 02:54:58 pm
Hey, there is one of those forming in the Bay of Campeche right now, though it is of the low pressure kind  ;D ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on June 14, 2021, 09:45:31 am
What! Some colour of course.

JR


Well done but I'm dizzy now ;-)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on June 14, 2021, 11:18:51 am
It's an abstract of a roulette wheel:
"Round and round the red streak goes, and where she stops, nobody knows."
(Andyou can substitute other colors for "red.")
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 14, 2021, 12:40:43 pm
Thanks guys. It's cyclone John spinning away from the orbit of a rainbow. You know, like Jack and the Beanstalk, only I stole some prismatic colours and ran away before the arc fell on me.

JR
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Post by: Chris Kern on June 15, 2021, 02:25:15 pm
Sunstroke

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51246563402_57efeaa532_c_d.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on June 15, 2021, 05:14:57 pm
Nice, Chris.
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Post by: francois on June 16, 2021, 07:17:14 am
Perfect blue and white diagonal lines. It's a pleasant shot.
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Post by: John R on June 16, 2021, 10:37:47 am
Nice, Chris.
Indeed, good seeing. I hope this has enabled to store energy to keep posting 8)
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Post by: Chris Kern on June 16, 2021, 02:23:44 pm
I hope this has enabled to store energy to keep posting 8)

Yes, I'm all charged up.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: James Clark on June 18, 2021, 02:38:44 pm
Adobe in Shadow & Light.   
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 18, 2021, 03:13:32 pm
Adobe in Shadow & Light.
Simple yet effective.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on June 18, 2021, 06:53:39 pm
Simple yet effective.

JR
+1.
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Post by: John R on June 19, 2021, 11:37:12 am
Trying Nic Silver Effex Pro

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-3c23qfq/0/cb2d62af/O/April%201-%202020%20Walk_0117%20bwcopy800.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: degrub on June 19, 2021, 10:02:18 pm
MOMA ?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 19, 2021, 10:58:41 pm
MOMA ?
If this is directed at me, I had to look that up. Museum of Modern Art? No. It's just a parking garage attached to an office building.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 20, 2021, 07:14:39 pm
Hodge Podge...You will never guess anyway.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-KqrdjSk/0/e60daa5f/L/JMR_0387%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: James Clark on June 21, 2021, 10:34:35 am
Simple yet effective.

JR

+1.

Thanks Gents!   Just got back with more to share soon :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on June 21, 2021, 11:36:27 am
Hodge Podge...You will never guess anyway.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-KqrdjSk/0/e60daa5f/L/JMR_0387%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Your signature on a check for me for $1000?    :-\
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 21, 2021, 02:00:27 pm
Your signature on a check for me for $1000?    :-\
Why so low. You are on the right track if you want to play 20 questions. It's graffiti against wall. It becomes unrecognizable because it is composed of over 20 images on one frame. The effect softens the horizontal lines which are actually mortar lines on a wall. Yep, that's the colour they chose.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on June 21, 2021, 05:43:15 pm
It is delightful.

And I'm sure your "film-saving" technique lets you get thousands of images on a single memory stick.   ;)
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Post by: francois on June 22, 2021, 08:41:03 am
Beautiful and puzzling at the same time.
Well done.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 23, 2021, 11:35:00 pm
Similar to James', but with a  little colour and less minimalistic.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-v5zHGJL/0/c966fcac/L/JMR_2136%20copy3-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on June 24, 2021, 07:59:50 am
Similar to James', but with a  little colour and less minimalistic.

JR


It works perfectly!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: James Clark on June 29, 2021, 02:35:00 pm
Similar to James', but with a  little colour and less minimalistic.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-v5zHGJL/0/c966fcac/L/JMR_2136%20copy3-1000-L.jpg)

I like it.  Blue sky always makes for a great background for abstract color and texture studies.
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Post by: Chairman Bill on June 29, 2021, 07:04:15 pm
Evening sky
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on July 01, 2021, 07:53:49 am
Beautiful study of pink/violet tones. I love it.
Bravo.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 01, 2021, 06:12:19 pm
Beautiful study of pink/violet tones. I love it.
Bravo.
+1.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 08, 2021, 01:43:56 pm
I thought I would give this a more ethereal treatment as if to help the light try to envelop the scene with almost overexposed look.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-2ZDGzMT/0/d00b67ed/L/JMR_0819%20bwcopy3-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 08, 2021, 11:19:21 pm
Nice one!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on July 09, 2021, 09:20:49 am
Well seen, you seem to find/make excellent subject everywhere…
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 09, 2021, 10:55:56 am
Well seen, you seem to find/make excellent subject everywhere…
Yes he does.
I think he has a catalog of a thousand spectacular subjects within a dozen steps of his front door.   ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on July 10, 2021, 08:01:49 am
Yes he does.
I think he has a catalog of a thousand spectacular subjects within a dozen steps of his front door.   ;)

John is a very lucky man!  ;D
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 10, 2021, 09:34:07 am
John is a very lucky man!  ;D
Thank you gents. But it's all just practice, and more practice, in the art of seeing. On this one I woke up, raised my head and noticed the three light sources peering through the door. Funny how, if we are in hurry or a routine that has purpose, we seldom notice these kinds of phenomena.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 10, 2021, 09:22:41 pm
Abstract enough?

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-HSF4CBD/0/bb4b5612/L/JMR_1003%20bwcopy4-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 10, 2021, 11:12:49 pm
Yup.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 11, 2021, 06:32:21 am
Yup.
Mulling it over, I think it looks best in its original form.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-3vR5GLD/0/c64134da/L/JMR_1003%20copy3-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on July 11, 2021, 09:08:48 am
I like both versions and, of course, abstract enough!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 11, 2021, 07:34:09 pm
Thank you Francois and Eric. Abtracting right along...

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-vxPhfqG/0/38d4e43a/L/JMR_1020%20bwcopy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on July 12, 2021, 08:25:53 am
Spectacular!
It reminds me of the first 360° panoramic mirror domes. We could take just one shot (IIRC, with a Nikon CoolPix) and then use software to create something barely usable. Of course, back then, it wasn't meant to create abstracts.

Well done, John.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Kern on July 12, 2021, 01:59:05 pm
Thank you Francois and Eric. Abtracting right along...

Exceptional!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 12, 2021, 06:02:22 pm
Wow! This one is wild!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 12, 2021, 08:20:48 pm
Wow! This one is wild!
Thank you guys. I can't take all the credit. This is actually a very beautiful green, white and blue sculpture. What I did was to visually abstract some it in my composition, pointing skyward, trying to balance the darks and lights with the shapes. I could have spent an hour or two there but had to go.

JR
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 13, 2021, 05:18:39 pm
It's probably worth coming back to for more variants.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 14, 2021, 01:26:05 pm
A different take:

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-cCKh6xB/0/81ca5eee/L/JMR_1016%20copy2-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 14, 2021, 01:38:09 pm
Ah, #2 in the Psychedelic Series.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on July 14, 2021, 04:03:10 pm
Both versions are superb.
And they make me curious to see the original scupture.
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Post by: John R on July 15, 2021, 01:12:36 am
Both versions are superb.
And they make me curious to see the original scupture.
It's a sculpture called Pine Sanctuary in Missisauga, Ontario. When I discovered it I thought it was one of the best public sculptures I have ever seen. Whimsical, colourful and somewhat abstract all at the same time. No two shapes repeat themselves. It is, rather loosely and figuratively, representive of pine trees in the forest. You can do wonderful things with it if you come back at different times of the day. Here it is:

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Etobicoke-Valley/i-X2jLmqw/0/23f85aff/L/JMR_1351%20copy1000-L.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Etobicoke-Valley/i-PTcXv8s/0/05ecfffa/L/JMR_1383%20copy1000-L.jpg)

You may recall back in 2019 I posted a couple from a different outing.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-jsfKBx8/0/c2460d99/L/Aug%2014-%202019%20Riverwood%20Cons_0307%20copy1000-L.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-HkfgrLw/0/ba1ee3e2/L/JMRO9681%20copy1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 15, 2021, 11:24:52 am
That is great public art, and a fantastic photographic source.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on July 15, 2021, 03:56:52 pm
(https://armandtanase.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p2817255258-5.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on July 15, 2021, 04:14:13 pm
That is great public art, and a fantastic photographic source.

Yes indeed.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 16, 2021, 02:06:56 pm
(https://armandtanase.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p2817255258-5.jpg)
Nice one, Armand!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 16, 2021, 09:23:50 pm
Nice one, Armand!
I do like this one!

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on July 17, 2021, 11:19:14 am
Thank you Eric and John!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: degrub on July 17, 2021, 11:02:42 pm
+2, just curious, was that at the top of the MBARI tidal tank ?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on July 19, 2021, 10:41:50 pm
+2, just curious, was that at the top of the MBARI tidal tank ?

It was in proper Monterey Bay, I think between Carmel and Point Lobos.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Kern on July 21, 2021, 06:29:30 pm
Reflection of the Setting Sun on a Polished Wooden Table

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51322041122_7a61cc3e39_c_d.jpg)



Flagstones in the Rain

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51327506494_f2368623c8_c_d.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on July 22, 2021, 06:52:12 am
The first one, sunlight on a polished table, is wonderfully minimalist. I love it.
The second one has more textures and, for me, is less abstract and doesn't let my imagination play as much as the first shot.
Well done for both!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 22, 2021, 10:01:13 am
Yes Francois, let your imiagination run away...

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-XSBCscj/0/3a2ce239/L/IMG_0146%20copy5%20crop2-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on July 22, 2021, 11:33:35 am
Yes Francois, let your imiagination run away...

JR


I love this one too with these fiery orange streaks…
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 23, 2021, 01:48:17 pm
I love this one too with these fiery orange streaks…
Careful Francois. Stay back you might get burned. This is more approachable. Less fiery, more abstract.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-xwFZBbp/0/51b965bc/L/IMG_0147%20copy4-1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: Arlen on July 23, 2021, 04:15:28 pm
Less fiery, but wonderful just the same.

At first glance, I thought the amber strands in the background might be tortured, unrolled film.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 23, 2021, 10:01:53 pm
Less fiery, but wonderful just the same.

At first glance, I thought the amber strands in the background might be tortured, unrolled film.
That's good Arlen. Tortured film! I saw a video in which the photographer stated we should let the viewer make his own interpretation of the scene. So I am not going to tell.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 24, 2021, 09:58:26 am
Is the "Tortured Film" high on meth?

Really great, wild image.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 24, 2021, 11:03:58 am
Is the "Tortured Film" high on meth?

Really great, wild image.
Where would any of us be without our very own "tortured" sensibiliites 8) They produce rather nice images if I do say so myself. But I am quite frankly leaning more and more to less tortured on the whole.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Cultural-Hotspots-Etobicoke/i-HSvbrsG/0/e758fa94/L/JMR_1608%20paletteknife-1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 25, 2021, 07:16:00 pm
Another fine one. Left side tortured, right side very sedate.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: PeterAit on July 27, 2021, 10:45:43 am
Foundation.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 27, 2021, 01:42:28 pm
I didn't care for the thumbnail, but the enlarged image i s surprisingly mesmerizing.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on July 27, 2021, 01:46:56 pm
I didn't care for the thumbnail, but the enlarged image i s surprisingly mesmerizing.

Yes it is. Bigger is better.  :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 27, 2021, 03:02:22 pm
What? Is Peter having cemented rock party where people go to get stoned? I want in just to show I know how to get stoned too!

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Rockwood-Conservation-Scotts/i-gPpVLxt/0/a09eee63/L/JMR_0654%20bwcopy-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on July 27, 2021, 10:08:59 pm
semi


(https://armandtanase.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p2891747623-5.jpg)


(https://armandtanase.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p2823780749-5.jpg)


(https://armandtanase.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p2823780918-5.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on July 28, 2021, 07:09:00 am
What? Is Peter having cemented rock party where people go to get stoned? I want in just to show I know how to get stoned too!

JR


You have everything in this shot: architecture, geometry, mineral/geology, archeology, etc… No wonder that you're talking about being stoned!
Well done, John.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Todd Suttles on July 28, 2021, 09:40:08 am
Maybe not abstract; but shape, color, form, and line
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 29, 2021, 10:15:39 am
All fascinating, John, Armand and Todd.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: PeterAit on July 30, 2021, 11:36:20 am
Closeup of scales on a butterfly's wing.
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Post by: David Eckels on July 30, 2021, 11:46:57 am
I like this very much. I also like the fact that everything is not tack sharp. Lovely color tones.
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 30, 2021, 07:53:25 pm
Makes a great abstract!
Lovely.
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Post by: John R on July 30, 2021, 10:16:07 pm
Makes a great abstract!
Lovely.
Yes it does. What is C smoothing 4? A type of filter or processing?

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 31, 2021, 11:35:41 am
Garden delights.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-xKcJwkg/0/390d3b4c/L/July%2030-%202021%20RBG_0142%20copy3-1000-L.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-QkFLk6Q/0/964ba3c6/L/July%2030-%202021%20RBG_0113%20copy1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 31, 2021, 11:42:55 am
Both nice.
My pick is the horizontal.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 31, 2021, 11:52:04 am
Both nice.
My pick is the horizontal.
Not really fair Eric. My vertical image cries foul and thinks you were lying down when you picked the horizontal image ;) But I feign disinterest and just say thanks 8)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: PeterAit on July 31, 2021, 02:10:41 pm
Yes it does. What is C smoothing 4? A type of filter or processing?

JR

It's a focus stack and these terms are added to the output file name by Helicon to identify the processing parameters.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 01, 2021, 05:42:51 am
A fly's eye view, no doubt.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-3L9jssS/0/dae6d010/L/JMR_2471%20copycrop1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 01, 2021, 10:54:08 am
Ooh! Nice.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 08, 2021, 12:12:35 pm
Somewhat abstract, in any event.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-mmwwdX7/0/10e512e8/L/JMR_2735%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 08, 2021, 03:08:25 pm
Nice layered palettes.
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Post by: John R on August 08, 2021, 05:31:31 pm
Nice layered palettes.
Thanks my thoughts also when I composed the scene.

JR
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Post by: francois on August 09, 2021, 09:30:20 am
Ooh! Nice.

More than nice…  :D
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 09, 2021, 06:50:51 pm
More than nice…  :D
You mean nicer ;) Thanks Francois and Eric for all your comments.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on August 10, 2021, 09:08:09 am
You mean nicer ;) Thanks Francois and Eric for all your comments.

JR

Three or four years ago, I was in Italy and met a guy who claimed his job was "aumentaror" (or something similar). I asked him about his job and he told me that he was in advertising and that he had to describe products or people as being bigger, the biggest, the ultimate biggest, etc…  ;D
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 10, 2021, 11:41:54 am
Ultimate Biggerest Nicerest of All!!!    ;)
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Post by: francois on August 10, 2021, 11:54:33 am
Ultimate Biggerest Nicerest of All!!!    ;)

Eric, add "extreme" and you're ready for a new career!  :D
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Kern on August 10, 2021, 12:08:05 pm
Agua fría

(Raindrops hitting the edge of a flagstone patio.)


(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51368409931_78dcf763a1_c_d.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 10, 2021, 01:46:31 pm
That is mesmerizing.

Great catch.
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Post by: Jonathan Cross on August 10, 2021, 01:49:25 pm
+1

Jonathan
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Post by: John R on August 10, 2021, 09:18:10 pm
Yes, quite abstract.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 17, 2021, 08:46:44 am
High key abstract.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-86JRzSC/0/7cbc4c78/L/JMR_4214%20bwhighkey-1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 17, 2021, 11:04:49 am
Groovy!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 17, 2021, 11:49:40 am
Groovy!
Yea, right man, thanks. I have to photograph these, cause that's where it's at, know what I mean man...

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-pzPTGMj/0/4c91c795/L/JMR_4380%20pano5-bw2-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on August 18, 2021, 11:05:29 am
This one is superb - a chalice made out of petals! B&W processing is top-notch and very appropriate for the subject.
Bravo!
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 18, 2021, 06:06:51 pm
This one is superb - a chalice made out of petals! B&W processing is top-notch and very appropriate for the subject.
Bravo!
+1.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 21, 2021, 03:38:01 pm
Maybe the "chalice" will absorb this creation.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-72SBJDz/0/b33c8630/L/JMR_4467%20pano6-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 21, 2021, 06:41:51 pm
Ooh! The Fiery Furnace!
Good one.
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Post by: John R on August 22, 2021, 06:51:52 am
Ooh! The Fiery Furnace!
Good one.
Thanks Eric. Yea, you're right, lets get out of Dante's Inferno and go into the Garden of Eden.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-7RMmGKj/0/2ed5ba5b/L/JMR_4677%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on August 22, 2021, 09:05:16 am
Thanks Eric. Yea, you're right, lets get out of Dante's Inferno and go into the Garden of Eden.

JR


Weird, I never noticed such beauties in Death Valley…  :D
Bravo for your "chalice" set!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 22, 2021, 07:23:13 pm
Weird, I never noticed such beauties in Death Valley…  :D
Bravo for your "chalice" set!
Thanks Francois. This did start life in a garden.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-kQNzVLq/0/1c053f3d/L/JMR_4693%20polarsphere5-1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 22, 2021, 10:28:11 pm
Another nice one.

Somebody poured a lot of colored dyes into Niagara Falls.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 23, 2021, 07:54:36 am
Thanks Francois. This did start life in a garden.

JR

Not quite. The dyes are in nature's garden. The software stretches and bends the colours.
This one is more Monet-like, ICM not software

(https://photos.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-m79XGmZ/0/adb2ae03/L/JMR_4770%20copysoft-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on August 24, 2021, 02:37:07 am
Another nice one.

Somebody poured a lot of colored dyes into Niagara Falls.

Yes, beauty in colors and lines…
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 24, 2021, 09:55:55 am
I think I will throw you guys for a loop.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-B8cSLmH/0/9b5b79b1/L/JMR_4820%20panopolar3-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 24, 2021, 11:16:58 am
Those must be the flowers called "Loopines."   ;)
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Post by: David Eckels on August 24, 2021, 04:41:41 pm
Those must be the flowers called "Loopines."   ;)
Oi
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Post by: francois on August 25, 2021, 08:10:56 am
I love those "Loopines"…  :D
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 25, 2021, 01:46:32 pm
I love those "Loopines"…  :D
I do too. (and not just because of the excellent name I provided.    ;)  )
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 25, 2021, 05:57:56 pm
I do too. (and not just because of the excellent name I provided.    ;)  )
Thanks guys. Since you are all LuLa buddies, just grab a partner and swing him around by the arm like we did when were kids. Only make sure he has camera in the free hand. See easy!!

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 25, 2021, 07:40:33 pm
+1.    ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 26, 2021, 09:10:08 am
One more variation on a theme, not Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini .

Just plain old JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-wvTG2hx/0/3f751c6b/L/JMR_4693%20polarsphere4-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on August 27, 2021, 09:19:44 am
One more variation on a theme, not Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini .

Just plain old JR


You're becoming more popular than Rachmaninoff  ;D
But it's deserved…
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 31, 2021, 01:39:40 pm
What I sometimes do when the forest is full of harsh light. Experiment!

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-L83b3sZ/0/ee8704f1/L/JMR_5720%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on August 31, 2021, 02:16:56 pm
And the experiment was a success! I like it. And would not have guessed it was harsh forest highlights.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 31, 2021, 05:10:57 pm
I often enjoy photographing in forests in soft, overcast light, but in harsh forest highlights I don't bother.

I might try sometime soon, however, but I think I will need dancing lessons from John R before I do.   :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 31, 2021, 07:01:36 pm
I often enjoy photographing in forests in soft, overcast light, but in harsh forest highlights I don't bother.

I might try sometime soon, however, but I think I will need dancing lessons from John R before I do.   :)
Thanks Arlen and Eric for the comments.
 
JR

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 31, 2021, 07:04:45 pm
On walk today and spotted something on wall that had some pattern potential. Here it is.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-RW7HdS5/0/41ea3df8/L/IMG_0035-%202021copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on August 31, 2021, 07:35:06 pm
(https://armandtanase.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p3014269373-5.jpg)


(https://armandtanase.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p3014269587-5.jpg)


(https://armandtanase.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-10/p3014269387-5.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 31, 2021, 08:55:37 pm
Excellent set Armand. I especially like the last lichen image.

JR
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 01, 2021, 11:56:20 am
Yes, an excellent set.
My favorite is the first, because I have no idea what it really is.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: armand on September 01, 2021, 08:48:56 pm
Thank you John and Eric!

Eric, that's pine bark eaten by the the pine beetle.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 01, 2021, 11:21:00 pm
Thanks, Armand.

I suspect you found it this way, rather than bringing a bunch of pine beetles with you to chew up the bark for a photo op.   ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 04, 2021, 10:04:00 am
Woke up from a nap and what did I espy on the ceiling? Light-ening of course 8)

JR

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 04, 2021, 01:30:24 pm
A most enlightening nap.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 07, 2021, 01:37:12 pm
From naps to abstracts under the bridge.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-JjVgD6h/0/5b997131/L/IMG_0298%20squarecopy-1000-L.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-25qHWvx/0/acb94cac/L/IMG_0297%20cropcopy-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on September 08, 2021, 06:53:49 am
Woke up from a nap and what did I espy on the ceiling? Light-ening of course 8)

JR

Hard to identify the first one but I'm slow and it's going to take some time. The second is is a geometry lesson, I love it.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 08, 2021, 10:50:44 am
Hard to identify the first one but I'm slow and it's going to take some time. The second is is a geometry lesson, I love it.
Thanks Francois. It's the blade of ceiling a fan, and I guess light bouncing from it.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on September 08, 2021, 12:32:27 pm
Thanks Francois. It's the blade of ceiling a fan, and I guess light bouncing from it.

JR

OK, now it's obvious after your explanation!
Thank you, John.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 08, 2021, 08:17:17 pm
I don't care what objects were in front of the camera.
I find the first image absolutely gripping: Sterile rigidity to the right, and dynamic life force to the left.

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 10, 2021, 08:07:50 am
Under the canopy, taking cover from the rain, what did I see? Well I will let you guess.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-XQGn8L2/0/874633ca/L/JMR_6736%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 10, 2021, 12:04:56 pm
Them is real strange rain drops, but real purty.   ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 10, 2021, 04:02:00 pm
Them is real strange rain drops, but real purty.   ;)
Rain you say, oh chum...Herewith is the wet side...
A little soft...I'm a little unsteady these days. Could kick myself for not bringing the tripod.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-qT4p7Hs/0/2c0f28fc/L/JMR_6763%20copy2-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on September 10, 2021, 04:58:32 pm
Those are a couple of the best-looking chair abstracts that I can remember seeing.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 10, 2021, 07:47:24 pm
John built that chair just so he could photograph it.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on September 11, 2021, 06:56:38 am
The second one is even better…
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 11, 2021, 08:38:05 am
Thanks Arlen, Eric and Francois. I was going to post a third and make it a trio, but I thought may as well make it a quartet since they all came from the same chairs.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-6XT47bf/0/54f2b11f/L/JMR_6753%20bwcopy1000-L.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-c5VtTWX/0/ee6a42da/L/JMR_6736%20pano1e-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 11, 2021, 09:00:48 am
All very nice. My current favorite is the fourth.
I now declare John R "Chair of the Chair Photo Department!"
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Post by: francois on September 11, 2021, 09:57:23 am
For me, the last two are the best of this "chair" set. The last one is really wild with those modified shapes.

I second Eric's suggestion about your nomination  ;D
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 12, 2021, 06:53:16 am
For me, the last two are the best of this "chair" set. The last one is really wild with those modified shapes.

I second Eric's suggestion about your nomination  ;D
Thanks guys. I have always wanted to be the "Chair" of something - not!
Despite the rain, it was bright outside and it was the beautiful soft light which drew me to the chairs in the first place. You can see them here under the canopy, a kind of open air giant softbox tent. They do concerts in the summer.

JR

 
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 12, 2021, 12:27:17 pm
Clearly the chair designer was a photographer.

The way they stack is clearly for the benefit of photography.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on September 14, 2021, 11:18:30 am
Thanks guys. I have always wanted to be the "Chair" of something - not!
Despite the rain, it was bright outside and it was the beautiful soft light which drew me to the chairs in the first place. You can see them here under the canopy, a kind of open air giant softbox tent. They do concerts in the summer.

JR

Not abstract but still a very nice and classical composition.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 16, 2021, 12:41:51 pm
On my walks I must have went by this scene at least 10 times without noticing anything. Then I heard a whisper, I know the light is almost flat, and I am not really abstract, but my graphic qualities are at least worthy of a try. So I took this photograph.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Etobicoke-Valley/i-PNLBKFJ/0/d2b1d4d6/L/IMG_0581%20copy1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 17, 2021, 12:23:39 am
Lovely. Great composition.
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Post by: francois on September 17, 2021, 06:05:05 am
On my walks I must have went by this scene at least 10 times without noticing anything. Then I heard a whisper, I know the light is almost flat, and I am not really abstract, but my graphic qualities are at least worthy of a try. So I took this photograph.

JR


Wonderfully diverse vertical elements!
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Post by: John R on September 17, 2021, 12:28:28 pm
Wonderfully diverse vertical elements!

Lovely. Great composition.

Thanks Francois and Eric. Got to try. Yesterday it was very sunny so I tried high contrast to bring out contrast, lines and light.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-G6vTct5/0/5c5b9f07/L/IMG_0701%20bwcopy2-1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 17, 2021, 05:58:00 pm
Another good one John.

Here are a couple of new ones of mine:
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on September 18, 2021, 09:02:07 am
Thanks Francois and Eric. Got to try. Yesterday it was very sunny so I tried high contrast to bring out contrast, lines and light.

JR


A great study of contrast. I like it very much…
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on September 18, 2021, 02:29:59 pm
Nice ones, Eric. I especially like the second. When I blow it up, I see abstracts within an abstract.
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Post by: John R on September 18, 2021, 02:36:18 pm
Nice ones, Eric. I especially like the second. When I blow it up, I see abstracts within an abstract.
As thumb nails, they sure look like images of galaxies. See, Eric is always on a journey.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 18, 2021, 08:30:26 pm
Thanks, Arlen and John.

(My spaceship for journeying is really quite down to earth.   ;) )
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Post by: John R on September 19, 2021, 12:23:20 am
Perhaps too colorful and bright. But it is abstract and I do like the color combination.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-vn3bk7g/0/1e039a3f/L/IMG_0733%20copy4-1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 19, 2021, 08:39:29 am
Not too colorful for me, John.
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Post by: John R on September 19, 2021, 04:42:49 pm
Not too colorful for me, John.
Thanks Eric. I actually did reduce the saturation. that's what you get when you hit Auto settings.

Here is a more mysterious abstract.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-QPrNLGd/0/b9e2e013/L/IMG_0776%20copy3-1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: PeterAit on September 20, 2021, 04:53:32 pm
Today's take from a visit to a long-abandoned waste treatment plant.
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 20, 2021, 10:40:53 pm
Well, D.P. Moynihan, the fact is I like both John's and Peter's, for different reasons.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on September 21, 2021, 05:32:32 am
Thanks Eric. I actually did reduce the saturation. that's what you get when you hit Auto settings.

Here is a more mysterious abstract.

JR


Lovely patterns but still mysterious.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 21, 2021, 06:38:50 am
Thanks guys.

I like Peter's image also. May I suggest making the images smaller. Can't get it on my 25" screen! It is well seen as the green and mottled white nicely separates itself from the main subject. I see a man, perhaps accompanied by a second person walking a dog. Not that I look for meaning is such abstracts, but this one jumped out at me once I reduced the image to where I could view the whole.
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Post by: kers on September 21, 2021, 11:27:21 am
...
So hear are a few of mine in black and white to start things off.

Eric
like the 'Miro'  BulloughsPondAbstract.jpg very much

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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 21, 2021, 12:03:12 pm
Thank you, Pieter.
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Post by: PeterAit on September 21, 2021, 08:51:24 pm
Thanks guys.

I like Peter's image also. May I suggest making the images smaller. Can't get it on my 25" screen! It is well seen as the green and mottled white nicely separates itself from the main subject. I see a man, perhaps accompanied by a second person walking a dog. Not that I look for meaning is such abstracts, but this one jumped out at me once I reduced the image to where I could view the whole.

If I see anything in the image it's a woman with a long dress, perhaps with the train held up behind her.
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Post by: John R on September 22, 2021, 12:20:46 pm
If I see anything in the image it's a woman with a long dress, perhaps with the train held up behind her.
Yes, I see that now. Perhaps we approach things visually starting from different sides!

JR
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Post by: John R on September 25, 2021, 10:56:45 pm
Horizontals in the sky.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-kDvh5vn/0/ddc59481/L/JMR_3515%20copy1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: francois on September 26, 2021, 08:41:10 am
Horizontals in the sky.

JR


I like your version of Rhein II  ;D

That said, the silver(s) & blue combination is elegant.
Well seen.
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 26, 2021, 10:25:09 am
The very subtle shadows keep it from being too sterile.

Nice work.
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Post by: John R on September 26, 2021, 11:49:16 am
The very subtle shadows keep it from being too sterile.

Nice work.
Thank you Eric and Francois. Eric I think you have a point. The highlights on the flashing and the shadows do add interest. I noticed the highlights but not the shadows when I took the image. I always tell people, the lens sees all even if you don't.

JR
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Post by: John R on September 26, 2021, 01:04:42 pm
Spinnerama colours.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-6WgNQd6/0/bf2eea4f/L/April%2015-%202018%20spinner2-1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 26, 2021, 04:14:23 pm
Another of your wild ones that I can't imagine how you shot it (or created it.)
Nice.
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Post by: John R on September 27, 2021, 05:36:58 am
Another of your wild ones that I can't imagine how you shot it (or created it.)
Nice.
Spinnerama is a photograph of a spinning fidget spinner. That's why it has a soft, almost out of focus look. OTH, this one was created in software.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-DGhVxx7/0/3e36908f/L/Sept%209-%202021%20RBG_0102%20copy2-1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 27, 2021, 08:53:52 am
You have an enormous assortment of crayons in your box, and a very steady hand in using them!   ;)
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Post by: PeterAit on September 30, 2021, 04:12:24 pm
Green.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 30, 2021, 04:24:14 pm
Nice, Peter.

(But I probably would have called it "Red" just to confuse people.)
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Post by: John R on October 08, 2021, 08:09:04 am
Splashes of colour.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Glen-Haffey/i-bPrL5NJ/0/7073e8c2/L/Oct%206-%202021%20Glen%20Haffey_0051%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on October 08, 2021, 10:13:05 am
I like those splashes. And it reminds me of a girl in my neighborhood who has hair kind of like that.
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Post by: francois on October 08, 2021, 11:13:08 am
I like those splashes. And it reminds me of a girl in my neighborhood who has hair kind of like that.

it reminds me the Alpenflage camouflage pattern…  ;D
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 08, 2021, 05:39:21 pm
I like those splashes. And it reminds me of a girl in my neighborhood who has hair kind of like that.
Have you noticed John R wandering around your neighborhood with his camera?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on October 08, 2021, 11:03:29 pm
Have you noticed John R wandering around your neighborhood with his camera?

So that's how he does it.  :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 09, 2021, 09:16:06 am
Found this in a conservation area. What happened to all the colour leaves?

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-PHSc9m8/0/5ce38bc5/L/JMR_8397%20lowkeynik3b-1000-L.jpg)

Disappearing links
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-vbvnRkk/0/ec687a14/L/JMR_8537%20bw-fullspectruminverse-1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 09, 2021, 03:58:12 pm
The leaves were so exhausted after all the effort it took to weave themselves into that chain in the last image that they lost all their color.
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Post by: John R on October 14, 2021, 12:24:49 am
A little rhythm and contrast.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-n72DHgQ/0/b8b8c4f9/L/JMR_9284%20copy2-1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: francois on October 14, 2021, 09:10:44 am
A little rhythm and contrast.

JR


I like the light on those "blades"!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 14, 2021, 12:16:42 pm
I like the light on those "blades"!
Thanks Francois. Careful though, don't stare too long, or you will get caught up in a whirlwind 8)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Glen-Haffey/i-n9T83VW/0/3d01badc/L/Oct%2011-%202021%20Glen%20Haffey_0102%20copy1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: francois on October 15, 2021, 09:20:19 am
Thanks Francois. Careful though, don't stare too long, or you will get caught up in a whirlwind 8)


I'm very careful but with this last one, I'm already feeling dizzy…
Great shot!
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Post by: John R on October 16, 2021, 12:05:03 pm
Dancing dirvishes

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-x924nbv/0/3e5ff55e/L/July%2011-%202021%20RBG_0146%20cropcopy-1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: francois on October 17, 2021, 09:16:12 am
Puzzling but so elegant!
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Post by: John R on October 17, 2021, 11:34:08 am
Puzzling but so elegant!
Thanks. It's a mystery! So is this one.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-cZx572x/0/1a09f4b0/L/20200725_183104%20bwpano8-1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 17, 2021, 11:52:14 am
I think that one is a self-portrait, lower half, taken from a few feet behind you.
(How did you do that, anyway?  ;)  )   I like it.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on October 17, 2021, 01:34:27 pm
I think that one is a self-portrait, lower half, taken from a few feet behind you.
(How did you do that, anyway?  ;)  )   I like it.

A tall and skinny self portrait. I like it too.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Kern on October 17, 2021, 01:41:25 pm
Lighted by the Blinds

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51598044392_9b7303af75_c_d.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 17, 2021, 07:32:21 pm
Lighted by the Blinds

Excellent Chris. Good eye! It's great the way it is, but may I suggest that you bring out the blue in the white light even more. Just for effect, as a beautiful counterpoint to the orange-yellow light.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Kern on October 17, 2021, 07:37:32 pm
. . . may I suggest that you bring out the blue in the white light even more. Just for effect, as a beautiful counterpoint to the orange-yellow light.

Good suggestion.  I confess I didn't invest much time post-processing it.  I shot it in the bathroom, right after waking up this morning, and coffee took priority over color.
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Post by: John R on October 17, 2021, 07:48:54 pm
Good suggestion.  I confess I didn't invest much time post-processing it.  I shot it in the bathroom, right after waking up this morning, and coffee took priority over color.
I'm with you, coffee gets first preference! 8)

PS maybe second too!
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Post by: John R on October 17, 2021, 08:12:45 pm
A tall and skinny self portrait. I like it too.
Thank you gentlemen. Damn robots, they always like to show off their legs. This is what they really look like. Kind of androgynous:

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-fn6nKMh/0/362151e7/L/20200725_183104%20crop-pano4-1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 18, 2021, 01:58:42 pm
The one in front has a real toothy grin.
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Post by: francois on October 20, 2021, 09:31:55 am
Robots get my head spinning…
Interesting shot.
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 22, 2021, 10:45:33 am
Sunlight reflected on a ceiling.
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Post by: John R on October 22, 2021, 06:14:59 pm
Sunlight reflected on a ceiling.
Good eye. The diagonal movement is quite suitable for this subject.

JR
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Post by: John R on October 22, 2021, 08:38:17 pm
Us floor, ceiling and wall guys have to stick together. We are so few that we may fade into abstractions;)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-mmc2Pzr/0/af405125/L/IMG_2460%20bluetone3-1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 22, 2021, 11:16:03 pm
Yes indeed. Walls and floors and ceilings are natural sources for good abstracts.
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Post by: John R on October 24, 2021, 09:03:58 am
How about semi-abstract roads and clouds that criss-criss?

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-wtb7TRH/0/66222f98/L/IMG_0105%20sepia-bw2-1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 24, 2021, 09:26:30 am
That'll do nicely.
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Post by: John R on October 24, 2021, 09:59:19 am
Having coffee this morning and what should I see? Prismatic effects coming through door window. Got so excited I left the chain in, which is shadow from the outside screen door.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-b9rpMrH/0/c79059c1/L/JMR_0626%20copy1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 24, 2021, 11:27:04 am
I like. (Including the chain.)
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Post by: Arlen on October 24, 2021, 02:37:51 pm
Us floor, ceiling and wall guys have to stick together. We are so few that we may fade into abstractions;)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-mmc2Pzr/0/af405125/L/IMG_2460%20bluetone3-1000-L.jpg)

I really like this one, John. A very compelling arrangement of the shapes and tones.
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Post by: John R on October 25, 2021, 09:12:57 am
I really like this one, John. A very compelling arrangement of the shapes and tones.
Thank you Arlen. Ironically this was taken near some abstract paintings at the McMichael gallery north of Toronto where the 'Group of Seven' paintings are housed. You may know of them. Steve Martin, the American comedian, thinks very highly of them and collects some of Lauren Harris' works.

JR
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Post by: PeterAit on October 27, 2021, 04:50:54 pm
Pavement.
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Post by: John R on October 27, 2021, 11:41:27 pm
What's a few splashes of paint - art of course!

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-Rz4cZ82/0/bfce7076/L/JMR_1045%20copy2-1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 28, 2021, 10:09:45 am
I like that. It's cheerful.
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Post by: John R on October 28, 2021, 11:09:24 am
I like that. It's cheerful.
:) :) Ah but little do you know what that really is.

JR
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Post by: Arlen on October 28, 2021, 04:52:16 pm
:) :) Ah but little do you know what that really is.

JR

A car windshield after it hit a big bird, which caused it to crash into a field of flowers?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 28, 2021, 07:34:52 pm
A car windshield after it hit a big bird, which caused it to crash into a field of flowers?
Very clever, but no cigar.
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Post by: Arlen on October 29, 2021, 10:59:14 am
Pavement.

I like this one a lot, Peter. And it looks like it would be right down Eric's alley. Figuratively and literally.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on October 29, 2021, 11:56:09 am
I like this one a lot, Peter. And it looks like it would be right down Eric's alley. Figuratively and literally.
That's just Peter winking at us 8)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 29, 2021, 11:57:27 am
I do like "Pavement." It's very "down to earth."
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on November 02, 2021, 06:53:11 pm
Autumn Winds


(https://pbase.com/art1/image/172097628/original.jpg)

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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 02, 2021, 07:08:23 pm
That is truly gorgeous, Arlen!
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Post by: John R on November 02, 2021, 07:33:48 pm
That is truly gorgeous, Arlen!
Yes, yes. Next time the winds will take you away.
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Post by: Arlen on November 03, 2021, 05:37:09 pm
Thanks a lot, Eric and John. I wasn't sure about it when I first saw it on the computer, but the more I looked at it and played with it, the more it grew on me. I'm pretty happy with it now.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 04, 2021, 10:59:36 pm
What's in an abstract anyway...

See the next post from whence this subject came.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-z2NfNv9/0/68404083/L/JMR_8388%20pano4%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 04, 2021, 11:19:43 pm
Or one can try to be more creative with mundane subjects and transform them. I did get lucky with this one. I found it in a conservation area.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-QJC2Hdk/0/565a2630/XL/IMG_1628%20pano1c-1000-XL.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 05, 2021, 11:41:12 am
The neon trees are quite nice, but that red whirling dervish is stunning!
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Post by: John R on November 05, 2021, 11:53:00 am
The neon trees are quite nice, but that red whirling dervish is stunning!
They are both images of outdoor porch umbrellas, situated in picnic area of conservation area. Who knew that I would spend most of my time that day with umbrellas!

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on November 05, 2021, 12:55:12 pm
The neon trees are quite nice, but that red whirling dervish is stunning!

Stunning is the right word for it! Very well done, John.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 06, 2021, 11:23:05 am
Thank you Arlen and Eric. Even the umbrellas thank you 8)

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: kers on November 08, 2021, 06:25:56 am
Consider this abstract
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 08, 2021, 11:10:00 am
A natural abstract. Good.
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Post by: David Eckels on November 11, 2021, 10:42:58 am
An unnatural abstract! Again, from my morning walk.
Arizona Fall to Winter Abstract
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 11, 2021, 11:35:11 am
Nice.
That's what I see when I go out without my glasses.
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Post by: David Eckels on November 11, 2021, 12:58:29 pm
Harbinger of things to com, Eric!
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Post by: John R on November 11, 2021, 07:08:09 pm
Harbinger of things to com, Eric!
I like it a lot. How many exposures?

JR
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Post by: David Eckels on November 12, 2021, 11:10:28 am
Thanks, John, it printed very nicely, too.
I started with a 10 frame multi-exposure in camera, but took your advice trying to hold on point to get minimal movement.
Worked with the exposure and saturation on that, and experimented with a couple different masked overlays (color and exclusion) of the original image above.
I wanted a tad more definition in the dark tree trunk, so added a pin light overlay of a frame with no ICM at low opacity to provide just a hint of the darker branches.
So that's 11 exposures total. The 8x10 prints turned out great, so going to try a 20x30 canvas print in the next few days. Might put a frame around it! :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 13, 2021, 08:54:16 pm
"I ain't taking no rainbow ride..." from a song by Andy Kim.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-JPzDzCv/0/5d9ce437/L/JMR_2874%20copy4-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 15, 2021, 12:54:03 pm
Slip slide and away...

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-HsStJPL/0/67458f2e/L/JMR_3515%20copy5d-1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 15, 2021, 11:07:46 pm
I really like the Rainbow Ride one.
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Post by: francois on November 16, 2021, 06:42:03 am
Love those smooth lines and excellent color combination.
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Post by: John R on November 16, 2021, 10:15:14 am
Thanks Eric and Francois.

JR
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Post by: Michael West on November 17, 2021, 01:52:19 pm
my first abstract in some time.
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 17, 2021, 04:53:23 pm
Nice.
Cheerful.
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Post by: Arlen on November 17, 2021, 05:22:08 pm
Leftovers


(https://pbase.com/art1/image/172140762/original.jpg)

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Post by: John R on November 18, 2021, 10:14:54 am
Leftovers
Gorgeous. Looks like a painting...iced over?

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 18, 2021, 12:05:25 pm
Gorgeous. Looks like a painting...iced over?

JR
+1 and same question.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on November 18, 2021, 04:19:51 pm
Thanks, John and Eric. I agree with your assessment of what it resembles, but no ice or paintings were involved. (Though we have had a few freezing nights recently.) Just some some of our remaining autumn leaves that had potential, and that I played with until eventually I got to something that looked interesting and appealing to me.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 18, 2021, 04:43:44 pm
Good job of "playing with."
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 18, 2021, 04:53:25 pm
Thanks, John and Eric. I agree with your assessment of what it resembles, but no ice or paintings were involved. (Though we have had a few freezing nights recently.) Just some some of our remaining autumn leaves that had potential, and that I played with until eventually I got to something that looked interesting and appealing to me.
Even better! I never do that 8)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: kers on November 19, 2021, 06:13:12 am
Leftovers

a marvel!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on November 19, 2021, 07:18:36 pm
Thanks, Pieter, I appreciate your thoughts on it.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: PeterAit on November 21, 2021, 09:55:57 am
Somewhere in Alaska (not that it matters).
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 21, 2021, 10:27:14 am
I couldn't find it on my map of Alaska, but I do like it!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 21, 2021, 02:01:04 pm
I couldn't find it on my map of Alaska, but I do like it!
Very cool Peter. Who ever thought one could find something cool in Alaska 8)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 21, 2021, 03:59:09 pm
Very cool comment, John.   ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Michael West on November 28, 2021, 10:00:54 pm
Very cool comment, John.   ;)

I have not yet perfected the motion abstraction process..
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 29, 2021, 12:06:09 am
I have not yet perfected the motion abstraction process..
And you may never. ICM does have a side in which things are never quite perfect and  the movement doesn't lend itself to reliable results. This is pretty good. But your white areas demonstrate why I avoid the sky 90% of the time. It is hard to balance these areas with the rest of the image. Bright skies draw all the attention.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 02, 2021, 12:46:47 am
Light and airy, if you will...

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-XnsT7cG/0/5163c6c7/L/JMR_3720%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on December 02, 2021, 08:10:28 am
Cotton candy smooth… I love it!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 02, 2021, 09:02:24 am
Nice.
And it looked exactly the same when I put my glasses on.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on December 02, 2021, 09:52:36 am
…And it looked exactly the same when I put my glasses on.

Same here  ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 02, 2021, 11:42:38 am
Thanks for the comments guys. This is the universe, where black holes meet antimatter and spit out wine into a glass. A great demigod appeared, drank the wine, and the rest I will leave to your imagination ;)

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 02, 2021, 05:52:41 pm
Ah! That explains it perfectly.   ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: David Eckels on December 03, 2021, 10:04:42 am
Yellow SC Trees. Experiment with Nikon 1 v2. Not the universe, but pleasing, I think.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 03, 2021, 10:53:34 am
A pleasing part of the universe.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 03, 2021, 11:00:44 am
Yellow SC Trees. Experiment with Nikon 1 v2. Not the universe, but pleasing, I think.
Quite pleasing. I like how you isolated a small section and made it come to life. What shutter speed did you use?

So you bought a V2? My brother had the V1. I tried and really liked how quick and versatile the camera was.

My universe was wine at the bottom of a glass. Of course, I had to drink most of it first!

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 03, 2021, 07:56:03 pm
Why not take inspiration from Van Gogh.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Glen-Haffey/i-Xw8DPg5/0/70c4dac1/L/JMR_7611%20copy3-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 03, 2021, 11:40:23 pm
Ooh! A fiery furnace!
Nice one.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: David Eckels on December 04, 2021, 08:56:06 am
Quite pleasing. I like how you isolated a small section and made it come to life. What shutter speed did you use?

So you bought a V2? My brother had the V1. I tried and really liked how quick and versatile the camera was.

My universe was wine at the bottom of a glass. Of course, I had to drink most of it first!

JR
I've had the v2 for a few years and like having a camera held to my face, though not the EVF lag. I take it whenever I don't want the heavy 850 kit or want a low profile camera that does acceptably well, esp with super resolution or Gigapixel, but this is ~10x15 inches, plenty for online posting. Exp: 1/30 sec, f/16, ISO 160, @100 mm. We'd had enough wine the night before, so my universe was a little wobbly ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 04, 2021, 09:10:02 pm
I've had the v2 for a few years and like having a camera held to my face, though not the EVF lag. I take it whenever I don't want the heavy 850 kit or want a low profile camera that does acceptably well, esp with super resolution or Gigapixel, but this is ~10x15 inches, plenty for online posting. Exp: 1/30 sec, f/16, ISO 160, @100 mm. We'd had enough wine the night before, so my universe was a little wobbly ;)
Well this is interesting. You really have to whip the camera around to get a blur at 1/30. I generally shoot at between 1/8 to 1/4 of sec. I occasionally do go outside those parameters when I think I may want a more soft or blurry effect.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: David Eckels on December 05, 2021, 08:22:31 am
Well this is interesting. You really have to whip the camera around to get a blur at 1/30. I generally shoot at between 1/8 to 1/4 of sec. I occasionally do go outside those parameters when I think I may want a more soft or blurry effect.

JR
That is my experience as well, but at 100 mm (270 mm equivalent), it works quite nicely to leverage a telephoto in this way.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 07, 2021, 11:26:45 am
I don't know what happened. My time tunnel started oscillating and dividing like a cell. Guess I won't be using it until Dr. Who is able to diagnose it.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-HKz6zNS/0/f8b2404c/L/Oct%2011-%202021%20Ferris%20Park_0022%20bwpano3c1000-L.jpg)

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 07, 2021, 03:05:29 pm
I think you have a highly artistic gremlin living inside your lens.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on December 07, 2021, 04:35:34 pm
Theoretically, I think that is what it looks like as you approach the event horizon of a black hole. Looks like you turned back just in time, or we wouldn't be seeing this.

I really like your Van Gogh inspiration, too; it's gorgeous.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: David Eckels on December 07, 2021, 05:48:01 pm
Wildfire!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 07, 2021, 07:44:33 pm
Ooh! I like that a lot!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 07, 2021, 10:44:11 pm
Theoretically, I think that is what it looks like as you approach the event horizon of a black hole. Looks like you turned back just in time, or we wouldn't be seeing this.

I really like your Van Gogh inspiration, too; it's gorgeous.
Thanks Arlen. The Van Gogh may be my favorite of the year, so far.

I think you have a highly artistic gremlin living inside your lens.
Thanks Eric. I have to imagine that I must be back in time for dinner.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 07, 2021, 10:47:48 pm
Wildfire!
How can you post this without a fire extinguisher. For shame. But you're forgiven because cool shots extinguish photographic fires 8)

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: David Eckels on December 08, 2021, 08:07:12 am
Eric and John 🙏🏻
I like these abstracts. In the right mood, they can lead to unexpected places.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 08, 2021, 08:47:00 pm
Maybe keep these going. Really, they are just spirits running through the forest.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/High-Park-Toronto/i-MbVS7tg/0/7309f0d1/L/Nov%202-%202021%20High%20Park_0028%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: David Eckels on December 09, 2021, 02:53:20 pm
Nice!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 09, 2021, 04:36:19 pm
You're still on a roll, John.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on December 12, 2021, 08:59:38 pm
I don't know what happened. I was photographing this moving cloud when all of a sudden this big overhead beam appeared and this is how it turned out ;)

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-nM2ttVR/0/a9328d1b/L/IMG_0064%20bwcopy2-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 12, 2021, 11:09:05 pm
Interesting shot.
I'm glad you weren't standing directly under the beam when it came down. It would definitely sting a bit.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on December 13, 2021, 07:12:30 am
I don't know what happened. I was photographing this moving cloud when all of a sudden this big overhead beam appeared and this is how it turned out ;)

JR


I like the split view concept!
Well done.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Michael West on December 13, 2021, 03:03:30 pm
I don't know what happened. I was photographing this moving cloud when all of a sudden this big overhead beam appeared and this is how it turned out ;)

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-nM2ttVR/0/a9328d1b/L/IMG_0064%20bwcopy2-1000-L.jpg)

for a brief moment I thought that you'd posted one of my images...
Title: Re: Variations on a Theme
Post by: Michael West on December 13, 2021, 04:12:30 pm
I'll throw this one in under the sensu lato definition of abstract.

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+1
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Kern on December 20, 2021, 08:43:46 pm
Surface Tension

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51758682807_e9f6ebe660_c_d.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 20, 2021, 11:29:58 pm
Good one!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on December 21, 2021, 07:42:04 am
Surface Tension


Oh yes, tension is everywhere in this shot. I like it a lot and B&W is prefect for such a graphic image.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 24, 2021, 05:38:51 pm
Pavement Abstract
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Kern on December 24, 2021, 05:47:58 pm
Pavement Abstract

Now that's real "street."
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 24, 2021, 06:13:18 pm
Now that's real "street."
:)  :)  :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Michael West on December 24, 2021, 08:47:13 pm
Wildfire!

abstracts of this abstractions seem fairly abstract

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51774254425_a2151327fd_c.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Michael West on December 24, 2021, 10:47:21 pm
words fail me.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51692519990_9e2097ebef_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 24, 2021, 11:06:42 pm
Fine ones, these last two, Michael!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Michael West on December 25, 2021, 11:02:01 am
Fine ones, these last two, Michael!

Thank you.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 01, 2022, 12:42:58 pm
It's a gray dull day in Toronto and I am in the mood to make it more colourful.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-LrXw2V6/0/49c77d16/L/IMG_0004%20copy8e1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 01, 2022, 02:54:58 pm
Golly!
Down here in Massachusetts our gray skies never look that interesting!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on January 01, 2022, 06:56:02 pm
It's a gray dull day in Toronto and I am in the mood to make it more colourful.

JR


And you succeeded most pleasingly!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on January 02, 2022, 09:24:38 am
I also need some colors in the sky…
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: David Eckels on January 07, 2022, 12:32:50 pm
Untitled
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 07, 2022, 01:07:57 pm
Well seen and processed!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 08, 2022, 02:49:10 am
You guys on LuLa better behave, or like me, have fun when you can't sleep!

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-R8LQ3M8/0/5a16f9ac/L/April%2028-%2012%20RBG%20051%20copy4e1000b-L.jpg)

To think that snake started life as a soft, colorful, wispy abstract.
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-n6sMVpn/0/789c64fc/L/April%2028-%2012%20RBG%20051%20copy4b-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on January 08, 2022, 09:01:06 am
Abstract but with a great imagination!
Well done, John.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 08, 2022, 10:03:56 am
Abstract but with a great imagination!
Well done, John.
+1.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Michael West on January 08, 2022, 01:39:38 pm
more impressionism than abstract?

 
 
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51807039022_462f008079_c.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 08, 2022, 01:49:42 pm
Looks like a nice abstract to me.
Want to call it "abstract expressionist?"
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Michael West on January 08, 2022, 02:45:37 pm
Looks like a nice abstract to me.
Want to call it "abstract expressionist?"

+10
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Calohan on January 08, 2022, 10:56:52 pm
Green
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 09, 2022, 08:48:06 am
I like it.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Michael West on January 18, 2022, 04:45:31 pm
I like it.


a perhaps successful "abstract"

this image was not the result of any intentional action.  i never could have thought of capturing the wheels this way...


(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51829316584_0886e0c10c_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 18, 2022, 04:52:25 pm
That one is really wild. I love it!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Michael West on January 18, 2022, 06:37:30 pm
That one is really wild. I love it!

Im still staring in disbelief at the very sharp albeit incomplete outlin of the ftont wheel.

this defies any sense i have of time space and movement.

i may need to check the camera settings....and try to replicate the "effect".

Thank you.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 18, 2022, 07:04:04 pm
If you figure out how you did it, you could publish your "How To" article and sell it for a small fee.   ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 23, 2022, 04:15:03 pm
Here are a couple of new ones from me.

First is actually an icy pond;
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 23, 2022, 04:16:44 pm
And one more:

Pattern of sun on wall through Venetion blind.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: JNB_Rare on January 27, 2022, 08:12:50 am
Pattern of sun on wall through Venetion blind.

I like this one very much, Eric. My wife catches me 'tuning out' sometimes... it's often because I'm staring at some combo of light and shadow in our home.   :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 27, 2022, 11:47:10 am
Thank you, JNB.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on January 27, 2022, 06:19:09 pm
Thank you, JNB.
You abstractionists are like a cult - albeit a good cult, like people who like discordant jazz music 8) Not that I would know ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 27, 2022, 07:09:36 pm
You abstractionists are like a cult - albeit a good cult, like people who like discordant jazz music 8) Not that I would know ;)
You have NO IDEA what music we listen to at our cult meetings!!!    :D
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 01, 2022, 12:27:31 am
Playing with colours, shapes and shadows.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-FRLTk7B/0/7bd09fb4/L/Haliburton%20area%20330%20bwcopy1000-L.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-ZSQkTXK/0/36c166f3/L/Haliburton%20area%20333%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on February 01, 2022, 06:36:40 am
Two very nice images!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 01, 2022, 01:53:53 pm
Yes! Both!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: jeffreybehr on February 01, 2022, 04:24:05 pm
Found in a Phoenix, AZ office complex.. Shot with Fuji GFX 100S, fringer autofocus adapter, and Contax 645 CZ80/2 lens, handheld with IBIS.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 01, 2022, 05:42:24 pm
I like it.

(But I'm embarrassed to admit that I couldn't tell that it was shot in Arizona.)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 01, 2022, 06:53:36 pm
Found in a Phoenix, AZ office complex.. Shot with Fuji GFX 100S, fringer autofocus adapter, and Contax 645 CZ80/2 lens, handheld with IBIS.
I quite like this. All 100 megs worth.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 02, 2022, 12:19:57 am
You have try things once in a while. Interesting that if inverted the image looks like a forest fire against a dark sky.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-kVCHBnx/0/f5bcb4c6/L/Feb%203-%202015%20Bellfountain%20027%20panodistort1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: JNB_Rare on February 02, 2022, 08:47:05 am
Playing with colours, shapes and shadows.

JR

Very nice!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on February 04, 2022, 11:06:18 pm
From last week. Still looking for a title--suggestions welcome.


  (https://pbase.com/art1/image/172327338/original.jpg)

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 05, 2022, 11:01:45 am
How about "The sound of one foot kicking?"

Or: "The Meaning of Life, Part 9?"

I like it, whatever you call it.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on February 05, 2022, 12:17:32 pm
Thanks, Eric. I knew I could count on you to come up with some imaginative suggestions.  :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 05, 2022, 01:30:21 pm
Love this image. Especially the gradations of grey and white with some flecks of highlight. This reminds me of micro images of the cells of the human body. So my suggestion for a title is 'cellular.'

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: jeffreybehr on February 05, 2022, 01:52:22 pm
Found in a Phoenix, AZ office complex.. Shot with Fuji GFX 100S, fringer autofocus adapter, and Contax 645 CZ80/2 lens, handheld with IBIS.

Eric and John, TYVM for your positive comments..
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on February 05, 2022, 10:54:09 pm
Thanks a lot, John. I think the title might be coming together--maybe something like "the meaning of cellular life".  :D
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: PeterAit on February 06, 2022, 06:24:22 pm
The hungry will recognize this!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on February 07, 2022, 09:06:46 am
Cream in soup?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: PeterAit on February 07, 2022, 09:41:30 am
Cream in soup?

Bingo!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 09, 2022, 01:01:09 pm
Bingo!
I never would have gotten that. I thought it was egg yolk. Guess I have never eaten cream of soup.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 09, 2022, 01:06:17 pm
Simple light and shadow shapes.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/RBG-impressions/i-p6kr7Z6/0/b91f5d21/L/JMR_4944%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Michael West on February 09, 2022, 02:06:35 pm
 The Foot Of Man... part 2
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on February 10, 2022, 09:22:29 am
Simple light and shadow shapes.


Superb image, this is the snow I like!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on February 10, 2022, 09:23:10 am
The Foot Of Man... part 2

Man on the moon? I like it a lot.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 10, 2022, 09:53:01 am
The Foot Of Man... part 2
And the Tire of Man.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Michael West on February 10, 2022, 01:08:17 pm
And the Tire of Man.

where both man  and tire tread.....
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Michael West on February 10, 2022, 01:08:36 pm
And the Tire of Man.

Thank you.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on February 12, 2022, 10:21:44 pm
About 2 years ago I posted a couple of abstracts here that have finally made it to the top of my "to print and frame" list. Getting framing materials is often taking quite a long time during the pandemic-related shortages. But now that they are done, I thought some of you might like to see how they turned out. Temporarily hanging on a bedroom wall with light from north-facing windows.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 12, 2022, 11:14:15 pm
Nice framing for both fine images.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on February 13, 2022, 09:54:16 am
Nice framing for both fine images.
They look really good Arlen - like paintings. The borders and frames suit the images nicely. Well done.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on February 14, 2022, 03:46:13 pm
Thanks, guys.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Michael West on February 22, 2022, 04:36:45 pm
this should be riveting...

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 22, 2022, 11:22:39 pm
Wild! I like it.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on February 23, 2022, 03:46:59 am
this should be riveting...

Electric!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Michael West on February 23, 2022, 02:53:08 pm
Electric!

thank you, gentlemen.

the grocery delivery business has become far more colorful in recent years..
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Michael West on March 05, 2022, 08:56:28 pm
"winter in bubblelandia"



(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51920867219_efb64772a9_c.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 05, 2022, 11:15:07 pm
Neat one!

How did you train those fishes all to emit bubbles at the same time?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on March 06, 2022, 06:48:50 am
That's really abstract and mysterious. My imagination runs and runs when I see something like that.
Excellent, bravo!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Calohan on March 06, 2022, 10:24:12 am
The dividing line
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on March 06, 2022, 10:35:26 am
The dividing line

Clean lines and soft colors.
Well seen!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 06, 2022, 11:07:20 am
Clean lines and soft colors.
Well seen!
+1.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: degrub on March 06, 2022, 11:15:33 am
Your on a role with this set !
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: PeterAit on March 06, 2022, 11:46:55 am
Dirt
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Michael West on March 06, 2022, 01:09:00 pm
That's really abstract and mysterious. My imagination runs and runs when I see something like that.
Excellent, bravo!

Francois + Eric

Thank you.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 06, 2022, 11:19:06 pm
Peter,

That is some really wild dirt!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 07, 2022, 03:32:03 am
Oh my. David, Chris and Peter. I go away for a awhile and what do I see: things have moved to the wild side. Interesting...

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Kern on March 12, 2022, 02:00:36 pm
Fault Lines

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51934353579_fe48a1e7fb_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2n8g8Xi)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 12, 2022, 05:41:20 pm
I like that!

(Whose "fault" is that?    ;)  )
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Michael West on March 12, 2022, 06:36:41 pm
Neat one!

How did you train those fishes all to emit bubbles at the same time?

the fish were well paid. believe me.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on March 13, 2022, 06:18:26 pm
Us rooftops and walls just hang around waiting for the clouds to roll by. Something has to hold them up until the wind blows ;)


JR
(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-7FrMRmH/0/e5d9a446/L/March%2010-2022%20nearby%20assortment_0095%20bwcopy2-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 13, 2022, 07:34:15 pm
Another nice one!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on March 14, 2022, 08:24:15 am
I like those "corners"… You can see them as rooftops or just the shape of the sky.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: PeterAit on March 14, 2022, 05:07:51 pm
Blob.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on March 15, 2022, 07:14:54 am
A botched paint job becomes an piece of art…
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 15, 2022, 11:55:28 pm
"I forgot to read the paint can label."
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Kern on April 02, 2022, 06:47:18 pm
The Writing on the (Garage) Wall

At a certain time of the afternoon this time of year, the sun streams through one of our garage windows, hits the clear and red plastic covers of the left taillight on my car, and is reflected back onto the wall.


(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51978051466_d5bf608d5b_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nc86P9)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 03, 2022, 03:47:58 am
The Writing on the (Garage) Wall

At a certain time of the afternoon this time of year, the sun streams through one of our garage windows, hits the clear and red plastic covers of the left taillight on my car, and is reflected back onto the wall.

Oh yes, excellent!

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on April 03, 2022, 09:00:33 am
Really superb and totally abstract!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 07, 2022, 11:49:48 pm
+1.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Michael West on April 10, 2022, 09:48:22 pm
 semi realist ..semi abstract.  or vice versa


(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51996416764_d67758b341_c.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 10, 2022, 10:40:27 pm
semi realist ..semi abstract.  or vice versa

I quite like that, especially the blue and yellowish glow of the light. I don't htink it would work as well if the light gave off white glow.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 10, 2022, 10:55:00 pm
I agree completely with John R.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on April 11, 2022, 08:12:08 am
Superb shot with that light and shapes/lines.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Michael West on April 11, 2022, 11:58:11 am
Superb shot with that light and shapes/lines.

Thank you.

four exposures..three of which I could not process  properly to achieve anything like what I saw ..and accrately captured on the fourth

the wood wall or fence>? adn the light were a part of an Outdoor Dining Areas set up during the "pandemic"
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Michael West on April 11, 2022, 12:02:05 pm
I quite like that, especially the blue and yellowish glow of the light. I don't htink it would work as well if the light gave off white glow.

JR


Im assuming it was a tungsten filament light source....but Lghtroom's tungsten white balance was...well unmentionably bad.

Thank you
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Michael West on April 11, 2022, 12:02:28 pm
I agree completely with John R.

Thanks!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 13, 2022, 02:07:15 pm
Light, shadow, shape and color. That's photography.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-pLvLbKC/0/4a64fca5/L/IMG_0082%20copy2-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Michael West on April 13, 2022, 06:21:18 pm
Light, shadow, shape and color. That's photography.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Pictorials/i-pLvLbKC/0/4a64fca5/L/IMG_0082%20copy2-1000-L.jpg)

im getting dizzy trying to id the shapes...
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Michael West on April 16, 2022, 09:57:38 pm
 no as yet titled.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 17, 2022, 11:55:48 pm
I like that one, Michael.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 26, 2022, 09:18:26 pm
Though most would not consider this an abstract, to me it has abstract qualities.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/High-Park-Toronto/i-zHk2HrC/0/e938f5d6/L/JMR_6458%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Michael West on April 27, 2022, 12:39:08 am
Though most would not consider this an abstract, to me it has abstract qualities.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/High-Park-Toronto/i-zHk2HrC/0/e938f5d6/L/JMR_6458%20copy1000-L.jpg)

Maybe more expressionistic
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 27, 2022, 02:56:59 pm
Perhaps abstract expressionist?
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 27, 2022, 11:05:05 pm
Thanks for the comments gentlemen. Maybe one more ism than the other, but this whole thread has always included all kinds of abstracts, expressionism, and anything close enough.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Kern on April 28, 2022, 06:27:28 pm
Museum Facade (National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, D.C., 2014)

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52022897913_5827a58828_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2ng5X6K)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Michael West on April 28, 2022, 06:46:19 pm
Thanks for the comments gentlemen. Maybe one more ism than the other, but this whole thread has always included all kinds of abstracts, expressionism, and anything close enough.

JR

its quite a fine image regardless of what words are attached to it.

people of a "non photographic bent often ask me the What Do You Photograph..question and its quite staggering...
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on April 28, 2022, 08:02:43 pm
Fine shot, Chris.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 28, 2022, 11:07:07 pm
Museum Facade (National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, D.C., 2014)

Fabulous Chris. Excellent us of use of bright sunlight to create shadow relief. This must be the work of Douglas Cardinal, the same one that designed the Canadian Museum of Civilization.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 28, 2022, 11:25:35 pm
Not as good or as or powerful as Chris' image, but one of these days I am going to clone and paste a black crow to this shot.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-wNJq5xX/0/4568cc56/L/JMR_6480%20bwcopy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Kern on April 29, 2022, 05:29:51 pm
This must be the work of Douglas Cardinal, the same one that designed the Canadian Museum of Civilization [now the Canadian Museum of History].

Correct, along with many collaborators, and the two buildings have similar curvilinear elevations.  The architectural process is described in detail on the museum's website (https://americanindian.si.edu/main/visit/washington/architecture-landscape/.cshtml):

Quote
Some basic parameters for the building structure were dictated by the 4.25-acre trapezoidal site, the building restrictions for the National Mall, and an active creek bed flowing below the site. These challenges were addressed initially by the design team of GBQC and Douglas Cardinal, Ltd., which included consultants Douglas Cardinal (Blackfoot), Johnpaul Jones (Cherokee/Choctaw), Donna House (Diné/Oneida), and Ramona Sakiestewa (Hopi).

The building’s distinctive curvilinear form, evoking a wind-sculpted rock formation, grew out of this early work, forming the basis for the architecture. Following this conceptual design work, the project was further developed by Jones, House, and Sakiestewa, along with the architecture firms Jones & Jones, SmithGroup in collaboration with Lou Weller (Caddo) and the Native American Design Collaborative, and Polshek Partnership Architects. This extended collaboration resulted in a building and site rich with imagery, connections to the earth, and layers of meaning. The building is aligned perfectly to the cardinal directions and the center point of the Capitol dome, and filled with details, colors, and textures that reflect the Native universe.

This is arguably the most difficult public building in Washington's "monumental core" to photograph.  It's impossible to get a good angle on the entire structure from street level and the rooftops of the few nearby buildings which offer an unobstructed view are off-limits to the general public.  You need to walk around it to get a sense of the entire structure, which is well-depicted in this graphic from the museum's website:


(https://americanindian.si.edu/sites/1/dynamic/downloads/downloads_filename_106.jpg)

I used to work directly across the street from the museum, and watched it being constructed.  I've shot it from various angles, but the image I posted earlier in this thread, made in 2014, is my favorite.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Michael West on April 29, 2022, 09:26:35 pm
Shot in a Church Parking lot

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on April 30, 2022, 07:25:14 am
...

(https://americanindian.si.edu/sites/1/dynamic/downloads/downloads_filename_106.jpg)
...

Yes Chris the two structures are quite similar. See here:
(https://photos.smugmug.com/OTTAWA/i-88T68cR/0/7b0bef12/M/IMGP9887%20bwcopy1000-M.jpg)

And this fabulous church Cardinal designed:
http://www.galinsky.com/buildings/reddeer/
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: David Eckels on May 06, 2022, 09:38:38 am
Vestibule
A natural stone abstract/painting? Shot with a Samsung Galaxy S7.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: PeterAit on May 06, 2022, 10:22:04 am
Vestibule
A natural stone abstract/painting? Shot with a Samsung Galaxy S7.

Reminds me of petrified wood.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on May 06, 2022, 11:40:29 am
Very nice colors and shapes/lines.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: David Eckels on May 06, 2022, 12:50:20 pm
Thanks, gentlemen. I'll admit to modest enhancement :-[
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 06, 2022, 05:07:23 pm
Definitely a winner.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: David Eckels on May 06, 2022, 06:25:03 pm
Thanks, Eric.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 18, 2022, 10:48:03 pm
I thought why not make this more "abstract" looking.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Etobicoke-Valley/i-khtkWJV/0/85be52dc/L/IMG_0707%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 19, 2022, 10:29:49 am
I like that, John.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: David Eckels on May 19, 2022, 10:56:58 am
I like that, John.
👍🏻
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 19, 2022, 08:20:38 pm
👍🏻

I like that, John.

Thanks David and Eric.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: PeterAit on May 21, 2022, 10:43:52 am
Mysterious!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 22, 2022, 03:00:59 pm
That looks to me like a Frambolius Bandersnatch (not to be confused with the Frumious Bandersnatch.)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: MattBurt on May 22, 2022, 08:37:20 pm
I tried a little ICM today. I can understand the appeal.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52092515714_50a49cbfd0_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nneL3E)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on May 23, 2022, 07:35:02 am
Intriguing and strange!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: PeterAit on May 23, 2022, 07:35:34 am
That looks to me like a Frambolius Bandersnatch (not to be confused with the Frumious Bandersnatch.)

Could be! In reality it's a screw-up making a focus stack of a photomicrograph of a stamen--I stacked two sets of images and this was the result.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 23, 2022, 11:53:10 pm
That is a beauty.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on May 24, 2022, 01:42:04 am
I tried a little ICM today. I can understand the appeal.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52092515714_50a49cbfd0_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nneL3E)
I think that's pretty good, Matt. Two ways to do this. I see this as more abstract. But you can also do semi-abstact images. I like both kinds.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 06, 2022, 12:54:18 am
Apropos, once again from Neil Young:

It's these expressions
I never give
That keep me searching
For a heart of gold
And I'm getting old

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-fxqrqCW/0/d19466b8/L/JMR_0002%20copy1bw-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on June 06, 2022, 09:10:28 am
Ghostly creature and with appropriate words to go with it!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on June 06, 2022, 06:11:18 pm
+1.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 14, 2022, 01:18:18 am
Transformational.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-GPFnMjw/0/b10dd875/L/JMR_0430%20copy4-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on June 14, 2022, 09:22:30 am
A straight shot from one of your forest walks, no doubt.

I like it a lot.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on June 14, 2022, 11:24:06 am
This also reminds me of the Damascus steel patterns and lines. Colors add to the exotic look.
A very nice shot!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 14, 2022, 03:11:55 pm
This also reminds me of the Damascus steel patterns and lines. Colors add to the exotic look.
A very nice shot!

A straight shot from one of your forest walks, no doubt.

I like it a lot.
Thanks Eric and Francois for your comments. I hate to disappoint but I must confess to doing more with this image than meets the eye. I did take both images on the same walk. It's a composite of two images using a technique I learned at a workshop. You can see both images below. I like both images in their own right but wanted to try the technique to see what I could come up with.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-Nr44ndM/0/1bd3c959/L/JMR_0459%20copy1000-L.jpg)

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-mMFcB88/0/fc33f2b7/L/JMR_0430%20copy2-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on June 15, 2022, 12:05:50 pm
Your technique is just as involving as the Damascus steel  ;D
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on June 15, 2022, 02:30:36 pm
Transformational.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-GPFnMjw/0/b10dd875/L/JMR_0430%20copy4-1000-L.jpg)

I like it a lot, too. But be careful; you are treading into "creative" art territory.  :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 16, 2022, 08:49:31 pm
I like it a lot, too. But be careful; you are treading into "creative" art territory.  :)
You know Arlen, I would never do that 8)


JR
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-wC87BTr/0/e86194a3/L/JMR_0560%20pano2-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on June 16, 2022, 10:56:46 pm
Elegant. I could see it hanging in a gallery.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on June 17, 2022, 11:59:34 am
Elegant. I could see it hanging in a gallery.
+1.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 19, 2022, 09:12:04 pm
Thanks Arlen and Eric. No more room on my walls. Perhaps I will get one of those monitors that looks like a frame and hang it on the wall 8)

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on June 22, 2022, 09:08:35 pm
.

Radiation

(https://pbase.com/art1/image/172708128/original.jpg)

Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on June 23, 2022, 02:51:59 pm
.

Radiation
"Well, I dreamed I saw the silver spaceships lying In the yellow haze of the sun...all in a dream"

Yes Arlen, this reminds me of the Neil Young song quoted above.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on June 24, 2022, 06:41:26 am
The orange glow is just perfect for radiation
Well done.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on June 24, 2022, 02:21:54 pm
Thanks, Fracois. In naming it, my mind played with the alternate meanings of radiation.


"Well, I dreamed I saw the silver spaceships lying In the yellow haze of the sun...all in a dream"

Yes Arlen, this reminds me of the Neil Young song quoted above.

JR

Interesting that the image brought that song into your mind, John. It is a classic. You might enjoy this short video, where the song is played and someone has set a series of artworks and photos to the music. I liked it, anyway. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqi0GzA4gjw. Though the subject of my image is quite a bit more prosaic than that.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Kern on July 11, 2022, 07:06:55 pm
Reflections of summer tourists along the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal (Potomac, Maryland):


(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52207385153_fc7508c4af_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nxouJe)


Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 14, 2022, 04:52:43 pm
While waiting for my windshield to be changed, I spotted this...and thought, why not.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-bNPMhNp/0/0c8a8a1c/L/IMG_1147%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on July 14, 2022, 09:03:11 pm
A pretty pattern, John, but I think maybe you need to get your windshield cleaned.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on July 15, 2022, 03:20:33 am

but I think maybe you need to get your windshield cleaned.

On the other hand, leave your windshield as it is. As a filter you can put it to good use (as seen here).  ;D
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 15, 2022, 06:07:21 am
On the other hand, leave your windshield as it is. As a filter you can put it to good use (as seen here).  ;D
Thanks for the comments Arlen and Francois. These are cans of some kind of lubricant stacked up like a pyramid. The beauty of ICM, is that with practice, you develop a sense of how some subject matter may appear if a certain technique is used. The first image was an upward movement, but this second example is a side or horizontal movement. Neither image is that great, but it leads to trying ICM on different subjects, however mundane.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-V3rZ73N/0/8b161e04/L/IMG_1146%20copy2-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on July 15, 2022, 01:25:31 pm
So you carry a camera with you even into the windshield repair shop? That's dedication.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 16, 2022, 07:58:09 am
So you carry a camera with you even into the windshield repair shop? That's dedication.
Sort of Arlen. If I think I may be waiting for awhile, then I will bring my point and shoot Canon G1X.

JR

Up, down or rest. Can't decide.
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-FCTXNTJ/0/7d95a8fc/L/IMG_1189%20copy2-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 19, 2022, 11:29:28 pm
Shadow play - literally.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-BvSkQcn/0/b0a18b24/L/JMR_1664%20copyoriginal-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on July 20, 2022, 04:21:54 am
Simple and beautiful… In fact, it's so nice that I don't even try to understand what it is!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 20, 2022, 03:23:24 pm
Simple and beautiful… In fact, it's so nice that I don't even try to understand what it is!

+1.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on July 20, 2022, 11:35:47 pm
+1.
In that case, I will leave it a mystery. Thank you Francois and Eric for your comments.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on August 07, 2022, 07:49:50 pm
This thread seems to be getting no love lately. Time for a contribution.

Final Fate
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 07, 2022, 11:24:35 pm
That is terrific, Arlen!
Minimalist but very elegant.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on August 08, 2022, 01:52:32 am
Thank you, Eric, I'm glad you like it.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on August 08, 2022, 03:20:40 am
Very special & unusual and I like it…
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 08, 2022, 01:28:50 pm
Oh yes, a beam of light trying to penetrate the cosmos. Maybe we will be able to see something besides the noise.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on August 08, 2022, 10:03:56 pm
Thanks, Francois and John.

John, you don't know how close you came to what is behind this image. I came across some accidental shots on my phone, captured as RAW using the LR Mobile app, taken in a very dark room. At first this one seemed black, with a slight white streak from a window ledge. But when I brought the exposure way up, I could see that there was a pattern of colorful background sensor noise. I played with it a while, and finally came up with what you see. It made me think how noise is a manifestation of randomness and entropy, throughout the universe. And how everything is trending relentlessly in that direction, and eventually randomness is all that will remain. The "last" "photon" burning out into the universal noise: maybe that is the final fate.

And honest, no pharmacologic assistance was involved in imagining this scenario.  :)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 14, 2022, 05:34:41 am
Make of this what you will. Let's just say I didn't really like what I saw, but did see that it might make a good abstract.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-77m6N5Q/0/2c198d9f/L/IMG_1508%20copy4-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on August 14, 2022, 02:55:33 pm
And indeed it did! I'm not sure what you saw that displeased you, but I see nothing not to like in your rendering of it.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 14, 2022, 06:14:33 pm
And indeed it did! I'm not sure what you saw that displeased you, but I see nothing not to like in your rendering of it.
Thanks Arlen. It's graffiti. So I abstracted a portion and used ICM to render it unrecognizable. Just shapes and colours.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on August 15, 2022, 02:59:36 pm
I'm confidant that your version is much better than the original.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 16, 2022, 11:45:55 pm
I'm confidant that your version is much better than the original.
+1.

I like it a lot!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 25, 2022, 10:39:38 am
The reflecting pool?

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-bpXvJsK/0/53174ef2/L/IMG_1256%20pano2-1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: David Eckels on August 25, 2022, 11:17:33 am
👍🏻
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Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on August 25, 2022, 01:13:30 pm
The reflecting pool?...

Very nice.
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Post by: fdisilvestro on August 25, 2022, 11:17:28 pm
The reflecting pool?

Love it!
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Post by: francois on August 26, 2022, 11:34:29 am
Love the graphic and the sense of slow motion in this one!
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Post by: Chris Kern on August 26, 2022, 08:52:46 pm
Painter’s Tape

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52313185098_7558268438_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nGJKnd)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 26, 2022, 11:30:37 pm
Painter’s Tape

That is wonderful Chris. I was immediately drawn to the cool contrast between the blue, black and white colors. And of course the abstract-like design. On my second visit I finally noticed the man outside the window. And that is the way a good image should be.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Kern on August 27, 2022, 01:32:50 pm
On my second visit I finally noticed the man outside the window.

Yes, that's the painter.  My initial thought was to snap him while he was bending down to work on one of the lower panes of glass, but it occurred to me that he might not be pleased with the old man on the other side of the door aiming a big camera in his face while he was working; I decided I was satisfied with the spectral figure standing on his stepladder.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Frans Waterlander on August 27, 2022, 06:52:05 pm
Igloos, or are they? My first post in this thread. Comments are very welcome.
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Post by: David Eckels on August 27, 2022, 07:32:10 pm
Nice one, Frans!
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Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on August 28, 2022, 07:50:38 am
Igloos, or are they? My first post in this thread. Comments are very welcome.

Well done!
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Post by: John R on August 28, 2022, 04:52:03 pm
Well done!
Very interesting. Frost on car surface, something like that?

JR
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Post by: Frans Waterlander on August 28, 2022, 07:23:28 pm
Thanks guys! Heavily edited rivets on an old steam locomotive.

Here's another one from the same subject.

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Post by: francois on August 29, 2022, 03:49:27 am
Fantastic shots (both). Indeed, very abstract and open to many interpretations.
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Post by: Chris Kern on August 29, 2022, 06:19:01 pm
Tack Sharp

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52319452652_bec74afb6f_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nHhSuu)

Well, the image needs to stand or fall on its intrinsic merits, but this is the backstory: my wife plants "bee balm" flowers in our back yard to attract pollinators.  (Hummingbirds like them, as well.)  These spiky protrusions are what is left after the flowers have withered.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: langier on August 29, 2022, 09:20:14 pm
In the middle of nowhere...Nevada, from last March. The one on the right was a real lemon...;-)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on August 29, 2022, 11:57:45 pm
You guys have been really busy posting new images to this thread since I last checked a week ago. And every one of them is first rate. Bravo to each of you!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 30, 2022, 10:22:07 am
You guys have been really busy posting new images to this thread since I last checked a week ago. And every one of them is first rate. Bravo to each of you!
Yes, Bravo to each of you!

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: David Eckels on August 30, 2022, 07:50:13 pm
Indeed!
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Post by: Chris Kern on August 31, 2022, 06:05:43 pm
Didn't realize there was so much interest in abstract images.  Be careful what you ask for.  I'm reminded of the response of an old guy, accosted by a pollster inquiring who he preferred in an upcoming election: "Oh, I never vote.  It only encourages them."


Amber Waves

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52325442914_52fa5430bd_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nHPzbS)


Backstory: this is a focus-stacked macro of a plastic mesh "sock" (that's the most accurate term that comes to mind) which enclosed a small electronic appliance that was recently shipped to me.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on August 31, 2022, 10:13:42 pm
Amber waves is quite nice. But the momentum is on, so the show must go on...

What can I say, sometimes shapes like to tango/tangle in the sun.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-S8QR2zZ/0/88f86fc9/L/IMG_1681%20copy1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: francois on September 01, 2022, 03:59:14 am
Amber waves is quite nice. But the momentum is on, so the show must go on...

What can I say, sometimes shapes like to tango/tangle in the sun.

JR


The diagonal line on the right gives a 3D effect that I like very much. These squares/rectangles/triangles form a good collection of basic geometric shapes.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: rabanito on September 02, 2022, 07:56:09 am
No harm was done to anything in the making of this picture
.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Kern on September 02, 2022, 08:26:49 am
No harm was done to anything in the making of this picture

Great capture of a stealth aircraft in flight.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 02, 2022, 05:55:53 pm
Looks good Rab. One more for the show...

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-XbsPZmV/0/d5b5a0a1/L/IMG_2101%20copybw1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: francois on September 03, 2022, 10:12:28 am
No harm was done to anything in the making of this picture
.

Shy bird!
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Post by: rabanito on September 03, 2022, 10:46:06 am
 ;D
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 03, 2022, 07:44:18 pm
Many great images since I last checked in!
Thanks for showing them.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Kern on September 11, 2022, 07:42:45 pm
Off the Grid

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52351114743_5faf4c7520_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nL69wB)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 11, 2022, 08:09:48 pm
Or: Hot off the griddle.   ;)

Nice one!
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Post by: francois on September 12, 2022, 04:13:17 am
Off the Grid


I like it a lot but after a minute or two, the zigzags make my brain overheat (granted, some days, it doesn't take much)!
Bravo.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Kern on September 12, 2022, 01:05:47 pm
I like it a lot but after a minute or two, the zigzags make my brain overheat . . .

That's exactly the reaction I was aiming for!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on September 13, 2022, 04:55:03 am
That's exactly the reaction I was aiming for!

Touché!  :D
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 13, 2022, 09:25:41 pm
Not getting in the middle of that fencing match-phew 8)

Something a little tame and whimsical.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-xsnPzPk/0/797dbe42/L/JMR_3145%20copy1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 14, 2022, 04:29:46 pm
The fires of Hell?

Nice!
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Post by: John R on September 14, 2022, 10:32:16 pm
The fires of Hell?

Nice!
Yes Eric, the fine magenta/pinks are just to lure you into the sea of boil and toil.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 14, 2022, 11:21:57 pm
Slip, slide and away... from Paul Simon

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-Mx2fJwK/0/fb19bffc/L/IMG_1819%20copy2cd-1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 15, 2022, 12:06:06 am
Ooh! Nice!
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Post by: francois on September 15, 2022, 05:40:07 am
Wonderful shot with that swirling pink "thing"!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on September 21, 2022, 12:26:37 pm
I experimented with two exposures on one frame using ICM and offset the second exposure, and this is the result. Kind of abstract even though the subject is recognizable.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-CqsgL46/0/5e26631d/L/JMR_4049%20copy1000-L.jpg)

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Post by: rabanito on September 24, 2022, 02:23:15 pm
Wormhole

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Post by: francois on September 25, 2022, 05:45:45 am
The wave? Just kidding, of course!
Very nice lines and shapes…
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 25, 2022, 10:16:00 am
Very cool.
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Post by: rabanito on September 25, 2022, 12:17:42 pm
Very cool.
But not quite -273°C  ;)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: rabanito on September 25, 2022, 12:18:27 pm
The wave? Just kidding, of course!
Very nice lines and shapes…
Thanks Francois :)
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Post by: John R on September 25, 2022, 01:51:08 pm
Looking out from the window of our spaceship, we see, Space...the last frontier, I mean - wormhole, the last frontier. Excellent Rab!

JR
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Post by: rabanito on September 26, 2022, 03:55:01 am
Looking out from the window of our spaceship, we see, Space...the last frontier, I mean - wormhole, the last frontier. Excellent Rab!

JR
Thanks John  :)
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Post by: John R on September 26, 2022, 09:57:17 pm
Vertigo?

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Abstracts/i-GcwBVBX/0/f2eb3178/L/JMR_4062%20pano7bw-L.jpg)
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Post by: francois on September 27, 2022, 05:26:02 am
Vertigo?

JR


Not yet but I'm on the verge...  ;D
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Post by: PeterAit on September 27, 2022, 10:48:23 am
Comments?
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Post by: John R on September 28, 2022, 03:22:18 am
I rather like this Peter. I like how the upper half, sky-like and darkish, is reproduced slightly in the bottom half by what looks like a small puddle or body of water in a white desert. It's the fluidity of the movement between the top and bottom half, and the more subtle grey tones around the white body that moves the eye. A kind of fluidity and simplicity in contrasts.

JR
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Post by: Chris Kern on November 02, 2022, 05:47:43 pm
Translucence

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52473393703_71039f178b_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nWTRNx)
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Post by: francois on November 03, 2022, 05:24:31 am
Exquisite with these different translucences, materials and reflections.
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Post by: John R on November 04, 2022, 08:33:10 pm
Exquisite with these different translucences, materials and reflections.
Yes, all that come through.

JR
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Post by: John R on November 04, 2022, 08:35:25 pm
Texture.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Camera-Impressions/i-DM3Q94p/0/41f9ec58/L/Oct%2027-%202022%20Rockway_0314%20spring1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Kern on November 04, 2022, 08:42:00 pm
Exquisite with these different translucences, materials and reflections.

Yes, all that come through.

Texture.

When somebody asks me what kind of subjects I typically photograph, I reply "light, shadow, contrast, and color."
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 06, 2022, 02:32:37 am
Kind of abstract, but also minimalist.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/On-the-Road/i-k2XwkkJ/0/7b8a1607/L/IMG_0054%20bwcopy2-1000-L.jpg)
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Post by: Chris Kern on November 06, 2022, 05:32:53 pm
Kind of abstract, but also minimalist.

I agree, both.

I like the composition, but I think it might be oversharpened.  There seem to be some halos.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: John R on November 11, 2022, 12:03:40 pm
I agree, both.

I like the composition, but I think it might be oversharpened.  There seem to be some halos.
Thanks for the comments Chris. Not sure what you are seeing, but I can't see any Halos. If you are referring to the white areas around the perimenter, that's not halos. Its concrete edges that are blown out by the sun.

JR
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Post by: John R on November 16, 2022, 10:18:06 pm
From High Park where an early snow storm fell on the remaining colours.

JR

(https://photos.smugmug.com/High-Park-Toronto/i-29Vv9zS/0/227c12cf/L/JMR_0501%20copy1000-L.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on November 17, 2022, 05:23:24 am
My brain is overwhelmed… well, almost!
Well done, John.
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 17, 2022, 12:19:44 pm
Bravo, John!
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Post by: Thomas J Conway on November 18, 2022, 06:49:00 am
Way to go, John. Thanks for posting!
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Post by: John R on November 19, 2022, 09:48:19 am
Way to go, John. Thanks for posting!
Thanks Francois, Eric and Thomas.

JR
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Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on November 19, 2022, 11:02:22 am
Abruzzo region, Italy:
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Chris Kern on November 19, 2022, 01:00:45 pm
Abruzzo region, Italy:

Well done!  Nightmarish!
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on November 22, 2022, 11:48:22 pm
I love that one, Slobodan!
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Post by: Arlen on November 23, 2022, 02:17:21 am
Yes, it is a quite compelling pattern. Well done.
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Post by: John R on November 23, 2022, 09:56:38 am
Well done!  Nightmarish!
Come to think of it, it does exude an eerie quality.

JR
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on December 02, 2022, 10:52:42 am
Another natural abstract from Abruzzo, Italy:
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Post by: Wheathin21 on January 03, 2023, 01:10:18 am
Here are couple of mine
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Post by: Wheathin21 on January 03, 2023, 01:11:00 am
2
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Post by: Wheathin21 on January 03, 2023, 01:11:42 am
2
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Post by: francois on January 03, 2023, 05:18:53 am
2

Very nice and geometric lines/shapes…
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on February 04, 2023, 03:24:19 pm
Just wondering if anyone has heard from John R? Over the last few years he has almost single-handedly kept this thread active with his excellent abstracts, but he hasn't posted here in over two months. I sent him a private message a few weeks ago, but no reply. Hoping he is alright, and just on hiatus for a while.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on March 04, 2023, 04:13:48 pm
I'm still missing John R, and hoping for his return. In the meantime, in the spirit of keeping this thread active, I'll add a recent image of mine.



(https://pbase.com/art1/image/173445126/original.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 04, 2023, 05:45:11 pm
I miss John R as well.
But yours is a wonderful tribute, Arlen!
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Post by: francois on March 05, 2023, 05:31:35 am
I miss John R as well.
But yours is a wonderful tribute, Arlen!

Well said on both points!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on March 06, 2023, 09:29:58 pm
Thanks a lot, Eric and Francois. I hope we can keep this thread going.

Eric, as the founder and patron of this topic, maybe you have some images to contribute? I know the ones in your book, which I have, are first rate.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Michael West on March 06, 2023, 10:15:01 pm
I'm still missing John R, and hoping for his return. In the meantime, in the spirit of keeping this thread active, I'll add a recent image of mine.



(https://pbase.com/art1/image/173445126/original.jpg)

i love this image,
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on March 06, 2023, 10:45:46 pm
Thanks, Michael, I appreciate your thoughts.
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Post by: Arlen on March 16, 2023, 12:55:41 pm
When I saw this one, it struck me as rather Eric-esque.
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 16, 2023, 07:58:19 pm
I love this one.

And I am deeply honored!
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Post by: Michael West on March 16, 2023, 10:21:39 pm
 Unidentifed Flying Lenses
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52752299616_7b89de282c_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Michael West on March 16, 2023, 10:35:59 pm
I'm still missing John R, and hoping for his return. In the meantime, in the spirit of keeping this thread active, I'll add a recent image of mine.

 your image brought this to mind.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52751782647_f061fed38a_o.jpg)
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Post by: francois on March 17, 2023, 11:00:20 am
I love this one.

And I am deeply honored!

And it's well deserved!
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: francois on March 17, 2023, 11:30:33 am
Unidentifed Flying Lenses
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52752299616_7b89de282c_o.jpg)

Really spectacular shape combinations. Reflections are interesting and the offset lines intriguing.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on March 17, 2023, 02:03:29 pm
And it's well deserved!

It is indeed.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on March 17, 2023, 02:08:35 pm
I'm still missing John R, and hoping for his return. In the meantime, in the spirit of keeping this thread active, I'll add a recent image of mine.

 your image brought this to mind.


The do seem to share some DNA.

And your UFLs is excellent.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Michael West on March 17, 2023, 10:51:54 pm
Really spectacular shape combinations. Reflections are interesting and the offset lines intriguing.

Thank you. when processing the image..it took me several minutes to remember what it was that I had captured.

it is raindrops on plasitc wrap over a box with at large UPC code sticker...
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on March 18, 2023, 10:14:06 am
Michael,

That is now one of my top favorites. Bravo!
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Post by: Michael West on March 21, 2023, 11:45:19 am
Michael,

That is now one of my top favorites. Bravo!

thank you.
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: MattBurt on April 28, 2023, 07:29:39 pm
Is this abstract enough for this thread? I took this in my mom's yard of some freshly emerging skunk cabbage.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52818871352_8b601437db_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2otqwgJ)
Title: Re: Show us some Abstracts!
Post by: Arlen on April 29, 2023, 03:44:55 pm
I like it, with all the bends and curves.
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Post by: Chris Calohan on April 29, 2023, 05:08:20 pm
Burnt Tree Trunk
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Post by: Arlen on April 30, 2023, 01:14:53 pm
Quite an interesting pattern, Chris.
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Post by: francois on May 01, 2023, 02:12:50 am
Burnt Tree Trunk

The suffering of this tree is visible (or not?). Patterns and lines can tell many stories.
Well done.