You found me out. Or like Granny, of the Beverly Hill Billies, I just jump around once I take a swig of elixir. Russ your area and subjects are so different from mine. But you do this all the time with your people images to great effect. It is nice when you find an ordinary subject and can use shallow depth of field to give it a new look, and a bokeh counterpoint, if you find an interesting background.
It seems my website really crunches the images and turns the darks to black. Oh well.
Hi John, Thanks for the pat on the back. Believe it or not, I appreciate more of your pictures than I normally let on. One problem with photographic abstracts -- to my mind at least -- is that I think you can do abstracts far more effectively with painting or drawing than you can with a camera. But, as I say, that's a personal opinion, and I might have trouble supporting it if it came right down to a discussion with examples. But yes, people are my favorite thing, and people abstracts usually fall short. But then, there's Picasso's "Frugal Repast" which distorts the people in a way that makes the whole thing immensely effective.
I wish I could do a daily walk as you do. But this summer in Florida has been hot enough to knock you down when you step outside the door. I normally do at least a weekly walk in the mall, but I'm hoping winter will set in with a vengeance down here -- soon!