Even at first glance, this isn't an abstract however we are used to abstracts and we have no difficulty in seeing and responding to the image as though it is an abstract.
After that, I think minniev's analysis covers the elements.
As is usually my way with abstracts, I let my memory roll and see what it suggests. This time I see a satellite weather map with ocean, deserts and mountain ranges. Perhaps because I'm from a generation when we marvelled to first see such images from above, I still feel awe that such things are possible. This image draws exactly that response in me.
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No I haven't and I need to. I think they're UHD sized, but it's not in front of me. I started doing pieces, but 100 at a time was too time consuming. 1000 was too much and I learned your OS apparently can keep running on as little as 13 gigs of space left. I'm looking for "broken" results, not smooth ones, which I think doing in sections wouldn't produce anyways.
This conversation has me thinking...I wonder if I just align without stitching I could produce something like what I'm trying to achieve via simple masking. Another thing to add to the pile of stuff to do.
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Curved lines
live.staticflickr.com/65535/48243674742_c3a3feeb9f_o.jpgCruise terminal at Leixões harbor. It is a recent building with a very modern architecture. It is great for those who like to explore lines in photography.
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Indeed! The textured walls and the two glimpses of cloudless blue skies add a great deal to my enjoyment. Wonderful subject!
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Quite a nice image. Not only do you give us those lines, but they are in a pinwheel shape emanating from the juncture at near the lower left thirds juncture. (You're the second this week to share a pinwheel-type composition - Chris did it with an entirely different kind of image). Your image has something else besides line and shape, too. It has rhythm. The textures and colors add interest as do the tiny human figures that show scale.
I was first curious about the translucent edge along the lower wall, but I figured it out I think - a plexiglass border.
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Superb image with imaginative lines and curves and human element and all against beautiful blue sky as a backdrop.
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Thanks Jim.
I like it a great deal. What I think you have done is capture the feel of a subway. Lots of people crowded together, overlapping each other, hanging from straps, totally meshed with and dependent on an elongated tube of machinery.
Speaking of DPR, they still have me under some sort of ban because after they announced they were closing, I posted a notice there looking for people who wanted to discuss images rather than gear. I can post but no one can see anything I post unless it is cleared by a moderator over there. -
WA lenses and sweeping curved lines and lots of dof appeal to me too. Here you have a perfect subject for the technique.
It pays to look at your shot enlarged. Seen small, the figures don't have enough prominence to justify their inclusion. Seen large, your sweeping curves take us to them and we see enough of them so they become people rather than anonymous dots. The clear blue sky give a contrast that brings out the lines.
I wonder what was below the bottom edge of your frame? If possible, I'd have liked the figures to have been located a little higher in the composition but it may not have been possible. As it stands, they are kind of overwhelmed by the building. That may or may not have been your intention. Certainly giant cruise ships leave me feeling that way. -
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Interesting shot of interesting architecture. Hands up who noticed the down lights in the ceiling of the upper walkway and their reflection on the windows? And the rust streak under the railing - ouch? Re the architecture, I am not sure what to think of the different angles of the hexagons. They give texture to a flat surface from a distance but seem a touch extreme up close - as if they are about to fall off. Maybe that's the desired effect...
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Mike, Very interesting last observation. We have a TV program here locally: "Mysteries from Above" That is exactly what the show is all about. Various interpretations of scenes from above...
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Simply cool pp.
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Yes, I look at this as an abstract, and a fine one at that. Although it is immediately obvious that we are looking at water, that is not the subject of the photo, and neither are the submerged objects. Instead I see patterns and shapes and colours, and let my mind wander. It is interesting that, when confronted with an abstract image, we immediately try to find shapes, which remind us of an object and it is difficult to just let emotions suggest themselves. Maybe by seeing the surface of the water, I no longer need to look for another familiar shape to act as an anchor, and find it easy to go with the flow (pun intended, sorry).
Scanning the photo, my eyes follow the swirls and pass over the colours of warm, slightly aggressive red, more soothing and life-giving greens and mysterious blacks, creating an interesting mix of emotions.
At first, I thought the foam bottom left might be a distraction, but actually it balances the brighter right hand side quite well.Pete
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This is a good example of special effects enhancing, or even creating, an image. I suspect the tree taken normally would have been quite ordinary, but the ICM and red haze effect gives it a mystery, which elevates the image and makes it interesting. I think the choice of red for the haze is important, as it is not the colour usually associated with trees, and makes us look, but, thanks to its association with blossom and autumn, is not a totally weird combination with a tree.
Pete
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A composition of lines created by buildings are fun, but these lines are curved, so the effect is particularly unusual and eye-catching.
You have managed to find a very pleasing composition, using the curves to create a sort of vortex.
The surface of the building is interesting too, and you have managed to show the effect the surface has on light on the left and how the surface is made on the right, which is rather neat.
The people are so small and so low in the frame that they do not compete with building as subjects.
It is a very interesting building and has been photographed to produce an interesting image.Pete
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You'll get your chance to make that call one way or another soon. :)
I've been lusting after aerochrome too much, lol. Really, it's more a side effect of trying to hide whatever that streak is. I've noticed it seems to have some connection to either the aperture or shutter speed as when I shoot with shorter times and wider apertures, it's far less extreme. Of course, maybe it's the other filter I have on the lens. Need to do more shooting around.
