• Members 512 posts
    Sept. 1, 2025, 5:21 p.m.

    The weekly Abstract and Experimental thread
    This weekly thread, starting on a Tuesday, allows us to showcase our abstract and experimental photos and get some feedback.
    Opening up discussions, not only on content, style, composition & techniques, but also on the creativity of the image.

    It’s easy to participate
    Post an image with a title and description. To make it easier to view in the forum, all comments should include the original title and at least one of the original images as a quote.

    Thread Guidelines:
    This weekly thread is for sharing and developing abstract and experimental photography skills.
    We want to see wild, creative photography.
    Give your entry a clear title and mention the technique used.
    Provide constructive feedback on others’ images.
    Try to go beyond simple praise or dismissal and explain why you like it, or what caught your eye.
    ”Likes” are encouraged too.
    Negative feedback and suggestions are also OK (be polite, honest, and constructive).
    Giving feedback is just as important as receiving feedback, both help to improve our artistic and technical skills.

    What is an abstract or experimental photo?
    Different ways to see and investigate the world around us. Abstract photography reduces a subject to shapes, tones or colors making it unrecognizable. Abstract subjects are everywhere.

    Experimentation might include, Stereo/3D, Infrared, dragged shutter, zone plate, motion, fluorescence, multiple exposure, birefringence, ultra violet, optical including adapted lenses, tri color, fractals, manipulated Polaroids, pinhole, Kirlian (bioelectrography) and many other methods. Experimentation can be for artistic expression or pure science. It is often more difficult than standard types of photography. This is fine, we aren't expecting perfection. Every experiment enhances knowledge. Your idea can help others explore the universe around them. We love experimentation. You can explain your process or keep it a secret.

    This will be a looser collection of photos compared to other weekly threads. This is good. It will be a place to get away from standard animals, babies & sunset photos. We don't hate animals, babies or sunsets. Show us your creative abstract and experimental images. Are you unsure if the image fits the category? Don't worry. Just post it. This should be fun.

    Thanks for looking and participating,
    barondla

  • edit

    Thread title has been changed from Weekly Abstract and Experimental Thread #24 (9-2025).

  • Members 512 posts
    Sept. 1, 2025, 5:45 p.m.

    Vehicle fluids on asphalt. Saw this leaving work and spent the next two hours photographing it. Pentax K10D (ccd sensor). F14 1.3 seconds ISO 100. There was a slight drizzle the whole time. Luckily the camera and lens are weatherproof.
    Thanks for looking and participating,
    barondla
    IMGP0097oilslickonasphalt.jpg

    IMGP0097oilslickonasphalt.jpg

    JPG, 488.9 KB, uploaded by barondla on Sept. 1, 2025.

  • Members 1608 posts
    Sept. 1, 2025, 6:21 p.m.

    Drops

    Drop by drop the ice melts in the sun,
    And time forgets what it had begun.

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    DSC_4989 - Crop smaller.JPG

    JPG, 1.4 MB, uploaded by Fireplace33 on Sept. 1, 2025.

  • Members 1608 posts
    Sept. 1, 2025, 6:24 p.m.

    Nice colours and shapes, definitely abstract!
    I also see 200 small versions of you and the tripod :-)

  • Members 2351 posts
    Sept. 1, 2025, 10:03 p.m.

    on a cruise ship the "at sea" time is when the bored camera folk go looking for abstracts. Here's a hammock with the ship water tower behind it.

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    last week copy.jpg

    JPG, 871.3 KB, uploaded by minniev on Sept. 1, 2025.

  • Members 1416 posts
    Sept. 1, 2025, 10:41 p.m.

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    L1078526.jpg

    JPG, 2.9 MB, uploaded by Daneland on Sept. 1, 2025.