winter abstract

Frequency · Dec 30, 2010

Excellent; is colour much a variant from this?

Regards

KenC · Dec 30, 2010

Thanks, Frequency. Actually this is the original RGB file with no adjustments to the color at all, but I removed a couple of tiny colored spots from the image. The whole image has a blue cast, so I put it in the bw gallery because it's essentially a toned bw.

Mendoza · Jan 1, 2011

I love this kind of stuff. Well done.

KenC · Jan 1, 2011

Thanks, Mendoza. It's always nice to find a fan of abstracts; most people just scratch their heads or say "what is it?" (the answer of course is "what do you want it to be?"). One time someone looking at a shot of a peeled-off sticker actually started trying to read the few little scraps of lettering on it.

LaFoto · Jan 1, 2011

Well, as to what this might be, my guess is: frozen puddle with not yet frozen water underneath the ice. I'm guessing so as my latest frozen puddle photo looks like this .

KenC · Jan 1, 2011

LaFoto said:
Well, as to what this might be, my guess is: frozen puddle with not yet frozen water underneath the ice. I'm guessing so as my latest frozen puddle photo looks like this .

OK, OK, I'll discuss what it actually was: salt crystallized on a black marble wall in Center City Philadelphia, about 1-2 feet from the ground. I walked around the city on Thursday after a lot of the snow had been cleared away and saw this just a couple of minutes after I came up from the train station.

So, seriously, how did it make you feel?

wasmeister · Jan 1, 2011

Texture is the best for all seasons. Good work!

Frequency · Jan 1, 2011

KenC said:
One time someone looking at a shot of a peeled-off sticker actually started trying to read the few little scraps of lettering on it.

Sometimes such letterings/words/sentences there can add much irony to the image, making that a powerful one; why, sometimes the photographer expects the viewer to read them. So i think close inspection demands such perusals too

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Regards