Abstraction: C&C please

[RxForB3]

A few photos of what I consider "abstract" involving flowers from the local arboretum. What do you think?


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Monet Monet Monet by RxForB3, on Flickr

2.


Purple Sky by RxForB3, on Flickr

Which do you prefer of the next two photos?

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IMG_7688 by RxForB3, on Flickr

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IMG_7685 by RxForB3, on Flickr

 

[echoyjeff222]

I like the second one more ... it's off center and I like the stripes in the top right corner. Makes it more interesting.

I love the interplay of colors you have in your impressionistic-like 1st pic

i'm still staring at the second one, haha. love the outline of the flower.

 

[KenC]

Pretty good. The first is really nice, sort of impressionist. I don't go for the second as much because it seems unbalanced. The last two are better, but I would crop a little so it's all flower.

 

[RxForB3]

Thanks for your comments, echoyjeff222. I think I like the last photo best, as well, of the two. I'm just not sure if the stripes distract from the rest of the photo or if that's a bad thing in any case...

I agree about the second photo of the four, KenC. One minute I kind of like it, and the next I don't.

Thanks for the suggestion on cropping the last two. It's actually all flower as it is, but the idea of cropping is the same, regardless. Here are a couple other views of the flower...


IMG_7689 by RxForB3, on Flickr


IMG_7702 by RxForB3, on Flickr