Distortions

[Murray Bloom]

I often have fun with turning commonplace objects into something different. Just curious what others think of these. C&C welcome.

Iron Butterfly:



Predator:



Incised:

 

[timor]

Hey, good work, very decorative, something to hang on the wall.
#1 My feeling is, that this is only a part of the image, the bottom ends to abruptly.

 

[Murray Bloom]

Yeah, you might be right, but that's all there was.

 

[timor]

well, too bad, but #3 is really great.

 

[Murray Bloom]

Thanks, Timor. Appreciated. You have to remember that the original images looked nothing like these and were shot to be something else entirely.

 

[timor]

Thanks, Timor. Appreciated. You have to remember that the original images looked nothing like these and were shot to be something else entirely.

That's the idea.

 

[jenko]

These are fantastic. Incredibly interesting distortions. More please!

 

[Ilovemycam]

Beautiful work!

I love the presentation as well.

 

[Dagwood56]

These are really nice - so nice, that I can't choose which I like best. I love them all! Really creative.

 

[Murray Bloom]

Thanks foir your replies. I'm pleased that you like the images. Here are some more.

Calling Home:



Friend or Foe?:



Beast:

 

[Murray Bloom]

For anyone who might be interested, here are the original shots:



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[minicoop1985]

Now those are pretty cool.

 

[weags77]

Yes very cool. Wasn't too sure about them the first run through but after seeing the originals and what you turned them into...all I can say is wow. Kudos to you sir.

 

[jenko]

Love "Friend or Foe" in the second set.

Such an interesting idea and series. Do you get the idea to distort them before or after the shot?

 

[Murray Bloom]

Thanks Weags and Jenko.

The distortions come after the images are shot. All the images I used for these were originally intended to be more or less straight photographs. The distortions come later. Generally, I wouldn't know how to shoot images for distorting, especially because the fun for me is in the transformation. The only distortion that I understand how to shoot for is what are called 'tiny planets' (there's a thread about them on TPF), but although I've made a few, I don't really have a lot of interest in that sort of image. Plus, there are a lot of people doing better work in that genre than I ever could, or would want to.

My photographic 'specialty' is how I treat textures and surfaces, often abstractly; and that's what I want to bring to the distortions I do. So, I shoot for images that will appeal to my eye on that level, and find out later which of them I want to distort, or which will successfully distort at all. A lot of images won't. In fact, I only consider a small percentage of my distortion attempts to be successful; which is really crazy-making because the majority of my straight(er) photos are keepers. I suppose I've become spoiled.

The distortions usually highlight texture or surface, or are built around them; so when one works successfully, it's really pleasing for me. Here are a couple more examples.

Yin and Yin:



Caverns of Wood: