Bit of a French (or is that Russian?) flag theme here! Like the somewhat left-handed composition in the first especially, and that Chinese-character appearance in the others. Or is that maps? Or is that...?
Great abstraction! Love it. Large prints of the latter two on opposing walls of a corridor or hallway would look great! The blue might also look good with deliberately more extreme "post".
Hey Chris. I saw in another post where you mention that you often use a tiny bit of vignette. I have shied away from this but will revisit this thought as this edit really helped this image. Thanks!
I didn't hold back with this one, Ruth! I was trying to think of an abstract painting here, perhaps thick impasto, and deliberately not of photography.
It stuck in my mind, long before I did any darkroom-type image processing, that Ansel Adams wrote that he'd very often burn in the edges of his prints slightly, to focus attention in towards the centre as I recall. If it's good enough for Ansel,,,
Indeed! If you ever get to Tuscan, AZ, the University of Arizona has a tiny Museum of Contemporary Photography that is outstanding. They house Ansel's collection and they rotate his works on display. It is worth a side trip as they often include lesser known works.
For instance, Ruth, there's one on the log in the waterfall image ("Angels...") I posted a day or so ago, and on the "Skyscape" image from 6th April. If they're visible as such looking at the image, I'll dial back the intensity until they're not, usually.
Bit of a French (or is that Russian?) flag theme here! Like the somewhat left-handed composition in the first especially, and that Chinese-character appearance in the others. Or is that maps? Or is that...?
Great abstraction! Love it. Large prints of the latter two on opposing walls of a corridor or hallway would look great! The blue might also look good with deliberately more extreme "post".
Couldn't resist...
Hey Chris. I saw in another post where you mention that you often use a tiny bit of vignette. I have shied away from this but will revisit this thought as this edit really helped this image. Thanks!
I didn't hold back with this one, Ruth! I was trying to think of an abstract painting here, perhaps thick impasto, and deliberately not of photography.
It stuck in my mind, long before I did any darkroom-type image processing, that Ansel Adams wrote that he'd very often burn in the edges of his prints slightly, to focus attention in towards the centre as I recall. If it's good enough for Ansel,,,
Indeed! If you ever get to Tuscan, AZ, the University of Arizona has a tiny Museum of Contemporary Photography that is outstanding. They house Ansel's collection and they rotate his works on display. It is worth a side trip as they often include lesser known works.
Thanks for the tip. That'd be something, for me.
For instance, Ruth, there's one on the log in the waterfall image ("Angels...") I posted a day or so ago, and on the "Skyscape" image from 6th April. If they're visible as such looking at the image, I'll dial back the intensity until they're not, usually.
Wonderful abstracts Ruth. I hope you found others out on your trip.