Weekly Abstract and Experimental Thread #2 (4-1-2025)

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ChrisOly
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April 2, 2025, 3:04 p.m. April 2, 2025, 3:04 p.m.
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@barondla has written:

Flash

Just amazing effect. Visually very pleasing and unusual. Well done.
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ChrisOly
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April 2, 2025, 3:07 p.m. April 2, 2025, 3:07 p.m.
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@streamdream has written:

my water glass again

Amazing shot. Very mesmerizing. One can look and look and discover various shapes and colours and textures. Wonderful wonderland.
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barondla
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April 2, 2025, 4:58 p.m. April 2, 2025, 4:58 p.m.
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@doctor has written:

@barondla has written:

@doctor has written:

A slow panning, shot through a fence...

Wow! Other worldly. Amazing image. This reminds me of one of my favorite photographers, Ben Rose. They did a large article about him in one of big photo magazines years ago. He used flash with motorized slits and zoom lenses.
Thanks for sharing,
barondla

Thank you very much, I'm glad you like it. I'll upload another one from the same series...

Another excellent image. The colors in the background look like "digital" flowers. Cool capture. These images say sci-fi time travel to me.
Thanks for sharing,
barondla
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barondla
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April 2, 2025, 5:58 p.m. April 2, 2025, 5:58 p.m.
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@ChrisOly has written:

Last gasp

A sudden gust of snow landed on my skylight to remind me that winter is almost over.

I just pointed at the skylight and took a shot.
Dramatic colors and slightly of kilter framing make a strong image.
Thanks for sharing,
barondla
PS

Just discovered this new thread...and I am glad it exists.
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doctor
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April 2, 2025, 7:22 p.m. April 2, 2025, 7:22 p.m.
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@ChrisOly has written:

Last gasp

A sudden gust of snow landed on my skylight to remind me that winter is almost over.

I just pointed at the skylight and took a shot.

PS

Just discovered this new thread...and I am glad it exists.

A minimalistic, geometric composition, with a nice textured touch...
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doctor
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April 2, 2025, 7:28 p.m. April 2, 2025, 7:28 p.m.
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@ChrisOly has written:

@doctor has written:

A slow panning, shot through a fence...

Excellent street capture and the panning lines across add great interest to the image.

Thanks, Chris, I'm glad you like it. I discovered part of that grid during processing, while playing with the slider structure, because i thought it was lost with the panning...
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doctor
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April 2, 2025, 7:35 p.m. April 2, 2025, 7:35 p.m.
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@barondla has written:

@doctor has written:

@barondla has written:

@doctor has written:

A slow panning, shot through a fence...

Wow! Other worldly. Amazing image. This reminds me of one of my favorite photographers, Ben Rose. They did a large article about him in one of big photo magazines years ago. He used flash with motorized slits and zoom lenses.
Thanks for sharing,
barondla

Another excellent image. The colors in the background look like "digital" flowers. Cool capture. These images say sci-fi time travel to me.
Thanks for sharing,
barondla

I looked for a nice, colorful background. And what better than a flower shop? 😀
Truth is that with this technique, any light, any element in the background, becomes very striking...

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JPG, 1.7 MB, uploaded by doctor on April 2, 2025.
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barondla
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April 2, 2025, 7:45 p.m. April 2, 2025, 7:45 p.m.
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@streamdream has written:

@minniev has written:

@streamdream has written:

my water glass again

Continuing on from last week's pictures, here's another set of images I took of my water glass next to my bed. This time they are held still, but they are yet again fotographed using a filter, with the white balance very high. There's something fascinating how the close-up, as well as the refraction of the light, turns my fingers into downright alien shapes.

You have an interesting water glass! Great creativity. That second one looks like a space telescope shot at first glance.

Sadly that water glass broke yesterday when moving to my new apartment. I bought it (and a second one) in a little specialty beer shop in poland for my exchange semester and I transported it all the way back to Austria afterwards, where I used it as my water glass religiously. But sadly, it didn't survive another relocation. (The second one already broke a while ago).

But thank you for everyone's comments! I do agree that these have a sort of sci-fi feel to them. Like a little glimpse into the cosmos!

This isn't really a photo, but a while ago, I got the opportunity to try intaglio printing, while I was visiting a friend who studies at an art academy in Germany and I decided to participare with their lecture. The method we used was scratching up a thin sheet of plastic with a needle and then pushing it through a press. I made a print based on the second photo.

That is a neat printing method. Haven't tried anything like it...yet. It came out great.
Thanks for sharing,
barondla