Oh, this is stunning!! I don't even want to know what the subject is - this would take the magic away. Sometimes, you can look at a photo and wonder at it's beauty - tones, shapes, patterns. Like discovering something you've never seen before. If you know what the subject is, though, your mind can often go on autopilot "oh, so that's a box. I know what a box is and how it look like". Which can virtually stop you from seeing... I think this is one of the best abstracts I've seen in a while. It really really appeals to me for some reason. The shapes, tones, lightning... Love it...
Greg, I agree with you, I love subjects like this for their pure aesthetic value. I took this shot this way and with the camera itself, hopefully both will be interesting.
I just love the emotional resonance of something like that, beyond what it is, that the way it's taken, the interpretation of the image through the photographer, is where that resonance lies.
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Michael Czeiszperger
Keep this up and there's gonna be a Photoshop plugin for this effect :-)
2005-03-29
Jackie Dunlop
Weird, man. What is it? Looks like a giant old camera or a death ray machine !
Ciao
2005-03-29
frisky?
lovely graphic shot... i like the lines in this one.
2005-03-29
paul
love those slight grainy rings
2005-03-29
Greg.O
Oh, this is stunning!! I don't even want to know what the subject is - this would take the magic away. Sometimes, you can look at a photo and wonder at it's beauty - tones, shapes, patterns. Like discovering something you've never seen before. If you know what the subject is, though, your mind can often go on autopilot "oh, so that's a box. I know what a box is and how it look like". Which can virtually stop you from seeing... I think this is one of the best abstracts I've seen in a while. It really really appeals to me for some reason. The shapes, tones, lightning... Love it...
2005-03-29
miles
Thanks all.
Greg, I agree with you, I love subjects like this for their pure aesthetic value. I took this shot this way and with the camera itself, hopefully both will be interesting.
One image I'd seen before that has always stuck in my mind is, http://www.makinghappy.com/archive/000403.php
I just love the emotional resonance of something like that, beyond what it is, that the way it's taken, the interpretation of the image through the photographer, is where that resonance lies.
2005-03-29
Crash
still not sure what it is, but cool
2005-03-29
Smoove D
I like the previous shot a lot more, because the subject matter worked better with the shooting technique.
2005-03-29
Sakana
I will try this !
S.
2005-03-30
latif
me gusta mucho como esta a foco este objeto sugerente.
add you to my favorites
2005-03-30
gavin
these viewfinder shots are one of the coolest ideas i've seen.
2005-03-30
Max
Nice blog too, i love it !
2005-03-30
zerosun
great shot love the simplicity. the grain adds a nice effect.
2005-04-03