Abstract flow

Northgrain
Posted 16/07/2011 - 13:23 Link
Long-ish exposure shots from our local stream in spate - brown from all the sediment and dissolved peat. I quite like these as abstracts, but as always comments/criticisms/reponses very welcome.

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K10D
Posted 16/07/2011 - 13:26 Link
Different, but No.3 for me. There seems to be more detail in it but that burst of lines over on the upper RHS is great.

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Too far from a shore.
Blythman
Posted 16/07/2011 - 13:58 Link
I agree on #3. However, I would have liked to see something static in the frame. That would not have been so abstract though.
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snappychappy
Posted 16/07/2011 - 14:45 Link
3 is my fav also, and agree with the static comment. Great work though.
Pentaxophile
Posted 16/07/2011 - 14:56 Link
Looks like a lot of rain must have fallen on Bleaklow recently!

Blythman wrote:
I agree on #3. However, I would have liked to see something static in the frame. That would not have been so abstract though.
+1
john941
Posted 16/07/2011 - 14:58 Link
yes I like them, would look well enlaged and framed in one of those large office foyeys.
japers45
Posted 16/07/2011 - 15:43 Link
As a trio they might look very nice and I think they are quite commercial - I can imagine them supersized and hanging in a trendy outdoor clothing shop.
Northgrain
Posted 16/07/2011 - 19:36 Link
Thanks for the useful comments folks.

Quote:
Looks like a lot of rain must have fallen on Bleaklow recently!
And a lot lot more today
Epithet Man
Posted 16/07/2011 - 22:53 Link
japers45 wrote:
As a trio they might look very nice and I think they are quite commercial - I can imagine them supersized and hanging in a trendy outdoor clothing shop.
Or maybe a trendy hairdresser? They look like hair to me.

EM
Karl
Posted 16/07/2011 - 22:59 Link
They're not bad actually - the first two work the best, especially the 2nd one because it is difficult to tell exactly what it is. It looks like hair.

In my opinion these would have failed if you could tell that they are 'just running water on a lon exposure' but you certainly can't with number 2.
The brown colour also helps to disguise the fact that it is water.

I would try some more and aim to get them even more abstract.
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Northgrain
Posted 17/07/2011 - 08:32 Link
Quote:
I would try some more and aim to get them even more abstract.
Thanks Karl - I think I'll have another bash and, given comments above, try to split into ones aiming for a true abstract feel, and ones where you can probably tell it's water flowing but trying to get some static objects in there as well to emphasise the flow.

It's the sort of thing I can play at after rain and when the light's not so good here (which, frankly, is most of the time )
thoughton
Posted 18/07/2011 - 18:04 Link
Epithet Man wrote:
japers45 wrote:
As a trio they might look very nice and I think they are quite commercial - I can imagine them supersized and hanging in a trendy outdoor clothing shop.
Or maybe a trendy hairdresser? They look like hair to me.

EM
Looks like hair to me too, specifically i thought it was a horse's mane at first!

I prefer 1 and 2 over 3. It's easier to tell 3 is water, whereas 1 and 2 are more abstract to my eyes. 1 is my favourite! Hard to say why, maybe because it has more straight-ish lines.
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