interstellar overdrive
by Cuttooth

Comment:
Some nice energy and color play. I enjoy the sense of movement, but the crop leaves me a little wanting. This is desperately crying for more of a panoramic type view, but alas, DPC isn't the friendliest showcase for panoramic type shots, I know.

One thing I would have done is left out the title. It clues the viewer into what your subject is, and tends to ruin the abstract feel a little.

Mini Niagara
by Captain_Skirk

Comment:
It certainly has motion, but the abstract element is completely disregarded to my eyes.

The Shimmy
by Lad

Comment:
A nice energy, but the color play is a little too forceful. There is no real coherent feel here (even an abstract should attempt to tell a story or bring cohesive interest together), so I'm left feeling a little lost and disinterested.

Colored Trails
by andrewt

Comment:
My problem with this shot is that while I know by experience that smoke has motion, this fact isn't conveyed well here. It also is, well, smoke, which isn't incredibly abstract in and of itself. Still, the abstract does exist in the inherent unknown of the geometry of pattern, and it's always interest to try and 'see' something in it, so to speak.

In the end, however, I just feel it falls too far into the realm of 'just another smoke photo'.

Little Fish. Big Sea.
by mindbottling

Comment:
I'm enjoying the energy here, but the title brings it down a little. The problem with abstracts being given titles is that you are forcing your idea on the viewer, where abstracts work best when the viewer is left to decide on their own.

Special Addition: Your photo was the proud recipient of my 1000th comment! Ok, maybe not so proud, but there you go :)

Bright Red Curves
by sfalice

Comment:
There's some nice light play, but the over-all feel is a little dull for me. I'm also not really feeling much of a sense of motion here.

Pursuit
by glad2badad

Comment:
Love the energy here, and while I do recognize the subject, it has been put forth for consideration in an abstract manner.

I find, while looking, that a call for deeper colors in order to cement the feel of movement may have helped it a little.

Duke's Creek Falls
by awrightlpc

Comment:
I personally don't get any sense of 'abstract' from this photo.

The scum the dreams are made of
by ELLIPS

Comment:
An incredibly engaging scene with some brilliant color work and energy.

One Bad Day
by hmundell

Comment:
Simply not abstract enough I believe, and the motion is far too subtle. Despite the movement of the camera, this remains a very static scene.