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02/06/2005 10:41:07 AM · #1 |
Abstracts, General Discussion of How...
Abstracts, I find them very interesting and captivating to look at so I though I would post some info into a forum. Feel free to add any other tips that you might have done yourself; I would love to hear from you and get enough info to do some of my own attempts at this.
So a little background on this topic Abstract Photography VS. Photographic Abstracts.
I've seen quite a few different abstract photos on this website but I'll use some of Konador photos as he provided me with some insight and didn't mind to share ;-)
So, here are three shots of his that I'm really impressed with and love.
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I especially like #1, simply because the colors just jump out at you and freeze your gaze!
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02/06/2005 10:41:16 AM · #2 |
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Here's a note from Konador
"...a lot of my abstract photos on my PaD are of transparent subjects, which work great for this kinda thing as it is done with backlighting. I actually use my computer monitor as my backlight. I browse my computer for other photos I've taken in the past and then saturate the colours a lot on them and zoom in Photoshop. Then I put my macro lens on the shallowest DoF I can (f/2.5) to blur out the background. Then I use natural window light to brighten the subject a little, but not too much as to reflect on the screen. It is actually much simpler than you might think. The best thing to do is just experiment a lot with different objects, backgrounds, and even camera movement (Shot #1 was a long exposure with a lot of shake). I took the photos in RAW mode on my camera so that I could adjust the white balance afterwards to get more vibrant colours in the background and tweak them a little."
Thank for the info Konador.
Any other abstract techniques out there? Feel free to share.
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02/06/2005 10:59:29 AM · #3 |
I think I lean towards the Photograpic abstract side. Get really close to where the viewer just recognizes what the object is and then get a little closer. Also it is very important to take that angle that no one else has taken before. I have used negative filters and such but not real big on Digital Manipulated photos for abstracts...don't get me wrong I like looking at them but just not crazy about doing that to my own photos.
These are border line macro/close-up but have been refered to as abstract.
  
Get close, take the angle no one else has, and to throw the viewer off even more disorient them by rotating 90 degrees.
Andy
ED: Typos of Coarse :)
Message edited by author 2005-02-06 11:01:54. |
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