Post-processing on this shot was limited to the burn tool and the usual brightness/contrast adjustments. The blur is done by moving the camera during long exposure (1 second).
Don, thanks for your comment. You are one of the very few people who have ever liked this shot, and yet it's one of my favourite pictures (among my own, that is). Like you, I am hypnotized by the movement in it quite often, but that's easier to understand, since I am the one who made it. :)
I agree that colours work well here, which is unusual for me. Dealing with colour is one of the greatest difficulty for me. Especially with greens.
Calling the section "flat" is a good idea, but most will not get it. It's funny you mentioned this, since I often get comments like "this looks too two-dimentional" about my abstract shots. I think that abstract shots can be made to look volumous, but why a 2D picture can't be worthy attention? :) I enjoy shooting flat compositions, even non-abstract.
If you liked this one, you may also like the picture that I sent into the Lines II challenge. I guess I'll have to wait for a week to show it to you. :)
I love that you have an "abstract / textures" section. You could probably also call it the "flat" section, if this example is typical. By "focusing" on abstract shapes and texture, the illusion of 3-D is lost and the viewer is forced to admit what s/he is *always* looking at when s/he is viewing a photo: a flat image. At this point, it might even occur to the viewer that s/he is not looking at a *subject*. This is of course what the abstract movement was all about, emphasizing composition and color, but I know that you know all this. I just want you to know that is the level on which I enjoy this. It is a simpler composition than Kandinsky would like, probably, but I find it a pleasing elegance. The point of interest for me becomes the drain(?), since you have given a linear blur to a swirling shape, you create a center of visual fascination. It's hypnotic, a similar effect to twirling it around, oddly enough. As to colors, I enjoy the bright orange (or red) and how it relates to the subdued orange (or brown) background (which has a great rough texture, btw)
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