Balcony - Abstract / Minimalism

[FootLoose]

Alignment is critical when capturing compositions like this. C&C welcome

Balcony-II_Holding-Up-the-Sky_84A9370-1 by Greg, on Flickr

[pschlute]

I had to look a few times before I got my bearings in this picture. Nicely done.

[Shadowman]

Nicely done.

[MilT0s]

Excellent Greg, the kind of pictures that make the magic come come out of the frame.

It is not perfect but it works. I think, however, that a title was not needed (Balcony - Abstract / Minimalism ), I would prefer to have my mind build the image unbiased.

Thank you for posting this, this kind of photography is not much favored in CiC and I always find it a pleasure to find such materials here.

[Manfred M]

Well seen and well photographed Greg. This is the one form of photography I am not particularly comfortable in even though I make a concerted effort to do some abstract shots from time to time.

There is an abstract group in my photo club and there are definitely some diverging opinions as to what is abstract enough. This shot certainly qualifies as we cannot determine what we are looking at. Well seen, photographed and processed Greg.

[Tom Barry]

This is particularly effective at making the viewer study the image.

[John 2]

I had to look a few times before I got my bearings in this picture. Nicely done.

Same here but it is a strangely satisfying composition. Not so much well seen as well picked out.

[FootLoose]

I had to look a few times before I got my bearings in this picture. Nicely done.

That's good to hear, Peter. Thanks for commenting.

[FootLoose]

Thanks John

[FootLoose]

Excellent Greg, the kind of pictures that make the magic come come out of the frame.

It is not perfect but it works. I think, however, that a title was not needed (Balcony - Abstract / Minimalism ), I would prefer to have my mind build the image unbiased.

Thank you for posting this, this kind of photography is not much favored in CiC and I always find it a pleasure to find such materials here.

Thanks for commenting, Miltos. I have been including the name of the object in the title with the idea that people might appreciate the image for the composition rather than playing the guessing game. But, considering what you have said, and what a couple of others on flickr have said, I will rethink this idea.

If I keep linking abstracts to CiC then maybe some others might be inspired to have a go to. I have quite a few in the pipe line.

[FootLoose]

Well seen and well photographed Greg. This is the one form of photography I am not particularly comfortable in even though I make a concerted effort to do some abstract shots from time to time.

There is an abstract group in my photo club and there are definitely some diverging opinions as to what is abstract enough. This shot certainly qualifies as we cannot determine what we are looking at. Well seen, photographed and processed Greg.

Thanks, Manfred. I think finding abstract compositions and obtaining a satisfactory capture is challenging enough without worrying about boundaries. As the abundance of abstract groups on flickr demonstrate there are many definitions of what is abstract - architectural, geometric, urban etc.

[FootLoose]

This is particularly effective at making the viewer study the image.

Thanks Tom.

[FootLoose]

Same here but it is a strangely satisfying composition. Not so much well seen as well picked out.

Yes indeed, John, "picked out". I stand before a building (or whatever) and do my little waltz - to-and-fro, left-and-right, up-and-down. forwards-and backwards, sit down, stand up, turn around - trying to find an interesting intersection of different planes, or alignment of shadows and edges. Then, as often as not, I view the results on the computer - zoom in, zoom out, focus here, focus there, rotate a bit this way, a bit that way, flip it... And when the essence of the scene, the bit that really grabs me, reveals itself, I go back and shoot that particular part only.

If that sounds like a lot of effort, I think it is just part of training eye to see and I think I am getting better and discerning the image I want when I am in the field, and that also means seeing more and more opportunities each time I go out.