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    Boat - Abstract / Geometric Reflection

    It's a rare day when the water surface is still enough to capture a reflection like this. C&C welcome.

    Boat - Abstract / Geometric ReflectionBits of Boats IV by Greg, on Flickr

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    It is very appealing Greg, having just spent the morning looking at paintings in the Noosa Open Studios event, I was drawn straight to your thread.

    I would hang it on my wall!
    My only thought is the water line mark, (if that is what it is) I would either clone that or lower the blacks to hide it.

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    Re: Boat - Abstract / Geometric Reflection

    +1 to what Kay says

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    Re: Boat - Abstract / Geometric Reflection

    I think that works very well.

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    Re: Boat - Abstract / Geometric Reflection

    Nicely seen and captured.

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    Re: Boat - Abstract / Geometric Reflection

    Excellent. I was recently looking at something that was about abstract in photography. It is not easy. For the viewer, the trick is not to see a boat, but view it as a study in shapes and tones. If you displayed it without reference to a boat, that would help people not to see a boat.

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    Re: Boat - Abstract / Geometric Reflection

    That's nice Greg. I could see that adorning a wall somewhere.

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    Re: Boat - Abstract / Geometric Reflection

    Well seen and well executed, including the PP work.

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    Re: Boat - Abstract / Geometric Reflection

    Nice captured image with all perspectives.

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    Re: Boat - Abstract / Geometric Reflection

    Quote Originally Posted by wilgk View Post
    It is very appealing Greg, having just spent the morning looking at paintings in the Noosa Open Studios event, I was drawn straight to your thread.

    I would hang it on my wall!
    My only thought is the water line mark, (if that is what it is) I would either clone that or lower the blacks to hide it.
    Kay, you are welcome to hang it on your wall . I take it you are referring to the meniscus line and not the water/salt stains on the black section of the hull. The stains are what they are, but the water line appears to have been accentuated by my sharpening. I should have noticed that; thanks for pointing it out.

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    Re: Boat - Abstract / Geometric Reflection

    Thanks Bill.

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    Re: Boat - Abstract / Geometric Reflection

    Quote Originally Posted by ST1 View Post
    I think that works very well.
    Thank you Peter.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shadowman View Post
    Nicely seen and captured.
    Thanks, John.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Donald View Post
    Excellent. I was recently looking at something that was about abstract in photography. It is not easy. For the viewer, the trick is not to see a boat, but view it as a study in shapes and tones. If you displayed it without reference to a boat, that would help people not to see a boat.
    Thanks, Donald. That is an interesting point about the title. What you see here is how I framed it in camera. That is, I saw it from initial capture, through processing as a study in shapes and tones and I assumed that what it actually is would not distract the viewer from that. Nevertheless, naming abstracts can be a bit of a problem.

    What were you looking at in abstract photography?

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    Re: Boat - Abstract / Geometric Reflection

    Quote Originally Posted by John 2 View Post
    That's nice Greg. I could see that adorning a wall somewhere.
    Thanks, John, it will probably adorn one of my walls.

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    Re: Boat - Abstract / Geometric Reflection

    Quote Originally Posted by Manfred M View Post
    Well seen and well executed, including the PP work.
    Thanks, Manfred.

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    Quote Originally Posted by katto View Post
    Nice captured image with all perspectives.
    Thank you, Manoj.

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