Abstract Foliage

Gallery: LandscapePosted November 6, 2010195 views12 comments

I normally do not see myself doing this "style" of imaging with my nature photography. However, on a recent trip to Maine, I thought it would be nice to play around just a bit. Personally, I'm not seeing it as something I'd enlarge and put on my wall, but would enjoy hearing your thoughts and comments. Thanks for looking.

5D MKII
24-70 mm @ 70mm
1.6 secs @ f/22
handheld

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by Bruce King on November 6, 2010 at 12:12 PM

I like it a lot Mitch. Not abstract enough to make me wonder what it is but very creative nonetheless and the colors are very nice.

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Comment posted by Kory Lidstrom on November 6, 2010 at 12:20 PM

Purty! I like it.

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Comment posted by Ed Lowe on November 6, 2010 at 12:47 PM

Way to think outside the box, Mitch.

I personally love the abstract quality along with the lush autumn colors. A very nice change of pace IMO.

Ed

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Comment posted by Jim Greenwood on November 6, 2010 at 12:51 PM

I'm certainly not experienced with this style of abstraction either. Is this purely Photoshop, or was this achieved partially or totally in camera? One effect that seems to me to detract from the abstract nature of this composition is the double lines, especially on the green leaf on the left. I'll also mention what appears to be several dust spots along the top on the purple leaf.

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Comment posted by denise ippolito on November 6, 2010 at 1:03 PM

I love it. The colors and the blur are lovely.

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Comment posted by Kurt Budliger on November 6, 2010 at 3:21 PM

Nice, I think it's very cool. Is what things looked like right before you passed after seeing that big caterpillar?

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Comment posted by David Chauvin on November 6, 2010 at 8:31 PM

Very cool, Mitch. Just enough detail to keep it from going totally abstract.

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Comment posted by Ron Pederson on November 7, 2010 at 6:57 AM

Interesting colors in this comp and its definately different. You never know what will happen if you keep pushing the envelope. I'm guessing a zoom ring blur. Nice abstract.

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Comment posted by Mark Pelton on November 7, 2010 at 8:37 AM

As a study in color abstraction, it doesn't get much better than this.

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Comment posted by Brigitte Lorenz on November 7, 2010 at 2:51 PM

cool image with great colors!

Brigitte

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Comment posted by Rick Gomez on November 7, 2010 at 3:24 PM

Works well! I'm not used to seeing pink/purple leaves, but it looks cool!

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Comment posted by John Williams on November 8, 2010 at 12:53 PM

I like the different take on the intimate fall shot. Large and on the wall would work great, highly depending on the room

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