Ice Abstract

Gallery: Photo ArtPosted January 27, 201168 views10 comments

Boy, this one is waaay out of the box for me. I found some of my ice crystal photos from last year and decided to go wild.

Opinions???

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on January 27, 2011 at 7:45 PM

Lucy:
This is real cool. The shards look like sword blades gleaming in the sun, a scene from medieval time?? I am letting my imagination run wild with this abstract.

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Comment posted by Lucy VanSwearingen on January 27, 2011 at 8:52 PM

Thanks Gary,

All I did was make it BW, give it a little blue here and there, play with the shadows and light... and Voila! An abstract!

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Comment posted by Wayne Jones on January 27, 2011 at 10:16 PM

Lucy, The high contrast and the blue tones are very effective in conveying that COLD feeling. Your treatment of the strong abstract comp reminds me of some kind of bold art process. You should go wild more!

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Comment posted by Craig Myers on January 27, 2011 at 10:51 PM

I really like the graininess and the duo-tone treatment here; it nicely supports the subject

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Comment posted by David W. Kelly on January 28, 2011 at 9:18 AM

A beautiful ice abstract indeed.

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Comment posted by Balakumar Kaushik on January 28, 2011 at 9:53 AM

Beautiful abstract with bizarre patterns. High contrast works well here.
Might brighten the ULC and darken the LRC.

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Comment posted by Lorna Taylor on January 28, 2011 at 9:55 AM

Wonderful image , great choice of processing!

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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on January 28, 2011 at 11:23 AM

I like the design and comp, but it appears a little dark for my tastes.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on January 29, 2011 at 6:15 PM

Fabulous result. As Gary says, it looks very medieval. I see swords, armor, a wing in the top right and some kind of animal with it's head resting on the armor in the bottom right.

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Comment posted by Lucy VanSwearingen on January 29, 2011 at 6:39 PM

Thanks to everyone. I think I WILL go wild again....

Balakumar.. the ULC probably does need to brighten up a bit...maybe, the "bat wing"??. But, I actually worked to make the BRC darker. You'll laugh when I tell you how the lighter version looked. To me, it looked like a giant pumpkin with an upside down V! But, then I see the medieval swords, too!

Thanks again!!!

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