Impression of Summer

by John Fan

Gallery: LandscapePosted July 8, 2011421 views18 comments

Summer flows by me, with colors in the dreams.

Comments

18 comments

Comment posted by Koveh Tavakkol on July 8, 2011 at 10:16 PM

Very surreal..it almost looks like a painting!

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on July 8, 2011 at 10:35 PM

You're good at these, John. Very stylistic image.

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Comment posted by John Fan on July 8, 2011 at 10:39 PM

Thanks Koveh & Tony

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Comment posted by Jared Atencio on July 8, 2011 at 10:59 PM

I really like this John, personally I would crop into a pano format emphasizing the abstract, but i'm sure there is another camp that likes the branches at the top for context. Nicely executed

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Comment posted by Aaron Feinberg on July 9, 2011 at 7:06 AM

Still a cool study. Not sure if the elements all line up for the perfect take away of this. Freakin cool colors though :)

aF

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Comment posted by Mike Ryan on July 9, 2011 at 12:18 PM

Cool. I'd consider cropping the top 1/4 of the image to remove the black objects (branches?). That portion distracts me from the best part of this image. I really like this.

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Comment posted by Hamed Musharbak on July 9, 2011 at 12:43 PM

very artistic John

very well seen

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on July 9, 2011 at 12:48 PM

Looks more like Spring to me, but thats because summer is brown here...
Nice abstract--the transverse ripples in the lrhc make the shot for me. On the one hand, the top adds a bit of 'normalcy' to what otherwise is pure abstract, on the other, it does look more harmonious w/o it.
This actually gave me the idea last nite to do a quick photo-art piece which im about to post in PA gallery, hope you can check it out--the idea being that if a photo can look like a PS filter creation, a PS filter creation can also look like a photo...

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Comment posted by Bruce King on July 9, 2011 at 1:20 PM

Great abstract. I agree with the suggestion to crop about 15-20% off the top but still a very cool image.

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Comment posted by Rick Lundh on July 9, 2011 at 4:26 PM

REALLY speaks to me... the color and lines you captured are wonderful.

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Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on July 9, 2011 at 4:33 PM

I love shots like this, John. The tones and detail look great. I agree with others who suggest a crop from the top.

--P

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Comment posted by John Fan on July 9, 2011 at 5:07 PM

Thanks guys for your comments and suggestions. I posted one picture a few days ago in which I cropped trees off. This is the one I was trying to leave the trees in. I can see it is a little distracting.

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on July 9, 2011 at 11:39 PM

lovely color and patterns. Very nice abstract

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Comment posted by Rafael Rojas on July 10, 2011 at 6:24 AM

John, this is really special! Lovely textures, I particularly like those rings floating in the green...I might try with another variant, cropping the upper part to get rid of the two branches and leaving a slightly pano 1x2 format where the thing is focused on the rings alone...Lovely!

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Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on July 10, 2011 at 7:14 AM

I would agree with cropping the top part to enhance the abstract feel of those wonderful whorls of green you've captured.

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Comment posted by Anthony Vincent on July 10, 2011 at 2:09 PM

Just lovely John. Cool motion ripples and swirls.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on July 10, 2011 at 2:44 PM

Terrific capture with the detailed swirls. It's a top notch abstraction in peaceful colors. I could possibly see cropping the non-swirling section at the top.

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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on July 10, 2011 at 4:05 PM

Liquid green!!! Wonderful abstract here John. Keep them coming please!

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