A final river abstract from above Iceland's southeast Highlands. Originally a vertical image, but it seems to work equally well horizontally. Any preference you have appreciated. This has the abstract quality I was looking for and plan on a BW version at some point. Any other suggestions welcome.
Nikon D810, 24-120, polarizing filter. f8, ISO 400, 1/350 sec.
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17 commentsPositively scale-less Harry as any great abstract should be which also works well in any orientation. Looks like nothing I've ever seen. I assume the right edge would be the top of the vertical? If so, I think I might like the flow of that better but fine as presented of course. It does look like white lace or gauze in shadow on a dark background. Super cool.
Again I can't wait until you get on the ground!
Yes, Dave, the original was a 90 deg. CCW turn making the right side the top. Many different interpretations as to what it could be, I agree. Glad you like it.
Interesting idea about mirroring the image - never have tried doing that before. I can see how it might work in this instance. Generally would be out of my comfot range with the usual landscape shots, but with an abstract like this I would feel OK with it.
This looks great, Harry. There a fine sense of cascading flow upper right to lower left and lots of fine detail to keep my eyes busy. As presented it "feels" a bit blue. I'd suggest going more white, but b&w will certainly solve that.
Well seen.
I keep looking at this over and over again, Harry. If I hadn't known you were flying around above Iceland in a plane, I could convince myself that the scene measures about 16" x 24". Nature is amazing.
If it were mine I'd be tempted to go with the original orientation and then mirror image it so that the flow goes from upper left to lower right.... if you're into that sort of manipulation.
This is amazing, Harry. Spectacular aerial abstract. I'd like to see it in B&W, but I certainly like the color version. It is on the blue side, as noted by Mark, but I like the saturated color.
Very interesting image. Knowing it is rivers doesn't help my brain at all.
After checking it out rotated each way, I think I'd prefer it upside down from the presentation. As is, the areas in the top left lead my eyes up wanting to know more about what is up there. Rotated 180 I see something different. A mythical horned creature very near you standing at the side of a river.
Womderful textures and sense of movement. The blue doesn't bother me--it's cold a d abstract as intended.
Fine imaging Harry. I needed this bit of refreshment today. It's fun to experiment with these images as far as converting, inverting, rotating, mirroring, etc. It's all creative.
Nice! The lack of visual cues to help determine scale is a plus. Very cool.
Regards,
Awesome abstract, Harry. What an amazingly productive trip you had.
Excellent abstract, love the patterns. It works some way in almost every orientation but my fave is rotated 90 degrees clockwise.
I knew this was rotated even before reading your description. I think I'd leave it un-rotated. Excellent otherwise.
Truly fascinatting. It becomes a pure abstract in this orientation and is very enjoyable to view.
Very nice abstract, Harry. The lines and tones work very well. I couldn't make a determination as to which orientation I'd prefer without seeing them. In any event, This looks very nice.
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Stunningly beautiful abstract. For some reason the left side reminds me of the Japanese woodcuts of the sea that I've seen in art books. There is great vitality in those repeated forms. Great job.
Nice abstract, takes awhile to figure out what I'm looking, which is the mark of a good abstract.
Awesome work , beautiful details and tones !