Unfinished.

Will comment soon

Spiralling

So I've taken a step back into abstract photography - something I haven't really looked at in a few months. So, after having done event after event and street photography and what not, I decided to have another go at abstract. I know they don't look like anything but I guess it can only be appreciated by some.


This one's actually a photo of watermarks on a cement ground. The unedited version showed only vaguely the orange bits but after increasing the saturation and playing around with the colours, I managed to reveal the blue hue from the cement ground. Well, yes, orange and blue don't necessarily go well together but that's what makes it interesting - colour contrast of an artificial (almost)electric blue and an unnaturally bright earthy colour.


Obviously this one doesn't have any colour whatsoever(unless you consider sepia brown a colour in this case). Photographed this based on a photo I saw on flickr in which the supposed subjecct was thrown out of focus. Kinda reminds me of the pinhole effect. It's pretty interesting I suppose. Definitely has some abstract qualities to it. Surprisingly, I managed to take this photo in autofocus. Usually would use manual but I managed to get it to focus on the background without to much of a hassle.

Photos for You, Photos for Me

Good lighting is hard to come about these days. Had a perfect opportunity to try out a few techniques I got of a photography magazine. Can't say they worked out too well for me. I got a little distracted after awhile but it did yield some interesting pictures.



This one's a bit of a trial photo. Was playing around with the idea of reflection. I don't know if you can tell but the top left bit is actually a mirror. You can see the reflection of the top of the camera in it but it's pretty obscure(which is a good thing of course =P). Turned it into a sepia cause' of the distracting colours in the background.
I THINK this ones a RAW. I can't really remember. Pretty good lighting so I thought I give macro a try. With the fast shutter speed, I didn't have to fiddle around with the camera tripod, which btw, is broken -_-". Picture is very sharp and DOF makes it more dramatic. There is also a gradual increase in darkness towards the bottom-left which I thought contrasted pretty well with the bright bits on the right

My somewhat pitiful attempt at minimalism (after having read an article on it in the magazine). It's okay, I suppose. Only thing worth noting is tone. NOthing special here.

Uhuh....another horrible attempt at a so-called "self-indulgent" photo. Thought I give the catch-light technique another go having failed it countless times before - this one's no different. I framed the photo a little to far away from the eyes, so any detail which I could have picked up in this shot was lost. Not much reflection in the eyes though even when zooming in. Plus, hair got into the way. Pupils in the right eye cannot be seen. The picture as a whole, though, has a warmer hue to it. Purposely done to emphasise the lighting.

Okok......this one's a "special addition". Taken in RAW 3.99MB. Another attempt at minimalistic photos? Maybe. But this pic is for someone.

Thank you so much =)

One Last Time.

Using this damned internet connection for the last time. I somewhat glad. =P



Will comment when I'm not so muddled with packing