Sorta drunk

and a little bored. Going to post some abstracts. Still waiting for Tuesday.

New abandoned home shots

These shots are from three different sites and about four different homes. Im starting the set off with my favorite of all of them.

I have to wonder about how much I like my own pictures. Am I learning anything? Am I being too lenient with myself with my images or are they actually good? I cant be objective enough to say. Does it even matter? Im not sure. I am having fun though.

More Found Objects

A few recently found objects. It feels strange to me to discover that leaving the color in the shot can put the point across better than removing it. And yet, sometimes color is a total distraction from the point of the image. I guess what is strange about this discovery is that I made in regards to abandoned homes and found objects. By removing the distraction of color, all that is left is the object itself and what condition it's in. But I have recently discovered that color adds to that condition in some cases. Not all. Not even in most, but definitely in some. As in the case of the green chair and the doll in this new post. The faded green of the chair speaks volumes to me when compared to green vegetation behind it. Usually desert greenery is faded in comparison to man materials. And the flesh tones in the face and arm of the doll add a realism to that image that makes it seem all the more gruesome. But in the rest of the shots, the color distracted my thought away from the lines and textures and depth.

Interesting.

New Series 2nd set

Ok, there are more but I think I'll leave it at this for now.

New Series 1st set

Im focusing my energy on abstracts for now, though I havent stopped shooting abandoned homes or landscapes. I just want to really investigate how far I can go with these abstracts. I tend to go for the slightly, or completely blurry, macro shots or close up shots of decaying walls, but I really enjoy some of the abstract images Im seeing on other photog websites. Not sure I'll try that path or not. For now, Im sticking with the macros and close ups.

Here are a few of my macros. And I think I'll post them here untitled and let you all figure out what they are to you.

Kyanite Macros

I am really digging macros. I love to just shoot and then see what there is to see after I download the images. I really like these images. They remind me a lot of Chinese watercolors. Two of these images are only edited in PS using traditional darkroom techniques of boosting contrast and dodging and burning but one was altered with an adjustment layer to make part of it a bit more purple.

All shots were taken with the Lensbaby with macro lens attachments. I just sat the kyanite sliver on a box and set it front of a window and snapped away. I FREAKING LOVE PHOTOGRAPHY!!! : )


Storm Over Mountain Lake


Sunrise Over Mountains


Purple Mountains Majesty

Light and Ice

Shots that just happened.

What you are seeing are greyscale conversions of a large piece of ice sitting in front of my monitor at night. With all the colors shining through, it was so beautiful that I had to grab a few shots.

All shots were taken with the Lensbaby.

Im planning on entering 3 to 5 of these images into a contest so if anybody would like to tell me which ones they like the most, I would be very grateful.


Aurora



Sun Spot


Comet


Tail End


Surface


Dunes


Wave



Sun Spot 2