The title of this first photo seemed obvious to me:
anger: the red mist
When I took the following photo, I had no idea what it would look like or what it might suggest, but once I’d taken a closer look, the idea of monstrous creatures occurred to me immediately:
creatures from the deep
The next photo is of the external wall of a shack constructed from galvanized steel sheets nailed onto a wooden frame. Whether that shack is actually a convenience is debatable, but the picture does remind me of a flag:
flag of convenience
I’d like to suggest that the next photo is of a gigantic wobbly jelly, although you will know that it’s actually something else:
good vibrations
The following photo suggests a blur of rapid movement, hence the title:
speed
The final picture suggests to me a jumble of buildings piled one on top of another. Although I’ve given it the title The City Rises as a reference to the Futurist painting by Umberto Boccioni, it bears no resemblance to that work.
the city rises
previous posts in this series
Photographic Abstraction #13
Photographic Abstraction #14
Photographic Abstraction #15
Photographic Abstraction #16
These are splendid. What techniques did you use?
ReplyDeleteNothing fancy Peter. I crop the photo to the desired shape, then I crank up the colour saturation and the contrast, and, if necessary, reduce the brightness. The crucial step is in recognizing a potential image that will respond to this kind of treatment when I'm out and about.
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