Doesn't Really Fit into Any of the Specified Categories Here....But Sharing This Image Anyway

[Clix Pix]

• ILCE-7RM5
• FE 50mm F1.2 GM
• 50.0 mm
• ƒ/1.2
• 1/8000 sec
• ISO 250

 

[FowlersFreeTime]

Hmmm, maybe we should have an abstract subforum

 

[Clix Pix]

We really do need one!!! I tend to shoot abstracts rather frequently and then on here can't really find a suitable place to put them so I simply don't post them at all.

 

[FowlersFreeTime]

@Tim Mayo There is an "Other" subforum:

Sony Alpha Shooters Other Genres & Events Forum

Welcome to our Sony Alpha others genres and events forum. This is the place to post your Sony Alpha shots and related discussion that don't quite fit into any of the other niche forums.

www.alphashooters.com

There are currently 4 genres: Events, Food, Underwater, Multispectral. Perhaps you could add an "Abstract" genre there.

 

[Clix Pix]

I like that idea, Chris!

 

[AlphaWorld]

Makes more sense than a Furniture forum

 

[Tim Mayo]

Sorry I meant to reply to this one earlier. I think the sub-forums are often overlooked. What about abstract shots going in the Art & Architecture Forum? Since it's a forum of art. I could always just rename this to: Art, Architecture & Abstract?

 

[Clix Pix]

Sorry I meant to reply to this one earlier. I think the sub-forums are often overlooked. What about abstract shots going in the Art & Architecture Forum? Since it's a forum of art. I could always just rename this to: Art, Architecture & Abstract?

Uh.....when searching for an appropriate place to drop an image, even with a change of name it would never occur to me in a million years to look at a subforum called Art & Architecture for a place to share a wholly abstract photo...... If anything, in my experience, photos involving architecture are rather the opposite of "abstract," given that they usually represent a structure or building as it actually is, including having to make adjustments for perspective and alignment....

By definition, abstract images display anything other than reality.

 

[FowlersFreeTime]

Uh.....when searching for an appropriate place to drop an image, even with a change of name it would never occur to me in a million years to look at a subforum called Art & Architecture for a place to share a wholly abstract photo...... If anything, in my experience, photos involving architecture are rather the opposite of "abstract," given that they usually represent a structure or building as it actually is, including having to make adjustments for perspective and alignment....

By definition, abstract images display anything other than reality.

Fair points, but lets go down the rabbit hole a bit. (disclaimer, I'm bored and its Friday afternoon)...

While we could wave away this debate because all photography is a form of art, I think Abstract is as equally established a form of Art as Fine Art (paintings, carvings, statues) or Architecture. Yes, architecture is a form of art. Yes the product of architecture is straight lines, intentional curves, and structure. However those structures all started with an artist's rendition or architect's concept art. Architecture overlaps art and science and what you're alluding to with "perspective and alignment" is only the engineering side of it. I'm getting off topic, sorry, my dad is an architect, so I appreciate the art in architecture.

Anyway, I think you have a good eye for seeing abstract art where others may see a sliver of something recognizable; most of the time its plants, but in this case a random piece of furniture. I think if there was an "Abstract" tag in the Art & Architecture sub-forum, more than a few of your photos could be represented there as "Abstract Art".

 

[Clix Pix]

Thank you for taking me down the rabbit hole! Good things for me to consider.....

Athough I am not an artist and have no training in that field, I do seem to see things differently than a lot of people. I am not always interested in recording/documenting what I actually see, but exploring how various elements of it might look from a different perspective. I tend to pay a lot of attention to the background of my prospective image, too, as to me that really can make a difference. I especially love working with color. Contrast is something which I also tend to emphasize and celebrate, whether in color or B&W.

Actually, I guess I should mention more details about the actual subject and the shooting location of this particular image..... It's probably not at all what a viewer would think if he or she even gave it any consideration.

It was the shapes, the light and the colors brimming with possibilities which initially caught my eye and prompted me to grab the camera and my fastest Sony lens.

No pieces of furniture were involved, but I can see why and how a viewer would think that. The glass and metal component that you are viewing is actually a pair of small glass stackable shelves that I use from time to time when shooting macros and closeups. They spend most of their time on the top of my master bedroom dresser, which is directly under a pair of large windows.

The image was shot in that bedroom through an open window (with window screen in place) using the scene both inside and outside just beyond my bedroom windows, as at that time the wonderful azalea bush under that window was in full bloom. While I also spent some time this spring shooting the actual flowers themselves outdoors, I also took advantage several times of how they also made for a wonderful and colorful background in images shot from inside the house as well.

The other colors in this image? The darker colors creating a sort of frame around the subject? And/or the lighter elements? Part of the (interior) window frame itself but also mostly what is outside, too, beyond that azalea bush: the sidewalk and parking lot of my condominium apartment building. If I recall correctly, that day there were several cars (including my own) parked right in front of the building.

That's the magic of shooting with a very fast lens wide-open -- even the most mundane subjects can become interesting, eye-catching in a new way, and sometimes quite beautiful. Potentially ugly details such as a window screen or unwanted views of cars or a distinctly boring cement sidewalk disappear and/or fade into mystery.....