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Edvard Munch inspired pollen puddle pattern (creative alert I'm afraid)

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17 replies
Posted by john macpherson on May 27, 2010 at 4:08 PM
Was out in a rural area this afternoon and the pollen on many of the roadside pudddles was exquisite!

Ricoh GRD3, 6mm (28mm), ISO 100, 1/850 @ f2.8, handheld, DNG format, pp in Lightroom as greyscale, contrast increased a tad.
Posted by Chris Johnstone on May 27, 2010 at 4:11 PM
Very fluid looking John.

If you presented that to me without an explanation I would have no idea what I was looking at - perfect abstraction.

Good to see you back.

Chris
Posted by Dave Bartlett on May 27, 2010 at 4:26 PM
Don't be afraid!! EM would be proud. Well spotted and great treatment of the patterns. Puddles where I live just contain oil, fag ends and crisp packets !!!
Posted by Ian Macdermott on May 27, 2010 at 5:37 PM
Hi John,

well seen and processed, a fine image :toast:
Posted by Brett Lewis on May 27, 2010 at 6:44 PM
I like that quite a lot.. it really works well and the mono approach really suits it. Very artistic eye and thanks for sharing that with us.

Brett
Posted by Ian Haskell on May 27, 2010 at 6:52 PM
Should I expect anything less from you. I think the pattern works really well and fits in with your other creative shots. As Brett has stated the B&W suits the photo very nicely.

Ian
Posted by Paul King on May 27, 2010 at 8:29 PM
That is a well spotted abstract on the natural.
Posted by Craig Jones on May 27, 2010 at 8:43 PM
Looks stunning,reminds me of Red Cabbage,B+W looks brilliant :wink: :wavey:
Posted by Nigel Blake on May 28, 2010 at 1:21 AM
A stunner!
Posted by Andy Astbury on May 28, 2010 at 4:01 AM
I thought it looks like volcanic obsidian - absolute belting abstract John and I'd have never guessed what it was in reality :toast: :toast:
Posted by Philip Kirkham on May 28, 2010 at 4:45 AM
Hello John
I can never quite understand why you apologise for your creative images, personally I think that they are very inspiring and a joy to study.
Having looked at this image for a good few minutes I like the movement, and the patterns within patterns seem never ending.
Great work, keep it up.
Best wishes
Phil
Posted by john macpherson on May 28, 2010 at 8:47 AM
Glad you're enjoying this folks, Thanks for the positive responses.

Phil - just a running gag really - there were a few good natured comments in the past that suggested some of the previous images needed a health warning as one or two were fairly obscure or rather garish - to the degree they might have induced epilepsy in the vulnerable such was the swirliness of the content! So I took to putting warnings on them!
Posted by Robert Lawrence on May 28, 2010 at 9:08 AM
You really do have an eye for the abstract John. Now that Craig has mentioned it I keep seeing red cabbage too!
Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on May 28, 2010 at 11:20 AM
I like this one a lot. Very artistic and the B & W works very well here. :smile:
Posted by eric weight on May 28, 2010 at 2:44 PM
Can't fault it John. Doesn't do much for me, but then I'm not really into abstract stuff (yet?). The strange thing is I always look forward to seeing what you are going to put up next, so maybe the seed is germinating or perhaps I am just jealous because I don't see these things. If I could I would probably photograph them too.
:toast: eric the philistine. :wavey:
Posted by john macpherson on May 28, 2010 at 4:43 PM
Its like jazz Eric - you think you dont like it then one day you'll find yourself tapping your foot and realize the puddle your foot is in has a great pattern in it!
Posted by David Taylor on May 28, 2010 at 6:02 PM
I'm glad there's no sound. The Scream would be awfully loud. :eek: Excellent stuff.

:toast: :toast: :jump:
Posted by eric weight on May 29, 2010 at 12:43 AM
:jump: :jump: :jump: :smile: :wavey: I'll dig out my earphones, John. :wink: