Abstract Expressionism in the Grass

[Don Schaeffer]

[GB1]

Nice colors and like you said, very abstract shots. I like the bottom one the most, but wonder if it would have been better with a deeper DOF because the shallower one tends to force my eyes to the foreground, but it doesn't have anything there for me to focus on. Good expt however. The middle shot is nice too, but the lighting is a little too harsh for me. The top shot is OK, but needs something there. Perhaps a blur filter would be good on that shot.

GB

[Greg McCary]

I like the thrid as well. And agree about the DOF, but it still a very nice shot. Great colors too....

[Seb]

I'd go with the first one all the way. This is a fine pattern and the colors are impressive. I'd simply go for a moderate crop on the lower part of the picture to avoid the few blades of grass that doesn't fit with the rest of the image.

The second one is the weakest. I think that you should have zoomed in to put emphasis on the patterns.

I like the third one but I would prefer a deeper dof as well.

Seb

[KyRain]

The Second one is my fav. I like the surrealistic look to it, I expect to see a fairy
peeking out amongst the flowers. I like the artsy feel to all of them really. It caught my fancy.

[Rocket_Scientist]

Let me start by saying I like the pictures, and, apparently unlike the rest, the second is my favorite. But I wondered, and maybe this is not the place to start with this, if everyone has a common definition of the word "abstract". I am no artist, and have never studied art, but I get the impression (am I an impressionist?) that many people, and I do not mean those in this thread, use "abstract" to mean fuzzy, ill defined, hard to understand, or, perhaps, just unconventional. In reality, the word "abstract" describes something which stands for, or represents, something else. Hence, a property "abstract" is a description in words (not the real thing) of something else that exists (the real property). I always thought the term "abstract art" came from the same meaning: what you see stands for something else. I might be wrong, but I would like to be enlightened. Can anyone elucidate? Does anyone care? Does it really matter?

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[Don Schaeffer]

Actually, "abstract" means without reference to anything real--a pattern that exists by itself and has its own intrinsic interest.

My dictionary says:
"1 thought of apart from any particular instances or material objects; not concrete
2 expressing a quality thought of apart from any particular or material object !beauty is an abstract word"
3 not easy to understand because of being extremely complex, remote from concrete reality, etc.; abstruse "