Road Abstract

[pacific]

This is my first attempt at more of an abstract photo. It is all done in camera by zooming during the exposure. Would appreciate your C&C and anyway I may be able to improve it.

[GR8FUL DAD]

It definitely has some artistic flare to it. I wasn't sure at first, but it kind of grew on me the more I looked at it.

[jdando]

Seems a bit too "artistic" to me. I can not tell what it is/was. Perhaps try this technique on something a little more defined?

Just my two cents and I did not stay at a Holiday Inn last night :)

[midnight_rider]

The technique of zooming during an exposure is called a zoom burst (if i am not mistaken). It imo is better to have the focal point in focus to some degree.
If you are wanting to be creative you can also try setting you camera to a slower ss (1/4 or a little longer0 and spinning your camera. It creates a cool effect as well. No offense but this just looks like camera shake.

[pacific]

Thanks folks. One of those things some of my friends really liked the more they looked at it and then some thought it was junk no matter what.

[dmbecker]

If you hadn't told me what the photo was (or how you did it), I wouldn't have known what it was at all. It is, however, a nice piece of art. I like the colors and the look.

[midnitejam]

It's colorful and its very beautiful, but as hard as I try, I just can't get into abstract. They always remind me of my results when I drop my camera. But I can imagine this image hanging in a NY art museum blown up to about 50 inches and a bunch of aristocrats pretending to see the hidden meaning that only they can perceive.

[Walczak Photo]

But I can imagine this image hanging in a NY art museum blown up to about 50 inches and a bunch of aristocrats pretending to see the hidden meaning that only they can perceive.

Not to take this subject off topic, but dude...you so hit the nail on the head! LOL!!! I've ran into this with some work I've seen at the Cleveland Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA). While I do have an appreciation for "abstract", there is a great deal of "contemporary" that...well...I don't get it. My wife and I went to an exhibit at MOCA a couple of years back and there were these...err...paintings. A couple of them were around 70 inches wide...one of them had a small black square (about 1/2 inch wide) another had a thin black outline, etc.. That was it...that's all that was on the canvas. My wife and I stood there as some individuals were very literally discussing the artists obvious insights about life and suffering!!! My wife and I just looked at each other and walked away. Later we had decided that even with the free admission, the exhibit was a complete rip off. How it is that some people can derive such total nonsense from that kind of garbage is really beyond me.

Now in the case of the OP's image, it is what it is but I agree that someone could possibly evaluate this image as "the juxtaposition of conflict between man's inner ego and the personification of immovable material forces". Personally I think the effect is a bit over done. In some ways it almost reminds me of "impressionistic" (ala some of Monet's later work) as apposed to abstract but I think it's just a little too much. On the other hand, at least there's colors and patterns here to look at and it is kind of pretty in it's own right :D.

Anyways, just my pointless $.02 worth on all of this! LOL!
Peace,
Jim

[pacific]

Ha, I feel the same way. Some of the "Art" I see I just don't get (I couldn't even tell the difference between "abstract" and "contemporary"). Same here. By the way, I was one of the people that really didn't like this photo but some of my friends thought it was nice. Just goes to prove Art is in the eyes of the beholder. At least I know I can drink a 12 pack of beer (no need for steady hands), take my camera out and have a chance at a photo that makes people think :lol:

[midnitejam]

Ha, I feel the same way. Some of the "Art" I see I just don't get (I couldn't even tell the difference between "abstract" and "contemporary"). Same here. By the way, I was one of the people that really didn't like this photo but some of my friends thought it was nice. Just goes to prove Art is in the eyes of the beholder. At least I know I can drink a 12 pack of beer (no need for steady hands), take my camera out and have a chance at a photo that makes people think :lol:

Dude! You rock!