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I don't quite know what abstract means. I don't quite know what abstract means.

I thought creating some image on a real object is an abstract but I see

something very different that others call as a abstract. I am confused.

Anyway, I put in a blog post on "People Need

The Lord" a song that I find strength in lyrics and the soothing

melody. The light scenes that I choose to represent hope in the

darkness is this pick from all the light picture that I have

attempted, mostly very boring tone with just intense or some sense of lighting.

The pictures can be boring and they are.

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Light abstract -- People Need The Lord

#1 pick

<img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2388/1701521349_ac2608382e.jpg"></img>

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runners up in the 1st attempt that don't go to my blog:

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All post processing are done in Picasa with pictures from

weekend's backyard while babysitting my two boys. Would

these be considered as abstract? What are the definition to call

something an abstract? Is there a

meaning to an abstract for something you can't explain what it is but

it represents something. I did the pp in a rush, would do a better

job once I learn get painshoppro. All shots taken with DA 50-200 and

K100D

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Thoughts on DA 50-200 <br>

<a

href="http://techtheman.blogspot.com/2007/07/photozonede-pentax-da-50-200-review.html"><http://techtheman.blogspot.com/2007/07/photozonede-pentax-da-50-200-review.html</a>

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Light first attempt from backyard with junky pp in Picasa

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<a

href="http://techtheman.blogspot.com/2007/07/picasa-tutorials.html">http://techtheman.blogspot.com/2007/07/picasa-tutorials.html</a>

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#2 <br>

<img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2156/1701522433_2c7b605a45.jpg"></img> <br>

 

#3 <br>

<img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2052/1702376644_978a961579.jpg"</img> <br>

 

#4 <br>

<img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2391/1702376278_69684b85d7.jpg"</img> <br>

 

#5 <br>

<img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2213/1702375352_17c6259110.jpg"></img> <br>

 

#6 <br>

<img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2177/1701520237_87e60003fa.jpg"></img> <br>

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Blog post with lyrics of the song <br>

<a

href="http://hintheman.blogspot.com/2007/10/people-need-lord.html">http://hintheman.blogspot.com/2007/10/people-need-lord.html</a>

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Thanks, <br>

Hin

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Thank you Zach. If my subject that I want to capture is already an abstract notion -- hope, how would one approach to have a picture representing hope. Other suggestions are welcome as I am stuck in getting a better picture than the above for challenge and self learning to find opportunity to shoot at something that also represents hope in a abstract way that can easily (different form abstract notion in the stated definition of abstract that carries ambiguity and subtlety in a picture with an ordinary object.

 

And for above the attempt, I happen to have a shot on a Saturday afternoon shooting into the light in backyard. And the idea comes to me as inspiration upon photo editing on the above picture that light in darkness can easily represents hope. In that sense, is that still a valid title to call my picture above as an abstract photo, i.e. thinking that light in darkness gives the abstract notion of hope.

 

C&C and correction are welcome as I find the term "abstract photography" very confusing for me as I want to find something (light & darkness) easy to understand to represent something that is hard to represent (hope) and I think my quest to find something easy to interpret adds value to photography in representing something complex -- simplifying the subject in an elegant way that can be achieved with thoughts and repeated attempts.

 

Thanks you guys,

Hin

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