Bath Of Light

This photo conveys the feel of an over-the-top event. I'm thinking draping chandeliers and a stately dance. What I like about your photos is that blur is not wasted, camera motion is harnessed, and the end result pulls an image together into a gestalt that otherwise would be disconjugate pieces.

Jeff has perfectly and elegantly put into words a key aspect of what you accomplish with your motion art. And I also had the same association to a "stately dance," a ballroom in a fancy hotel and something gala. Whatever it may have been meant to be, it's lovely, lively, it flows and has a nice diagonal energy created by the lighter areas bounding the darker area (a tree in the foreground, perhaps, as well as as nice pattern of branches?), so that the background, defined as not gold or yellow "V" or parabolic shapes, is clearly set off from the golden parabolas, yet aligned with the left strokes of the parabolas. I like the symmetry and harmony of the motion in this, and I find the whole very pleasant to look at and visually roam around.

wouw, You created a master piece, Gordon, cheers Jana

Bondage ropes?

 

Sorry, couldn't resist the alternative to Jeff's and David's more elevated associations. There was an interesting forum recently on what is abstract art. They should have come here. Many said that the subject had to be unrecognizable, which I'm not sure I agree with, because I think stuff we recognize gets abstracted photographically all the time. Maybe that wouldn't technically fit into a juried category of "abstract" but it seems to fit. In any case, what I love about this is that I do feel just on the verge of recognizing it, but still can't quite grasp it. My mind's eye tells me I'm seeing a main tree bark and branches (the branches seem pretty clear to me). My more sinister side is seeing nooses ablaze. In any case, this abstract is not just about form, but about light and motion as well. The layers of light, in all the colors of the rainbow, are enchanting. The glow is haunting.

I love the the crop, colors and and lighting. A piece of art at its best.

 

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Jeff;

 

You have managed to describe what I strive to achieve, much more eloquently than I ever could. Thanks for that! I love your take on this as a decked out ballroom.

 

David;

 

Thanks for such a thought provoking analysis. This was taken on a small hill behind my house. The scene was backbit by the setting sun. You are correct and this is two scenes with an interval of space between them. Some freshly opened leaves in the foreground were catching the low rays of the setting sun and several feet behind across an open area were some branches that had not budded out yet.The little parabolic shapes are spectral highlight from the fresh leaves being dragged about by the camera motion.

 

Fred;

 

Sure -- bondage ropes,why not? After all it is an abstract. I believe I know the thread you are referring to and if I am correct, I added a few comments as well as some quotes to that thread. IMO an abstract can have immediately obvious or at the forefront of the composition. In PN parlance it seems abstract equates rahter broadly to " I could not think of any other category my photo fits into "

 

The branches you see are real but the trunk is an illusion caused by the play of shadow and light on the rock surface between the foreground and background. Myself I see the "nooses" more as little ripples of light.