Black and white abstract
by Mark ~ June 28th, 2009. Filed under: abstracts, art, artistry, macro, nature photography, rock, stone.
Amethyst Sage
As fascinating as I find the colors of the rocks I have been photographing, sometimes it helps to take the color away to just be amazed by the patterns. This is a macro abstract of Amethyst Sage, evoking thoughts of some fantasy world. I move from seeing a mountain volcano erupting with bats in the night to seeing dragons. I find that geometrical elements can influence the types of images you may see – the sharp points and sharp lines lend themselves to darker responses. What do you see?
June 29th, 2009 at
My first response is definitely that this evokes a landscape of some kind, with dark skies and sharp mountain peaks – I can in fact see everything you describe above, with the bats and dragon shapes, etc. What level of zoom did you use for this photo?
June 29th, 2009 at
How unusual and creative to use monochrome for this. Wonderful interpretation.
June 29th, 2009 at
Bats, hundreds of them, inside already and more outside, silhouetted against the openings that reveal the sky. That and a fascinating landscape from above. I see the rivers, mountains, trees and wetlands. I confess that at first I couldn’t imagine draining the color from one of your lovely macros, but it makes a fascinating image.
June 29th, 2009 at
I see those two large dark eyes and the nasal area below. Then, … the area that has a somewhat menacing looking smile.
This is great stuff Mark!
For myself, I have yet to find very many interesting black and white conversions within the pieces that I have on hand, … but I am always on the lookout.
Show some more conversions!
Michael
June 30th, 2009 at
I definitely agree that when you pull color out, texture and patterns take the forefront. This is a very interesting abstract. I’m going to be participating in a 4th of July photo “contest” and the theme is “Abstract”. I have to keep something like this in mind. Well done.
July 3rd, 2009 at
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