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**Marko** · 02-06-2009, 03:45 PM

I like that shot in post 7 - very cool. I like the lines and shapes.

To improve I may have cloned out the white patch on the bottom left and I think i would have stopped down to the max.

I also wonder about the term 'abstract', and I don't think it applies here. The guessing thread you started - THAT's abstract. For me if I can easily guess what it is, then it's not at all abstract; It's actually concrete.

**jjeling** · 02-06-2009, 03:55 PM

I dont know what makes a photo abstract myself. I just take pictures. If they are not standard landscapes and B&W images, then I call them abstract. The images I will put up on this thread are images I have considered to be abstract. Maybe you guys can help me with my definitions. I have never officially studied photography, just taken images into my brain and always thought it would be fun. Over the years I have developed tastes for certain things, the only education Ive really had was talking to people about it and forcing myself create images I like. Thanks again everyone. Let me know if my abstract definition is incorrect. It already sounds like it is.

Most have you probably have seen something similar to this. But it is hard to pass up when you see the opportunity.

**kat** · 02-06-2009, 04:20 PM

I get yah now.

I love taking those kind of shots! Now you are going to make me dig through photos...bad...

I also like 7. The colors are really vibrant! Ha ha..and you are right..I got a building photo quite similar to that

**jjeling** · 02-06-2009, 04:45 PM

This guy was on the roof of the apt in ny. I loved it. Had to go back several times, and have hundreds of pictures of it. Yeah, thats how much I have to do. Actually its how much I try and get pictures like these. These are the best of them. Taken in completely different lighting if you can't tell, but the feeling is different in each one as well. Its really is too bad you cant see the detail in these. Maybe one day......Cheers!

**Ben H** · 02-06-2009, 04:51 PM

JJ - all the images you post seem soft, which kinda spoils them for me. Are you using PS to output?

What I usually do on the images is after all the usual adjustments, I run an unsharp mask on the full image to get the detail up, then I resize them for the web (which loses a bunch of sharpess detail), and hit the "sharpen" filter in PS, which is overnasty, then do a "Fade sharpen" and back it off until the websized image has the sharpness I'd like.

This last sharpen step really benefits small images when put up on the web.

I say all this because I really like your images, but am not sure they are being presented in their best glory...

As for your rusty plank one, I did something quite similar, but turned it into this:
Textures

I love this close up stuff, texture and detail etc...

**jjeling** · 02-06-2009, 05:22 PM

I should be job hunting but it does not sound like much fun. After a while it starts to get discouraging. The jobs available now are garbage, HOLD ON FOR A WILD RIDE AMERICA! Most of you probably don't live here. This stuff will keep me entertained for a while. Maybe it will entertain you as well. Enjoy. There are plenty more on the way.

**Marko** · 02-06-2009, 06:50 PM

You have some really creative images in here JJ!
BTW do u mind I write JJ instead of jjeling?

**Mad Aussie** · 02-06-2009, 07:29 PM

Originally Posted by marko

You have some really creative images in here JJ!
BTW do u mind I write JJ instead of jjeling?

Heeeeey

You never asked me if I mind MA ... What's so special about him Dad???

I really like this image jj (Do you mind if I call you whatever I want??

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... so many colours in the decay of the timber and metal!

**jjeling** · 02-06-2009, 07:37 PM

You guys are ridiculous. HAHA. I really do not care what you guys call me. Its kind of expected for people to abbreviate your name, especially when typing it out. Thanks again. They are going to continue to come for a while.