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Blume No. 2

"Something is happening here and you don't know what it is, do you, Mister Jones?" (Bob Dylan, 1965)
    
    I just took this quote on a very literal level instead of its total meaning. I like the idea of something that is happening that is under everyones radar, so that's what I tried to do with the abstraction in the photos. I like making people see things in a way that they can't with their naked eye. 

    I took all these photos on a walk in the evening this past weekend. I focused mostly on making more abstract pictures because that is what I generally like to do in my art. To support that I manipulated them quite a bit in photoshop. I had a lot of fun in messing in the 'Curves' menu, I found that was a really good way to mess with them (especially in black and white). Overall I think that most of my photos are successful, about 16 of them I'm happy with. There were some I included to just reach the 20 photos. I am interested to see what other people think because I really like the digital grain in these photos, but I know that a lot of people think it's ugly. But I really like what I did with this set and using photoshop for the first time was fun. 

Comments

  1. K. D.October 11, 2021 at 5:03 AM

    I love all the different textures and moods here. The variety is great, and I like looking for patterns and trying to figure out what your subject was! Great job :)

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  2. LJOctober 11, 2021 at 6:36 AM

    I love this post. I definetely see the different textures and mood here. I always enjoy your blog. Great job

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  3. Yujie Shao (Kepler)October 11, 2021 at 7:29 AM

    I like abstract in your photos. I thought the photos were all black and white, but there are some light spots were green or yellow. Very interesting photos!

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  4. Jingquan Xiong (Klaire)October 12, 2021 at 10:18 PM

    I like that quote too! I enjoyed your looking at your photos. These abstract lights in night are beautiful and cannot be seen with naked eyes.

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