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September 27, 2025 at 9:01 pm #539331
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Allows Edits? YesFlowers and foliage shown in a unique or abstract way! Show us what you come up with!

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September 27, 2025 at 10:52 pm #539335
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Allows Edits? YesBlack and white leaf…

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September 30, 2025 at 12:27 am #539451
This black and white leaf’s a real beauty, Rob!
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October 2, 2025 at 5:23 am #539571
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Allows Edits? YesLove the textures on the leaf Rob! Very effective in black and white 🙂
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September 27, 2025 at 10:53 pm #539336
That is a good one Rob , i have nothing flowery right now but will try 🙂
Only one image came through but now i see the mono , another cracking frame mate.
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September 27, 2025 at 10:53 pm #539337
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September 27, 2025 at 10:59 pm #539338
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October 2, 2025 at 5:23 am #539572
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Allows Edits? YesThe details on the Lichen are sharp and love the abstract nature too Robert 🙂
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September 27, 2025 at 11:14 pm #539339
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September 28, 2025 at 9:03 am #539341
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Allows Edits? YesNot sure this is abstract but I really like its contrast, textures and metaphor.
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September 28, 2025 at 7:41 pm #539351
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Allows Edits? YesThanks Steve, ,
Ive been looking for a clear definition of abstract for a long time, and Ive come to understand, the definition is as abstract as the name applies.
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September 29, 2025 at 8:16 am #539397
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Allows Edits? YesYeah. I always thought, without actually studying the subject, that abstract emphasized shape, texture, color, obscuring the “real” by highlighting its qualities, often obscuring the object that was its starting point–or not having one at all. I prefer the metaphorical nature of this and other presentations in this thread.
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September 29, 2025 at 2:36 pm #539412
Love this one, Robert!
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September 28, 2025 at 2:08 pm #539342
Deep Purple -Pixel phone -luminar 3 legacy version.

inside out

Pigs Will Fly

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September 28, 2025 at 10:41 pm #539382
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Allows Edits? YesThe middle one reminds me of something from Yellow Submarine during the song Nowhere Man, got a real 1970’s vibe.
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September 29, 2025 at 12:00 pm #539404
I know the yellow sub but not the song not my thing LOL , but cool art in that old stuff Very cool .
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October 2, 2025 at 5:25 am #539573
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Allows Edits? YesVery abstract Patrick and I like your creative take on the shots, especially the first two! 🙂
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October 2, 2025 at 8:44 pm #539611
Thank you Dahlia , i have no idea why i added the 3rd picture even i had doubts it lol.
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September 28, 2025 at 4:15 pm #539345
Misunderstood Tulip

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September 28, 2025 at 10:36 pm #539380
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Allows Edits? YesVERY COOL Marty
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September 30, 2025 at 11:34 am #539474
I’m not usually a fan of BW with flowers, but these are an exception. Nice job
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October 1, 2025 at 8:00 am #539528
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September 29, 2025 at 11:34 am #539403
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Allows Edits? YesI really like the tones and textures here.
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September 29, 2025 at 7:34 pm #539424
Thanks, Steve!
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October 2, 2025 at 5:26 am #539574
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Allows Edits? YesLove the details Marty and the abstract nature of the flower 🙂
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October 2, 2025 at 6:58 am #539579
Thank you, Dahlia!
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September 28, 2025 at 6:10 pm #539348
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September 28, 2025 at 6:23 pm #539349
I really love that deep red Diane and how the light is revealing those beautiful textured ribs.
Superb 🙂
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October 2, 2025 at 7:00 am #539580
Love this one, Tersha! Stunning shot
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September 28, 2025 at 10:38 pm #539381
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Allows Edits? YesLooks Like Something Mortica Addams might have in her garden. Pretty cool Diane
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October 2, 2025 at 5:27 am #539575
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Allows Edits? YesLove the beautiful colour and textures of the petal Diane 🙂
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September 28, 2025 at 10:35 pm #539379
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September 29, 2025 at 8:58 am #539398
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September 29, 2025 at 8:30 pm #539428
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Allows Edits? YesI mean, it’s form and shape, so I would’ve said it qualifies as abstract. I don’t think it’s a natural representation so it might even fit Patrick’s definition below too.
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September 29, 2025 at 12:07 pm #539405
On the subject of ABSTRACT and what is it
Abstract art is a form of art that does not aim to represent a visually accurate reality, but instead uses colors, shapes, forms, and lines to create a composition that can stand independently from real-world references. It emphasizes formal properties rather than recognizable subjects, and can express emotions, spiritual, or psychological dimensions. Abstract art is a broad category that encompasses non-representational and non-objective art and is considered a central part of modern art.
It emphasizes formal properties rather than recognizable subjects – This is the important part and going by what we all posted so far , none of us have it right at least according to this definition.
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September 29, 2025 at 12:34 pm #539411
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Allows Edits? YesThe subject makes me think back to a very controversial piece of so labled “Abstract Art” that was a crucifix depicting Jesus on the cross, mounted in the tray of a urnial. It seems to me that abstract art is whatever the hipster artists think it is in any given year.
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September 29, 2025 at 2:50 pm #539415
People will always have an opinion which is good but definition as it is wrote is very clear on what it is and generally accepted as such , to accept it or not is totally up to the individual but it is what is is.
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September 30, 2025 at 8:16 am #539466
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Allows Edits? Yesthis is pretty much how I think of abstract art. There is or can be a fine line between a form that is barely or at least not immediately recognizable as a familiar object–as Marty says–and one that has no relationship to a form like Jackson Pollack’s scattered colors. Still, an image that communicates metaphor by obscuring or simply overwhelming the object’s objective nature probably isn’t an actual abstract, but there’s a line in there somewhere that moves an image from representational by abstracting–in the sense of extracting–qualities from an otherwise recognizable form or its components.
In the meantime, I think I’ll let the images move me.
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September 29, 2025 at 2:37 pm #539413

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September 29, 2025 at 7:21 pm #539423
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Allows Edits? YesI firmly agree to Martys response, Being fully honest, Those Kick Ass
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September 29, 2025 at 7:37 pm #539425
Thanks, Robert! To me, abstract cause us first to wonder what is it??? And then next to understand how it makes us feel emotionally. Abstracts take us out of the realm of the “known ” stereotypes into other ways of expression that makes us see and feel new things. No right or wrong answers, it’s only about how a piece makes you feel and gives you new insights.
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September 29, 2025 at 8:31 pm #539429
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Allows Edits? YesAhh, Marty’s black-and-white flowers. They kind of setting a standard for us at the moment. Incredible pieces of photography.
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September 30, 2025 at 12:24 am #539450
Thanks so much for your enthusiasm and encouragement for my black and white flowers, Rob! I’m leaning into the world of chiaroscuro, it’s fun getting lost in it trying to bring out an emotional and dramatic effect with contrast between the darks and lights
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September 29, 2025 at 9:42 pm #539444
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September 29, 2025 at 9:44 pm #539445
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September 30, 2025 at 12:57 am #539453
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September 30, 2025 at 12:48 pm #539476
This is a lovely looking image light and airy 🙂
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September 30, 2025 at 8:03 pm #539497
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Allows Edits? YesOof, @frogdaily really throwing down with that one. Very nice work indeed.
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October 1, 2025 at 3:07 am #539510
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Allows Edits? NoThank you Rob, I do have this one printed large and hanging on my wall
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October 1, 2025 at 7:28 pm #539541
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Allows Edits? YesYeah, I can certainly see why. It’s a cracker..
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October 2, 2025 at 6:06 am #539576
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Allows Edits? YesThese abstract flower photos are stunning Belinda. Beautifully soft focus and colours too 🙂
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October 3, 2025 at 12:40 pm #539644
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Allows Edits? YesPastels aren’t usually my thing, but you got me with that last one Belinda.
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September 30, 2025 at 1:03 am #539454
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September 30, 2025 at 8:24 am #539467
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Allows Edits? YesHere’s an image based on a photo my wife made of me during one of our trips to the mountains. There were a couple of batches of Mountain Laurel embedded in the rock face along with other greenery. The processing work has some stylistic qualities of a variety of abstract art, even though the objects themselves are highly recognizable. The treatment, though, is intended to depersonalize it while making it more general and conveying a feeling about an activity: the picture’s description to my viewers is “Why in the world is this old man pointing a camera at a bunch of rocks?”
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September 30, 2025 at 9:41 am #539468
Exploring how subtle changes in contrast can change mood.


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September 30, 2025 at 11:29 am #539473

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October 2, 2025 at 8:24 pm #539604
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Allows Edits? YesLove the concept, mate.
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October 2, 2025 at 8:42 pm #539610
Thank you mate 🙂
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October 2, 2025 at 7:30 am #539581
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October 2, 2025 at 7:54 am #539582
Digital art (Krita Paintbrush)


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October 2, 2025 at 8:25 pm #539605
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Allows Edits? YesI feel like Marty is body slamming us all. These are stunning, Marty.
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October 2, 2025 at 11:18 pm #539612
Thank you, @admin-2! I feel like I’ve finally found the “style” I love best, BE floral chiaroscuro. Your encouragement with BW showed me the way & now I’m learning more about the finer points. Tulips are my faves, good thing I have thousands to choose from every year 😀
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October 5, 2025 at 5:50 pm #539695
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October 6, 2025 at 2:21 am #539709
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Allows Edits? YesLovely abstract Diane 🙂
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October 5, 2025 at 9:40 pm #539698
I visited Gibbs Gardens in Georgia this weekend to photograph wildflowers and butterflies. It started out cloudy and windy so I took advantage of both with a long exposure.

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October 5, 2025 at 9:43 pm #539699
Here’s another long exposure using the clouds and wind. It’s a Garden Cosmos. Is it too abstract?

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October 6, 2025 at 2:23 am #539710
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Allows Edits? YesThis one is stunning Dail. Love how you have used the long exposure technique for flower abstracts. Love how it has turned out and the colours are beautiful too. 🙂 Did you use a tripod or hand-held the camera?
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October 12, 2025 at 2:24 pm #539862
@dahliaambrose Thank you very much! I actually used my iphone, hand-held. I just purchased two macro lenses for it and am learning how to use them.
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October 6, 2025 at 12:15 pm #539720
ICM (Intentional Camera Movement) with low speed.

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October 6, 2025 at 5:50 pm #539726
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Allows Edits? YesBeautiful Jean!
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October 6, 2025 at 6:41 pm #539735
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Allows Edits? YesOh, that is a very good addition to this thread – @jeant probably one of my favourites actually. Well done on both the idea and the execution.
You’ve already got me wishing I had tried this when I was at a tulip festival a while back.
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October 7, 2025 at 7:53 am #539762
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Allows Edits? YesLooks stunning Jean 🙂
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October 6, 2025 at 5:48 pm #539725
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October 6, 2025 at 6:42 pm #539736
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Allows Edits? YesThat is a stunner @tersha – so technically perfect and still maintaining your own style. Well done.
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October 7, 2025 at 7:53 am #539763
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Allows Edits? YesLove the layers. Very beautiful Diane 🙂
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October 8, 2025 at 5:57 pm #539794
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October 9, 2025 at 11:57 am #539808
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Allows Edits? YesAnother stunner Diane and love those moody colours 🙂
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October 12, 2025 at 7:25 pm #539890
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Allows Edits? YesAnother complete stunner.
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January 12, 2026 at 5:00 am #544624
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Allows Edits? NoNot sure about the abstract part but this one is strange non the less))

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January 12, 2026 at 10:29 am #544648
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Allows Edits? YesA much closer view or tighter crop on the bottom one and its definitely abstract, could resemble a white beard. Are these milk weed, its a common plant in Wyoming that looks very similar.
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January 12, 2026 at 11:00 pm #544671
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Allows Edits? YesI like that one a lot @vsorin
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January 13, 2026 at 12:55 am #544685
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Allows Edits? YesLooks very beautiful Volodymyr 🙂
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January 13, 2026 at 9:58 am #544695

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January 13, 2026 at 11:39 am #544698
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Allows Edits? YesLook’s like my wife’s duster, good abstract.
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January 13, 2026 at 4:55 pm #544721
Thank you! I struggled with this one. It is the “beard” of a bearded iris.
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January 14, 2026 at 6:50 am #544751
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Allows Edits? YesVery nice abstract Stefanie 🙂
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