New Digital Photos

[Whispers InThe Storm]

These are the result of my first attempt at doing abstract or fantasy digital photography via image manipulation in Photoshop:

http://www.jocelyndawn.com/ConceptArt/080705_DigitalPhotos/Floral_abstract3_web.jpg

http://www.jocelyndawn.com/ConceptArt/080705_DigitalPhotos/GrassBlade2_web.jpg

http://www.jocelyndawn.com/ConceptArt/080705_DigitalPhotos/LeafAbstract_4_web.jpg

http://www.jocelyndawn.com/ConceptArt/080705_DigitalPhotos/WhiteFloral_hue2_web.jpg

http://www.jocelyndawn.com/ConceptArt/080705_DigitalPhotos/Alien_web.jpg

I would greatly appreciate any comments and/or advice y'all could give me. I had a blast creating these so I'm sure I'll be doing a lot more of it...

[ShadeOfDawn]

my favourite is the third, its the only one with a discernable image that isnt mostly symetrical.

maybe try making the colours more vibrant for added effect?

[Whispers InThe Storm]

my favourite is the third, its the only one with a discernable image that isnt mostly symetrical.

maybe try making the colours more vibrant for added effect?

Well... all but one of them are reflections, so they're supposed to be symmetrical. That may have back-fired. I'll try cropping them off-center and see if that yields a more powerful composition. I was also going for abstract in several of them so the idea was to use something from nature, crop it, mirror it, and color it so that it's no longer recognizable but is just a visually interesting shape that is free from the preconceived notions and labels that we all carry around in our heads. I'll be posting some of my regular photography in another thread soon.

Thanks for the comments! :)

[kathole]

i took this with a digital camera, its from san fransisco. it's kind of big, and has no focus, but it was one of my first attempts at photography so i thought it was decent. tell me what you think.

http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/4210/bolinasbeach0kq.jpg

[Whispers InThe Storm]

I think this would be a great background pic to play with... maybe add some cartoon/caricature sharks or something. As a stand-alone piece, it lacks focus and therefore lacks a message... but there's a lot of potential for you to create a focus by inserting other elements via Photoshop.