flying landscapes

Hi

one of my important goals in photography is disconnecting from the accurate documentation of what I see to some sort of abstraction with all its possibilties of interpretation.
I'm curious about if - and from what point on - photography can leave this fixation on accurate copying what I see through the viewfinder.
One way to this is using movement or velocity. I do my experiments amongst others by playing with dop, by moving during a shoot or - as shown here - everytime I'm on a train, I check out, what is possible to explore ... have a look!
These shot are made with a Fuji X-E2, RAW-editing in C1 and finalizing (no filters!) contrast and a bit of saturation in PS.

Wolfgang Plattner said:

Hi

one of my important goals in photography is disconnecting from the accurate documentation of what I see to some sort of abstraction with all its possibilties of interpretation.
I'm curious about if - and from what point on - photography can leave this fixation on accurate copying what I see through the viewfinder.
One way to this is using movement or velocity. I do my experiments amongst others by playing with dop, by moving during a shoot or - as shown here - everytime I'm on a train, I check out, what is possible to explore ... have a look!
These shot are made with a Fuji X-E2, RAW-editing in C1 and finalizing (no filters!) contrast and a bit of saturation in PS.

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Beautiful, Wolfgang. The motion blur here really gives these images a very calm and with the snow especially, a light feeling.

Photography has so many possibilities and yes, it can record events and show exactly what is right in front of you, and it can allow you, as you did here, to make more --to push further and to actually create. Although different, it is the reason I like doing still life photography with objects that I have expressly set up. It has to do with creating and the camera is simply my tool.
Now, I think that all different types of doing photography are valid; it is simply the intent that is different.

I think these 3 images are gorgeous and show very well what one can do when one is willing to push the envelope. Wonderfully done and great result. Love them all!

Maggie

Wolfgang Plattner said:

Hi

one of my important goals in photography is disconnecting from the accurate documentation of what I see to some sort of abstraction with all its possibilties of interpretation.
I'm curious about if - and from what point on - photography can leave this fixation on accurate copying what I see through the viewfinder.
One way to this is using movement or velocity. I do my experiments amongst others by playing with dop, by moving during a shoot or - as shown here - everytime I'm on a train, I check out, what is possible to explore ... have a look!
These shot are made with a Fuji X-E2, RAW-editing in C1 and finalizing (no filters!) contrast and a bit of saturation in PS.

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Wolfgang,

This is an achievement! Yes, taking pictures to separate oneself from the reality of the situation is an excellent goal and your are doing well in this first attempt. I find the result restful but can only imagine one at a time. There has to be much white space between each picture so that the abstraction can take over ruling a territory of its own.

The next step is to imagine where you might go further with this, or else what variations you might introduce to enhance the abstraction qualities that your inner mind seeks. Only you can answer that, but I am confident that you will continue to explore endless possibilities to find what means the most to your essence of being.

From what you have shared so far, we are going to like it too!


Asher

Wolfgang.

Lovely. Seeing the world from another perspective. So many different ways to experience what is around us.

Thanks for sharing.

What a brilliant idea Wolfgang !

All are very nice ! They look like some kind of watercolor work.

This is my next choice and somehow brings to my the snow wastelands in Zhivago. Train journeys, sled travel and endless snow!

Asher

Hi Asher

mmmh, and it is only Lower Austria )
Thank you all for your kind annotations and thoughts!
I will work on this project the year over, just curious about, what the results will be ...

Wolfgang Plattner said:

Hi

one of my important goals in photography is disconnecting from the accurate documentation of what I see to some sort of abstraction with all its possibilties of interpretation.
I'm curious about if - and from what point on - photography can leave this fixation on accurate copying what I see through the viewfinder.
One way to this is using movement or velocity. I do my experiments amongst others by playing with dop, by moving during a shoot or - as shown here - everytime I'm on a train, I check out, what is possible to explore ... have a look!
These shot are made with a Fuji X-E2, RAW-editing in C1 and finalizing (no filters!) contrast and a bit of saturation in PS.

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I like your idea of bringing forward some form of abstraction, and I really like the blur of motion. It all works to make the image seem more real to me. Very nice!

Bill