I recently came across some very effective abstract images online, by Dario Bonazza and other Pentax photographers. I decided to make a small collection of my own abstract images, with the idea of perhaps creating a calendar and/or a photo book. Well, I got carried away, and the small collection grew far too large. I think I am having some problem defining for myself what an abstract image is. In any event, I now have a folder of about 90 images, which I intend to weed out, discarding those that are not really abstracts, those that are simply dull, and those that are weak, even by my flexible standards. If anyone has the time and inclination to scroll through the folder and give me your honest and even brutal comments, I would greatly appreciate your time and efforts. Unfortunately, most of the images are not the full size version, as I collected them from my PPG, Squarespace and photo.net galleries, all of which require reduction to some extent. After I narrow down the collection, I will look for the original files. Thanks in advance for any honest and blunt comments, suggestions and criticisms you might be kind enough to offer. If you click on the first file in the folder, you can scroll quickly through the rest with the right arrow. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1M46ftm2R4Qk3_hyICNl_zwkEcQnxFUYa?usp=sharing Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>* Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>*

Excellent. I’d call some of these abstract, but any are just nice photos with unique or unusual perspective. > On Aug 31, 2022, at 3:06 PM, Daniel J. Matyola <danmatyola@gmail.com> wrote: > > I recently came across some very effective abstract images online, by Dario > Bonazza and other Pentax photographers. I decided to make a small > collection of my own abstract images, with the idea of perhaps creating a > calendar and/or a photo book. > > Well, I got carried away, and the small collection grew far too large. I > think I am having some problem defining for myself what an abstract image > is. In any event, I now have a folder of about 90 images, which I intend > to weed out, discarding those that are not really abstracts, those that are > simply dull, and those that are weak, even by my flexible standards. > > If anyone has the time and inclination to scroll through the folder and > give me your honest and even brutal comments, I would > greatly appreciate your time and efforts. Unfortunately, most of the > images are not the full size version, as I collected them from my PPG, > Squarespace and photo.net galleries, all of which require reduction to some > extent. After I narrow down the collection, I will look for the > original files. > > Thanks in advance for any honest and blunt comments, suggestions and > criticisms you might be kind enough to offer. > > If you click on the first file in the folder, you can scroll quickly > through the rest with the right arrow. > > https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1M46ftm2R4Qk3_hyICNl_zwkEcQnxFUYa?usp=sharing > > Dan Matyola > *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery > <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>* > Dan Matyola > *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery > <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>* > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Thanks, Paul, for taking the time to look and com,ment. I appreciate it very much. Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>* On Wed, Aug 31, 2022 at 3:16 PM Paul Stenquist <pnstenquist@comcast.net> wrote: > Excellent. I’d call some of these abstract, but any are just nice photos > with unique or unusual perspective. > > > On Aug 31, 2022, at 3:06 PM, Daniel J. Matyola <danmatyola@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > I recently came across some very effective abstract images online, by > Dario > > Bonazza and other Pentax photographers. I decided to make a small > > collection of my own abstract images, with the idea of perhaps creating a > > calendar and/or a photo book. > > > > Well, I got carried away, and the small collection grew far too large. I > > think I am having some problem defining for myself what an abstract image > > is. In any event, I now have a folder of about 90 images, which I intend > > to weed out, discarding those that are not really abstracts, those that > are > > simply dull, and those that are weak, even by my flexible standards. > > > > If anyone has the time and inclination to scroll through the folder and > > give me your honest and even brutal comments, I would > > greatly appreciate your time and efforts. Unfortunately, most of the > > images are not the full size version, as I collected them from my PPG, > > Squarespace and photo.net galleries, all of which require reduction to > some > > extent. After I narrow down the collection, I will look for the > > original files. > > > > Thanks in advance for any honest and blunt comments, suggestions and > > criticisms you might be kind enough to offer. > > > > If you click on the first file in the folder, you can scroll quickly > > through the rest with the right arrow. > > > > > https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1M46ftm2R4Qk3_hyICNl_zwkEcQnxFUYa?usp=sharing > > > > Dan Matyola > > *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery > > <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>* > > Dan Matyola > > *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery > > <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>* > > -- > > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions.

Hi As Paul said there some that work as abstractions and others are nice photo's. I am far from an expert but to me these worked as abstractions Blonde Echinacea Jellies Ornament Shroom2 Seeds There are some which I think would work if cropped Been there Rainbow Eucalyptus Red sky All in all an interesting Gallery Patrick -----Original Message----- From: Paul Stenquist <pnstenquist@comcast.net> Sent: Wednesday, 31 August 2022 21:17 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> Subject: Re: GESO: Abstractions Excellent. I’d call some of these abstract, but any are just nice photos with unique or unusual perspective. > On Aug 31, 2022, at 3:06 PM, Daniel J. Matyola <danmatyola@gmail.com> wrote: > > I recently came across some very effective abstract images online, by > Dario Bonazza and other Pentax photographers. I decided to make a > small collection of my own abstract images, with the idea of perhaps > creating a calendar and/or a photo book. > > Well, I got carried away, and the small collection grew far too large. > I think I am having some problem defining for myself what an abstract > image is. In any event, I now have a folder of about 90 images, which > I intend to weed out, discarding those that are not really abstracts, > those that are simply dull, and those that are weak, even by my flexible standards. > > If anyone has the time and inclination to scroll through the folder > and give me your honest and even brutal comments, I would greatly > appreciate your time and efforts. Unfortunately, most of the images > are not the full size version, as I collected them from my PPG, > Squarespace and photo.net galleries, all of which require reduction to > some extent. After I narrow down the collection, I will look for the > original files. > > Thanks in advance for any honest and blunt comments, suggestions and > criticisms you might be kind enough to offer. > > If you click on the first file in the folder, you can scroll quickly > through the rest with the right arrow. > > https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1M46ftm2R4Qk3_hyICNl_zwkEcQnxFU > Ya?usp=sharing > > Dan Matyola > *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery > <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>* > Dan Matyola > *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery > <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>* > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to > pdml-leave@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the > link directly above and follow the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.