Abstract Photography

One of the winners of the 2023 Nature inFocus Photography Award...

#14 Wildscape & Animals in Their Habitat – This Photograph is Something ‘Elsa’! By Hira Punjabi Special Mention

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One of the 'winning photos of The British Wildlife Photography Awards 2023...'

#7 Botanical Britain: Runner-up – “Snow Globe” by Geraint Radford

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From Wild Art Photographer of the Year 2021

#7 Abstracts – Highly Commended

'...On a warm summer’s day, I was in the field after rain. Water accumulated in a recess, and under the influence of the heat, interesting chemical and biological processes began in it. Fantastic colours and shapes were formed. Unfortunately, I didn’t have the right lens, but I decided to go back the next day, but unfortunately, during the night, all the formations disappeared.'

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From Wild Art Photographer of the Year 2021

#11 Abstracts – Highly Commended

'....In the early summer of 2019, I came upon a Common Green Darner Dragonfly emerging from the larval stage. This allowed an opportunity to photograph multiple compositions as well as various abstract imagery. By keeping the camera parallel to the subject, I was able to maintain sharpness throughout the details.'

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From Wild Art Photographer of the Year 2021

#2 Abstracts Silver Award Winner '...This was shot at Kew Gardens Waterlily House, standing outside and shooting through the glass. The combination of the plants, condensation, and marks all over the glass made for some very interesting abstract patterns and textures. This image was one of a series that I shot on one of the hottest days of the year and the reason I stayed outside the very hot Waterlily House!'

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Found here, and her website

Found here, also her website

Found here, and also his website

'....The Finnish photographer has recently turned an eye towards the carnivorous plant Drosera, which is more commonly known as a “Sundew” – a moniker referring to the droplets that collect on the plants, akin to a morning dew. Those condensation-like beads, however, aren't from water. They're the result of the plant luring, capturing, and digesting insects....'

Also'.....“Sundews have always fascinated me, and I have been photographing these alien-like plants for several years now,” Niemel says. “My first first photo series Drosera was mostly bright and vibrant, so I wanted to have some contrast to that in my second series of Sundews. I think the colors and the mood of Otherworldly Blues reflect aptly the true nature of these carnivorous plants.”....'

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Close-up Photographer of the Year Contest: Winner, Intimate Landscape.

Source: Photo Contest Winners Celebrate Incredible Details of Our World

“This is a reflection of a building at Canary Wharf in London taken in November. The water was moving in a very fluid way and I was there to try out my new Sony DSC-RX100M6 – I was particularly keen to test the camera’s fast burst and slow motion video modes. I was struggling to get it to focus on the water’s surface, but after about two hours of failed attempts it suddenly worked, and the results were amazing!”

Website: https://www.mikecurryphotography.com

'....Between northern China and southern Mongolia lies the Gobi Desert—from sand dunes to mountains to deep springs. The Aiken Spring is sometimes known as the “Devil's Eye,” and it lies in China's Qinghai Province. Its name may derive from its over 2,122-foot descent into the cracked earth, from which sulfurous water bubbles up. Its mineral content has kept the surrounding area barren. However, the minerals and their gentle wash across the earth have built painterly layers of bright colors. Earth tones are punctuated by shocking pinks and and brilliant sea greens....'

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'...Concept Zero recently partnered with artist Linden Gledhill to launch a line of Gledhill's art. He created the images by using a magnetic field to manipulate ferrofluids diluted with solvents and photographing the results...'

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'....Perani uses a 10x microscope objective attached to a 200mm lens, which creates an almost nonexistent depth of field. “The lens must be moved no more than 3 microns per photo to achieve focus across the thickness of the subject which can be up to 8 millimeters,”...'

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'....This micro-algae is plentiful in salt fields like the ones that Pettigiani photographed in the Camargue region of France. And their bright pink appearance allowed Pettigiani to create the surreal atmospheres that he's known for in his work without using any special technology. The Italian photographer used the strong contrast between the pink water, green seaweed, and blue sky to put together a striking set of images....'

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Finalist from the International Garden Photographer of the Year contest 2018 Macro Art category.

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Commended image from The International Garden Photographer of the Year 2018 Macro Art category

'...photographers were encouraged to capture garden life up close, revealing the extraordinary details of plant life and the tiny inhabitants that live among them....'

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'...The project was inspired by Isaac Newton's quote, “For the Rays, to speak properly, are not colored. In them, there is nothing else than a certain power and disposition to stir up a sensation of this or that color.”...'

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'.... a trained biochemist, he's able to use advanced microscopes and high-speed equipment to zoom in on these unseen details. What results is an image that's reminiscent of fish scales, but this particular scale-like anatomy appears much more delicate and feathery....'

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'.....Nell placed peacock plumes underneath an Olympus BX 52 microscope and captured hundreds of individual shots at different focal distances. Using a digital processing technique called stacking, he layered those takes together to make the final photographs, which expose nature's capacity for dazzling intricacies that normally go unnoticed by the human eye....'

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Winners of the Close-up Photographer of the Year Contest

Winner, Intimate Landscape. “This is a reflection of a building at Canary Wharf in London taken in November. The water was moving in a very fluid way and I was there to try out my new Sony DSC-RX100M6 – I was particularly keen to test the camera’s fast burst and slow motion video modes. I was struggling to get it to focus on the water’s surface, but after about two hours of failed attempts it suddenly worked, and the results were amazing!”

Winners of the Close-up Photographer of the Year Contest

Winner, Manmade. “This picture was captured as two drops of oil were merging. I’m intrigued by polarity and experimenting with oil and water has become a rich source of abstract expression. The symbiotic relationship that evolves from naturally opposing elements has become metaphoric for me. I am constantly learning and finding new inspiration, as I watch and continue to be fascinated by the dance that plays out through a macro lens.”

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One of the Winners of 2022 Travel Photographer of the Year contest....

'Alexej Sachov (Germany), Winner, Water Mobius loop underwater. Most wave photographs are taken above water from a shore. This image was taken on a scuba dive during the storm. The picture does not fit ordinary underwater photography because it investigates the surface and not the deep of the sea. This is the view normally seen by underwater creatures who are curious about the world beyond their natural environment, just as humans are curious about the world under the surface.'

'.....One of the winners of the 2022 World Nature Photography Awards. "Underwater Colorful Snowstorm” by Tom Shlesinger (Israel). Gold, Nature Art. Animal: Spawning coral. Location: Red Sea....'

'During one 2014 weekend, more than 8,000 people made the pilgrimage along the frozen shore of Lake Superior to witness and photograph the Apostle Islands ice caves.'

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