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Saturday Self-Challenge Is Active Again! The Poppy Sellers

Saturday Self-Challenge Is Active Again! The Poppy Sellers
Saturday self challenge: The idea is to create an abstract design by deliberately photographing the subject out of focus.
This wasn't as easy as it sounds, so there was lots of trials and errors. The easiest way seemed to be focusing on a distant subject and then moving quickly to a close subject. I tried the other way round, and focused closely on the edge of a litter container and then quickly turned to a group of sixth formers selling poppies. The colour was removed and I used Silver Effex to bring out a more 'blocky' result. The original photo is in the PiP. It's even stranger when the image is inverted.

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Erhard Bernstein, , William Sutherland, tiabunna and 17 other people have particularly liked this photo

26 comments - The latest ones
 Chrissy
Chrissy club
ohne Focus und doch klar und deutlich zu erkennen. Die Bearbeitung ist super gelungen!
6 years ago.
 Amelia
Amelia club
Not abstract enough for the challenge I don't think, Chrissy; but I did have a go. ;-)
6 years ago.
 Gisela Plewe
Gisela Plewe club
Unglaublich, was du aus dem Originalfoto herausgeholt hast. Erinnert an alte Lith-Film-Effekte.
6 years ago.
 Amelia
Amelia club
Thank you, Gisela. I see that everyone else seems to have used colour and been much more abstract and creative,
6 years ago.
 Steve Bucknell
Steve Bucknell club
Less is more. It reminds me of the kind of opening, stylised black and white images that sometimes were made for sixties spy/detective/ thriller movies....And it looks very stylish on black.
6 years ago. Edited 6 years ago.
 Amelia
Amelia club
You've hit the nail on the head, Steve. Now all I have to do is write a book, using this image on the cover, and then get someone to make a movie of it. ;-)
6 years ago.
 Marie-claire Gallet
Marie-claire Gallet
Perfect for the theme, Amelia *************
6 years ago.
Amelia club has replied to Marie-claire Gallet
Thank you, Marie-claire. I think I took a bit of a risk with this photo, and many folks will not like it.
6 years ago.
 Gudrun
Gudrun club
They make a very strong abstract in bw! I also like the inversion which looks really surreal.
6 years ago.
Amelia club has replied to Gudrun club
Many thanks, Gudrun. It's the only B&W photo in a sea of colours. I have to say that I found this challenge quite difficult, and discarded many photos.
6 years ago.
 Rosalyn Hilborne
Rosalyn Hilborne club
It doesn't sound at all easy Amelia! You have risen to the challenge.
I remember that song but sung by The King Brothers! Do you remember them?
6 years ago.
Amelia club has replied to Rosalyn Hilborne club
My camera seems to re-focus very quickly even when I hold the shutter button down, Rosa, although it was easier to try with a close-up photo.
6 years ago.
 Ulrich John
Ulrich John club
Great treatment ! A very strong and impressive picture !
6 years ago.
Amelia club has replied to Ulrich John club
Thank you, Ulrich. The main photos was really quite boring, so I had to do something a bit drastic. ;-)
6 years ago.
 Wierd Folkersma
Wierd Folkersma club
strong and graphical, works nicely
6 years ago.
Amelia club has replied to Wierd Folkersma club
Thank you, Weird. It's amazing what one can do with photo altering programmes.
6 years ago.
 Puchinpappy
Puchinpappy club
Good results with both of them. I really like the inverted image.
6 years ago.
Amelia club has replied to Puchinpappy club
Thank you. I think the inversion was a step too far. ;-)
6 years ago.
 Roger Bennion
Roger Bennion club
Very, very effective. Works superbly well in monochrome. A clever musical match for 'Sight and Sound.

Thank you, Amelia, for posting to Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music
6 years ago.
 Karen's Place
Karen's Place club
Wow, the inversion really is different.

I like how you processed this, Amelia. It gives is a very good effect and the song goes great with it! :)
6 years ago.
 Heidiho
Heidiho club
Great idea to turn it in b /w, Amelia ! SilverEfex- processing matches good to the challenge.
So the result got such a strong, mystic touch.
6 years ago.
 Valfal
Valfal club
I love how you processed this image, Amelia; the sharp contrasts make for a great abstract!
6 years ago.
 Pam J
Pam J club
I like this version best
6 years ago.
 Gabi Lombardo
Gabi Lombardo club
very well done; it is abstract enough, I think!
6 years ago.
 Sami Serola (inactive)
Sami Serola (inactiv… club
I love it! Refreshingly different interpretation =)
6 years ago.
 William Sutherland
William Sutherland club
Excellent pair!

Admired in:
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6 years ago.

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