Abstracting Abstracts

Finding abstract images from among my collection of photos has been quite the challenge. And yet this is what Ritva has asked of us for this week’s Lens-Artists Challenge. I’ve never been all that good at playing with all the dials of my camera. I’m no expert at ICM – Intentional Camera Movement, though rather excellent at its opposite, UCM (work it out …) – I usually delete those. Nor do I do much processing of my images. Nevertheless, I came across this little batch of abstracts in my search through my photos. Can you guess where each is from?

My feature photo was deliberately taken for its abstract qualities. As was this one …

Water’s often good at being abstract, and in different moods too. Look.

And it doesn’t have to be deep water either.

… or look at these …

Perhaps even the absence of water …

Here’s a little glossary of where each image was taken, in order:

a: An entrance to the Victoria & Albert Museum, London.
b: A bridge over the Leeds-Liverpool Canal at Gargrave, North Yorkshire.
c: Albert Dock, Liverpool.
d: Reservoir, Nosterfield, North Yorkshire.
e: Lake Ohrid, North Macedonia.
f:  A winter puddle on a track near home.
g:  The beach at Filey, North Yorkshire.
h: An aquarium at the Horniman Museum, London.
i: A display of bubbles on the South Bank London.
j: Scar House Reservoir, North Yorkshire during the drought of 2020.

Author: margaret21

I'm retired and live in North Yorkshire, where I walk , write, volunteer and travel as often as I can.

47 thoughts on “Abstracting Abstracts”

  10. You had me laughing at your “work it out” lol. That’s how it is sometimes. A great collection. Love your water play, the ice crystals and the blue bubbles are favorites today.

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  12. They are so good, Margaret. I especially like the blue ones, just the colour is satisfying. That whisp of a … whatever is ethereal and lovely. And the bubbles with the subtle colour change … mhm…

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  17. A challenge or not, your photos shine for this challenge! Before starting your post, I looked at the opening photo and tried to figure out what it was. I could see the reflections, but that is as far as I went. The second photo was more vivid for me because I have used similar types of reflections in my photos. Each photo is a world in itself. All are beautiful, but I must comment on the bubbles. They are gorgeous!

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