Ritva’s challenge is Abstracts. She asks us to “explore and expand to create something new”.
My attempts at taking photos of lights after dark usually don’t turn out the way I expected. My first images are examples of ones that didn’t turn out like I planned but I like them and kept them anyway. The header photo is of a friend’s Christmas yard lights. These next two are from a Christmas boat parade.
I couldn’t resist playing with some editing techniques to create abstracts. I edited the same image three different ways to create these next three abstracts.
I was having too much fun editing photos so here are two more.
Many thanks to our host Ritva for this fun challenge Lens-Artists #296 – Abstracts
Wandering Dawgs 
The light shots are so lovely – and I’ve never taken a shot I intended, it either turned out better or worse than what I was aiming for 🙂 And I like the last two edits -they look like they are taken from a behing a frosted window.
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Ritva, I loved this challenge! I’m so glad you enjoyed the images. Thank you!
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Good to hear 😊
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These are creative and beautiful abstracts, Beth. The light abstracts are amazing. I also liked your post-processing techniques. Great gallery!
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Egidio, thank you for your kind words. I’m so glad you enjoyed the abstract images.
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Very cool! Especially love the Christmas lights!
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Pam, many thanks! I wish I could say I meant to have the Christmas lights come out that way! Sometimes the mistakes are better than what I had originally hoped to capture.
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Wow! I enjoyed each and every one of these. The light techniques were terrific, and so were the others.
Nicely done, Beth.
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Nancy, thank you! I had fun with these images. I’m so glad you enjoyed them.
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Loved them all and it looks like you had fun. The lights were fantastic. Definitely a challenge to help us think outside the box.
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Donna, many thanks! When I first read the challenge I thought I would never be able to come up with anything. I’m glad you enjoyed the lights.
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Fun! The Christmas lights and the boats were my favorites.
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Thanks Curt!
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