im gonna take a wild stab here. out of focus, high ISO (with NR). with that said, im not one this is partial to these sorts of blurry/abstract shots unless there is something to grab my eye. This one seems to lack something that really stands out. I mean. i see the (rocks/pier thingy), but my eye doesnt grab on and ends up losing focus. But i do like the toning.

abstract...

mark: no. ISO 100 and it's not out of focus (as such).

Shot through your usual glass surfaces along the beach. Maybe some off-center focus point cropped aout?

hmm..not out of focus?...the part that really is interesting is the mottled looking noise...thats whats throwing me. Ok, my 2nd guess is a very opaque filter..and...um........hell, i dont know! :)

moodaholic: nope, there was nothing between the 'lens' and the scene other than a UV filter, and it's a very minor crop.

mark: the mottled noise is in-camera too, and no filter (other than the UV).

;-)

im a huge fan. not everything should be focused. the texture in the sky is incredible and the toning compliments the emotion within the wave and foreground. i feel a series coming on... [i hope]. its simplicity lends itself to give the viewer his own interpretation and i like how you're allowing that possibility instead of forcing it.

Maybe it is shot through your glasses, Dave? I give up ;)

I like it. Reminds me very much of the D-Day landing photo by Robert Cappa (I am a HUGE fan of Cappa)

Seems to me you handheld the camera at a slower shutter speed?

very nice. has an old feel about it. No idea's how you achieved it though... photoshop noise filter? ;-)

Got it. I has something to do with rain.

My glasses were on my head, it wasn't raining, the camera was on a tripod and didn't move during the exposure, and no photoshop filters were used ;-)

You focused on your hand, removed it, shot at f22 or what efter f-number leaving you with the movement at hand. Nice job ;)

I'll stop now ;)

pinhole lens? I got similar results when I converted an old boy cap into a pinhole lens. I really like it however you did it.

whoops, that was meant to say *body* cap :)

owen: well done :-) I'll update the entry with the EXIF data now.

Very different - this image has great mood!

Actually what I'm reminded of is some scene from and 19th century novel. So mood, this photo def. has it. :) Always a fan of your work.

Interesting as to how you achieved this image.. and an interesting image produced.

Reminds me of a foggy memory. Washed out, perhaps. Trying to grasp it, but not getting all the fine details.

Love it.

I can appriciate art like this. Why? I don't know, but I like it. Sometimes I create it, but very rarely, same for you Dave?

Nice camera obscura! Like the f180 and yet it's so unsharp ;) This gives you a idea how it was to photograph 200 years ago...

really great image. like your experiments with old and new technique.

very nice ;)
I ordered a spare body cap about a month ago (still not arrived), but I was planning on doing pinhole photography with it ;)

Not going down the laser cut route tho, but more a huge hole and then using some sort of foil/paper/whatever which can be replaced to allow me to control the size of the hole (and thus the aperture a little)...

really like this, lots of movement and mood, looks like a painting.

I like these types of abstract images, and now that I've learned how it was created, I like it even more.

Is this photo or art, or is it artphoto. Or are you just fooling around? :-)

Thanks everyone.

Jukka: did you read my description? ;-)

I like the way you have created an emotion and a consistency of tone and feel throughout. It is an evocative image, very beautiful.

Really doesn't work for me on any level...just a blurry out of focus shot with no real focal point.

Reminds me of nor'easters in the winter - the whole beach is a smear of grey.

i like it....like the loneliness of it....

looks more like a painting that a photograph....but works well for me

I love it! and the next one. You are always a tremendous inspiration:)

Is that's what's a zoneplate ?

I got one from the States last year but Im still experimenting ...

I like this one of the 2 best!

Now for the pinhole camera that adds the EXIF information to the recorded file...

Always considered doing this but not. They did the worlds largest one recently, if I recall correctly. I think as a piece of work on a wall (i.e.) large scale this would be cool but I do find myself struggling for focus with this. For instance, I think the thumbnail looks rather good. No grafitti I note.

I love pictures like this! It's like a dream...

I feel myself like in front this sea, with dirty skin blood, torn from cuts of blade, some deep other superficial ones. And sometimes the water arrives until me, and my skin burns. But I tighten the teeth, I feel burn and I make myself strong - because only in this way my heart's pain can deseapper. (sorry for my bad english, I'm italian so..)

alice