This one is hard to explain. First I dislike but now when I look longer it's getting better. So my conclusion is thats perfect... So simple and apart. I like it!

It's wonderful. I see this as a very large print, perhaps arranged into a horizontal line.

Wow. Abstract, indeed.

I do like the colour schemes, though.

Colors are interesting...like a weird form of plaid.

What is a photograph anyway ? of course I'm going to like it because I personally love abstract work.

I'd like to see more photographers experimenting with non representational images.

Good work

1 and 4 move when I look at them. Plus they remind me a little of the multicoloured bar on www.kottke.org. Interesting though...

Intereesting take on the title

Reminds me of awful bri-nylon shirts my mum used to wear - so it doesn't do a great deal for me! But hey it's good to experiment and it's what floats your boat! ;-)

very very cool. Quis: they move for me too.

I'm sorry, but I don't like them...

Can we see the original?

Love it.

the coolest thing about these is that when you look at them, they seem to ripple.

hmmm. not sure. I have no problems at all with people posting "non-photographs"; I never understood what the problem with it would be anyway. I sorta like it, but at the same time, it doesn't hold my attention. I dunno, maybe there's not enough variation in the processing. That said, it's nicely simple and I can imagine it would be quite saleable as a canvas work-of-art for the modern home :)

I like it. It plays with my eyes and draws me into it.

Wooah just installed Windows Vista and the 1st page i went to was this, i was about's to warn you about some compatability issues till i read the comment hehe

i like it... i think :)

Not enamoured at all. I know I only seem to post when I don't like anything but really, what's the point?

I just don't get it. Sorry

I didn't pick the season relevance until I read your pic notes but I can see it now. I like them due to the colour toning and abstract feel. Great work, these would probably looked great framed together.

I think it's great that you're doing something different for a change. Definitely enjoying this one, though I'll be glad to see more "standard" photos. But like I said, a good change from the ordinary!

Love the simplicity, would looke great on a wall as a set.

I admire your effort to do something different and this is actually quite original, but it just doesn't really work for me... But then again, it's a good alternative to the same-old-firework-themed-photo! =)

I was hoping you'd go abstract with these firework shots, but I never imagined how creative you would be! Bravo!

I'm not sure.... I love the colours of winter, but I'm ambivilant about the series. Maybe it'll grow on me...

I like abstract shots. I get into motion blurs. To me, it works best when there is a little bit of reality to mix with the abstraction. What do yall think?

If it was produced with a slow shutter speed, I still wouldn't get it. Motion trail from Photoshop just means you've made an image rather than a photograph. This is total manipulation of an image beyond your usual flair (and most of us photobloggers, including me).

This can be emulated in PS with around four clicks of the mouse. And for those of you who hail that abstracts and life are about randomness... Photoshop has a 'random' feature as well. There's a fine line... I think this image just broke out of the photography sphere.

Love them. Want them. Would lay them out large format in my imaginary FLW house on an interior wall or maybe on the four sides of a central fireplace. I truly enjoy your photography, your mastery of post-processing skills, and your eye for the extraordinary. turning something like fireworks into this beauty? wow.

I think the fact that I can't view the whole arrangement on my screen a thte same time kinda ruins it a bit for me. On the other hand, it would look great on a wall of a modern aparmtment or something like that.

I like the clean lines. I do care about what is posted on a 'photoblog' per se and this for me really is of the graphic art stable. Still, different and no less pleasing but perhaps the wrong forum.

Very interesting, I love it! Colours really jump out at me.

If all 4 could be seen at the same time the images would make a great piece for display. It's a fine piece of original art work and I like it. For the debate they're no longer photo's.

Far Out Man! :-P

I agree with a lot of the commenters who say that it would look great as a series in a gallery. However, I am personally a big fan of your more traditional photographs, rather than the abstract work like this, as well as the abstract shots that John has been posting lately. But I can't fault your technical skill because I don't like the subject matter. So, that being said, great job, but I look forward to more "regular" photos soon.

abstract indeed... interesting to see what colours represent the seasons to you... wouldn't have been the choices I'd have made!!
I really don't understand why we bother calling them photoblogs... so restrictive...
then again "Digital Image Blogs" aint so great.. Di Blog does sound a bit better tho!

I liked them until I realized they were all the same image with a different color scheme. If each had a unique source chosen to compliment the respective season, it might be more interesting. As for "four clicks"... ease is not neccessarily inversely proportional to beauty.

Kyle: I wasn't saying the four clicks would be easy to do (although, I will say it now - they would be), but rather how I would NOT need an actual photograph to emulate this look. An empty canvas, four clicks, and bam, I have this or something very similar. Not saying that's bad... Just that for a PHOTOblog (and one with such a storied history of its digital manipulations), I can't quite agree with this image. 'Tis all.

the best part about chrosmasia is your willingness to experiment and show us something different. well done!

Some artists do it by paint, others use digital cameras ;-)

Excellent graphic arts work.

It only takes one click to take a photograph!

This is photography as you have used a photographic medium to capture the image. The fact that you have manipulated this image doesn't change the fact that it was first captured as a photograph so to me it remains a photograph, just manipulated.

Nice work David.

I enjoy scrolling up and down quickly, it leaves me feeling slightly "tripped out."

Though I strongly disagree with Jessyel's expectation that photoblogs need be a sacred box that you can only put photographs into, it's obvious that this would be trivial to do in any image making program, even without an photo as the starting point. So what? Better to judge "images" on concept and merit as a finished work.
More to the heart and spirit of the matter, however, I think is the critique from CurlyToes.

Thanks everyone, and I'll pick up a few of your points on my next entry.

I think they're well done and the angle is excellent. Your choice of colors to carry your vision is good, with the possible exception of Autumn that seems a bit too harsh to me. I don't like the presentation here but your limitation is our screens so what can you do without losing the detail? It's been mentioned but I totally agree: a series on a wall would be the best presentation.

Interesting work. I like where you are going with this, and would like to encourage you to try more.
I tried an alternate way of looking at these by opening them on my laptop and then turning the screen 90 degrees. I'm not sure if I like that better.

wow
and...you don´t need to talk about the 4 season.
it´s obvious

great colour harmonies.

Lovely colors and patterns!