Abstract Photography
- Spotlight on Hans-Wolfgang Hawerkamp- Part 2 Selected (Almost) Monochrome Abstracts....
Main image, Dialogue of the Facades NL 2021
Above, Uni Facade Germany 2022
Above, Abstract Facade Compo VI NL 2023
Above, Wall Accents
Above, Waterfront Wall Lanzarote 2022
Above, Wall Abstraction UAE 2018, processed 2023
Above, Stripes and Shadows II Germany 2023
Above, Shapes and Shadows Switzerland 2017
Above, Terminal II Shanghai 2009, processed 2022
Above, Zaandam Gable Zaandam, NL 2021 abstract
Above, Abstract Facade Compo XVIII Germany 2024
Above, Pertly Red Duesseldorf 2017
Above, Parking Bays St. Petersburg, Russia 2017, processed 2020
Above, Red dotted Peak NL 2021
Above, Guggi Hub NY Manhattan 2007, processed 2020
Above, Metallica Dresden, Germany 2015, processed 2021
Part 1 here
- Spotlight on Hans-Wolfgang Hawerkamp- Part 1, Selected Colour Abstracts....
Main image, Downpipe Germany 2022
Above, Cube Geometrics NL 2022
>I am taking pictures since 1980. After participating in several national competitions I decided in 1985 to participate in international photographic salons and specifically in the sections of color slide, nature and travel photography.
Above, Longyearbyen Facade Svalbard 2016
Above, Red Traffic Light Germany 2021
Above, Hooked NL 2021
>As an active competition photographer since 1985 I was 1400x successfull [sic] with more than 200 different pictures in several international competitions until 1999 and had won 166 prizes.
Above, Wall and Windows Germany 2021
Above, Yellow Shutters Germany 2023
>Over the past 30 years I had been a member of the Photographic Society of America (PSA), the DVF (German Association of Photography) and the Royal Photographic Society of England. I was awarded with EFIAP from the FIAP, an ARPS from the Royal Photographic Society of England and PPSA of the Photographic Society of America.
Above, Counterpoint Svalbard 2016, Idea and processing 2024
Above, Coloured Struts Stockholm 2017, processed 2021
>The last 15 years I took my pictures with a digital camera, first with Olympus E10, then with Canon digital SLR cameras.
Above, Twins Duesseldorf 2020
Above, Oase Part of The Heinrich-Heine-University of Düsseldorf, Abstract in 2020
Above, Coiled Rainbow Muenster, Germany 2020
>I take pictures form everything that interests me. My pictures are always coming out of my head and then realized with focal lengths ranging from 10 to 400 mm. > >An important tool for me is the polarizing filter.
Above, Coloured Living Space Dresden, Germany 2017
Above, Reitdiep Haven Groningen, NL 2019
All photos and text by Hans-Wolfgang Hawerkamp
- Hey Neighbour by (the splendidly named) Dan Arsenault
Hey Neighbour by Dan Arsenault
>More condo goodness!
- Airportcity [sic] Lamp by Hans-Wolfgang Hawerkamp
Airportcity [sic] Lamp by Hans-Wolfgang Hawerkamp
>Duesseldorf 2018
- La lumière en jeux by Julian
La lumière en jeux by Julian
>"Le rythme ressemble au temps, à la fois un et changeant, il ressemble à l'architecture, c'est-à-dire à notre univers qui est une construction." > >Yves Bonnefoy > >Institut du Monde Arabe (1988) > >Architecte : Jean Nouvel
- Lights of Aquarius by Jim Beucler
Lights of Aquarius by Jim Beucler
>This was part of the outdoor sign at the Aquarius Casino / Hotel in Laughlin, NV
- Portrait of a Springtail by Ulrich Vogl
Portrait of a Springtail by Ulrich Vogl
>Collembola sp. > >Mitutoyo 50 NA 0.55, tube lense 200mm (Nikon) > >Illumination: Dark field and coaxial > >At 50x illumination and stacking starts to become hard..
- 'Silverfish scales' by Ulrich Vogl
'Silverfish scales' by Ulrich Vogl
>Lepisma saccharina > >The scales of silverfish are a good test for the resulotion of any optics, and a true challange for any stacking algorithm. > >Mitutoyo 50xHR NA 0.75, tube lens: Raynox (125mm) > >Illumination: Back light and oblique
- 'Punchcard Architecture' by Pneumococcus
'Punchcard Architecture' by Pneumococcus
>I quite like the random pattern of the windows on the left, but do wonder whether they let in enough daylight. It seems to me the architect pays more attention to design rather than functionality. I should know, I happen to work in a building designed by the same chap ...
- 'Les couleurs du monde' by Julian
'Les couleurs du monde' by Julian
>« Le poète, pour représenter l'univers visible, est bien en dessous du peintre, et pour l'univers invisible, il est bien en dessous du musicien. » > >Léonard de Vinci > >Cheminée Moretti (1995) > >Sculpteur : Raymond Moretti
- 'The Wing (Hemerobius humulinus)' by Ulrich Vogl
'The Wing (Hemerobius humulinus)' by Ulrich Vogl
>Hemerobius humulinus, wing detail > >Also the wings of Hemerobiidae are nicely structured. Here some UV fluorescence lets the veins glow. > >Eye detail is shown here
>Mitutoyo 20x NA 0.42, tube lens: 200mm (Nikon) > >Illumination: Dark field and polarization, white LED light, UV fluorescence
- 'Skylight I, Herzog & de Meuron' by JuanVan
'Skylight I, Herzog & de Meuron' by JuanVan
>One of the skylights of the Forum Building. Edificio Forum Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Architects: Herzog & de Meuron, 2004 > >The triangular building measuring 180 meters on each side and 25 meters in height. The building has an auditorium with a seating capacity of 3,200 and an exhibition hall covering nearly 5,000 square meters. > >It was the symbol of the 2004 Universal Forum of Cultures.
- turtle shell
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15159251
> Does anyone else feel strangely calm when seeing this photograph? > > My brain goes all mushy and mellow when it notices that I'm apparently in proximity of a slower kind of a fellow. 🐢 > > (Close-up of a radiated tortoise (astrochelys radiata\) , from Wikimedia Commons) > > (\ Everything is more awesome when you put astro- in it)
- 'Aphid wing' by Ulrich Vogl
'Aphid wing' by Ulrich Vogl
>Green aphid (wing) (Aphidoidea sp.) > >Mitutoyo 50x NA 0.55, tube lens ITL200 (Nikon) > >The wings of aphids are rather thin (about 500nm), and also very rough (+-160nm). Thats why they show up with rather small regions of the same color (in epi-illumination at high magnification).
- 'Lines, curves and a checkered pattern' by Markus Kammerer
'Lines, curves and a checkered pattern' by Markus Kammerer
- 'P2071516 Fångat blad' by Thomas Schultze
P2071516 Fångat blad by Thomas Schultze
>Birch leaf in ice. Vänern, Värmland.
- 'Among light and dark' by Nespyxel / Stefano
Among light and dark by Nespyxel / Stefano
>Spiral staircases and staircases project in Rome
- 'A720 supermacro' by jim
>A720 supermacro -- pencil ferrule + eraser by jim > >This is full-frame. Flattened pencil eraser and ferrule that spent some time in the street. Inspired by cuazanet, I wanted to see what kind of reversed-lens super-macro results I could get with my Canon A720IS. Here are some tests, handheld under a single, bright table lamp. > >I used manual exposure and focus. The reversed lens was an old 85mm f/1.7 from my 35mm film camera. > >I think it worked well.
