Patterns

 

 

Detail of an art piece in the Singer Laren Museum.

Snakes

 

 

Detail of an art piece in the Singer Laren Museum.

Bubbles

 

 

Detail of an art piece in the Singer Laren Museum.

Excelsior Sneek

 

Full Colour Festival

 

Pencilmania

 

Numbers

 

Primeval

 

 

Abstracted Art - one of my favourites in the genre. This is a detail of a huge metal sculpture that was on display in the Sneek Museum.

Shard

 

 

I shot plenty of rusty abstracts over the years, but this might be my favourite of them all. I love the 3D structure.

Shapes

 

 

A zoomed in abstract - converting text to shapes. I like the structures.

Another brick in the wall

 

 

Nothing to see here, just a corner of an old wall... and yet....

On Mars

A rusty abstract that I spotted a few weeks ago in Deventer.

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld
Aperture: f/3.6
Focal length: 4.5 mm
Exposure time: 1/500
ISO speed: 400
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

 

Deventer patterns

 

 

The new city hall of Deventer offers some nice photo opportunities...

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal length: 11.6 mm
Exposure time: 1/800
ISO speed: 100
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

The Elephant outside the room

Last month in Deventer - umbrellas as oart of the street decoration and one roof with a small elephant sculpture made for a nice unusual image.

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld
Aperture: f/6.3
Focal length: 45.2 mm
Exposure time: 1/500
ISO speed: 100
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

Text

 

 

Spotted these lines of texts on a modern church in Ahaus, Germany. I thought ot made for a nice photo opportunity.

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld
Aperture: f/5.0
Focal length: 13.1 mm
Exposure time: 1/1250
ISO speed: 160
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

O

 

 

A "found abstract" spotted earlier this week in the German city Ahaus, just across the border. The back of a car that was collecting rubbish.

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld
Aperture: f/5.0
Focal length: 20.4 mm
Exposure time: 1/320
ISO speed: 100
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

TP

 

Anything can become an abstract if you keep your eyes open. This is a stack of rolls of toilet paper in the restroom of a fish shop in nearby Wezep.

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld
Aperture: f/3.6
Focal length: 4.5 mm
Exposure time: 1/30
ISO speed: 320
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

Where Red Meets Blue

 

 

A "found abstract": the concrete foot of a temporary gate opposite our home had an interesting colours pattern.

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld
Aperture: f/3.6
Focal length: 4.5 mm
Exposure time: 1/640
ISO speed: 100
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

Kobe

 

A close-up of a bench in Lille - the texture and colour combinations reminded me of Kobe beef.

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld
Aperture: f/4.0
Focal length: 6.0 mm
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO speed: 400
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

 

 

 

Rust in Lille

 

 

I love taking detailed pictures of rusty surfaces - instant abstracts. I spotted this one in Lille.

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld
Aperture: f/3.6
Focal length: 4.5 mm
Exposure time: 1/100
ISO speed: 100
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

 

 

 

Into the Abyss

 

 

A detail of a sound amplifier on the streets of Leuven, Belgium.

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld
Aperture: f/3.6
Focal length: 4.5 mm
Exposure time: 1/40
ISO speed: 100
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

Kind of Blue

 

 

A weathered stone wall in Lille.

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld
Aperture: f/3.6
Focal length: 4.5 mm
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO speed: 125
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

Circles

 

 

Inside a shopping mall in Lille.

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld
Aperture: f/4.0
Focal length: 6.6 mm
Exposure time: 1/40
ISO speed: 200
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

37

 

 

This is part of a weathered door in Lille. I liked the combination of the number with the mailbox - and some junk mail sticking out.

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal length: 9.2 mm
Exposure time: 1/50
ISO speed: 100
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

Rusty Diagonals

The first of a series of photographs shot in Belgium and France mid June - our first trip since the Corona outbreak, and I finally was inspired to shoot a few abstracts again. This is a classic example, diagonals and rust patterns. Spotted this opportunity in Lille.

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld
Aperture: f/3.6
Focal length: 4.5 mm
Exposure time: 1/40
ISO speed: 100
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

 

Golden years ahead

 

 

Captured a new shot in the CoolArt series, shooting reflections of my wife's colourful paintings in an aluminium cool bag (or a crumpled foil).

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld
Aperture: f/3.6
Focal length: 4.5 mm
Exposure time: 1/50
ISO speed: 400
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

X marks the spot

 

Spotted this opportunity in Joure. A wall used for displaying advertisement posters, with layers of remains still there.

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld
Aperture: f/3.6
Focal length: 4.5 mm
Exposure time: 1/30
ISO speed: 100
Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

Ups and Downs

 

A decoration (art piece?) spotted along a road in Joure. The angle makes it interesting. This is the type of minimalist abstract I love to create - and having such a blue sky as backdrop is a bonus.

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld

Aperture: f/3.6

Focal length: 4.5 mm

Exposure time: 1/1250

ISO speed: 100

Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

Corners

I spotted this opportunity in a shop in Joure that was being prepared for reconstruction, and found temporary use as an outlet centre. This window had been hidden behind a wall. For many years probably.

Camera: Canon IXUS 170 handheld

Aperture: f/5.0

Focal length: 13.1 mm

Exposure time: 1/13

ISO speed: 800

Post-processing: Picasa 3.0

Whirls

 

It's been a while, but here is a shot I took a few weeks ago in the Kampen City Museum. A close up of a glass art piece that works well as an abstract I think.

Camera: Nikon D7000 handheld

Aperture: f/5.6

Focal length: 145 mm

Exposure time: 1/30

ISO speed: 400

Post-processing: Picasa 3.0