Exercise in confluence
Union Square, San Francisco. Long exposure with varying focal length. June 2009.
Exposure: 3.6 sec, f/22, focal length varied down to 18mm, ISO-100, raw.
Post-processing: curve/selective saturation/contrast/stuff
Featured in JPG Cast-Offs, August 30, 2009.
Exercise in confluence belongs to the following groups:
Freedom In Words & Art, in-between, JPG Cast-Offs and Vibration in Art and Verse - VAVoom!
linaji
I feel like my mind is racing.. like that last few days.. and in the middle with the four lights next to each other.. the signal is saying…. “keep straight ahead.. your gonna make it!!!”
Wow your gonna have to show me a few things in Jan!!
Farras Abdelnour replied
lina, i very much like your interpretation of the image. so interesting!
Nelson Campbell
This ABSOLUTELY ROCKS Farras! I am blown away – I am pulled into this vortex of mystery and colour…Oh WOW!!!!
Farras Abdelnour replied
many thanks nelson, really. your description is intriguing!
elfie
It’s coming at me from all sides,,wow,,love the energy here and the feel of this whole image..great work Farras….:-)
Farras Abdelnour replied
many thanks, elfie, and sorry about the delayed response :-)
gail anderson
wow…. i don’t know if I’m coming or going! this takes me a bit off balance (ok, no smart remarks… i know i’m already unbalanced :P ) but seriously, it’s wonderfully disorientating! the little streaks of blue, really make this for me.
Farras Abdelnour replied
thanks a bunch gail :). happy you like the photo. i ll probably be experimenting some more
gail anderson
Farras Abdelnour replied
yupi!! thank you ma’am :-)
Jo Ann Craig
Excellent experiment, congratulations!
Farras Abdelnour replied
many thanks for your kind words jo ann :-)
Scott d'Almeida
excellent
Farras Abdelnour replied
thank you very much scott
sketchesofcoop
Simply awesome.
Farras Abdelnour replied
very flattering. thank you!
Shoaib .
awesome ! love it
Farras Abdelnour replied
many thanks, shoaib :)
Nelson Campbell
Yes!! Featured!! Woo-hoo!
Farras Abdelnour replied
thanks a bunch, nelson :-)
KarenKSmith
I have no idea how I missed these before..must pay more attention..this is fabulous and congrats on the feature!
Farras Abdelnour replied
thank you so much karen, appreciated :-)
Jason Platt
slammin..fantastic and well deserved nod from the jpg casts offs admins!
Farras Abdelnour replied
many thanks jason – very flattering!
kilmann
Si on regarde cette image, on se sent litéralement aspiré vers l’inconnu, l’infini. Great work Farras.
Farras Abdelnour replied
merci beaucoup kilian. j’apprecie ton observation :-)
RonnieGinnever
I love this Farras. I can see you’ve had a lot of good times in San Francisco!
Farras Abdelnour replied
thanks ronnie. san francisco is one cool place.
RonnieGinnever
Congrats on the feature!
Farras Abdelnour replied
thanks ronnie :)
Antanas
effective capture
Farras Abdelnour replied
many thanks, antanas