Greetings PDMLers, I just discovered a photographer on 1x.com that is absolutely Blowing Me Away. I am impressed and inspired by her work, on multiple levels: Ursula I Abresch
First, I love her ability to create amazingly striking images from "ordinary" objects. A few examples: Chalk: http://ursula.1x.com/photo/3885/8896/ Drinking straws: http://ursula.1x.com/photo/2036/8896/ Rust: http://ursula.1x.com/photo/2048/8896/ A fork: http://ursula.1x.com/photo/2010/8896/ The ability to see and compose outstanding images in the face of the "ordinary" is one of the things that I feel I need to develop *most* in myself. What follows may not be everyone's "cup o' tea" but I *love* it. There are very few of these sort of images that I would not like to have as *large* prints on my walls. If you do not care for abstracts or the work of The Impressionists, go no further. I'm very taken by her motion blur work, either as an individual technique: Aspens at Night: http://ursula.1x.com/photo/14880/8896/ Spring Aspen II: http://ursula.1x.com/photo/14707/8896/ Jerrylandia: http://ursula.1x.com/photo/14227/8896/ But I'm especially turned on by her *combination* of blending blur/OOF with straight shots: http://ursula.1x.com/photo/14709/8896/ http://ursula.1x.com/photo/14881/8896/ http://ursula.1x.com/photo/14883/8896/ http://ursula.1x.com/photo/14533/8896/ This is the result of (I have to believe) a mostly post-processing technique (two or more layers?), and I'm not sure if her blurred shots are taken in camera or done from sharp images in Photoshop but just seeing thos images, and guessing at how they were done, I've got a bunch of ideas that I'm itching to try. You can get lost in her portfolio which shows off her very broad range: http://ursula.1x.com/gallery/8896 including more "straight" photography. I hope you find viewing her work as pleasurable and edifying an experience as I am. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
