You links to individual images did not work for me. I was, however, able to click on "Gallery," and see some of her work. There are some very nice images there, Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 12:01 PM, Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. -- 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.
