Neon Abstract: # 7 by Chipka
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It seems that my spinning and my jiggling has moved into new terrain, quivering; I’m still quite interested in the effects of street-light, automotive light, and the light dappling the darkness in various parking lots, but as I looked at the blurs and streaks produced in the parent stock of this image, I realized that I’d photographed florescent lights shining out of the windows of a bank in Albany Park. The lines of camera-blur were thicker and more varied: textured in ways that I hadn’t expected, and so as a result this is more of a florescent abstract than a neon one. Oh well.
As with the other abstracts in this series, this is a composite image: the original image copied and layered on top of itself with a whole lot of mode-shifting in between. A lot of the reds did unexpected things, but I'm satisfied with that result. I like the geometry of this, the sort of neon snowflake pattern that emerged. There is a bit more detail than is apparent on first glance; and so zooming is best when viewing this image. I love a good zoom anyway, and so any excuse to suggest one is always welcome in my book.
I’m not inordinately fond of banks that don’t contain any of my money and so the initial subject matter of this image is…well…boring…the interest (for me at least) was in the blurs and the way that this whole jiggle, spin, and snap idea has taken root in my brain. I look at the darkness of the night in a new way, and find that things are often, disturbingly stationary. Funny how something just grabs you, and on a personal note, I like the colors in this; I suspect I’m in my Green Phase or something like that.
For all of the tweaking, layering, and mode-shifting that took place, I actually left the colors alone. It was such an odd feeling to actually leave colors alone, but sometimes a guy’s gotta do what a guy’s gotta do…and well…there you have it.
As I write this, I also realize that my glass of Dr. Pepper is empty, and so it’s time to post, raid the refrigerator, refill my wonderfully-delicious carbonated beverage that tastes vaguely of something derived from prunes, and catch up on commenting. So as always: thank you for viewing, reading, and commenting, and I hope you’re all having a great end to the weekend.
Comments (24)
NitraLing
Looks like the bottom of an alien craft!!!..amazing capture!!!
danapommet
Chip,your best neon abstract, so far, and maybe a new genre - fractal neon abstract. If I understand you correctly - quivering has been added. Great work Chip. Dana
RodS Online Now!
Neon, florescant, no matter.... I like it whichever it is! Reminds me much of a friend who passed on back in '99. He loved doing things like this. He would delight in finding a nice neon sign, and set his camera for a long exposure, and wave it around in front of the lights. He could pretty much visiualize what the image would look like (back when film was still the prevalent photographic medium). Yes, John would have loved this image. Very cool work, my friend!
CoreyBlack
WOWSER DOWSER!! This is pretty freakin'cool. Kind of gave me not only a flashback to certian experiments of youth but even further back to childhood and the first time I ever looked into a kalidiscope( I know I just spelled that wrong but I'm in a hurry and can't get my spellcheck to work)and what a mind expanding feeling it was.Also reminds me of being on some kind of sci-fi ship near the warp core or some kind of flaked out Jefferies tubes. Or some kind if citadel. I love this. There's tremendous depth to this and it feels like you could fall into it and keep falling for a very long time. And the green is way too cool! I love this abstract Spin-Cycle phase you're going through. Keep it up. I'll never look at the Albank building the same way ever again. Wonderful stuff.
Charberry
I really like this. Thought it was a fractal, at first, that is from a fractal program. I like it with the light on the dark. It is very vibrant! A bank, you say, and possibly the best use for it. Banks have a way of eating money through fees, and such. Perhaps the green glow is the digestion of people's money. ;o)
jocko500
cool work
MrsRatbag
Well done, nearly kaleidoscopic!
babuci
What with green color? I have 'green phases' myself on and off even so my fav color is blue. Strange or sometimes just wish to be other then blue. Also am I in the ever returning sci-fi phase too? Recently I see so many out of this earth themes and pictures like yours. My mind tuned to it. This work transforms me into a simply story...Strucked by a hoovering sight laying on the dirthroad looking at the approaching UFO craft and I am just spellbound with the colors and the pulsing vibration what coming from the craft. I want to get up and run away but the hunger to know how my story ends keeps me still and I am ready for what ever comes. Excelent work!
auntietk
Plaid. The inner ring is plaid! You've given me what I THINK is a great idea. LOL! That's totally cool. Nice!!
kgb224
Outstanding work my friend.
beachzz
I think I fell into a kaleidescope!!!
whaleman
A neat creation! Maybe there was something in that Dr. Pepper, ha ha! It made me think of a kaleidescope too - what fun they were...
helanker
It makes me think about a HUGE HALL with light in the ceiling. It looks very beautiful. Its like the ceiling is a Huge guardian watching over us. SO beautiful.
minos_6
This one puts me in mind of an elaborate open air concert, viewed from above, by Visitors perhaps: "No one would have believed, in the first decades of the twenty-first century that human affairs were being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's." Your work on these becomes more and more intricate and surprising, and maybe it's your new techniques that are making the difference. I must admit to being hugely amused at the thought of you quivering outside a bank! This is moody, and intense and very effective!
flavia49
wonderful work!!
durleybeachbum
Neon floral, I love it! This is becoming a most attractive habit to view from here, don't get knocked down whilst indulging, though!
lucindawind
fascinating work ! very beautiful
sandra46
terrific work it looks a fractal image!
JaneEden
I was mesmerised by this Chip and just kept looking at it, and yes I zoomed, but always try to if I can, it adds to the pleasure of it all. I was fascinated by your intro and how you perceived the final result, that in itself mesmerised me too. I love this, it is really amazing!!! hugs Jane xx
mbz2662
Wow! Wow. I say it again, "wow". Very alienish and the color is amazing~ like the glow sticks you see at an amusement park and other venues, but better! Fantastic work Chip. I'd really like to see your process :)
lick.a.witch
Fabulous! It sort of reminds me of the wormhole entrance in DS9 - only much posher and more beautiful! I too thought it a fractal! ^=^
KatesFriend
I'm sure that Nina would find much to love in this yellow-green (532 nm or there abouts) splendor. And indeed, she would zoom in for more detail and take the time (maybe as much as four or five tera-cycles) to appreciate the subtle variations in every last pixel, looking for those perfectly tuned ones. Though all such greens attract her attention and favour. She still has no definitive answer for why this green is more important to her than any other wavelength of light. Others like her have no answer to that question either. But she is learning that it may not matter why. For myself, this also brings to mind Kubrick's mind blowing stargate sequence from 2001: A Space Odyssey. Dare I say it, 'Awesome!'
praep
Very nice composition. I like the colors.
kasalin
Outstanding work, dear Chip !!!!!!!! Hugs karin :)