Following on from my previous Blog about being a little more creative with your camera by creating some abstract images. Here are some more ideas which I hope will encourage you to try this out.
If you have a zoom lens a great way of creating great abstracts is to chose a suitable subject and using a long exposure of say 1 sec or more and then zoom either in or out on your subject. Have a play zooming in on one shot and out on another and notice the different effects that are created. This is best done with a tripod to keep your image from wondering and your lines will be straighter. Manual focus is recommended, and by getting an increased aperture focusing is also less critical.
Another way of get some abstract effect is using the speed of an object passing by you, so you either keep totally still allowing the object to create motion blur or "pan" the camera with the moving object. Again a slow shutter speed is preferable.In the illustration here you will see I achieved motion blur and yet kept the number 9 on the the emergency vehicle in focus this was with slowly panning the camera on a tripod. "Panning" is basically following the direction of the motiving object the closer in speed you are to it, the more it is in focus and the surround objects will show blur. I am not very good at this .... but I am practicing, so if I can do it, so can you .... give it a go 
Finally, for my last example of an abstract image this is reliant on the composition rather than any movement of lens or subject. Here I have a load of monitors all with the same image on them and to add effect I have shot the image across a diagonal.Labels: marc byram photography tips how to abstract images
Finally, for my last example of an abstract image this is reliant on the composition rather than any movement of lens or subject. Here I have a load of monitors all with the same image on them and to add effect I have shot the image across a diagonal.