Hellebore Curves, photo by Harold Davis. View this image larger.
Flowers are beautiful—although why they seem so beautiful to us humans is an interesting question. But when I photograph flowers close-up, like this tiny Hellebore, I am not looking to document that beauty. Instead, I am trying to create an interesting abstract composition that uses shapes, lines and (yes) curves to evoke the ideal flower while maintaining a sense of mystery and novelty.
100mm macro, 1.6 seconds and f/22 at ISO 100, tripod mounted, photographed in the calm natural light of morning with the Hellebore part of a medley in a shallow pan of water.
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I am very appreciative of your abstract flowers, especially with my understanding that you admire Escher.
My subjective view of your photographs is that they often have a pleasing conflict of elements, many times through the use of counterclockwise curves. I have wondered whether you are left handed?