Inspired by the swarm of Black Flies circling my head.


Vortex





Trapped






4 Snapshots --- Earth in Motion





















Dancing Shadows

[causey]

Fantastic shots, Tess. I don't know which I like more; 1, 2, and last, maybe, but all are great. You have a good eye for details.

[Eric Auer]

Tess, I love your work.

These are a bit over my head tho, So much going on here I wish you would have posted these one at a time.

[AussieTrev]

They are so creative. A post detailing what you did would be intriguing.

[eaglem]

So very abstract,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,stunning.

[daacon]

Indeed another Tess Gallery opening - the Water and Ice show. Very creative work Tess.

[tessfully]

Fantastic shots, Tess. I don't know which I like more; 1, 2, and last, maybe, but all are great. You have a good eye for details.

Thank you causey!!

Tess, I love your work.

These are a bit over my head tho, So much going on here I wish you would have posted these one at a time.

Thanks for commenting Corto-PA... I visualize 3, 4, 5, 6 as an installation, however the other three do stand on their own.

They are so creative. A post detailing what you did would be intriguing.

Thank you Trevor. I used my Tamron f/2.8 macro with the Pentax 1.7x converter. That combination always produces interesting results. It is a small fast stream through the woods and both days I had partial morning sunlight filtering through (hence the many shadow light designs), but the woods were still quite dark which gave me longer exposures. I find my eye sees differently when I have this combination of lens and small details jump out at me. The first was a swirling bubble caught between rocks. I use a tripod, set up directly over the bubble, and I think I shot that one at f/8. My habit is to take three shots...f/11, f/8, f/5.6... dof is always a crap shoot with the converter, ...and the shutter speed is auto defined by the aperture I use. In post processing I bump the contrast and vibrancy, and spot-define within the image. They were all taken in a similar fashion. Thank you for asking

So very abstract,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,stunning.

Thank you eagle

Indeed another Tess Gallery opening - the Water and Ice show. Very creative work Tess.

Thanks Dave! I am really excited about these. I have no idea how they will print up, but I am going to give it a go.

[slowpez]

We never know what you are going to come up with when you go out on a shoot Tess and it always fun to anticipate the results. These are really wonderful and I could look at them for hours on end. Thanks for explaining your process.

[tessfully]

We never know what you are going to come up with when you go out on a shoot Tess and it always fun to anticipate the results. These are really wonderful and I could look at them for hours on end. Thanks for explaining your process.

Thank you so much Susan. Your words are very kind and it is inspiring to know this kind of photo resonates.... very nice to hear.

[jac]

Really like #2, Tess.

[Bruce Clark]

Fascinating work Tess. Clutching the edge of my table, I can feel myself being drawn into the vortex with #1. #2 also appeals greatly

[tessfully]

Really like #2, Tess.

Thank you jac!

Fascinating work Tess. Clutching the edge of my table, I can feel myself being drawn into the vortex with #1. #2 also appeals greatly

Thank you Bruce

[SJM]

Love your comment on the first one Tess, "inspired by a swarm of black flies over my head".. YIKES!!!! nice series.

[LaurenOE]

Very interesting!
Great abstract stuff!

[Sailor]

Wonderful abstracts, tess. Throw in some water, some hydrogen bonding and a great photographer - just the formula for success.

Jer