In another thread, jp suggested I take a look at some photos by Eliot Porter. I got the book he mentioned and was looking through it. There was a lot of close-up, but not "macro" images of patterns and textures. They were also color images that I would not have not considered traditional subjects for color film. With that in mind, I loaded some Portra 400 and looked for subjects that might convey the same ideas in patterns, fractals, and subtle color relationships. This was the one image that I saw in that vein. I feel like it's fairly abstract even though it's identifiable.
Blue-Green Rockfall
Linhof Master Technika, Nikkor 90mm f/8, Portra 400, cropped slightly:
Sort of abstract I guess:
Disked Field, Eastern Washington by Austin Granger, on Flickr
No “sort of” about it, i like it though.
--- Steve from Missouri ---
Yes, the reflection, texture, movement mix has somewhat of a Porter feel!
Close up but not macro he would call intimate landscapes
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