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mh2000,
Yeah, I think you're in the super-minority as far as photographers go... even among "artists" who sell their work in top galleries nationally and internationally.
But, honestly, how many people on this site shoot abstract photography? Hell, how many people do you think shoot abstract photography?
How many celebrated photographers shoot abstract photography?
I'm using this definition:
"Abstract art is now generally understood to mean art that does not depict objects in the natural world, but instead uses colour and form in a non-representational way."
Granted, it's from wikipedia-- but a cited source (didn't feel in the mood to dig around). I'm not talking about non-figurative work like miro. I'm talking abstract-- non-representational art. It's very uncommon to find this kind of work in the photographic world... I would LOVE to see your work, can you send me a link?
That's not to say that issues of color and light and texture don't come into non-abstract photography (because obviously it does), but in most cases photography is about the subject, the story, not solely about the supporting characters like color, texture, light, etc.
Abstract art is a niche even in the art world, even in media more widely used for that purpose... such as painting and sculture.
As for those who thought my comment was heavy handed... just trying to bring us all back down to earth. We seem to get wrapped up in technical BS pretty quickly over here. I'm not immune from this either-- I've definitely caught myself telling someone about how much this piece of glass is smooth, wonderful colors, blah blah blah.
Any lens could be "better" including the 35L, but any photographer who can't make the 35L give acceptable results needs to examine his or her technique and understanding of this medium. That's all.
All gear has limitations under certain conditions, hence my analogy to shooting in no light. If you know that certain backgrounds and lighting give certain qualities to you image that you do not like... well, get different gear (which likely wont help here), or change your composition, your lighting, etc.
Further, getting that "perfect" shot, that looks like everyone else's: creamy background, tiny dof, standard posing, even lighting, is going to do one thing for the world of photography and the photographers in specific-- make your work look vanilla. Plain, boring.
What sets the great photoraphers at a level different than everyone else. It's a word I just used: different. They stand out not for their adherence to some bland ideal, but by doing something different and clever that makes their imagery more moving, or more thoughtful, or whatever.
Besides, anyone who thinks better cameras and lenses are going to fix all their problems has a tough reality to face.
Didn't mean to be vitriolic before... nor do I now.
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