Picture This

Picture This! -- Our Next Assignment

Abstracts In Nature
While we often think of abstraction as a reinterpretation of reality, photographers have a different take. They can remove objects from their context and reveal them as abstract while they remain "real" without exaggeration in and of themselves. Nature offers a bounty of such image potential. This month's Picture This! assignment is to find and share these abstractions as you find them, without excessive manipulation. This photo is simply a small evergreen and sticks, partially covered and revealed by snow.

This shot was made with a Rolleiflex medium format camera on Agfa Scala film (RIP). The negative was scanned and then processed in Photoshop with the Find Edges filter and then inverted. © 2006, George Schaub, All Rights Reserved

Please Read This
It is important that you read and follow these guidelines. We need to follow this procedure because of the large volume of images we receive. If you have any questions, please e-mail us at: editorial@shutterbug.com.

1) Images sent to us cannot be returned. You retain complete copyright over the images, but do grant us permission to print your image(s) in the magazine and on our website, www.shutterbug.com.

2) Because images are not returned please send a quality print or duplicate transparency. We will not accept or view images on CD, ZIP, or any other electronic media.

3) Images will be selected on the basis of content and technical quality. Please mark your outer envelope with the topic of the month (for example, "Wide View").

4) Enclose a short caption with the image stating camera, lens, film and exposure, plus location. If you are submitting an image with a recognizable person we must have a model release or signed permission from that person to reproduce their image in the magazine and on the website.

5) Please submit no more than three photos for consideration.

Send your image and information to:
Picture This! Shutterbug Magazine, 1419 Chaffee Dr., Suite #1, Titusville, FL 32780.
Deadline for submission: January 15, 2007.
Images will appear in our April 2007 issue.
Our next topic: Double Exposure
Deadline: February 15, 2007 Publication Date: May, 2007

Please note: We receive hundreds of submissions for Picture This! each month and want to be sure we properly identify each image we publish. Please be sure to attach your name and image information to the back of each submission.