No, I don’t think it has to be manipulated, after the fact, to be abstract. But possible, manipulated in the way it is framed or lit or photographed to make it a less realistic or obvious representation of the original object? I once heard that “If you look at a photo and ask, “What is it?” Then it is an abstract photo, but that seems a rather simplistic way of looking at the question.
I have never understood abstract as there are so many different versions but I like your image of the many patterns and shapes that appear and disappear as I look at it.
I don’t think so. In fact I know in previous abstract challenges and number of us have done a kind of “what is it”. By capturing something in an unusual pov or very zoomed in or having beautiful textures and patterns I think you can get an abstract.
Thanks Babs!