Green Selection:

In this picture, it is shown that there is a general pattern of the boards that cover the windows of ISB, and this is a very interesting pattern on the architecture that surrounds the building. The light is also kind of reflecting on the picture from the top right, which is interesting because the exposure and light of the photograph is not too high. The photograph shows different color schemes as well, and it is abstract because there is simply nothing to look at apart from the pattern. There is no main focus on this picture.

 

In this picture, I have captured a building that has an interesting pattern, and it looks like a piece of armor protecting the top part of the building, it strikes my interest as I have taken this picture. The picture is also interesting because of the repetitive walls of glass. The picture is taken in Shanghai, and some buildings are really bright contrasting the dark night. This picture is abstract because it does not fit the rule of thirds and the light is flying out everywhere, out of focus.

 

In this picture, it is showing a pattern on a shadow of the architecture in ISB. It shows a clear outline of the poles from picture one. It can demonstrate the usage of shadows on the general architecture. It is abstract because it is very unnatural and there is also an element of the sky, when there is mostly architecture.

 

In this picture, it shows the element of color and tone to make this picture abstract. The blue that is very evident on this building strike my attention as to becoming one of the more interesting colors as most other buildings are just simply stripes of colors. This is abstract because it does not show any interesting features apart from color and pattern, and it is also not in full shape. It means that the picture is slanted sideways and taken purposely because it would be abstract.

 

This picture demonstrates the rule of thirds, but only slightly. This is because the building on the top is being cut off because of the frame. In this picture, the main target is the Shanghai center building, however it gets enhanced by the IFC center and the two buildings, so the focus on the Shanghai center is enhanced. This is abstract because as the picture is in the rule of thirds, the general picture is slightly tilted, and the picture is taken when other things are distracting the main image like the lights. To add on, the picture also has the element of repetitiveness as the lights are continuous.

 

This picture is of the shanghai mingzhu tower. In this picture it shows that the color scheme is different from every “floor”. It does not give the slight continuous pace of light, because it is a single tower in the middle of the city.  It is abstract because the colors are so broad, and that the things under are blocking the general view of the bottom of the tower, and the tower loses focus after this.

This picture is simply a pattern that is repeating over and over again, on a building reflecting against the windows. This is interesting and abstract because the buildings are reflecting only on the bottom right of the photograph, and it seems very imperfect to be a picture. In addition, the lighting of only red for the logo of the reflecting building shows the contrast of the other black parts of the picture.

 

 

 

Red Selection:

In this picture, it is very interesting not only because of the glass windows that are reflecting the lights from other buildings and shows from below, but also interesting because the lights are giving off an aesthetic feeling and it demonstrates more interesting features than just a company in Shanghai. In addition, the picture shows the 3D element, as on the 2/3^rd mark of the picture, it shows the line that separates the lighting and it is going in another direction.

 

 

In this picture, it shows almost hundreds of different columns that are all lining up on the building. It also has the element of 3d, and it seems like it is going up and up forever, as it is all parallel to the one below it. It is abstract because it has a good pattern feel to it, it does have the lighting that also seems smooth when transitioning to the next floor.

 

 

 

 

This is a picture of a building which is interesting because it is very squared and fully in shape. There is also one floor with something that looks like a cross. This shows the uniqueness of the photograph. It is abstract because it shows a pattern, and it is not fully shown in the picture of the entirety of the building and the pattern within.

The pictures above are selected as yellow.

• The first four pictures were managed as similar, the mixture between buildings and nature is presented. The next 5 pictures are just singular branches/ pictures I believe that have the beauty of being random and spreading in different places. The final few pictures are random and without context. The pictures I selected  as yellow because they are the more weird/abstract pictures. There is a line between enough and too much abstraction, and i believe that these pictures demonstrate too much abstraction, or that they repeat and are similar from other pictures.