Heyo! It’s me, the_abecedarian, back with more bangers from the OMS discord. Today we have tiger spirits, farmland furrows, guys being dudes, bubble POP, and dusky lakeside feels. Our banner image today comes from user Elle-Oat, from her gallery “Best Feeling in Photography”.
Gallery Gems
I admit I always kinda dismissed Lomochrome Purple as a gimmicky film. Sometimes the gimmick works amazingly well — just look at how that tiger pops! Minhea uses it to amazing effect in a shot that simultaneously feels dreamlike and a bit threatening. Are we having a dream, a nightmare, or a meeting with a Tiger spirit? Beautiful stuff.
Heinz brings us a very satisfying landscape that also feels just a bit maximalist: many rows in the earth lead around the trees to scattered clouds that busy the sky. The transition from the midtones in the ground to the highlights in the sky, framed by a thin line of shadows in the treeline, creates a perfect contrast between the lower and upper portions of the frame.
Pan has had a wonderful ongoing project documenting a local rugby team. The players have an incredible camaraderie, through the wins and losses, that Pan captures on bus rides, on the field, and everywhere they go. This shot shows the playful, yet caring bond the team members have, with a strong composition that brings the viewer close to feel like they’re a part of a moment of joy.
New server member G1TDAT brings us an impressive debut with the exact moment that a kid pops a giant bubble. If you look closely, shreds of the popping bubble are still visible! The overexposed sidewalk gives the day a sunny glow and the lack of passerby in the frame makes this moment seem like it’s just for the bubble maker and the bubble popper.
Another example in which the effect of the film elevates the image. Here, alatartheblue leans into the unknown imperfections of long-expired film to achieve an impressionistic style. The limited color palette creates a soft, dusky feeling — I can almost hear the crickets and soft lapping of water on the shore.
Community Collaborations
Right in Camera
Managed by Lunar
The Right in Camera collab is going strong! Here, we eschew post-processing and do our best to get the shot just right at the moment of capture. Ben uses a highly cinematic crop, 2.35:1, to give a new shape and a bit of stretch to the frame in which power lines coming off of a light pole. It gives me a sense of a cracked pane of glass. This collab ends June 10th, so keep those submissions coming.
Thanks again to all the photographers here for their beautiful work. Be sure to check out their galleries and all the collaborations that server members are running!
Wishing you growth and meaning in your artistic practice,
the_abecedarian
Please take a look at my website for more of my work!