In pictures: Your best photos of abstract photos
Here is this week's Photo Desk call-out. Images uploaded to us through Flickr are contained in a separate gallery. This gallery showcases images sent through our custom upload tool. Our staff will pick a favourite reader-submitted photo to be featured in Friday's print edition of The Globe and Mail. (Preference will be given to photos taken during the week of the call-out.) To learn more, follow the link under the gallery.
My husband blowing snow just outside my livingroom windowBrenda Withers
Close up of a seed head.Agnes Kussinger
morning landscape reflection on chrome piller, taken at Winnipeg airport, Nov 2, 2011Brenda Withers
Found hidden behind a stone wall at the side of a country road in Llantwit major, South WalesConstance Wylie
abstract wheel taken Jan 5/12 in late afternoon winter sunlightBrenda Withers
an unconventional vision of the dome of St. Peters Basilica, the VaticanConstance Wylie
The shadow on a wall of a group of pens I had sitting by the computer desk.susan deneve
The reflection of our national flag in Halifax Harbour.Peter Crofts
Tall grasses on the side of a secondary road near Sesekinika Ontario take on mounded shapes from the snow and frost of winter. Photo taken Easter weekend 2012.Barbara Havrot
Macro of swirls of blue icing on cupcakes my daughter pestered her Dad and I to make for her.Paula Ohreen
The Sky above our airfield was an image of a woven mat on a mild winter evening.Prabhakaran
This photo was taken of an Ikea light fixture at the school I was working at.Jennifer Angers Daerendinger
This photos was taken at a kitchenware store in Soho - April 2012. They are molds that were used for making rubber gloves.Patricia Brown
Photo was taken on a calm day two weeks ago. The tide was changing on the south shore of PEI.Jennifer Neill
Dominican Sand n Surf n Shadowjim Carroll
Detail from sewer grate Taken May 23, 2011Klaus Christoffersen
Dominican Sand n SurfJim Carroll
With the shutter open the movement of the plane twists and turns the lights on the ground.Barbara Havrot
My son and his building kit creation, taken in 2011. I like how the light reflects like an orb on the table top.Shawna Waller
Where they wash the buses near Comstock Road in Scarborough. Taken with a Zenit11 analog camera and a no-name 120 lens.Janet Esti
This photo was taken on August 25, 2011 on Northward Road on Grand Cayman using a Pentax Optio M50. It is dish washing liquid shaken to create bubbles in a blue bottleJanet Esti
Taken in London England with my old Nikon, which wasn't working too well at the time.Paula Martin
Waiting in the Dominican Surf n SunJim Carroll
Tulips at the Bellagio, Las Vegas, April 9 2012Ilona Crabbe
Photo taken this past weekend. The bark on this tree provided an interesting subject. Fascinating how the mind tries to see something recognizable in what is merely a random pattern.G. Deziel
Antonio Gaudi's Templo Expiatorio de la Sagrada Familia Roman Catholic Church, Barcelona Spain, taken in May of 1999.Gregory Holmgren
Taken by Venetian Canal.ron mcfarlan
A sleigh ride at dusk courtesy of grandpa, taken January 1, 2010.Jen Corrigan
Pecos Man abiding the heat in Langtry Texas, March 5, 2000.Gregory Holmgren
My sons explored a skate park in the warmth of early spring. In their bare feet laughing and running, I was reminded how beief this flash of childhood really is.Simone Wilson
A japanese maple backlight by early evening sun, taken last August in Mono, Ontario.Jen Corrigan
I took this photo of repeating columns inside the stunning Sheikh Zayed Mosque in Abu DhabiJudith Gustafsson
Taken Dec 31, 2010 at local school yard playground. Looking up at equipment.Linda Sangwine
Taken at a kitchenware store - April 18, 2012Patricia Brown
It was certainly brighter, more confident, cocky almost.Raja Khouri
Reflected in each other we find ourselvesSimone Wilson
Early Morning Dufferin St During a Rain Storm, A Cars Brake Lights Glow As Someone Crosses The Street.Jim Shaw
May 5 - I took this photo while driving on the QEW. It seems that all the cars are going the same way, optical illusion. The lines in this photo are interesting. All the elements create a absract feel
Close focus macro and narrow depth of field transform the appearance of this lily.James Lazar
Sails on a catamara, taken in Cuba 2011Linda Sangwine
My batik printed silk scarf. Photo taken May 4 2012Gail Chmilar
A wronly angled lens reveals the space between one's heart and one's head.Simone Wilson
April, 2012 evening image from our deck looking south-east over the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Barbados. From a tripod, shutter open for 60 seconds and voila!Phil Weiss
taken in detroit in 1997d. sumisu
Japanese maple with a different lookT. Parish
somewhere in canada 1997d. sumisu
The ceiling in the main entrance of the National Gallery, Ottawa. Taken may 2011.Craig Pelzer
A Figure Stares Into The Dark, Glowing With Energy. 2009.Jim Shaw
A trio of bison are barely recognizable in this abstract view of the world in the Peace River region of northwestern Alberta.Richard Erlendson
This is my submission for this week's Camera Club theme of abstract photos. Taken Saturday, May 5th, this close-up of the edge of a colourful throw blanket makes a great textile landscape.Irene Nasim
Members of the Grande Prairie Composite High School orchestra take flight in this abstract photograph.Richard Erlendson
taken in detroit 1997d. sumisu
wood and metalruth krahn
Taken May 7, 2012 Cowichan Bay, Vancouver Island. Intentional out of focus on emergency lights.Gord Iversen
Motion blur of trees along the roadside, taking on the characteristics of a drawing. Taken Nov 2011.Craig Pelzer
colours and shapesDiane Ross
Decorative stairs of the town plaza of Tamarindo, Costa Rica. Taken Jan 2012.Craig Pelzer
Taken May 7, 2012, Cowichan Bay, Vancouver Island. Sunset reflection, with a twist.Gord Iversen
red rock, southern albertaruth krahn
AbstractMora Greg
Fall leaves below a street light can turn into the most beautiful abstract photograph with a little jerking movement of the camera.Richard Erlendson
BIRD FEATHERROBERT C. ABRAHAM
A reflection of poplar trees creates a pleasing, abstract view of spring time in Alberta.Richard Erlendson
APARTMENT BUILDING AS SEEN THROUGH A GLASS BLOCKROBERT C. ABRAHAM/The Associated Press
Sepia Fungi`Joe Tinney
A city cement truck up close takes on an abstract quality. August 8, 2008. Bloor St. W. by Julie Enfieldjulie enfield
Backwater sand formation in the Anaa Lagoon (French Polynesia)Pierre Morel
Grooves in the sand made by waves on a beach in Tofino, BC.Kathryn Gullason
Photo taken looking up at an exquisite glass and crystal chandelier. September 2010Gail Chmilar
The underside of the canopy at the Soho Hotel in Toronto. Taken May 6th.Dave Campbell
March 20, 2012 - Paper on a desk, lit by sunlight through venetian blindsBob Sherman
Mirrored ceiling downtown office building March 2012Ilona Crabbe
Long exposure night shot. The light came from a cruise, meandering though Lake Ontario. Adjustments were made to get a sunset type feel. Photo taken in April 2012.chris yu
Reflections of Old City Hall in the puddles from the skating rink in Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto.Nicole Harvey
Human rights monument in Soweto South Africa.Sarah Lazar
March 11, 2012 - Morning sunlight reflected off a shiny surface onto a kitchen cupboardBob Sherman
Zooming the effects of a gorgeous spring sunset at Toronto's High Park.Nicole Harvey
A glass ball hanging from a store in Tofino, B.C.Pierre Morel
Inside the old clock tower in Montreal.James Lazar
My submission for abstract photo is this pattern found on the bark of a tree in Paris near the Eiffel Tower, taken this past weekBob Crockett
Fall GrassesJoe Tinney
Rusty Hydro pole on Toronto street May 5, 2012Ilona Crabbe
Rings of the tree trunk are continued in the concentric circles of the grate. Rain brought a dark rich colours.James Lazar
Abstract Picture Looking throught the culvert is what Alice may have seen "Down the Rabbit Hole" Besides it looks coolJulia Ursel
Panning the supermoon, downtown Toronto from an 8th floor balcony, May 5, 2012Nicole Harvey
Reflection of the street in a stainless steel sculpture at night. Taken May 6th.Dave Campbell
Reflection of trees in water last summer in St. Jacobs, ONBob Sherman
Georgian Bay rocks at sunrise. I love how close up shots emphasize colours and textures in the world around us.Lyne Rosenkrantz
The elevator lobby at Crystal Mall in Burnaby BCScott Graham
A bright vellow prom dress floats against a backdrop of swirling splashes of colour in this abstract photo taken on April 28, 2012, in a mid-town Toronto boutique. by Julie Enfieldjulie enfield
This photo taken in Georgian Bay at sunrise of moss on a rock. The light gives the vegetation a lovely golden hue and the one strand sticking out seems to be saying "hey look at me".Lyne Rosenkrantz
Frost on a leaf. This photo was taken last fall on a frosty morning with a macro lens.Lyne Rosenkrantz
Interior of a paper weight.Mora Gregg
April Showers Roll In A Sheet Across The Windshield, Turning An Afternoon Walk In The Rain Into A Abstract. Apr,2012.Jim Shaw
Shadows and light play on the wall of our mud hut while tiger trekking in Southern India.