Photography as Abstract – Iced Mocha Latte | katie's camera blog

Photography as Abstract – Iced Mocha Latte

Here’s another of the abstracts I’ve been doing. If you want to see the other images/posts in the series, please click here and here.

This is one of my cold winter photos. In Santa Fe, we get snow, but it rarely stays long. Living at 7,000 feet, the sun is bright and strong, so it melts the snow in its path. But being in the high desert, it gets cold again at night, so things freeze, but then melt again during the day.

This plays with the alley behind my home. It’s mostly bare dirt, and it gets muddy when the snow and ice is melting. So one day when I was out walking, I found some broken ice in a mud puddle and played with some compositions.

Join me for an “Iced Mocha Latte,” anyone? (:

Shot with my 105mm lens at f/3.2.

~ by KatiesCameraBlog on January 11, 2012.

Posted in Abstract Photography, Art
Tags: abstract, art, coffee, contemporary, ice, latte, photography., winter

95 Responses to “Photography as Abstract – Iced Mocha Latte”

MMMMM, iced coffee 😉

Charleen said this on January 11, 2012 at 6:52 am | Reply
- Thanks, Charleen!
  
  KatiesCameraBlog said this on January 12, 2012 at 6:45 am | Reply
Your title really framed my perspective. I can ONLY see a wonderful icy latte, not dirt. 😉

Cynthia said this on January 11, 2012 at 6:53 am | Reply
- That’s good, Cynthia. 🙂 Thanks for your comment!
  
  KatiesCameraBlog said this on January 12, 2012 at 6:46 am | Reply
mmmmmm! Mocha! 😉

andy1076 said this on January 11, 2012 at 6:53 am | Reply
- 🙂 Thank you, Andy!
  
  KatiesCameraBlog said this on January 12, 2012 at 6:46 am | Reply
…tasty mud! I love the little bubbles caught by the ice!

marinakanavaki said this on January 11, 2012 at 7:02 am | Reply
- Thanks, Marina! I had another photo with a lot more bubbles, but in the end this one won because of the composition. I really hated not having more bubbles in this. Glad you noticed them. 🙂
  
  KatiesCameraBlog said this on January 12, 2012 at 6:47 am | Reply
Haha, that is a really amazing comparison, Katie! At first, I thought it was iced mocha latte, but then after reading your description, I got the real flavors. Thanks for sharing this one, I mean, the latte 😉 Very very cool! One of your best abstracts. 🙂

Nandini said this on January 11, 2012 at 7:07 am | Reply
- Ah, thanks, Nandini! Glad you like this one so much. 🙂
  
  KatiesCameraBlog said this on January 12, 2012 at 6:48 am | Reply
Your title is very apt. My first impression on seeing this was ‘brillo pads immersed in milky coffee’ 😉

Graham Stephen said this on January 11, 2012 at 7:21 am | Reply
- LOL! Now that’s worse than just mud. 🙂 Great comment, Graham! Thank you
  
  KatiesCameraBlog said this on January 12, 2012 at 6:50 am | Reply
Great macro, wouldn´t have thought of that subject 🙂

meanderlight said this on January 11, 2012 at 7:23 am | Reply
- Thanks, Meander. 🙂
  
  KatiesCameraBlog said this on January 12, 2012 at 6:51 am | Reply
I wouldn’t have thought of photographing that. It came out great.

sandy said this on January 11, 2012 at 7:27 am | Reply
- Thanks, Sandy! 🙂
  
  KatiesCameraBlog said this on January 12, 2012 at 6:51 am | Reply
A great abstract, it is. I you hadn’t said what it was, it would have fed my imagination. Very creative, Katie, and imaginative. 🙂

Bob Zeller said this on January 11, 2012 at 7:33 am | Reply
- Thanks, Bob! Sorry of not letting people guess. The problem is when I take a photo, it is just so obvious to me what it is, that I forget that others might not know. 🙂
  
  KatiesCameraBlog said this on January 12, 2012 at 7:12 am | Reply
  - Oh, my comment wasn’t mean’t as a criticizm. It is a wonderful example of your being able to see a great picture there. 🙂
    
    Bob Zeller said this on January 12, 2012 at 7:29 am
Oh my creative Katie, I believed this.. You are amazing. Thank you, with my love, nia

niasunset said this on January 11, 2012 at 7:33 am | Reply
- Thanks so much, Nia!
  
  KatiesCameraBlog said this on January 12, 2012 at 7:12 am | Reply
Looks like the surface of a planet… LOL Great shot!

Rolling with Husky said this on January 11, 2012 at 7:40 am | Reply
- Thank you! 🙂
  
  KatiesCameraBlog said this on January 12, 2012 at 7:12 am | Reply
I love the way you look at ordinary things.

Carol Page-Potter said this on January 11, 2012 at 7:47 am | Reply
- Ah, thanks so much, Carol! 🙂
  
  KatiesCameraBlog said this on January 12, 2012 at 7:13 am | Reply
It this what is meant when the coffee tastes like mud? From the title, if you told me and you cropped round, it looks like latte whatever to me.

Victor Ho said this on January 11, 2012 at 7:54 am | Reply
Very cool, Katie!

Adrienne said this on January 11, 2012 at 8:15 am | Reply
- Thanks, Adrienne!
  
  KatiesCameraBlog said this on January 12, 2012 at 7:20 am | Reply
I love it! I especially love the idea of having to figure out what it is if you didn’t know ahead of time it was an iced mocha!

imleavingmymark said this on January 11, 2012 at 8:25 am | Reply
- Thanks! 🙂
  
  KatiesCameraBlog said this on January 12, 2012 at 7:21 am | Reply
I’m in Katie! I wasn’t feeling too well recently and didn’t have coffee for 3 days now! 😉 Great abstract picture, one of my favourite 🙂

Kristina said this on January 11, 2012 at 8:35 am | Reply
- Thanks, Kristina. Glad you’re feeling better too! 🙂
  
  KatiesCameraBlog said this on January 12, 2012 at 7:21 am | Reply
LOL! Awesome.

BUFFALO RIVER DIARIES said this on January 11, 2012 at 8:40 am | Reply
- Thank you! 🙂
  
  KatiesCameraBlog said this on January 12, 2012 at 7:21 am | Reply
You’re dead on – that’s what it looks like. It also sort of looks like a landscape to me where the ice could be mountains.

artimagica said this on January 11, 2012 at 8:43 am | Reply
- Thank you, Kathleen!
  
  KatiesCameraBlog said this on January 12, 2012 at 7:22 am | Reply
cool idea!

besoterio said this on January 11, 2012 at 8:59 am | Reply
- Thanks! 🙂
  
  KatiesCameraBlog said this on January 12, 2012 at 7:23 am | Reply
Very well done, Katie! You had me fooled, I really thought this was iced latte, and didn’t even cross my mind that I’m looking at ice in a muddy water until I read the description.

Gracie said this on January 11, 2012 at 9:03 am | Reply
- Thanks, Gracie! 🙂
  
  KatiesCameraBlog said this on January 12, 2012 at 7:23 am | Reply
THAT’S why my Starbucks tastes like mud…! lol

Anthony Donnelly said this on January 11, 2012 at 10:18 am | Reply
- LOL! 🙂 Thanks, Ant!
  
  KatiesCameraBlog said this on January 12, 2012 at 7:25 am | Reply
I was drinking an iced coffee around my nephew (2 ys old) and he cocked his head, and asked in a incredulous voice, “You drink MUD?!!” LOL Scary to think how they look so much alike.

StrangeLittleGirl Photography said this on January 11, 2012 at 11:13 am | Reply
- LOL at your nephew! I guess we have a similar mind. 🙂 Thanks so much for your comment!
  
  KatiesCameraBlog said this on January 12, 2012 at 7:26 am | Reply
Haha, your title had me going for a minute 🙂 Nicely done! You work miracles if you can even make dirt and ice look like a nice beverage ( and now I want a iced mocha latte, darn! 😀 )

whatevermakesyousmile said this on January 11, 2012 at 11:20 am | Reply
- Thank you! When I took the image, I was just going for a good composition, but then when I saw it, I thought, iced coffee! 🙂
  
  KatiesCameraBlog said this on January 12, 2012 at 7:27 am | Reply
It could be an aerial view of a landscape after a flood!

Jude said this on January 11, 2012 at 11:27 am | Reply
- Oh, I like this. But it would scare me about the flood. 🙂
  
  KatiesCameraBlog said this on January 12, 2012 at 7:27 am | Reply
Great one Katie!
For me this one is more abstract 🙂

xandimusic said this on January 11, 2012 at 11:42 am | Reply
- Thanks, Xandi!
  
  KatiesCameraBlog said this on January 12, 2012 at 9:37 am | Reply
Mushroom Soup?

compellingphotography said this on January 11, 2012 at 11:46 am | Reply
- Cute! 🙂
  
  KatiesCameraBlog said this on January 12, 2012 at 9:54 am | Reply
Wow, that’s so cool and well done! Fab details. 🙂

Inga said this on January 11, 2012 at 12:15 pm | Reply
- Thank you, Inga!
  
  KatiesCameraBlog said this on January 12, 2012 at 9:55 am | Reply
That’s very cool. I really thought that was coffee until I read the entire post. Well done.

edithlevyphotography said this on January 11, 2012 at 12:31 pm | Reply
- Thanks, Edith!
  
  KatiesCameraBlog said this on January 12, 2012 at 9:55 am | Reply
oh yum yum.. 😉

Chloe said this on January 11, 2012 at 2:50 pm | Reply
- Thanks, Chloe! 🙂
  
  KatiesCameraBlog said this on January 12, 2012 at 9:55 am | Reply
I love this one even the name:) Good one Katie.

The Book and Movie Dimension blogger said this on January 11, 2012 at 2:55 pm | Reply
- Thank you so much! 🙂
  
  KatiesCameraBlog said this on January 12, 2012 at 9:56 am | Reply
Before I read the actual post I was totally going with it being latte! That’s what my eyes saw. : ) Great abstract shot and great title!!

Find Focus said this on January 11, 2012 at 3:18 pm | Reply
- Thank you! So glad you like this one. 🙂
  
  KatiesCameraBlog said this on January 12, 2012 at 9:57 am | Reply
yet another great idea from your big book of ideas.. 😉

maenamor said this on January 11, 2012 at 3:22 pm | Reply
- Ah, thank you!
  
  KatiesCameraBlog said this on January 12, 2012 at 9:57 am | Reply
Okay, that was funny enough to be a Silly Saturday post! 🙂

Susie C. said this on January 11, 2012 at 6:19 pm | Reply
- Oh, I should have waited! 🙂 Thanks, Susie!
  
  KatiesCameraBlog said this on January 12, 2012 at 10:23 am | Reply
Oh this would be great for a “What is it?” photo quiz! It so looks like an iced coffee 🙂

therecoveringbrit said this on January 11, 2012 at 6:41 pm | Reply
- Thanks so much for the comment. 🙂
  
  KatiesCameraBlog said this on January 12, 2012 at 10:23 am | Reply
It does look like a Starbucks! Too funny and very interesting photo.

helensadornmentsblog said this on January 11, 2012 at 8:40 pm | Reply
- Thanks, Helen!
  
  KatiesCameraBlog said this on January 12, 2012 at 10:24 am | Reply
Very creative!

Jennifer Triplett said this on January 11, 2012 at 9:32 pm | Reply
- Thanks, Jennifer!
  
  KatiesCameraBlog said this on January 12, 2012 at 10:24 am | Reply
Ha ha… I think I will give it a skip! 😀 😀 but it does look like “latte” 😀 😀

Sakhi said this on January 11, 2012 at 9:39 pm | Reply
- LOL! Thanks, Sakhi! 🙂
  
  KatiesCameraBlog said this on January 12, 2012 at 10:24 am | Reply
Ha ha… I think I will give it a skip! 😀 😀 but it does look like “latte” 😀 😀

Sakhi said this on January 11, 2012 at 9:40 pm | Reply
Nice! Without the narrative I would totally have believed it was an iced mocha latte! Great work Katie!

Steve said this on January 11, 2012 at 10:08 pm | Reply
- Thanks, Steve!
  
  KatiesCameraBlog said this on January 12, 2012 at 10:25 am | Reply
As a coffeeholic, I immediately recognized this image of being a capture of frosty brew, although my very first impression was “ca-phe sua da”, Vietnamese iced coffee which you really should try if you have the chance.

Lovely photo… was it done with the Micro-Nikkor 105 AFS?

HoaiPhai said this on January 11, 2012 at 11:06 pm | Reply
- Thanks so much for your comment. Yes, a Nikon Micro-105mm f/2.8. And I’d love to try that Vietnamese iced coffee. Wonder if it’s served in the US someplace. I’m assuming not in Santa Fe, though. 🙂 Thanks so much for your comment and for visiting my blog!
  
  KatiesCameraBlog said this on January 12, 2012 at 10:26 am | Reply
Wierd!! Actually looks like a mud pool!!!

Janette said this on January 12, 2012 at 12:07 am | Reply
- Well, that’s what it is. 🙂
  
  KatiesCameraBlog said this on January 12, 2012 at 10:27 am | Reply
Yummy! I could dive in and swim in it!! (Probably not advisable!!!). Love the clarity of the shot …….. and it’s that’s brown colour appearing again! Seriously, another great photo.

Dreams and Zeros said this on January 12, 2012 at 1:44 am | Reply
- Thank you so much, Alison! 🙂
  
  KatiesCameraBlog said this on January 12, 2012 at 10:27 am | Reply
Cool shot, I’m more of a Mc D’s Mocha Frappe person..:-)

Ed said this on January 12, 2012 at 3:44 am | Reply
- I really don’t drink Starbucks, or McD’s, so I’ll take your word on it. 🙂 Thanks, Ed!
  
  KatiesCameraBlog said this on January 12, 2012 at 10:28 am | Reply
Very good abstract, didn’t really understand what is was until I read the text. 🙂

Mats said this on January 12, 2012 at 5:19 am | Reply
- Thanks, Mats!
  
  KatiesCameraBlog said this on January 12, 2012 at 10:51 am | Reply
love this! really weird but amazing!

Sansom Wedding and Portrait Photography said this on January 12, 2012 at 5:58 am | Reply
- Thank you! I’ll take weird and amazing any day. 🙂 Thanks too, for visiting my blog!
  
  KatiesCameraBlog said this on January 12, 2012 at 11:04 am | Reply
The ice looks like little alligators.

TBM said this on January 12, 2012 at 7:14 am | Reply
Hahahaha…creative idea,I wouldn’t know if you didn’t tell me the truth 😉

Novroz said this on January 12, 2012 at 7:45 am | Reply
So cool! I love how you find these interesting compositions in the everyday.

K. Ryan Henisey said this on January 12, 2012 at 11:04 am | Reply
Before I saw your title I was thinking White Russian…
not sure what that says about me, but…
(very cool, Katie!)
🙂

spilledinkguy said this on January 12, 2012 at 11:16 am | Reply
Oh dang, I thought it really was an Iced Mocha Latte. That is amazing. You have quite the eye to notice these things. Bravo!

zorgor said this on January 13, 2012 at 9:35 pm | Reply
Honey Girl, here’s my take on this photograph.
It appears that the “Chocolaty Goodness Wheat Army” is desperately trying to cross the “Icky Sticky River”. However, the Army seems a little discombobulated ………..and, I have no IDEA story ends. Sorry.

SheRamblings said this on January 13, 2012 at 10:10 pm | Reply