![Pink cramp-iron in Venice, Italy](https://danielleroeleveld.nl/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/pink-cramp-iron-Venice-Italy.jpg)
The second post of Venice in series of this year is about street abstracts. There is no strict definition of abstract photography, but the common element seems to be that it is about images in which the subject is not important or sometimes not even recognizable. The photographer usually focuses on a fragment of a scene, isolating it from its context by zooming in on colour, texture, line, shape, geometry, symmetry, or reflection.
![Yellow and salmon coloured wall abstract with down-spout in Venice, Italy](https://danielleroeleveld.nl/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/yellow-and-salmon-coloured-wall-abstract-Venice-Italy.jpg)
For me, abstract photography is about the composition of certain elements, the way colors, shapes and lines are laid out in a scene. For instance, I like the colour combination in the wall abstract above: yellow and peach with a thick line going down. That the thick line is actually a tube is not important to me.
![Copper downspout with green traces on wall in Venice Italy](https://danielleroeleveld.nl/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/copper-down-spout-with-green-traces-on-wall-Venice-Italy.jpg)
![Yellow ochre and salmon colored wall abstract with green shutters in Venice, Italy](https://danielleroeleveld.nl/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/yellow-ochre-wall-abstract-Venice-Italy.jpg)
![White rusted pattern in Venice, Italy](https://danielleroeleveld.nl/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/white-rusted-pattern-Venice-Italy.jpg)
![Stunning blue and yellow wall abstract in Venice, Italy](https://danielleroeleveld.nl/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/wall-and-yellow-wall-abstract-Venice-Italy.jpg)
![Wall abstract with squares in Venice, Italy](https://danielleroeleveld.nl/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/wall-abstract-with-squares-Venice-Italy.jpg)
![Orange wall abstract with white square in Venice, Italy](https://danielleroeleveld.nl/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/orange-wall-abstract-Venice-Italy.jpg)
![Orange downspout in a brick wall in Venice, Italy](https://danielleroeleveld.nl/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/orange-downspout-in-wall-Venice-Italy.jpg)
![Orange and yellow wall abstract with green shutters in Venice, Italy](https://danielleroeleveld.nl/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/orange-and-yellow-wall-abstract-with-green-shutters-Venice-Italy.jpg)
This year I took a lot of photos of doorbells, I like the layout of the different elements that are shown like circles, rectangles, squares and sometimes the colors of the surfaces. I have even used these layouts as a starting point for making abstract collages as you can see here.
![Petrol door and salmon coloured wall with doorbell and letterboxes in Venice, Italy](https://danielleroeleveld.nl/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/petrol-door-and-salmon-coloured-wall-with-doorbells.jpg)
![Wall abstract with downspout, doorbell and three holes in Venice, Italy](https://danielleroeleveld.nl/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/wall-abstract-with-downspout-and-three-holes-Venice-Italy.jpg)
![Yellow wall abstract with four doorbells in Venice, Italy](https://danielleroeleveld.nl/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/yellow-wall-abstract-with-four-doorbells.jpg)
![Doorbell and light pink coloured wall in Venice, Italy](https://danielleroeleveld.nl/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/doorbell-and-salmon-wall-Venice-Italy.jpg)
You might think “What is the difference between this post and the previous post about textured walls?” The images in that post is more about texture, texture is the fist thing that comes to mind when viewing them, it’s less about composition. In this blog post the images are all about composition, texture has a role in it but comes second.