John, it was partly to broaden that troublesome definition that i called the thread ‘APP’- stract as opposed to ’Abstract’. I kept the rules simple^^^ for the same reason.
When you (and most photographers) use apps in, say, the BW challenge, you're usually looking to perfect some aspect of your representative image. In this kind of challenge, it's almost the opposite. Here you are invited to play with the transformative possibilities of your apps.
Looking at an image in BW, we might not immediately know what if any apps you‘ve used***. Here, the apps are front & centre (‘in your face’, if you like). It’s a different aesthetic AND, as with
JillyG ‘s gorgeous flower image, it‘s an opportunity for us to learn more about what’s out there and what they can
do.
[***Pause to plug our recent reminder drive: that‘s part of the reason we ask people to list the apps used and in the order you applied them].
^^^Rules: 1. Interpret the theme 2. Use apps 3. Tell us something about your image/edit
Finally, my careful explanation above is obviously redundant, because as you know, I know, and all the regs on MobiTog know, not only you can, but also sometimes you actually do, post perfectly wonderful APP-stracts that everyone falls about appreciating.
But, you know, there‘s nothing I wouldn’t do for MobiTog’s Shrinking-Violet-In-Residence