I wanted to take this picture with many different lighting positions to bring the picture to life, but unfortunately, not having a decent lighting source anymore - used to use a great diving touch which I managed to flood :-(, - it didn't turn out how I wanted. Never the less, I thought it was a funny picture so I thought i'd submit it anyway. The abstract part is the upward dripping marmite (yes it almost does defy gravity!)
I imported a single RAW file, and rotated, cropped, and cloned out a few spots on the background, tried to tidy up a few of the lines. Adjusted the levels and brightness, resized.
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I don't love it or hate it: I don't understand it. I guess that could account for the emotional part but I think there is no abstractness whatsoever in the photo.
I am assuming you did this upside down so the marmite would look like its leaking upwards. Awesome idea. I wish the white portions of the photo looked more "white".