It depends...

The following image is not really abstract but a nice reduction of a staircase to geometry none-the-less:

It was shot from below looking up and I developed it in a high-key way and further reduced distracting coloration in post-processing.

How much different the view from the top was!



The colors of the floor and the railing plus the bright lights cast by the sun shining through the windows were all absent from the shot from below.
Fascinating how a change of perspective can produce totally different images of the same thing!