Chal 34, ginger, comments #2

ginger_55

Minimalism Ginger's Way:

Doorbell






Pretty In Pink









Creme de Brulee





Pink and Blue











Street Scene

Andy

ginger_55 wrote:

Minimalism Ginger's Way:

Charlie Brown

ginger i cant speak for anyone else here, but i really like the second shot. i cant tell you how to improve it technically, because i dont know any of the cool techy jargon about photography that yall spout off at will, but i can tell you that the light rose/pink color of the stucco (im guessing thats what it is) works really well in this shot, ive changed the values a bit in PS and i like that one the best.



charlie

John Mueller

My comments.
I might as well forget about thinking about this challenge.
You have some very nice images Ginger

Shakey

Some nice soft pastels there Ginger ! I feel you are going to have a good one this challenge as you have had for all your previous entries.


Tim

jwear

andy andy andy

andy wrote:

you are tring to tell us something right Jeff

ginger_55

More
Thanks, I can only enter one. I am so tired I am working these by rote....... Thank you, too, Charlie Brown. I don't know yet which one I like best. I like them all, actually. I am quite pleased with my efforts. And I am staying home tomorrow.:D


Music In Blue


One Note




Shades



Boundaries



The Black Door



Smooth




Some of these are the type photography I have always wanted to do. I guess I couldn't do it without the title of Minimalism.

Andy, thank you for coming by, too.
Thank you for the nodding heads.


Am going to rest now.

ginger:D

purified

'The Black Door' photograph is wonderful! The only problem is that the plants at the window may be a little too busy. Is there any way you can reshoot the scene without the plants?

Khaos

I love the second shot. The shadow keeps drawing me in. Very good.

Sam

ginger_55 wrote:

Thanks, I can only enter one. I am so tired I am working these by rote....... Thank you, too, Charlie Brown. I don't know yet which one I like best. I like them all, actually. I am quite pleased with my efforts. And I am staying home tomorrow.:D


Music In Blue


ginger:D

Ginger,

My vote goes for this one.

Sam

4labs

You will have a bunch to chose from Ginger. Must feel great with all the effort you put in..

snapapple

They are all great Ginger! I just posted some shots and now that I see your's it makes me wonder. Maybe mine are not minimalist. I don't know. Your's definitely look spot on.

ginger_55

purified wrote:

'The Black Door' photograph is wonderful! The only problem is that the plants at the window may be a little too busy. Is there any way you can reshoot the scene without the plants?

Purified, that is sooooooooo funny. First I parked illegally in residential parking only. Those houses are billion dollar houses, they don't like the traffic, the tourists, etc, even being there.

I can just see me pulling the flowers out and throwing them in the trash. Actually I photographed the flowers first, I just wander my camera, though this time I did have a purpose. Nothing was shot that I did not think was fairly minimal. I saw the door, I have always loved that door and another one around the corner. So I incorporated it into the shot with the flowers.

I think it is kind of an L shape composition..... don't quite remember. Oh, I did one with the door in the middle and windows with flowers on both sides. YOu would really hate that one.

At this point, having had a chance to sit back, my favorites are probably Pretty In Pink and Creme De Brulee. I just remember how I felt when I saw those through the camera. I saw that shadow in Pink, was so aware of it, etc. Then the Creme one, the brick was not enough to make the photo busy, but it made the cream color so much richer, richer than any other photo. IMO.

I went downtown on purpose to shoot in that area. You might have heard of Rainbow Row from the Musical/opera, Porgi And Bess. Those houses are prominently featured. I was going to get something that worked if it killed me and that was the best place I could think of. I got so much more than "something".

Oh, yes, Doorbell is the other favorite. I had to reshoot that. I looked at the photos in the car and the doorbell just did not look clear. Rather than take a chance I went back and reshot it at F22. The wall on the left actually juts out and so I needed the DOF to include the doorbell and white, further away, and the wall on the left that was closer.

If I had to I was just going to shoot a blank wall. I also went to a railroad loading type area, not much is from there. And Water street, my favorite place in the Charleston Peninsula. That is where the black door is. I would be in jail for pulling those flowers out. That is sooo funny.

Thanks for liking that photo, though.

ginger

canonguy

Boundaries and music in blue are my favorites. Nice shots ginger.

ginger_55

4labs wrote:

You will have a bunch to chose from Ginger. Must feel great with all the effort you put in..

Thanks for noticing that it was effort 4labs. All I can add is that it was effort.
I am glad it wasn't a bust for all the effort I put in to the last few days. And going downtown today. That is not like going downtown in some other big city, but it is a bit out of my comfort zone.

However, I did know what was there somewhat, and I did have a plan. I don't know of anywhere else, anywhere, that I could have done that.

ginger

ginger_55

canonguy wrote:

Boundaries and music in blue are my favorites. Nice shots ginger.

Thanks, Kirk, I love it, the diversity in favorites. I really like that a couple of you like Music. That is one of my favorites, too.

ginger

ginger_55

snapapple wrote:

They are all great Ginger! I just posted some shots and now that I see your's it makes me wonder. Maybe mine are not minimalist. I don't know. Your's definitely look spot on.

Thanks, Snappy, I will go look at yours in a minute. I don't feel wise tonight, just tired, but I will look.

ginger:D

Gator

Dang girl! These are all quite good. However, I prefer from the first set #2 Pretty in pink, I think. From the second set, #1 really touches me. That is Music in Blue I believe. I enjoyed the shot of the Black door, but I think I might like it a bit more for minimalism if it was shot with the door in the left side of the frame and nothing more than the wall on the right. Does that makes sense? If you get a chance to shoot it again, that would really look great.

Good luck Ginger, looks like you may have some real winners here!
Oh, btw I am new, so Hi!

ginger_55

Thanks Gator, and welcome!

I am in agreement on Pretty In Pink. I think. I like that doorbell a whole lot and the Creme one, too. But since I can only enter one, I am seriously thinking of Pretty In Pink. I may try to "enhance" the lighter pink area just a tad, finally figured out how.

Yes, I was so tired last night I think I misunterstood what Purified meant when she said without the flowers in Black Door, still it was funny, as I understood it.

With a bit of sleep last night, I can see that she meant what you do. It is grey/white today, cold, etc. I keep saying I am not going out shooting, but I really don't think I am today. No shadows, no sky. I really want to work on my hawk shots. So I don't know that I will go downtown again for this challenge. That area was so cool. And I had so much fun. I actually had a lot of fun playing with the bottle in the side walk and putting money around it. Spent a lot of time with that.

Water Street is, as I said, my favorite Charleston area, so I will reshoot that black door sometime. I would like to get that chalk arrow in that is on the sidewalk. I had figured I would get rid of it with PS, but now I like it.

Thanks again, and welcome. I like Music, too.

ginger

PeterGar

They are all outstanding. I like the stucco ones best. These are all inspiring me!

Dee

I like those kind of shots too
I'd say you did very well indeed! A worthy trip and some wonderful shots! I'm headed out to our local pier, TV cameras were at the beach, guess I missed all the excitement -- again!!!! Should have been there at high tide earlier, but who knew?

I wish whoever calls the news channels would call me, or better yet that we had a webcam at the pier.

All the excitement's over now, all I got was a "flooded" sign and the sidewalk covered in mud...

There's a great rusted door at the pier I want to play some more with, so even if the waves aren't spectacular I'll have something to photograph.

Congrats on your photo expedition, I'm envious!

Harryb

Hey Ginger,

Great shots Everyone is challenge worthy. Just go with the one you like best. I Know its a tough choice.

mel

Wow!
You just have a really really good eye! I like the "Pink & Blue" and "Shades" for this challenge. Can't wait to see what you find next.
Mel

digital faerie

ginger_55 wrote:

Minimalism Ginger's Way:





Pretty In Pink

this one's my favorite. I found it pleasing to gaze at! It also fits the challenge extremely well IMO

ginger_55

A Few More (I like the pink one, too, DF, I did it darker)
Carriage House




The Artiste




After School



I love black and white,
g

Mitchell

I really like "one note". That one really strikes the minimalist chord with me. The contrast and textures are very soothing.


mitch

snapapple

Gee these are great!
I love the artiste! I can't imagine finding something like that. You've found so many good ones.

ginger_55

Thanks, Snappy. I love yours, too. And Digital Farie's. I actually know some of this exists, just never had any need for it. Well, I took a picture of a red door, then I noticed that other door, then I noticed the drawing on it. Then a cop came and told me I was parked on the train tracks and a train was coming.

So then I went down to the area where I did most of my shooting. I put the pink one up, darkened it a bit.

Is a daiquri pink? I want to name it after a drink, maybe a wine. Will have to talk to my daughter.

ginger

digital faerie

ginger_55 wrote:

Thanks, Snappy. I love yours, too. And Digital Farie's. I actually know some of this exists, just never had any need for it. Well, I took a picture of a red door, then I noticed that other door, then I noticed the drawing on it. Then a cop came and told me I was parked on the train tracks and a train was coming.

So then I went down to the area where I did most of my shooting. I put the pink one up, darkened it a bit.

Is a daiquri pink? I want to name it after a drink, maybe a wine. Will have to talk to my daughter.

ginger

"after school" reminds me of a piece done by Pollock if he was on valium.... :lol4 but I love it. it would look great in my bedroom!

"the artiste" is very cool, too. you always do this to me....making me look at so many awesome photos and all, so mean! hehe, just kiddin'

ginger_55

Don't panic, if you are a supporter of Pretty In Pink. I just took it out of the Challenge and put doorbell in. I do like that one, I like to rotate so I can see how other ones stack up, or look, in that format.

And there is a pink one just below where my pink one was. I think that if I use the pink one they should be separated, they don't compliment each other, just my opinion. So, until there are more entries, I can put other ones in the slot I am using: to see what I think. I do like the doorbell one there, but it is as a trial, not as an entry, plenty of time for that.

ginger:D