Minimal comments

ginger_55ginger_55 Registered Users Posts: 8,416 Major grins
edited March 22, 2005 in The Dgrin Challenges
"There isn't anything to look at" comment at 1964-1967 High Minimalism

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Which one? Do you like? I like both of them equally. Maybe I like the top one more, but I am not sure about it being minimal.

There are lots of good photos out there. I have a large book on minimalism, about the only thing I can do is stick with what minimalism was in the 1960s when it was at its height.

ginger
After all is said and done, it is the sweet tea.

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  • gpgoldgpgold Registered Users Posts: 469 Major grins
    edited March 17, 2005
    ginger_55 wrote:
    "There isn't anything to look at" comment at 1964-1967 High Minimalism

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    Which one? Do you like? I like both of them equally. Maybe I like the top one more, but I am not sure about it being minimal.

    There are lots of good photos out there. I have a large book on minimalism, about the only thing I can do is stick with what minimalism was in the 1960s when it was at its height.

    ginger
    http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:1Qqgdtgjp-IJ:http://www.phy.hr/~laci/paint/Miro/miro.catalan-peasant.jpg The first one makes me think of Miro - it is abstract, but not necessarily minimalist. That said, I kind of like it. Open link and see.

    regards,

    Gary
  • landrumlandrum Registered Users Posts: 285 Major grins
    edited March 17, 2005
    I like the second one. The only thing I'd fix is the black spot and the chipped spot on the light side. I think there is too much in the first one...but this theme is very much open to the viewer's perspective as there seems to be no set "rule"; so that doesn't really mean anything!
    Laurie :smooch

    www.PhotoByLaurie.com
  • gpgoldgpgold Registered Users Posts: 469 Major grins
    edited March 17, 2005
    ginger_55 wrote:
    "There isn't anything to look at" comment at 1964-1967 High Minimalism

    17685999-L.jpg


    17157443-L.jpg


    Which one? Do you like? I like both of them equally. Maybe I like the top one more, but I am not sure about it being minimal.

    There are lots of good photos out there. I have a large book on minimalism, about the only thing I can do is stick with what minimalism was in the 1960s when it was at its height.

    ginger
    On further reflection I was actually thinking of Kandinsky on the first one. Similar energy.

    http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:fjylCixblRsJ:http://www.bochkarev.ru/academy/art/i/kandinsky.jpg

    regards,

    Gary
  • snapapplesnapapple Registered Users Posts: 2,093 Major grins
    edited March 17, 2005
    I like #2. I think it's more minimal.

    That said, I think this is so tough to judge. With minimal, there really should be very little to look at. No story. So how do you determine a good photograph? I think the second one is a nice study on color.
    "A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds." - Francis Bacon
    Susan Appel Photography My Blog
  • wholenewlightwholenewlight Registered Users Posts: 1,529 Major grins
    edited March 18, 2005
    for the purposes of the contest, I like #2 better. And I wouldn't fix any chips in the paint as someone else suggested - I like the character of the paint flaws. If it were my shot, I might boost the saturation just a bit so the color isn't quite as pastel. Just a thought.

    I like both shots
    john w
    http://cspics.smugmug.com/

    I knew, of course, that trees and plants had roots, stems, bark, branches and foliage that reached up toward the light. But I was coming to realize that the real magician was light itself.
    Edward Steichen

  • digital faeriedigital faerie Registered Users Posts: 667 Major grins
    edited March 18, 2005
    gpgold wrote:
    On further reflection I was actually thinking of Kandinsky on the first one. Similar energy.

    http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:fjylCixblRsJ:http://www.bochkarev.ru/academy/art/i/kandinsky.jpg

    regards,

    Gary
    I hate this when people do it to me, thinking I have the shot I like and I start to get a general consensus but I really like #1 and here's why.

    it's more minimally interesting to me because you've got the "squares on the wall" thing going on, on a smaller scale. You may not have made the squares but you found them and captured them almost perfectly. You've got 4 very small objects in a row, 2 more, another 2 larger, and those are the strongest elements to me.

    you might want to consider a crop around the main rusty objects .... or not at all now that I think about it. the darker paint along the bottom and on the right give it a nice frame I think.

    the second does nothing for me.....it may be minimalism, but I didn't look at it for more than 2 seconds. ne_nau.gif

    the thing about this challenge has a lot to do with what you said earlier--"a hook" so to speak. if a picture still pulls you in, and maintains its minimalism then I'd say you've got something! I also think you've got one of the strongest understandings of this challenge.

    :D Tanna
  • ginger_55ginger_55 Registered Users Posts: 8,416 Major grins
    edited March 19, 2005
    Charleston 1886
    This is one of the things I went downtown to get a photo of that day. I guess I am getting desperate. I would like it as a poster, lol. g

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    After all is said and done, it is the sweet tea.
  • snapapplesnapapple Registered Users Posts: 2,093 Major grins
    edited March 19, 2005
    Cool, very minimal
    ginger_55 wrote:
    This is one of the things I went downtown to get a photo of that day. I guess I am getting desperate. I would like it as a poster, lol. g
    Yep, it's very minimal. I looked at it and said, "What is it?" That's a good sign. Then I looked a bit longer, and figured it out, but I was still not bored. I was interested in looking around at all the specks and the hint of blocks in the wall etc. It has soothing colors. It hints at history. Yeah, I like it.thumb.gif
    "A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds." - Francis Bacon
    Susan Appel Photography My Blog
  • digital faeriedigital faerie Registered Users Posts: 667 Major grins
    edited March 19, 2005
    snapapple wrote:
    Yep, it's very minimal. I looked at it and said, "What is it?" That's a good sign. Then I looked a bit longer, and figured it out, but I was still not bored. I was interested in looking around at all the specks and the hint of blocks in the wall etc. It has soothing colors. It hints at history. Yeah, I like it.thumb.gif
    this last one is the favorite for me of all the ones you've done. the colors and simplicity have this great balance. and best of all, it's not boring, so yay!!! rolleyes1.gif

    once this challenge is over I'm going to sleep for a week. just kiddin' then I would miss out on all the posts here and I would never catch up. :D
  • Charlie BrownCharlie Brown Registered Users Posts: 199 Major grins
    edited March 19, 2005
    ginger all of these are killer shots, i like the first and the third the most. i think that perhaps the first and second, the second more so, are better for the challenge. the first shot reminds me of kandinsky and pollack, thats about the best compliment i can give. the third shot, i would also like a print of. is it on your smugmug account?



    charlie
    I can only hope to progress to the point of one day being a second rate photographer, wish me luck.
  • Yuri PautovYuri Pautov Registered Users Posts: 1,918 Major grins
    edited March 20, 2005
    ginger_55 wrote:
    "There isn't anything to look at" comment at 1964-1967 High Minimalism

    17685999-L.jpg
    Which one? Do you like? I like both of them equally. Maybe I like the top one more, but I am not sure about it being minimal.

    ginger
    Ginger, I prefer the first one.
    Yuri
  • joechiujoechiu Registered Users Posts: 60 Big grins
    edited March 20, 2005
    I am with DF -- I like the last one the best. When I saw it, I said "whoa", I like it!thumb.gif

    The colors and the patterns are quite pleasing to the eye. Actually, to be completely honest, the first two didn't have much of an impact for me.

    If the nut and thread was cloned out so that it didn't look manufactured/mechanical/man-made (I dunno how to describe it, exactly), I think it would end up looking like quite the abstract painting.

    I've taken the liberty of making the edit to show you what I mean. I'm always debating myself whether making such a change is "kosher", but I think it is!

    And I agree that this would make a beautiful poster.
  • ginger_55ginger_55 Registered Users Posts: 8,416 Major grins
    edited March 20, 2005
    Charlie Brown wrote:
    ginger all of these are killer shots, i like the first and the third the most. i think that perhaps the first and second, the second more so, are better for the challenge. the first shot reminds me of kandinsky and pollack, thats about the best compliment i can give. the third shot, i would also like a print of. is it on your smugmug account?



    charlie
    Hi, yes it is on my smugmug, but it is private right now. I plan to include my favorites into a misc gallery for "people". My whole gallery setup was a mess. I cleaned it up but I haven't reformed it. It is a lot of work.

    I would just open it to the public now, but there are several versions, it makes things confusing, so I will try to do it this afternoon or tonight.

    Thanks, I am glad to know that others like my favorites, too. Everything I post here goes through smugmug and stays there, but it can be hidden, especially now.

    Have to go to church everyone. Not only is it Palm Sunday. A long service that I don't like. I have to shoot a baptism.

    ginger (I Have to get ready) I put up the third for the challenge. Right now it is my favorite in that place, will see after church. Sun is shining would like to do some photography today.........hawks???
    After all is said and done, it is the sweet tea.
  • ginger_55ginger_55 Registered Users Posts: 8,416 Major grins
    edited March 20, 2005
    The nut and bolt was put in after the Charleston earthquake of 1886, to shore the house up.

    You can google that stuff. I didn't want to tell anyone as to me mystery is best. But I love those things. They are soooo Charleston. We are on a fault. I have earthquake insurance. But these things were put in in the 19th century, so I thought they were fair game and make the "poster" for me.

    I agree, it would look good without it, too.

    ginger
    After all is said and done, it is the sweet tea.
  • ginger_55ginger_55 Registered Users Posts: 8,416 Major grins
    edited March 20, 2005
    You mean just round? I will come back to it. Gotta go. What do you think knowing the background, they can be just round???

    ginger
    After all is said and done, it is the sweet tea.
  • ginger_55ginger_55 Registered Users Posts: 8,416 Major grins
    edited March 21, 2005
    I shot birds yesterday, worked them up, didn't even eat dinner. Am exhausted.

    I kept thinking I should PM someone re my shot here for the chal and decide what to do about it. I am going to leave it. I like it like it is, and I like it without the bolt, both. So this was my challenge on minimalism.

    Good luck, everyone.

    ginger (am exhausted)
    After all is said and done, it is the sweet tea.
  • brucenzbrucenz Registered Users Posts: 44 Big grins
    edited March 22, 2005
    titanic rediscovered
    I like the concrete wall image because it looks like a view of the titanic is pictured there. The more I look the clearer it becomes to the point of seeing a pic of the ship just as it set sail. Amazing discovery. Well done.

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