August 2010 photography assignment - Minimalism

[Saltairdigital]

My attempt at minimalism.

[Saltairdigital]

One more minimalism attempt.

[Iguanasan]

Ocean

[Greg_Nuspel]

Here goes a minimal sunrise at Writing on Stone Provincial Park with the Milk River

[Bambi]

oooh Greg, this is lovely!

[Iguanasan]

Yeah, Greg, that's a winner.

[casil403]

Sorry guys for the delay in posting comments...was out in Penticton for the last several days.

Light 50...striking shot and great assignment example. the selective colour so works and adds punch to this shot...very well done!

Iggy...love the light and shadows you caught here with the blue sky background...minimalist for sure.

asnow...yes...another definitely well done example. Try not to over think it too much and go with your gut. I like this shot and it works. I'll bet it would also be great in Black and white.

Nice lines there Jas and well captured minimalist example.

kat...I like the focus choice in this shot. It makes the pebble stand out along with the light and shadow...nicely done.

Turns....Nice work here with the sharp stones and soft flowing water. I also notice the green fern standing out at the top of the image. It all makes that one darker stone stand out which in my books fits the theme of the assignment.

Jude01...the punch of colour on the plain background is very striking. it certainly makes the petals stand out and works for the assignment most definitely.

Marko...Another great finger cot shot. It reminds me of a strawberry ice cream cone. I am glad you are having fun with the assignment and I love what you have chosen as your theme!

Q1....excellent assignment example. great background with nifty refection of the wheel and cool lines as well. Awesome.

Moin moin...very cool almost abstract here with the stones and the blue. I would almost want to crop out some of the top background to bring attention to the vase and the mosaic but in any case I quite like the subject!

saltair...nicely chosen example. good angles and lines here and the bits of clouds in the add interest as well. I really like the crab shot as well and for me that works even better as an example with stellar composition chosen.

Iggy...it does not get much more minimalist than ocean and sky that go on forever. I like it and the fact that you chose to compose it right in half works for me with the image. The white streaks add visual interest also. I would almost want to see a lone bird or boat as I think it would add further interest but I quite like th starkness of the photo regardless...nice work.

Greg...what a stunner of a shot. The light and colour so work as well as the shadows...very nicely done and I think this one is getting a nomination this month!

I just want to say thanks again to everyone for participating. It was fun to see so many neat examples for this assignment. You are all a creative lot for sure!

[casil403]

Here is my last example for the month...

[Marko]

Just wanted to say thanks to Casil for hosting (commenting on every post) this month's assignment. Well done

[casil403]

You're welcome Marko...anybody else wanna give this a go? I have to admit it was kind of fun and not as much work as one might think!