MPC # 6, Minimal. 10/5-10-10/19/2007

**Doc Green** · 10-11-2007, 11:56 PM

-10/10/7-
Looking up along ski hill road, driggs, ID

1/250
f/13.0
ISO 400

**Lonnie** · 10-12-2007, 07:41 AM

Originally Posted by Pura Vida

One from today...

Soild...

**Bawheed** · 10-12-2007, 10:47 AM

Just found this forum, stoked! Minimal enough?

**amyzilla** · 10-12-2007, 11:59 AM

Pura Vida, nice use of rule of thirds. I like the contrast, too.

Bawheed, I love the colors! Did you use Photoshop on it, or were the colors that vibrant to begin with?

**Bawheed** · 10-12-2007, 02:54 PM

It went through Photoshop sure enough, but it matches the slide. Check out the Seattle Library if you haven't already.

**amyzilla** · 10-12-2007, 08:11 PM

Originally Posted by Bawheed

It went through Photoshop sure enough, but it matches the slide. Check out the Seattle Library if you haven't already.

Sweet. Yeah, I haven't made it to the library yet...

**amyzilla** · 10-13-2007, 10:00 PM

Not sure if these qualify as "minimal", but I'll play anyway.

**Doc Green** · 10-13-2007, 10:47 PM

Teton Canyon, WY:

**hemas** · 10-14-2007, 01:56 AM

Here's my entries:

And as non competition entry

**MOHSHSIHd** · 10-14-2007, 05:54 PM

two more that I shot today

**Lonnie** · 10-15-2007, 02:15 PM

Originally Posted by MOHSHSIHd

I like this one better (as far as the theme goes...)

**Lonnie** · 10-15-2007, 07:24 PM

Number 2

f 3.2
1/2 Sec
Focal Length 9.9 (Don't have time to figure out the 34mm conversion right now...)

**Pura Vida** · 10-16-2007, 10:06 PM

A couple from today. Not as minimal as I'd like, but I figured might as well post em.

**squirrelmurphy** · 10-16-2007, 10:27 PM

shot in the Spring Mountains, NV on Sunday morning

iso 200, f7.1, 1/1250, 25mm

**eirikainersharp** · 10-17-2007, 10:35 AM

two more I shot yesterday:

1/250
f3.2
ISO 100

1/125
f2.8
ISO100

**andrewjesaitis** · 10-17-2007, 11:59 AM

I like this one that I took a couple days ago

**eirikainersharp** · 10-17-2007, 01:42 PM

lots of good contenders in this one.

**Lonnie** · 10-17-2007, 01:57 PM

Originally Posted by eirikainersharp

lots of good contenders in this one.

I have two more that I can't decide between...

**Pura Vida** · 10-17-2007, 06:32 PM

Not sure if I'd consider most of the posted pics "minimal," but some solid work in here, good to see a few new folks getting in on it.

**Lonnie** · 10-18-2007, 10:05 AM

Originally Posted by Lonnie

I have two more that I can't decide between...

This one is the winner (of the two I was going to pic).

This one was the other one (not elgible, just wanted folks to see it).

In the end, I liked the penny better, but I thought was too much like the nut and bolt pic, and it had too much noise in it (the hallway has a lot of noise too, but it's kinda masked by the textures of the materials in the photo).

**eirikainersharp** · 10-18-2007, 01:17 PM

Originally Posted by Pura Vida

Not sure if I'd consider most of the posted pics "minimal," but some solid work in here, good to see a few new folks getting in on it.

yeah I've been feeling that too, about my own pictures and some others.

what would you consider minimal.

i think the concept of minimal can have a lot of difference faccets, colours can be minimal, subject can be minimal, compasition can be minimal - if you tried to minimize every aspect of an image you would be left with a black slide, the trick then is to minimize a couple of different aspects of a concept but with out minimizing the response of the viewer.

**MOHSHSIHd** · 10-18-2007, 01:22 PM

IMO minimal in this case should refer to the visual aspects of the picture. Perhaps minimal light, color, density, subject matter...

just a thought.

**Lonnie** · 10-18-2007, 02:00 PM

In the case of the penny, since I exempted that shot, I'll talk about it (I wouldn't want to bias the view on some of my other shots at this point). I was thinking (more literally) that it's the minimal amount of US currency. Of course some of the other ideas above my apply as well.....

**Pura Vida** · 10-18-2007, 07:06 PM

Originally Posted by eirikainersharp

yeah I've been feeling that too, about my own pictures and some others.

what would you consider minimal.

i think the concept of minimal can have a lot of difference faccets, colours can be minimal, subject can be minimal, compasition can be minimal - if you tried to minimize every aspect of an image you would be left with a black slide, the trick then is to minimize a couple of different aspects of a concept but with out minimizing the response of the viewer.

Like I mentioned on an earlier thread, I think it's great seeing how different people interpret the topics. Reading the initial topic post, I took it as making an impact with as little as possible in a frame, but also 2 of the pics I posted I don't think really follow that interpretation, but posted anyways.

What would I consider minimal? This shot from Truth on another thread kind of sums it up. Shot with a white piece of paper and desk lamp, I'd say that's pretty minimal, along with it being white on white and the shot in general.