09-09-09 – Farktography Classic: Less is More 2

soosh, I agree with NBD. I’ll have to try the milk jug thing.

Justkat, you and I are on the same page. I think one of the issues with this form of art is that folks have different bullshit thresholds. When I see a minimalist painting with just a black line on white background my BS alarm goes off. Yet I think that this works – http://www.flickr.com/photos/bbaadd/2592988084/ . I’m sure that some folks would look at the raindrops and not “get it”.

soosh, I agree with NBD. I’ll have to try the milk jug thing.

Justkat, you and I are on the same page. I think one of the issues with this form of art is that folks have different bullshit thresholds. When I see a minimalist painting with just a black line on white background my BS alarm goes off. Yet I think that this works – http://www.flickr.com/photos/bbaadd/2592988084/ . I’m sure that some folks would look at the raindrops and not “get it”.

The asymmetry is what really makes that picture work.

And as far as the different ‘levels’, I’m with you. I am rejecting one because I think it’s more abstract than minimal. And the debate continues 😛

And I still have no idea.

I like the composition of the first one a lot. However it would be far more interesting/minimal against a clear blue sky. Or maybe even a partially cloudy sky. But in this case, the dark clouds take away from the focus of the picture, which is the clothes line. JMO.

Don’t bow out, just be creative.

A couple of weeks ago, I almost bowed out of a weekly theme I participate in called Macro Mondays on flickr. The theme was ‘James Bond’ and I had zero ideas and was going to pass. My husband jokingly said, “Don’t be a wuss.” So I bent my brain a bit and came up with the 5 allowed shots. Wouldn’t you know, 1 of those shots got me my first “Explore” on flickr. In case you don’t know what “Explore” is, it a measure of the most interesting shots that are uploaded to flickr each day.

Go get ’em clouddancer. If you are happy with your shot, that’s all that matters.

Yeah, definitely don’t bow out. I put up stuff regularly that I know isn’t exactly within the theme but works for whatever reason to my way of thinking. I’ve had some pretty good results with that, and some not so great.

That raindrop photo bugs the hell out of me for reasons I can’t quite express.

clouddancer- the clouds don’t bother me in that shot. in opposition to U-Man, I think partial cloudiness would detract more than the pretty much uniform color you have right now. You might be able to do something with your camera software’s lighting settings to make the clotheline pop a little more out from the sky, but I really wouldn’t stress about it too much. 🙂

I’m actually training today so there are LOTS of breaks. We’re given ample time to practice and soon we’re supposed to take lunch anyway. SO, while I ventured outside for a couple of steps I happened to notice that there weren’t any clouds in the sky. Guess who hurried back in to grab her camera! WOW what a difference! HOLY COW I got some really nifty shots (and I don’t know how). I actually caught sun beams/rays on a couple! It’s wicked neat!

I had liked the gray of the clouds before, but I like these SO much better. I’ll link here to the sun shots that came out REALLY neat. I’ll go crop and upload real quick. Be back soon.