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

[Shepherd Wong]

Thanks everyone. here (http://shepherdwong.smugmug.com/gallery/3517612#198654297) is a gallery of other shots I took from this contest for anyone interested-- Stuff I wouldn't have shot if it wasn't for the contest. I really enjoyed going out and taking shots for this theme. (I'm recusing myself from further contests. I like taking pictures but don't like being voted on. I'll just go out and take pictures and contribute to the new contests)
Rules for the new contest are,
1. Photos must be taken within the time period of the contest.

2. You may submit 3 photos during the competition.

3. The contest moderator will choose 5 of the photos to put in a poll for the mags to vote on and decide the winner.

4. The winner will get a happy feeling in his/her pants. (That is a rule by the way not an option)

5. Winner will be the contest starter/moderator for the next comp.
This contest's theme is Minimal.
I'm thinking of powerful shots that minimize what's present on the picture.

Here are a few older examples that I think fit the theme.
http://shepherdwong.smugmug.com/photos/152653072-L.jpg

http://shepherdwong.smugmug.com/photos/152653054-L-1.jpg

Go out and interpret it for yourself!

[Conundrum]

If you mean minimal clothing, I think this thread could get a lot of views.

[ski_faster]

I might have something to offer to this thread if Mrs. Faster lets me. :cool: Its even ski related.


4. The winner will get a happy feeling in his/her pants. (That is a rule by the way not an option)

Everybody would get a happy feeling in there pants.

[Lonnie]

If you mean minimal clothing, I think this thread could get a lot of views.


I might have something to offer to this thread if Mrs. Faster lets me. :cool: Its even ski related.

Everybody would get a happy feeling in there pants.

This is going to ROCK! :yourock:

[Shepherd Wong]

Being daft I didn't even realize the potential for nuditiy here, but I'm DOWN!
:eek:

[MakersTeleMark]

Excellent topic.

[Pura Vida]

Nice Wong. Where were your shots taken? Glad you enjoyed the topic, I agree "abandoned" spots are fun to shoot and that's why I choose the topic. I guess the tricky part is making the "junk" interesting.

[LaZapatilla]

Thanks everyone. here (http://shepherdwong.smugmug.com/gallery/3517612#198654297) is a gallery of other shots I took from this contest for anyone interested-- Stuff I wouldn't have shot if it wasn't for the contest.


Cool pictures SW. I would have voted for the one of the red driver's seat.

[Shepherd Wong]

Nice Wong. Where were your shots taken? Glad you enjoyed the topic, I agree "abandoned" spots are fun to shoot and that's why I choose the topic. I guess the tricky part is making the "junk" interesting.

It was in Salt lake city, about 6000 south and state. I had seen the building riding trax and wanted to get into it, but it had been habitated by some feral dogs who scared me away. It was my original idea to shoot it but instead found the bus and other stuff just down the train tracks from the building.

[Provocyclist]

Really cool shots SW, what lens did you get those with? Im diggin the fisheye.

[CS]

Dang. I was a day early taking this pic I guess, but I like it, and it seems pretty minimal to me, and I'm going to share it.


http://cmoney.smugmug.com/photos/203529143-L.jpg

[yoyoma]

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1343/1492093658_132ebfccde_b.jpg

Pretty simple, I guess.

Data:
f/8
1/60 sec
ISO 200
1 strobe full power above to camera left
1 strobe below and behind slightly camera right

[Lonnie]

Let's try this again...

http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=31409&stc=1&d=1191646925

1/100s
7.4 mm (=35 mm @ 35 mm equivalent)
iso 80

[eirikainersharp]

http://lh5.google.com/eirikainersharp/RvlV2zf4zmI/AAAAAAAAAJs/PKj4M2kA7VU/IMG_0116.JPG?imgmax=640Data:

f2.8
1/3200 sec
ISO 100

[wra]

Minimal

http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL1601/961202/14205529/282049045.jpg

Think it fits.

[MOHSHSIHd]

taken at about 12:30am on 10/5

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v47/MOHSHSIHd/DSC00049.jpg?t=1191799814

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v47/MOHSHSIHd/DSC00052.jpg?t=1191799874

[nick > jesus]

http://tetongravity.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=31532&stc=1&d=1191977362

[7cs]

3 shots from a trip up to Lake Isabella northeast of Bakersfield..

[Junker]

Minimal...

1. Shot last night with mc_roon's new camera.:smile:

Details: Diffused light coming from camera left, hard light coming from camera right.

http://gabe.zenfolio.com/img/v2/p766132198-3.jpg

[Lonnie]

Minimal...

1. Shot last night with mc_roon's new camera.:smile:

Details: Diffused light coming from camera left, hard light coming from camera right.

http://gabe.zenfolio.com/img/v2/p766132198-3.jpg

I was thinking of doing something like this too. Dang!

[Junker]

I was thinking of doing something like this too. Dang!

Back to the drawing board ;)

I'm thinking my next pic is going to involve SOUR GRAPES:FIREdevil , so you had better not take that idea.:D

[HotDiggity]

Not sure if pics are any good, but technically they're the side of someone's house so I guess they qualify.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2418/1518658399_e218f2f74d_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2108/1519521234_ad7c2d5a2d_b.jpg

[Lonnie]

I'm thinking my next pic is going to involve SOUR GRAPES:FIREdevil , so you had better not take that idea.:D

That was the last contest! :fmicon:

[focus]

http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=31524&stc=1&d=1191965932

[Pura Vida]

One from today...

http://www.thrillinghill.net/gallery/d/5012-2/071011_Rincon.jpg

[Doc Green]

-10/10/7-
Looking up along ski hill road, driggs, ID
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7ce30b3127ccebdf622267b8800000026100EZM2TZo3bsc

1/250
f/13.0
ISO 400

[Lonnie]

One from today...

http://www.thrillinghill.net/gallery/d/5012-2/071011_Rincon.jpg

Soild...

[Bawheed]

Just found this forum, stoked! Minimal enough?

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2223/1552881295_a8a4630bfc_o.jpg

[amyzilla]

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]

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

[amyzilla]

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]

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

http://www.rakibird.com/amybowen/tower2.jpg

http://www.rakibird.com/amybowen/footbridge2.jpg

[Doc Green]

Teton Canyon, WY:

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7ce32b3127ccebd97aac7eb2100000026100EZM2TZo3bsc

[hemas]

Here's my entries:
http://users.tkk.fi/~hmatilai/Comp/wine3.jpg

http://users.tkk.fi/~hmatilai/Comp/Lehdet.jpg

http://users.tkk.fi/~hmatilai/Comp/wine.jpg

And as non competition entry
http://users.tkk.fi/~hmatilai/Comp/wine2.jpg

[MOHSHSIHd]

two more that I shot today

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v47/MOHSHSIHd/DSC00062.jpg?t=1192406067

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v47/MOHSHSIHd/DSC00059.jpg?t=1192406107

[Lonnie]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v47/MOHSHSIHd/DSC00062.jpg?t=1192406067

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

[Lonnie]

Number 2

http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=31713&stc=1&d=1192497828

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

[Pura Vida]

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

http://www.thrillinghill.net/gallery/d/5018-2/071016_Carp_1.jpg


http://www.thrillinghill.net/gallery/d/5020-2/071016_Carp_2.jpg

[squirrelmurphy]

shot in the Spring Mountains, NV on Sunday morning
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n286/tomruncie/mt%20charleston/mtcharleston05.jpg
iso 200, f7.1, 1/1250, 25mm

[eirikainersharp]

two more I shot yesterday:

http://lh4.google.com/eirikainersharp/RxY47Tf40xI/AAAAAAAAAXY/1rtaLjC6Ok8/IMG_0013.JPG?imgmax=640

1/250
f3.2
ISO 100

http://lh3.google.com/eirikainersharp/RxY4-Df40yI/AAAAAAAAAXg/GiC0r_yBY8M/IMG_0015.JPG?imgmax=640
1/125
f2.8
ISO100

[aj_77]

I like this one that I took a couple days ago

http://students.whitman.edu/~jesaitav/TGR/IMG_0765.jpg

[eirikainersharp]

lots of good contenders in this one.

[Lonnie]

lots of good contenders in this one.

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

[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.

[Lonnie]

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

This one is the winner (of the two I was going to pic).
http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=31858&stc=1&d=1192723318


This one was the other one (not elgible, just wanted folks to see it).
http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=31859&stc=1&d=1192723318

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]

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]

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]

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]

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.

http://chadspector.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/10003/_MG_9961_800pix.jpg

[Pura Vida]

This one is the winner (of the two I was going to pic).
http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=31858&stc=1&d=1192723318




I think you just took a picture of what Hell actually looks like.

[Lonnie]

I think you just took a picture of what Hell actually looks like.

That was the idea!

[Wiilbert]

I'll bite. It doesn't feel as minimal as some pictures (like the lightbulb) but it's the best I can come up with :D

http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=31927&d=1192807392

[dbp]

Overexposed Night at the Park

I didn't take this specifically for the contest, but after seeing it, I thought it looked pretty minimal. Plus, I am tired of submitting nothing just because I don't find the time or don't like my results. This is a very overexposed night shot. It was an accident, but I thought it looked kind of cool. It is as bright as it is because of a large light source to the left of the frame - hence the long shadows.




http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=31944&stc=1&d=1192820518



Moderate sharpening and bumped the saturation a little bit.
edit: The horizon looks a little crooked, but there is a rise to the right

[Lonnie]

Overexposed Night at the Park


I like it. Eerie.

[warthog]

Not eligible- taken last X-Mas. I wanted to participate in this one, but I have been super busy with the baby. This is my idea of minimal:

http://adaps.smugmug.com/photos/117958205-L.jpg

http://adaps.smugmug.com/photos/117957998-L.jpg

http://adaps.smugmug.com/photos/117958149-L.jpg

Here is the minimal little thing that is burning my time up. I couldn't be happier:

http://adaps.smugmug.com/photos/205731971-L.jpg

[Microcosm]

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.....
Nice, I had only thought of it as minimal in the sense that it was a shot of one thing, not about the monetary value aspect of it. Very nice. I didn't notice too much noise like you mentioned above. There's maybe a little in the penny pic but I can't see any in the hall.

[wendigo]

dbp - digging it.

To go along with the hell theme - minimally of course

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c42/bdubyah/corpserv-1.jpg

[powdercow]

I hope the deadline is midnight mountain time, I got home tonight and realized I was going to miss it.

A pillar I found in a pile of concrete at the lake. It was pretty hard getting it to stand up like this, but I had a lot of fun shooting it.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2013/1646909261_87b5f2fcf7_b.jpg

Provo Bay.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2093/1655279646_04e1b758d6_b.jpg

A piece of the jetty.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2272/1647782500_b8478d85f9_b.jpg

Great entries from everyone this time. In the interest of full disclosure the sunset pic was taken within the deadline but uploaded the morning after when I realized my previous entry was ineligible.

[Junker]

Fuck! I'm drunk but i'm not late.
http://gabe.zenfolio.com/img/v2/p1058238925-4.jpg

[muted]

The first post says they have to be taken between certain dates, not posted between those dates. These were taking yesterday but I didn't get back home until today.

http://tetongravity.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=31986&stc=1&d=1192934401

http://tetongravity.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=31985&stc=1&d=1192934401

[ninjabirdman]

junker, that's a great shot! is that a shadow or a sillouhette behind the blind?

these two aren't for the contest, they were taken today. i had just gotten a new flash and was experimenting and was thinking of this theme while i was shooting, so i thought i'd put up two i was happy with.

http://images27.fotki.com/v1018/photos/8/824271/5517765/wheel-vi.jpg?1192937380

http://images27.fotki.com/v1018/photos/8/824271/5517765/hold-vi.jpg?1192937369