#46 - Simplicity (Congrats bgood) [Archive] - The-Digital-Picture.com Community

Sheiky

12-27-2012, 09:35 PM

On behalf of jrw the is assignment 46: Simplicity

Think about simplicity in composition, subject, or a photo that conveys the message/theme of simplicity. Whether that message might be 'Simpler times', 'Childlike Simplicity', or something else.

The following photos are selected as finalists:

Name: bgood
Motivation: This is such a simple photo subject. Conveys so much. Before seeing the caption at the bottom it gave me the
feeling of a simple strand of wire being part of a larger barrier. Amazing how a simple fence can mean so much.

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5187/5691842770_311a88163c_b.jpg

Name: thekingb
Motivation: A simple subject simply existing. Well captured. Like the effect of part submersion. Gives it that little bit extra.

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/12/12/30/ubyza7y5.jpg

Name: M Six
Motivation: Really like the way that the fog ties everything together, yet still provides the mystery of the unseen.

http://bimmermail.com/harvest/icy-fog01-sm.jpg

Name: Kayaker72
Motivation: The water droplets really do make this shot. Can almost feel the wet grass between my toes.

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5330/7374472488_b1998dd3e9_b.jpg

Name: Steve U
Motivation: The breaking clouds with the reflection across the water providing the silhoutte do make this shot. The choice of B&W is a good call.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8513/8358732853_d116919ebb_b.jpg

Good luck all! The poll will be opened for 3 days.

cls

12-28-2012, 10:06 PM

Hi, today the weather forecast said clear skies (after some unusually mild and rainy days) and that fit well with today's full moon. I looked up the time and direction for the moonrise and went down to the shoreline. My original idea was to frame only the moon and its reflection in the Baltic Sea, but in the end there were some rocks added to the picture. Still I think it counts as a quite simple composition. (I've spent some time trying to understand the mirage effects caused by refraction, but I still haven't figured it all out.)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8212/8320047448_5b001d9109_b.jpg

Dr Croubie

12-28-2012, 11:06 PM

Don't ask me why I took this shot, I was sitting in a take-away curry place waiting for food, and it probably had something to do with them taking too long and I was bored (and using up the last shots on my roll).

Anyway, you can't get much simpler than this (in a Campbells' Soup kind of way):
http://croubie.smugmug.com/photos/i-sGQ4Q9g/0/L/i-sGQ4Q9g-L.jpg (http://croubie.smugmug.com/Shared/TDPAssignments/20910085_PRtm3T#!i=2293939413&k=sGQ4Q9g&lb=1&s=A)

bgood

12-29-2012, 12:10 AM

I am not trying to make this too heavy, but simple seemed to be the perfect compositional tool to compliment the intense feelings I had when visiting this place. Let's hope we never repeat the events that occurred here. http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5187/5691842770_311a88163c_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bthurgood/5691842770/)
Auschwitz Fence (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bthurgood/5691842770/) by B_R_T (http://www.flickr.com/people/bthurgood/), on Flickr

clemmb

12-29-2012, 01:27 AM

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8498/8319522755_c91cc25e93.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/markclemphotography/8319522755/)
IMG_0076bw (http://www.flickr.com/photos/markclemphotography/8319522755/) by clemmb60 (http://www.flickr.com/people/markclemphotography/), on Flickr

Poik

12-29-2012, 01:58 AM

Nice photos guys, I think black and white is going to be very popular for this assignment.

conropl

12-29-2012, 03:14 AM

Just a Simple Flower:

What I always liked about macro is the ability to take something simple like a flower, and look at the detail of a portion of it... and you see the flower completely differently. Here the petals provide the background color and the stamen becomes the center of attention... not what you would get with the quick glance of a flower.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8347/8173162645_30463e017a_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60479608@N05/8173162645/)
Lilly-2863 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/60479608@N05/8173162645/) by westmichigan (http://www.flickr.com/people/60479608@N05/), on Flickr

DavidF

12-29-2012, 01:13 PM

Not that great, but something about this shot relaxes me.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8183/8148890535_41f525d7a3_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidfranks517/8148890535/)
Paddle Boats and Canoes (http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidfranks517/8148890535/) by Dave9072 (http://www.flickr.com/people/davidfranks517/), on Flickr

ddt0725

12-29-2012, 03:04 PM

Really spectacular photos submitted already!! I had a tough time deciding which one to enter but last night I came across a file of photos from this spring that I never even looked at or did anything with. This one I really like because usually when I take shots of the dogs in the backyard there are so many distractions in the photo ...fence, bushes, flowers or the other dogs. I like how this one is just Lucky, the grass and sunshine!

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8498/8321251201_0f486e8609_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dtrociophotography/8321251201/)
Simplicity (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dtrociophotography/8321251201/) by Denise Trocio ( www.dtrociophotography.com) (http://www.flickr.com/people/dtrociophotography/), on Flickr

Joel Eade

12-29-2012, 05:52 PM

My entry .... my golf ball in a bunker on The Old Course at St. Andrews, Scotland .... it was so simple to hit it in there and not so simple to hit it out:)

http://joeleadephotography.zenfolio.com/img/s11/v31/p299611159-4.jpg

thekingb

12-29-2012, 11:05 PM

A hungry starfish in the wild. Near Malibu, CA in a tide pool. 7D and EF 24-105L at 97mm.

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/12/12/30/ubyza7y5.jpg

DavidEccleston

12-30-2012, 04:28 AM

What could be simpler than a dog, staring out the window, looking for some good gossip?

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8215/8323804043_460ccf1a50_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/15493374@N03/8323804043/)
Doggie in the Window (http://www.flickr.com/photos/15493374@N03/8323804043/) by namethatnobodyelsetook (http://www.flickr.com/people/15493374@N03/), on Flickr

twistedphrame

12-31-2012, 01:27 AM

Tomato Weed Plant... Thing (Never really knew what these were called) in the Snow.
http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/aa362/twistedphrame/IMG_C_5089_zpsdddcb12f.jpg

M_Six

12-31-2012, 02:52 AM

Icy Fog

http://bimmermail.com/harvest/icy-fog01-sm.jpg

HDNitehawk

12-31-2012, 03:23 AM

Tomato Weed Plant... Thing (Never really knew what these were called) in the Snow.

In my part of the world, similar to the plant they call horsenettle.

Poik

12-31-2012, 12:32 PM

Tomato Weed Plant... Thing (Never really knew what these were called) in the Snow.
http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/aa362/twistedphrame/IMG_C_5089_zpsdddcb12f.jpg
Hmm, I took a very similar photo for my entry, I guess I should think of something else! Nice shot.

Micahouwens

12-31-2012, 10:31 PM

First Submission, taken this spring whilst on my road-trip down the Eastern Sea-board.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8501/8331843616_8b748be3b2_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/88291641@N06/8331843616/)
IMG_1300 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/88291641@N06/8331843616/) by MicahOuwens (http://www.flickr.com/people/88291641@N06/), on Flickr

erno james

01-01-2013, 06:57 AM

I took this photo back in Feb 2012 and named it SIMPLICITY. I was hoping for a dramatic sky, but instead had clear skies in the blue hour. This is just a simple silhouette of some oak trees out on the prairies on the backroads near my home.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7058/6860958237_79d1b5d040_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ernogy/6860958237/)Simplicity - - - Folsom, CA (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ernogy/6860958237/) by ernogy (http://www.flickr.com/people/ernogy/), on Flickr

twistedphrame

01-01-2013, 02:25 PM

In my part of the world, similar to the plant they call horsenettle.
Yeah that's exactly what it is looking at the internet thanks!

Hmm, I took a very similar photo for my entry, I guess I should think of something else! Nice shot.
Thank you, post it up I wouldn't mind seeing it!

Poik

01-01-2013, 04:26 PM

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8217/8333339453_e0bdbe9a5e_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ericolsson/8333339453/lightbox)
Rose bud in snow (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ericolsson/8333339453/lightbox) by Poik242 (http://www.flickr.com/people/ericolsson/), on Flickr

twistedphrame

01-01-2013, 04:45 PM

Very Nice!

HDNitehawk

01-01-2013, 09:56 PM

DavidF

01-01-2013, 10:56 PM

I am guessing Lake Carlton @ Robbers Cave

Hey, and I made my guess before I looked at your Flickr account.:)

That's the spot, excellent guess :)

Steve U

01-02-2013, 12:25 AM

Some great shots in this assignment, particularly like that icey foggy cabin Mark.

M_Six

01-02-2013, 02:16 AM

Some great shots in this assignment, particularly like that icey foggy cabin Mark.

Thanks, Steve. That shed has been my target many times. Sadly, it will soon be gone. They've already taken out the trees and the shed will be next. I suspect the land will be returned to farmland.

TheRoff

01-02-2013, 02:55 AM

Nice pictures, all. Here is my entry. A little bit of light painting.

http://www.pbase.com/roffee/image/139919783/original.jpg

Larry

Andy Stringer

01-02-2013, 05:05 PM

Great entries so far, and such a variety too. Here's my entry.

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3424/5700589834_b664ba974b_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/apstringer/5700589834/)
Dandelion (http://www.flickr.com/photos/apstringer/5700589834/) by Andrew Stringer (http://www.flickr.com/people/apstringer/), on Flickr

Jayson

01-02-2013, 07:00 PM

EDIT:

I found a better shot for this assignment. My entry A Simple Life... Old Man Fishing

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ppI3q3Pz8-k/UNToa5gck2I/AAAAAAAAGxE/b9_OvGHw9MY/s1600/2012_12_04_EOS+7D_030704.jpg

Some very nice photos in this assignment. Looks to be a tough choice!

Mine is a simple capture of water drops. I haven't been out much to photograph since we have been bombarded with snow storms. Good luck to all!

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-uOVWNiek3BQ/UOSRXy-fYQI/AAAAAAAAHA4/j4-WyedU32E/s800/Rain%2520Drops%2520copy.jpg

saslls

01-02-2013, 11:00 PM

A simple oak leaf.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8310/8034516137_b9ab841e4f.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/saslls/8034516137/) September 27, 2012 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/saslls/8034516137/) by saslls (http://www.flickr.com/people/saslls/), on Flickr

Poik

01-02-2013, 11:05 PM

This will be my entry. Although the subject is extremely complex, the long exposure and contrast between the sky and the trees make the composition of this shot very simple.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8496/8339242909_3bc7bc0dc8_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ericolsson/8339242909/lightbox)
Looking up (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ericolsson/8339242909/lightbox) by Poik242 (http://www.flickr.com/people/ericolsson/), on Flickr

Sheiky

01-06-2013, 06:08 PM

Great entries so far, but there's also still some time left to submit your own!:D

HDNitehawk

01-07-2013, 12:01 AM

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8474/8356255144_1cab8e8813_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/55888666@N08/8356255144/)
IMG_1221A (http://www.flickr.com/photos/55888666@N08/8356255144/) by hdnitehawk01 (http://www.flickr.com/people/55888666@N08/), on Flickr

Kayaker72

01-07-2013, 11:01 AM

My entry, from earlier this year...

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5330/7374472488_b1998dd3e9_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kayaker72/7374472488/)
Rose after the rain-5389 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kayaker72/7374472488/) by kayaker72 (http://www.flickr.com/people/kayaker72/), on Flickr

Steve U

01-07-2013, 10:45 PM

Great entries. And one from me enforcing my shallowness and lack of complexity...
A boat by the Bay.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8513/8358732853_d116919ebb_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/steves_life/8358732853/)
Tinnie at Wello Point (http://www.flickr.com/photos/steves_life/8358732853/) by Steve's Life (http://www.flickr.com/people/steves_life/), on Flickr

Thanks for viewing.
Steve

neuroanatomist

01-08-2013, 03:18 AM

"Floating"

1635
EOS 5D Mark II, EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM @ 115mm, f/4, ISO 100

qwRad

01-08-2013, 08:24 AM

My entry is a simple winter seascape of arctic steam fog:

http://qwrad.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/nt1a5902.jpg (http://qwrad.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/nt1a5902.jpg)

Colin500

01-09-2013, 02:37 PM

Hah, just in time, here's my entry, 5D2, 70-200 f/4 L IS USM, 200mm, f/6.3, 1/250.

1641

neuroanatomist

01-09-2013, 04:03 PM

Edit: What happened to the image upload, why is my 534x800 image shown so small inline?

Edit the post (works as you're posting initially, too), double-click the image, click the full size (or large, if your image is >800 pixels wide) radio button.

Colin500

01-09-2013, 04:46 PM

Edit the post (works as you're posting initially, too), double-click the image, click the full size (or large, if your image is >800 pixels wide) radio button.

Thanks, hope to remember this for the next time...

Steph

01-10-2013, 09:10 AM

Dessert time!

1643

Just passed by the frying pan with the macro lens and thought "hey, that looks good"

Sheiky

01-10-2013, 07:51 PM

And this will be the "official" ending of the entry-period. Thanks all for submitting your photos. The finalists will be selected now.

Sheiky

01-13-2013, 09:20 AM

Congratulations to the finalists! The poll is now ready and the voting can begin. Good luck.

DKSA

01-15-2013, 04:44 AM

Sheiky

01-15-2013, 05:04 PM

I love this water drop photo.
+1:D I think I would have voted for it if it had been a finalist.

Sheiky

01-16-2013, 05:59 PM

We have a new winner! Congratulations bgood!

Steve U

01-16-2013, 08:24 PM

Tounis

01-16-2013, 08:26 PM

Congrats bgood, a very worthy winner.
I would like to also mention Mark's foggy cabin and John's(Neuro) reflective feather as being two great images that made an impression on me.
Well done to all, bring on the next one bgood.

Agreed. I think these 3 images were particularly great. Looking forward for the next assignment.

M_Six

01-16-2013, 08:47 PM

Kudos, bgood. Looking forward to the next assignment.

And thanks, Steve and Pierre. I appreciate the comments. :cool:

bgood

01-19-2013, 01:11 AM

Great photos everyone and thanks for the comments.

Colin500

01-19-2013, 05:59 AM

Nice round with many interesting shots -- and well done, bgood!

conropl

01-19-2013, 02:07 PM

bgood:

There are a lot of good shots out there, and there are a lot of technically good shots; but it is more rare to see pictures that evokes thought and emotion. The later is what your shot did for me... which is what takes it from a simple shot to an excellent picture that makes you think. Well done.

Pat