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Don't get me wrong, I love modern furniture, but something about this setting reminded me of the simple life of yesterday. Can you imagine sitting in one of these chairs, sipping a cup of home brewed coffee (not Starbucks), without no technology, just starring out the windows.
I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.
Lao Tzu
My very first shot with my new B+W filter (ND1000) cant remember how long the exposure was but it was about 4 minutes with ISO 400. The sun was setting quickly so wanted to not do a too long of exposure, however will plan a bit better next time and use ISO 100 as the noise on this photo is really annoying (although its pretty small). Anyway quite like this for a first effort with this filter and pleased i managed to get the right exposure :)
Thanks a lot for all your comments :)
Please check out my other new shot with this filter www.flickr.com/photos/paulwynn-mackenze/5497371746/ and www.flickr.com/photos/paulwynn-mackenze/5495409496/
Thanks :)
Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity
~ Plato
Detail of the beautifully simple staircase at Oxford's Ashmolean Museum
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On our way to Big Hill Springs we stumbled across this field. At first there was a shadow cast directly on the house and flowers in the distance. However by the time we got out of the car and got the camera ready the light was gone. I took some of this scene with my F100 as well. We shal see later how those turn out!
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
― Leonardo da Vinci
Long exposure, 10 stops ND filter, 15s
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Near Kühlungsborn, Baltic Sea, Germany. - Set up my tent at the beach last Sunday, only a few steps from the sea and this location, and stayed there alone. While this was very comfortable for shooting and brought me a friendly invitation by two gorgeous girls to a beach party at 1 am, the truly relevant experience has been the simplicity there in relation to my everyday life.
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication : Leonardo Da Vinci
Things i wanted to include in this shot
- Simplicity (as the title says)
- Parallel Lines (Tilted)
- Negative Space
- Bright Green Color (slightly high saturation to elevate the empty space in the photo)
- Water Drop at one of the corners
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Heading north on California’s Highway 395 in the eastern Sierra just past the southern turnoff to the June Lake Loop there is a section of landscape that always draws my attention. I have stopped many times, allowing my mind and eyes the freedom to investigate this unusual attraction. I rarely make photographs here. This stop usually manifests into an opportunity to simply stretch my legs, make room for more coffee and the opportunity to refill my mug.
Subconsciously, I know there are many photographs to be discovered and created here. But I rarely can decipher the clues.
On this recent stop something was different. Maybe it was the soft diffused light. Maybe it was the sensual perfume of the approaching rain. Maybe it was just the overall relaxing feeling of this moment in time. Or maybe it was a combination of the previous and or other influencers that lingered unnoticed. Leaning back against the driver’s side door sipping strong black coffee I once again found myself studying the complexity of this familiar landscape. Then without warning, I discovered this rather simplistic composition. It had been there all along. Many years. Countless stops. Waiting to be discovered.
Ceremoniously I set up my tripod and carefully attached my camera. It took a few attempts to work out my desired composition and exposure. I made this photograph as a light refreshing rain began to fall.
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What is simplicity? Well it’s something simple. So what simple thing should I photograph? I first thought of simple things like eggs and water but are eggs simple? There’s the chicken and the egg question for starters, did anyone ever figure out which came first? Then there are the dozens of types of eggs, chicken eggs, quail eggs, organic eggs, even platypus eggs. Nope, eggs are complicated. How about water, it’s clear and looks simple that’s for sure, unless it’s polluted. So what kind of water will I photograph, ocean water, lake water, brackish water, carbonated water, ice water, distilled water, rain water. Water was getting pretty complicated too. So when I can’t make up my mind I usually ask an expert and who is an expert on simple things more than children. I asked one daughter what shall I photograph to show simplicity? And she said what's simplicity? I knew I came to the right person. It means something simple darling. What’s the simplest thing you can think of? Immediately she answered, celery is the simplest thing. Celery! Armed with that information I asked my older and wiser child for her opinion. She said the simplest thing is dirt. Well celery and dirt…hmmm…how boring. The topic is simplicity not boring. So what to do? I realized that the thing that was bogging me down were the details. I was over thinking things which I tend to do a lot. So what if I stripped the details away? The first thing that came to mind when I thought of stripping was a person. And a person stripped of detail is a shadow or silhouette and that’s how I figured out what simplicity is.
Taken for our daily challenge - Simplicity
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...♪♫♪♪ ( Gloomy Sunday )
i dream that someday the step between my mind and my finger will no longer be needed,
and that simply by blinking my eyes, i shall make pictures
then, i think, i shall really have become a photographer.
܇܇܇܇܇܇܇܇܇܇܇܇܇܇܇܇܇܇܇܇܇܇܇܇܇܇܇܇܇܇܇܇
sueño con que un dia el paso entre mi mente y mi dedo deje de ser necesario
y que simplemente con pestañear tome una foto,
entonces, creo, realmente me habré convertido en fotografo
₪₪₪₪₪₪₪₪₪₪
(alfred eisenstaedt )
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I originally planned to shoot something completely different for my upload this week. It was going to be a rather complex conceptual image with various elements participating within it. For the creation of it I required a cold, frosty, typical winters day but the weather where I live never bows down to your wishes and so instead of frost and fog, I got sunshine and blue skies. Thus, I had to quickly think of something else to shoot. I debated what to do for a while until I stumbled upon this beautiful collection of ivy. The green of the leaves seemed so inviting and I became transfixed with them. I gathered my pure essentials and I simply laid down in the evergreen with its leaves curling around me, enveloping me in their embrace and I looked to my camera, pressed one button and my image was created. I captured three elements in this image; the ivy, the flowers and me. Three simple elements which created an entire image.
What I realised as I shot this image was that many a times within our lives we over dress things. We take something simple and we make it into something complex, we decorate it until it is hardly even recognizable, even to ourselves. We over think certain things, things which require no thinking at all. We take far too much time stressing about things that may or may not happen and as a result we lose vital time in which we could purely be enjoying the moment. I had an intricate idea which I had thought about for days and yet something out of my control prevented me from creating it. Instead, I adopted a new concept on the spot. I let the idea grow there and then as I was shooting. I guess what I realised during that moment was that sometimes we can’t plan everything. Sometimes we have to let life take us where it wants us to go. Sometimes, the simple things are the most important.
"If you will stay close to nature, to its simplicity, to the small things hardly noticeable, those things can unexpectedly become great and immeasurable.” - Rainer Maria Rilke
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Horsetails and their reflections, seen in someone's back garden pond on our recent May Species Count in the Priddis area, south west of Calgary.
Pentax 67
Pentax SMC 105mm 2.4
Kodak Ektar 100
This is the first opportunity I've had to shoot this lens wide open and from this roll it's safe to say I'm simply in love this is one of the few that just blew me away from a bokeh standpoint...more to come and hope you enjoy
1. Untitled, 2. still, 3. Beauty + Function, 4. Afternoon Moon medium hanging from door knob, 5. Brooch, 6. linen wrapped leather, 7. _o, 8. Heart bag charm/keychain, 9. Rustic Linen with heart shaped stone