CS #609 - Simplicity

[Palouse]

Welcome to Collective Shoot #609
July 12--18, 2018​

Where you post pictures taken between Thursday starting at 12:00AM (your time zone) running thru Midnight of the following Wednesday (your time zone).

The theme this week: SIMPLICITY​

We’ve all been there: pictures that have no focal subject. Pictures that seem to encompass a multitude of subjects. And then slowly we learn to simplify our images and make them focus on one thing: changing our position or perspective, zooming in or out, changing lenses, changing focus of depth of field, and changing exposure are some of the ways we manage simplicity. (There is always "photoshop" but let's NOT go there, please!

(And I’m going to have to re-learn this skill and be extra diligent when my 16-35 shows up later this week )

If you can, feel free to post both a SIMPLIFIED version and it’s CLUTTERED version too.

Here are a few examples from earlier:

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Have fun!

 

[Bob Coutant]

Oooh, I like those, Nick -- use of the KISS (keep it simple, stupid) principal

 

[Mike Buckley]

Stunning images, Nick. They make me wish you would post images more frequently.

 

[Palouse]

Thanks Mike. I have to shoot some for this CS, and I'm limiting myself to my new 16-35 f4, that was just delivered.

 

[Palouse]

Now this is very interesting. My Fun Holidays calendar shows this for tomorrow. Honestly, I just saw it. Welcome to the twilight zone:

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[West]

Now this is very interesting. My Fun Holidays calendar shows this for tomorrow. Honestly, I just saw it. Welcome to the twilight zone:
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Either buy a lottery ticket or don't go outside for the day.

 

[Mike Buckley]

'Tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free
'Tis the gift to come down where we ought to be,
And when we find ourselves in the place just right,
'Twill be in the valley of love and delight.

 

[Palouse]

OK folks, share your simple gifts.

 

[Bob Coutant]

Nature's simple, patriotic fireworks.

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[Palouse]

Bob, shot like that it most certainly looks like a very intense rocket's red glare! Nice start.

 

[West]

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[JW53]

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Sweet shot.

 

[Palouse]

Nice one West. I'm a fan of negative space, so your framing sits well with me.

 

[JW53]

Welcome to Collective Shoot #609
July 12--18, 2018​

Where you post pictures taken between Thursday starting at 12:00AM (your time zone) running thru Midnight of the following Wednesday (your time zone).

The theme this week: SIMPLICITY​

We’ve all been there: pictures that have no focal subject. Pictures that seem to encompass a multitude of subjects. And then slowly we learn to simplify our images and make them focus on one thing: changing our position or perspective, zooming in or out, changing lenses, changing focus of depth of field, and changing exposure are some of the ways we manage simplicity. (There is always "photoshop" but let's NOT go there, please!

(And I’m going to have to re-learn this skill and be extra diligent when my 16-35 shows up later this week )

If you can, feel free to post both a SIMPLIFIED version and it’s CLUTTERED version too.

Here are a few examples from earlier:

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Have fun!

Love the silhouette and the barn in snow.

 

[West]

Sweet shot.

Thanks John, I was going to bin it, but it seems to fit this CS well.

 

[Palouse]

Love the silhouette and the barn in snow.

Many thanks. That's my son, about 15 years ago.

 

[West]

Quick and ... simple

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[Palouse]

Bonus point for quick, and another for the lovely colors!

 

[West]

Nice one West. I'm a fan of negative space, so your framing sits well with me.

The more I look at this photo the more I like it. Goes in my keeper file.

 

[Mike Buckley]

The more I look at this photo the more I like it. Goes in my keeper file.

Glad to see that you came to your senses. It took less than a nanosecond for me to wish I had made that photo. Very well done!