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A few firsts with this shot - first post on this forum, first time using my brand new 450d (being used to a manual 35mm slr, it's a big change!), first time digitally pp rather than working in a darkroom...



Info about shot:

450d
55mm@ 5.6
1/60
ISO 400
PP involved a fairly heavy crop and a minor tweak of the contrast. To be honest it's more abstract than minimal but still, I quite like it.

My dice-stacking dice.
Minimalism?



Camera Model: Pentax K10D
Lens and focal length: 18-55mm @ 55mm
Aperture: f/8
Shutter Speed: 1/3
Sensitivity: ISO 100
Post processing: Well, basically just merge three different exposed images, cropped and adjust the brightness and contrast

I was just outside shooting some pictures of and apple tree with this month's topic in mind, and as I was walking back I saw this little vine on the base of an old pear tree.



Nikon D80
Lens: 18-70mm F/3.5-4.5 G
Focal Length: 56mm
Exposure Mode: Manual
Metering Mode: Multi-Pattern
1/15 sec - F/9.5
Exposure Comp.: 0 EV

No post processing.

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Nikon D80 | 18-70mm DX |

Flickr

This is my first ever competition submission. On a limited edition scrabble board i have used a minimal part of the board, given it a minimal tilt, with minimal tiles and minimal points. I had camera on auto and only cropped the photo and adjusted contrast a minimal amount.




Canon 400D
kit lens 18 -55
f/8
1/125 sec
ISO 400
55mm

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canon 400D
18-55 lens
tamron70-300 lens
sigma 18-200 os lens

All my photos are clickable
my flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/27828538@N03/

Here' goes: my first submission to the On Assignment forum.

Please be generous with criticism and with praise!



I did some reading as to what the Minimalist movement has to say with photography, and after much confusion, this is my best guess. I minimized the colour, the subject, even the post-processing!

Camera model: Pentax K200D
Lens and focal length: Pentax DA 18-55mm @ 20mm
Mode: Program
Aperture: f10
Shutter speed: 1/1250
Sensitivity: ISO 200
Post processing: Converted to monochromatic image after boosting the saturation.

Cheers,

David

While out doing some urbex I took this shot of a weed against the background of a decayed interior.



Exif
Canon 400D
50mm
1/200 sec
ISO 800
f/3.2
16/7/08

Processing
Shot in RAW. White Balance tweaked, contrast and saturation boosted a little & slight highlight recovery. B&W conversion in Photoshop then I used a layer mask to bring back the colour into the weed. Border then added.

I took this picture while walking home one night.
Minimalistic: The flower is such a useless and minimal thing in our everyday-life, but still has its own charm.



Camera model: Sony A200
Lens and focal length: Sony kitlens 18-70mm at 55mm
Mode: Apeture
Aperture: f5.6
Shutter speed: 1/2 sec.
Sensitivity: ISO 100
Post processing: -

This was a tree I saw while biking through a mountain meadow. It is my first entry. I actually thought about this competition and took the photo.


Canon 40D
F/Stop f/5.6
Exposure 1/1000
Focal length 135mm
ISO 400

My entry this month is called "Minimalism in the Home" and I want to thank CL for giving me an excuse and motivation to clean & tidy up my shelves cos I've been putting it off for weeks I decided to choose just one thing to put on a shelf for the pic so of course, being in China I had to go with the country's beloved Mr Panda.



Camera Model: Nikon D300
Lens and focal length: Nikkor 17-55 f2.8 @ 19mm
Aperture: f16
Shutter Speed: 4 seconds
Sensitivity: ISO 200
Picture control - Vivid
Active D-Lighting - Low
Post processing: Crop / levels / curves / sharpen in Capture NX.

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Mark
Nikon D300 / Sigma 10-20mm / Nikkor 17-55 f2.8 / Nikkor 18-200mm VR / Nikkor 50mm f1.8 / SB600 Speedlight
Mark Amy Photography
My Squidoo lens - Images of China

Camera Model: Olympus E-510
Lens and focal length: 14-54mm F2.8-3.5 @ 44mm
Aperture: 4.5
Shutter Speed: 1/640 sec
Sensitivity: 100
Post processing: tone and color for the sky and added a little "fun" with photoshop.

Pestle and Mortar
I tried to have as much minimalism as possible, so colour, subject, light in the pestle.



Camera: Nikon D300
Lens: 18-70mm f3.5-4.5 @34mm
Aperture: f4
Shutter Speed: 1/30 sec
Sensitivity: ISO 450
Post Processing: Raw conversion and adjustments in Photoshop

edit: smaller picture

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My first real submission. I thought to myself tonight, as I was over analyzing what gear I wanted while reading other people's posts who were also over analyzing the gear they wanted, how Minimalism really defined my wife's father old Canon Gear. So I took a picture of it.


Taken with Canon 350D/XT
18-55 IS @ 55MM f/10 25"
PP - just cropped back to viewfinder image size

There was a 60watt lamp on the other side of the room at night, so it was quite dark.

Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: AF-S 18-135mm f3.5-5.6 G @135mm
Aperture: f5.6
Shutter: 1/400
ISO: 100
PP: Raw conversion/resize

I had various ideas for the task this month, but couldnt decide on an entry. I chose this because of its simplicity and the way the subject was so bare and basic, in my opinion, a prime example of mimimalistic photography. (and being basic hides my inexperience )
I especially liked the way that the light fell on the leaf

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Nikon D80
AF-S 18-135mm f3.5-5.6 Nikon {} AF 50mm f1.8 Nikon {} AF-S 70-300mm f4.5-5.6 VR ED Nikon {} Nikon AF-S 105mm VRII f2.8 Micro ED N
MB-D80 battery grip {} 4GB Sandisk extreme SDHC {} Manfrotto 109xb & 804rc2head {} Lowepro Primus AW {} SB800
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/27747651@N04/

No Camping in the Water



Camera: Nikon D50
Exposure: 1/125
Aperture: f/14
Focal Length: 50 mm
Lens: Nikkor 50mm f/1.8
Aperture Priority

View a larger image here

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D40 - Nikon 18-135mm - Nikkor 50mm f/1,8 - SB-600 flash
Nikon Coolpix L3

I shot this picture yesterday at home, while practising with my new (and first) DSLR.



Camera Model: Olympus E520
Lens and focal length: 40-150 @ 40mm
Aperture: f5.6
Shutter Speed: 2"
Sensitivity: 400
Processing: none (only crop)