Adrift
by katih

Comment:
Interesting and very zen (not that I'd really know;) I think moving the flowers a little lower in the frame would've improved the feeling of contrast between them and the water/reflections.

Navigating the Buoys
by milo655321

Comment:
Very cool. I wish the lighting was a little better so that the buoys and boat didn't get as lost in the noise of the dappled water.

House
by umbro

Comment:
Very nice. A little less foreground would give the subject a little more punch and add a bit more drama to the scene.

The Last One
by guilotal

Comment:
Great concept. I especially like the idea of the frame (of the plate) within the frame (of the photo itself). The orientation of the lighting bothers me a little, though. Given that my eye tends to move from right to left and from bottom to top, the shadow draws me away from the strawberry instead of towards it. I think this might have been a little better if the strawberry were in the upper left and the light source was also from the upper left. This would have caused the shadow to draw my eye from the center of the photo to the strawberry, moving from right to left and bottom to top.

Ole Yeller
by vtruan

Comment:
I'm not sure if this meets the minimalism challenge. As far as the composition goes, I really like the lines of the birds body and how they take the viewer's eye right to the bird's eye. The only change I would make would be to include all of the bird's tail.

One last ride?
by LevT

Comment:
Very nice composition. The colors seem a bit off to me, though. A "cooler" palette might have set a better mood.

Pierre Morte
by madhatter

Comment:
Great composition. I think using the hyperfocal to provide depth of field throughout the frame would've made this a little better though. As it is the horizon is just a little too blurry for me.

Glassford Hill
by justine

Comment:
This is a good idea, but I think the hill needs something more to make it a stronger subject. As it is, it's kind of just an empty hill. Great cloud formation, though.

Ryding the sky
by Nuno

Comment:
Great composition. I'm struggling with whether I would've preferred the gull to be entering the frame as opposed to exiting it. I suppose the "rule" would be for the gull to be entering, but for some reason I don't think it would have worked as well in this case.

at a snails pace
by Jamie2772

Comment:
From a minimalist perspective, I think the background elements are too distracting. The snail and the branch with an empty or completely out of focus background would've looked better. Also, a longer depth of field would help get all of the snail in focus, but that probably would've made the background elements even more distracting.