Button
by ckdake

Comment:
Impenetrable, I find this. Your distribution of focus seems perverse, and it lacks much sense of grace, photographically. That may well be absolutely as you intended ...

Sunrise
by neehai

Comment:
This I like: the merest hint of a real world beneath those clouds, and the near-abstract sun - for all of which weirdness an absolutely believeable reality. I suspect you've takn it too far from the real for the audience, but we shall see.

Ball Reflections
by bobgaither

Comment:
This has those elements of repetition and subtle variation that I associate with minimalism, absolutely. It lacks, however, an overall sense of simplicity: also a strong element; that may only be an impossibility of framing it against a more simple background - those big lines hurt the composition for me.

curbside
by edc1

Comment:
I fear this will not be granted the attention it deserves. I would only wish that the light were more controlled - this looks like flash - which, don't get me wrong, has it's own aesthetic - but it would give the quality-fetichists less to get at. There's a modernist sentiment here - and artistic philosophy is and should be a strong part of minimalism - which just adds to the impact. The burnt-out edge of the polaroid (?) just adds an edge of pathos. Marvellous, marvellous submission.

Johnny Guitar
by pawdrix

Comment:
I like the reoluttion in this: the weathering of the steps fixes the evident determination of life of this guy - the no compromise life. I hope he's a happy guy: he looks like he's OK with it, huh?

Oh yeah, minimalism. I don't know - who cares?

Tranquillity
by bpcardona

Comment:
Interesting, arresting shot. I'd have tried to control that exposure a touch further - to get less blow-out on those wings, and i wonder if you wouldn't have benefitted from cropping some to place your subject more strongly - I think you'd still meet the challenge with a touch larger a subject.

Cherry Tree in Bloom
by roonie

Comment:
I have no opinion one way or the other about borders: as you might see, I border all my own presentations here. This one, however, contrasting so very strongly with the image, is not to be ignored, and I can't see that it complements rather than fighting with this shot - especially using a colour selected out of the image itself, which serves in my mind only to strengthen the connection between the image and the border, and this to re-emphasise the border itself. In many ways it serves, to my eye, only to relgeate those flowers to a secondary subject of the presentation: the thing that one's eye is constantly pulled to is ... well, you know where I'm going.

Morning Flood
by bruski

Comment:
A considered and neat composition: great colour rendition also. Your detail in the flower is exemplary, but it does make the background slightly annoying - oh for less movement in the water, really (minor point). Top work.

Waking up in the morning sun
by lastef

Comment:
Forgiving the perspective distortion, and your slightly odd-seeming approach to dealing with it - I'd rather the more central part of the frame were vertical, than the extreme edge of one side - this is a great shot. Nothing wrong with it that wouldn't be deal-able-with with more processing allowed.

Death at the Lake
by sher

Comment:
Did I not comment on this already? Sher, I think this is a marvellous shot - I love the overtones of antique life about it; it almost might be pre-historic. Marvellous photography.