Minimalism - DPChallenge Forums

Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L USM

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

01/23/2007 08:33:49 PM · #52

Even after so many attempts why I expect always or think that yes I am having good entry this time..

I think everybody feels like that..

Message edited by author 2007-01-25 12:20:14.

karmat

Apple iPhone 7

01/23/2007 09:55:10 PM · #53

I just took some kick butt minimalism pictures.

In RAW.

kletkeman

Nikon D300

Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II

01/23/2007 10:11:11 PM · #54

Originally posted by yanko:

Should be interesting to see how people vote. I'm guessing sensor dust will be penalized more than normal but maybe not if you have a compelling subject and/or lots of eye candy.

Well, it's a test of skill ... and that would imply cleaning your sensor first. And how is lots of eye candy congruent with minimalism?

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS

01/24/2007 08:06:41 AM · #55

well you'll be giving me an 8 then ;}

Originally posted by ursula:

I think I will deduct at least 6 points for any sensor dust, especially in the sky, but add 2 for each eye and or candy. :)

CNovack

Canon EOS-600D/T3i Rebel

01/24/2007 03:43:33 PM · #56

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!

Spent practically all morning looking for a minimilistic shot. Two ideas did not pan out because of subject placement. One screw-up because I dropped and LOST my hard to find in nature 'subject'. Another idea for an excellent composition but it relies heavily on mother nature co-operating and being in the right place at the right time. Mother nature is NOT co-operating and I guess I'm not in the right place at the right time.

Sigh, I still have an entry in but I was looking for something even better. Sometimes being a perfectionist and being very picky is the absolute pits.

Minimalistic is proving to be far from being simple and easy.

Azrifel

Fujifilm X100VI

01/24/2007 03:59:49 PM · #57

No entry from me, but I tried.

SteveJ

Canon EOS-7D

Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM

01/24/2007 04:06:00 PM · #58

I had a good idea, but still no camera yet!! Hope they send the right one this time.

jaysonmc

Nikon D200

Nikon MF 105mm f/2.5 AIS

01/24/2007 06:59:31 PM · #59

Originally posted by ursula:

BTW, how small is "very small" portion of the image space?

Yeah, "small" is such a subjective thing.

Curious what happens if you have more than one subject...

RainMotorsports

Nikon D60

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR

01/24/2007 07:02:02 PM · #60

Originally posted by fotomann_forever:

Mine weighs in at a whopping 124kb.

MY GOD...... ::Points:: FATTY!

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II

01/25/2007 07:55:25 AM · #61

i actually managed to take advantage of the larger file size limits. mine weighs in at 154KB...

subject probably takes up 10% of the frame...

Spizzer

Nikon D3

01/25/2007 08:08:16 AM · #62

I didn't realize how much I relied on CS to tweak my images. I had to reshoot many times. Really enjoyed the challenge though to force me to do things right. Also learned that "sharpen" sucks, big time. Should have done it in-camera now that I am done.....

spizzer

01/25/2007 08:14:59 AM · #63

i found the sharpening in camera to be terrible. caused all kinds of funky color speckling and banding. maybe from a combination of the settings - but i needed the saturation and contrast jacked up, and that forced me to rely on the silly 'sharpen' filter.

definately a challenging challenge./

hanneke

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

01/25/2007 04:06:09 PM · #64

I tried. Really.

The minimal editing rules aren't bad, the CHALLENGE IS!

Citadel

Nikon D7500

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

01/25/2007 04:08:49 PM · #65

Originally posted by biteme:

I tried. Really.

The minimal editing rules aren't bad, the CHALLENGE IS!

I would have preferred if the rulesets were changed between minimalism and the fill the frame challenges. I could come up with a more creative entry for minimalism using the expert rule set and it would be sigificantly easier to submit an entry under the minimal editing ruleset for the fill the frame challenge.

That said? I'm still going to give it a good try.

Elaine

Canon EOS R5

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS II USM Lens

01/25/2007 04:36:12 PM · #66

I put an entry in. It needs just a tiny bit of adjustments so I predict a low score, but I followed the rules. Somebody has to get the brown...and my entry is a good candidate!

Tygerr

Nikon D7000

Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II

01/25/2007 04:44:40 PM · #67

Originally posted by Citadel:

Originally posted by biteme:
I tried. Really.

The minimal editing rules aren't bad, the CHALLENGE IS!

I would have preferred if the rulesets were changed between minimalism and the fill the frame challenges. I could come up with a more creative entry for minimalism using the expert rule set and it would be sigificantly easier to submit an entry under the minimal editing ruleset for the fill the frame challenge.

Who says Langdon doesn't have a sense of humour?

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D

01/25/2007 05:55:19 PM · #68

i want to know if anyone uses all 200K of file size available. that seems kind of a silly extra rule to me in this challenge.

_eug

Nikon D50

01/25/2007 06:05:18 PM · #69

Originally posted by rainmotorsports:

Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
Mine weighs in at a whopping 124kb.

MY GOD...... ::Points:: FATTY!

Hey. Big-boned images need love too. ;)

Mine is in. I wanted so badly to use levels. It's driving me crazy! It's just a little slider! Come on. Just a little bit? PLEASE?

_eug

Nikon D50

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D

01/25/2007 06:07:11 PM · #70

Originally posted by soup:

i want to know if anyone uses all 200K of file size available. that seems kind of a silly extra rule to me in this challenge.

I had 3 different images ready for submission, all of the same subject, the lowest was 120k and the largest was 192k. Weird.

DrAchoo

Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX5

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

01/25/2007 06:08:13 PM · #71

Originally posted by _eug:

Mine is in. I wanted so badly to use levels. It's driving me crazy! It's just a little slider! Come on. Just a little bit? PLEASE?

I'm with ya. Not levels, but Neat Image. The noise...the noise...oh, the humanity!!!

hanneke

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

01/25/2007 06:16:35 PM · #72

Ok. In.

*shiver*

_eug

Nikon D50

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D

01/25/2007 06:23:20 PM · #73

Originally posted by DrAchoo:

Originally posted by _eug:
Mine is in. I wanted so badly to use levels. It's driving me crazy! It's just a little slider! Come on. Just a little bit? PLEASE?

I'm with ya. Not levels, but Neat Image. The noise...the noise...oh, the humanity!!!

Yeah. Noise isn't so much a problem shooting ISO 200 with flash, but I just wanna tweak the blacks and whites and contrast and...

hanneke

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

01/25/2007 06:23:52 PM · #74

Originally posted by _eug:

Originally posted by DrAchoo:

Originally posted by _eug:
Mine is in. I wanted so badly to use levels. It's driving me crazy! It's just a little slider! Come on. Just a little bit? PLEASE?

I'm with ya. Not levels, but Neat Image. The noise...the noise...oh, the humanity!!!

Yeah. Noise isn't so much a problem shooting ISO 200 with flash, but I just wanna tweak the blacks and whites and contrast and...

I directed that with my cam :)