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Challenge: Minimalism II (Minimal Editing I*)
Camera: Konica Minolta Maxxum 7D
Lens: Konica Minolta AF 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6(D) DT
Location: Northern California
Date: Jan 25, 2007
Date Uploaded: Jan 25, 2007

Didn't know about this challenge and I was on vacation this week. Luckily I shot in RAW+JPEG mode for reasons having nothing to do with the challenge. Of course, if I had known, I would have payed more attention to in camera settings and straightened horizons. (although in this case, the horizon line of the coast wasn't straight in real life either). Wasn't sure if I should go color or black and white with this but decided that the straight out of camera look of the b+w bothered me a lot less than the straight out of camera color. I don't like these editing restrictions at all.

Post challenge: This did MUCH better than I thought it would! Would have been awesome to get sixth place though. :)

Statistics
Place: 7 out of 231
Avg (all users): 6.4686
Avg (commenters): 7.3200
Avg (participants): 6.1071
Avg (non-participants): 6.8022
Views since voting: 2592
Views during voting: 330
Votes: 175
Comments: 39
Favorites: 5 (view)


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05/30/2011 03:03:54 AM
This is Moonstone Beach near Trinidad, CA, right? Grew up in the area and went here often.
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02/04/2007 02:11:59 PM
Very well seen and executed. Congrats on 6th! ...er, 7th!
If this was "Casual numbers" then I guess it would ribbon...
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02/02/2007 11:36:19 PM
.6 better than any other shot in the challenge.
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02/02/2007 04:53:53 PM
Wow, JPR! Really excellent.
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02/02/2007 02:35:08 PM
True Zen.

Away sensor dust away - shoosh!
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02/02/2007 02:27:26 PM
You've combined gracefulness and solidity all in one. Nice.
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02/02/2007 02:26:02 PM
this is a great shot Jason...would love to see what you can do with it now that the challenge is over...
wouldn't think you would want to do too much, it is elegant in its simplicity...
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02/02/2007 12:23:20 PM
Congrats! Glad to see images I really liked hitting the Top 10, and this is one of those that stood out. Kudos.
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02/02/2007 08:24:15 AM
Congratulations on your high finish, my favorite of this challenge.
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02/02/2007 06:41:51 AM
Great take and if I had voted, it'd be my pick for 6th place! :)
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02/02/2007 06:36:31 AM
Hah should have been 6th
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02/02/2007 03:19:24 AM
Congrats on your top10 finish, mate. Seems you are our expert for lucky shots!
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02/02/2007 12:31:40 AM
This is such a great shot, well done!
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02/02/2007 12:22:02 AM
awesome! Too bad you didnt at least get 6th place ;)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/01/2007 12:25:19 PM
I like the way you tilted the horizon to follow the curve of the "6".
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01/31/2007 01:12:29 AM
OK, a 6, but the rock is not minimal.
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01/30/2007 07:51:31 PM
That is too cool. Love the idea and title sold the picture. Great shot!
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01/30/2007 04:19:27 PM
What a great find - I am so unobservant that without your title I would not have seen it. Love the black and white setting.
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01/30/2007 04:13:23 PM
Very Zen - not sure this will pass for minimalism though.I like it.
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01/30/2007 02:37:27 PM
Fantastic shot and b&w treatment, regardless of the challenge topic and especially given the Minimal Editing rules. Works for me ... now clean your sensor and perpare a nicely post process version for after the challenge! :)
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01/30/2007 03:12:40 AM
The horizon could have been straighter but, still a real nice shot
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01/29/2007 01:32:32 PM
I was thinking either seven or five, but . . .
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01/28/2007 10:59:17 AM
Awesome...hope to see this in top 5...10
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01/27/2007 05:51:14 PM
Love the clarity of this shot!
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01/27/2007 03:40:44 PM
Elegant and simple. One of my favorites. (You have a sensor dust spot above the horizon on the left and another about in the middle. Next time clone these out. It's legal to do this.) Beautiful photo.
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01/27/2007 11:02:14 AM
Nice lighting and sharpness
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01/27/2007 01:30:54 AM
Nice image. Sensor dust is a bit distracting.
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01/26/2007 10:58:04 PM
nearly perfect.....maybe if the horizon was straight you would have got a 10 from me.
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01/26/2007 08:15:56 PM
Pretty cool 6. Interesting interpretation. The six is minimally seen in the image, but is it the subject? Once it is pointed out it might be. I may have to come back and rethink this.....in any event, it is a great photo.
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01/26/2007 12:17:42 PM
Nice, but I wish the horizon was not tilted.
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01/26/2007 09:06:12 AM
I thought "6, what an odd title for a picture?" Then I saw it! The shape of the water with the rock making the center hole. It takes a great eye to see a pattern like that so kudos to you for spotting it. First impression (before I saw the 6) is that it is very minimilistic with the rock being the focal point of the scene. The critique I had for it was that the inclusion of the sky and horizon really detracts from the simple beauty in the forground. Yes, if ONLY you could crop it out such that the water, rock and textured forground made up the whole of the composition! But wait could there have been away to do it legally within the rules? I wonder if you had composed your shot where you had the camera high up and looking down at a 45 degree angle could you have gotten this shot of a "6" with just the water, rock and textured sand filling the frame. Mayhap there might have been a rock for you to climb to get to higher ground to achieve the looking down angle - maybe even a ladder if this was a planned shot (yeah, I know it is a crazy idea to bring a ladder to a beach:-) ) Hmmm, mayhap climbing on top of your car if the scene is close enough to the parking lot...just spitting out ideas that might help you achieve this same shot without the sky & horizon in it when you composed it in your viewfinder. I know tis 20/20 hindsight. Nonetheless this is a above average shot but without the sky & horizon in it, it would move into the exceptional category. 7
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01/26/2007 07:24:13 AM
This is stunning - love the 6. The lighting, composition, conversion to B/W are fantastic.
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01/26/2007 06:34:31 AM
this is a contender for me...best image so far and excellent for the challenge...great tones, perfect comp...my only neg would be the horizon, but that's minor 9
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01/26/2007 05:40:05 AM
interesting solution. yes 6 is a good evaluation but next time clean the sensor :)
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01/26/2007 05:00:59 AM
this should ribbon.
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01/26/2007 03:29:54 AM
If a 6 is all you want...
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01/26/2007 01:43:53 AM
Very simple and very nice.
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01/26/2007 01:37:12 AM
Excellent for a straight from camera B/W capture. Bet you were aching to bring out the spot healing tool :-)
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01/26/2007 12:38:04 AM
Wonderful image with fatal flaw of unlevel horizon. 3
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