[Theme] minimalist images

[the solitaire]

_DSC7228 by b j, on Flickr

DSC_5597-Edit by b j, on Flickr

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DSC_1624 by b j, on Flickr

[Bruno Schroder]

Nice lights

[Jakov Minić]

The camera body is really nice. Like the Sun is shining from it

[the solitaire]

Thank you Jakov. The idea for this photo was one of my girlfriend. I had tha camera on the dashboard of our car while we passed a lit store sign at night. She saw the image at the moment the light shone out through the lens. From a little experimenting I found this works best with my 105mm lens on the F which gives the most even lighting with a small sized lens. I guess other, longer tele lenses will do well too, but they are bigger of course.

[Jakov Minić]

Buddy, how many girlfriends do you have 
The idea is great, and yes, a lens with a 77mm thread might look even better... worth experimenting

[the solitaire]

One girlfriend with millions of ideas Jakov 

I could try a similar shot of my F3 and mount an 85mm f1,4 lens on it. Not sure if the magnification effect of the 85mm lens gives off an even lightbulb like the one through the 105mm but it certainly is worth a try.

The technical execution is really simple. Camera on tripod in front of an off-white interior door with a lightsource pointed at the door, but behind the camera. Shot taken handheld with a 50'ish mm lens

[the solitaire]

Buddy, how many girlfriends do you have 
The idea is great, and yes, a lens with a 77mm thread might look even better... worth experimenting

Tried this today and regardless of the angle and distance I took it just did not work. With the 85mm f1,4 I just get a faint spot on th ecenter of th elens but not the clear edge I got with the 105mm. Tried it with the 105mm on my F3 and it worked fine again. Not quite certain about the math behind it but I will work that out

[Jakov Minić]

Tried this today and regardless of the angle and distance I took it just did not work. With the 85mm f1,4 I just get a faint spot on th ecenter of th elens but not the clear edge I got with the 105mm. Tried it with the 105mm on my F3 and it worked fine again. Not quite certain about the math behind it but I will work that out

Was the aperture fully open?
I hope you get it
Show us the faint spot

[the solitaire]

I will process the files tomorrow. I also made a few shots with the 105mm mounted on the F3 so I will at least have something to show.

[the solitaire]

moved to camera talk

[Bjørn Rørslett]

Solitaire: consider moving the camera shots, nicely minimalistic as they are, to the appropriate thread in Camera Talk. As these are your own posts moving ought to be feasible. If not then an Amin can do this for you.

[Joost Bollens]

at the place where I live...

[John Geerts]

A detail of a kind of  the Areca Palm...

[Anirban Halder]

Buddy (the solitaire) - I like each of your shots. Very creative and story-telling.

[Thomas G]

'seafarer's highway' (posted here, but may fit 'best unsharp photo' as well)