[Theme] minimalist images

[Anirban Halder]

Vacant lot.

Df and 28mm f2 AI-S.

[HCS]

trying again.

[Jakov Minić]

Hans, I don't know how you made it, but I love it!
Greetings from Edinburgh 

[golunvolo]

Hans, it looks like a macro fisheye    Very cool

[Thomas G]

trying again.

Nice!

[HCS]

Thanks gents, appreciated.

The technique used isn't really new at all, it certainly isn't a macro fish eye 

I' using a wide angle reversed on top of a (short) tele. So, in this example i think a 35 reversed on top of a 135.

[Fons Baerken]

[the solitaire]

I am not sure where best to place these. Minimalist or monochromatic?

Hands by b j, on Flickr

I already posted this one under patterns but the three make a nice set

Spiderbatthingy by b j, on Flickr

Did I say three? Yep, three (this one could go under unsharp photos, but it is not that unsharp)

The Orb by b j, on Flickr

[Jakov Minić]

The fire escape.

[the solitaire]

DSC_8423 by b j, on Flickr

[HCS]

Jakov, nice!

Buddy, well seen. Is this all in camera?

Some of mine, first flower related.

[HCS]

Then, some more mundane subjects, but full throttle (meaning all sliders to the max)

[the solitaire]

Hans, most of the images comes out of the camera more or less like I show them.

On the Blue Orb series I added a little clarity, intensified the black a little and that was it. Not even sharpening. Then again, the room was pitch black when I took the photos and focusing, even at f1,2 was tricky enough. I took about 50 photos to get these 3.

On the doors I shot a few testers, then set exposure manually, shofted the lens down a bit and hoped for the best.

When I got home the surrounding wall had a bit more detail then I had hoped for so I burned the surrounding wall a bit and cloned out a pillar. I also cloned some of the dark areas in the lower left and right to the top of the image to isolate the doors.

Looking at the image I had in front of me I did not like it so I went back to one of the original test exposures, straightened the image. Then I added a bit to the highlights, some clarity and contrast and exported the JPG.

You can find the NEF file here:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/85keha4ys2j7ev6/DSC_8423.NEF?dl=0

[HCS]

Hans, most of the images comes out of the camera more or less like I show them.

On the Blue Orb series I added a little clarity, intensified the black a little and that was it. Not even sharpening. Then again, the room was pitch black when I took the photos and focusing, even at f1,2 was tricky enough. I took about 50 photos to get these 3.

On the doors I shot a few testers, then set exposure manually, shofted the lens down a bit and hoped for the best.

When I got home the surrounding wall had a bit more detail then I had hoped for so I burned the surrounding wall a bit and cloned out a pillar. I also cloned some of the dark areas in the lower left and right to the top of the image to isolate the doors.

Looking at the image I had in front of me I did not like it so I went back to one of the original test exposures, straightened the image. Then I added a bit to the highlights, some clarity and contrast and exported the JPG.

You can find the NEF file here:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/85keha4ys2j7ev6/DSC_8423.NEF?dl=0

Thanks for the extra info Buddy

I was not critiqueing, just curious how you did it. It is a kick ass image!

[the solitaire]

Hans, I wouldn't mind critique either. It's welcome at any time. In this case I expected already that you were curious, which is why I provided the NEF as well to see how the in-camera results compared to the final image. Personally I always find these processes interesting when seeing images made by others so it could happen at any time that I ask to compare a final edit with an NEF to allow me to learn something new or unexpected.