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Photo chain challenge - minimalism
« on: December 12, 2018, 11:05:51 am »

I was motivated to start this thread after finding this wonderful (IMO) photo after our recent snow storm.
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Re: Photo chain challenge - minimalism
« Reply #1 on: December 12, 2018, 01:57:32 pm »

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Re: Photo chain challenge - minimalism
« Reply #2 on: December 12, 2018, 02:04:55 pm »

Perhaps not as minimal as Russ's, but maybe a tad more interesting (IMHO.)
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Re: Photo chain challenge - minimalism
« Reply #3 on: December 12, 2018, 04:58:41 pm »

A recent one:

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Re: Photo chain challenge - minimalism
« Reply #4 on: December 12, 2018, 05:12:18 pm »

Perhaps not as minimal as Russ's, but maybe a tad more interesting (IMHO.)

I love it!
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Re: Photo chain challenge - minimalism
« Reply #5 on: December 12, 2018, 05:20:52 pm »

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Re: Photo chain challenge - minimalism
« Reply #6 on: December 12, 2018, 05:56:15 pm »

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Re: Photo chain challenge - minimalism
« Reply #7 on: December 12, 2018, 06:04:35 pm »

Not to put on damper on things Peter, but if you search the files, you will come across a thread for semi-minimalism started by Pieter. Some interesting work there.

https://forum.luminous-landscape.com/index.php?action=search2

JR
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Re: Photo chain challenge - minimalism
« Reply #8 on: December 12, 2018, 06:16:35 pm »

Thank you Peter, Keith, and John.
(Or, to fit this thread I should simply say: "Thanks!" )

Eric
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Re: Photo chain challenge - minimalism
« Reply #9 on: December 12, 2018, 06:23:28 pm »

Not to put on damper on things Peter, but if you search the files, you will come across a thread for semi-minimalism started by Pieter. Some interesting work there.

https://forum.luminous-landscape.com/index.php?action=search2

JR
Oh dear! I hope we aren't going to need to start a heated discussion about which is the One True Genre: Semi-minimalism or Minimalism-Photo chain.

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Re: Photo chain challenge - minimalism
« Reply #10 on: December 12, 2018, 10:32:21 pm »

To be clear I don't mind continuing with this new thread. That is the nature of posts, old stuff all but disappears.

Ballerina bearing the cold to dance before the winds take her away; somewhat similar to Peter's winter scene.

JR

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Re: Photo chain challenge - minimalism
« Reply #11 on: December 14, 2018, 04:05:00 pm »

Two ways
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Re: Photo chain challenge - minimalism
« Reply #12 on: December 14, 2018, 07:54:38 pm »

Nice, Peter.
But I find it hard to choose between P1000069.jpg and P1000069.jpg .   :D
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Re: Photo chain challenge - minimalism
« Reply #13 on: December 15, 2018, 10:47:38 am »

Nice, Peter.
But I find it hard to choose between P1000069.jpg and P1000069.jpg .   :D

Oops!
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Re: Photo chain challenge - minimalism
« Reply #14 on: December 15, 2018, 11:16:57 am »

Perhaps not as minimal as Russ's, but maybe a tad more interesting (IMHO.)

Hey, don't knock it, Eric. I entered a couple woodcuts in a juried show once and the grand prize winner was three blank canvasses a little lighter than this one, arranged at random. My woodcuts didn't win anything.

That's true minimalism in a couple ways.
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Re: Photo chain challenge - minimalism
« Reply #15 on: December 15, 2018, 02:50:11 pm »

Maybe you should have entered two, or even just one, blank canvas.
Surely that would be more minimalist than three, and might well have won.
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Re: Photo chain challenge - minimalism
« Reply #16 on: December 15, 2018, 03:42:41 pm »

Good point. Too bad I didn't think of it.
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Re: Photo chain challenge - minimalism
« Reply #17 on: January 11, 2019, 05:13:06 pm »

I think this is sort of minimalist.
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Re: Photo chain challenge - minimalism
« Reply #18 on: January 11, 2019, 08:14:39 pm »

Photo chain with minimalism is an oxymoron. Since there is only something minimally present, there is only something minimal to link to. I think Russ got it right ;)

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Re: Photo chain challenge - minimalism
« Reply #19 on: January 12, 2019, 12:20:45 am »

Photo chain with minimalism is an oxymoron. Since there is only something minimally present, there is only something minimal to link to. I think Russ got it right ;)
One could argue that the photo you included in this post is even more minimalist than Russ's.   ;)
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