Park Bench Handle

Minimalism as Less Elements

Photo By © Prakash Ghai
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A Minimalist Photo of the Curved Handle of a Green Park Bench, at Central Park, Jaipur.

It was very hot today in Jaipur and I was out at Central Park at 4.00 pm in the afternoon, hunting for Minimalist Photography subjects, 

It was 38 degrees. Well, I have also taken pictures in 46 degrees but since summers have just arrived and I am not used to the heat yet, so it felt really hot today.

This Green Bench was spotted near the Park's gate which is bang opposite Tapri Central Tea House. 

I went down on my knees to capture this which helped me to bring the subject to eye-level.

A fairly low aperture was used here to play with the depth of the field and to increase the attention on the subject.

Later, I realized that the lines in the bench might work well as Leading Lines, so I even tried a few shots on Apertures as high as F/22 - F/32.

But those shots did not turn out well, therefore, I settled for the lower aperture shot. 

The EXIF Data of the Photo is as follows:

• Camera Model: Canon EOS 6D Mark II
  
  
• Lens: Canon 100 mm Prime Lens
  
  
• F-stop: f/2.8
  
  
• Shutter Speed: 1/1000 sec.
  
  
• ISO speed: ISO-100
  
  
• Focal Length: 100 mm
  
  
• Metering mode: Spot
  
  
• Exposure program: Manual
  
  

Hope you enjoyed the Park Bench Handle  Minimalist Photograph.

Thank you for your time. Have a Nice Day. !

Old Door Handle

Minimalism as Less Elements

Photo By © Prakash Ghai
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A Minimal Art Photograph of an Old Door Handle of a Parked Bus that I spotted near Ravindra Manch, Jaipur, India.

Shot taken via Canon 600 D Camera.

I guess I had the 50mm Prime F/1.4 Lens attached that day. 

What prompted me to click this?

The Broken nature of the Handle, as you can see the screws have come off.

Also, the Curve the handle has made by regularly rubbing against the Blue Metal Sheet of the Bus. 

Categorization 

The Photo falls under the Minimalism as Less Elements Category of Minimalist Photography. 

There are plenty more photographs on my blog. 

Head over to the homepage PrakashGhai.com to explore more :)

Thank you ! Have a great day.

Door Handle Shadows

Minimalism as Less Elements

Photo By © Prakash Ghai
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I have a Blog e-mail Subscriber by the name of Steve Hoover, who regularly gives me feedback about my photos via e-mail :)

I guess he loves more of Black and White Minimalism, as he sometimes edits my Colored Photographs, converts them into Black and White, e-mails me and asks, How does that look?

So this Black and White Photo of Door Handle Shadows is for you Steve. 

I know here, I am not giving you all the three "Light, Medium and Dark" Shades that you like, but instead just Medium and Dark. 

Hope you like it... The original color was Blue by the way. 

Anyways, the Photo falls under Minimalism as Less Elements category of Minimalism.

Yes, Less Elements, I am sure Jay Gould (who manages a Facebook Minimalism group and keenly follows my work), would be surprised and say that there are three elements here, like 3 Different Handles. 

Well, here The Subject in totality is the Long Shadows of the 3 Door Handles (one being a hook sort of a thing, which I have called a handle just for convenience) treated as one. 

The Photo is a bit Maximal in nature or what one calls as Maximalism (still minimalism)

The Shot has been taken with Canon 600 D with 50 mm F1.4 Lens.

Location is, near Diggi Palace Jaipur.

Namaste Auntie

Minimalism as Less Elements 

Minimalist Photography By © Prakash Ghai
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It is generally observed that people who are blessed with good looks lack maturity and those who are mature tend to lack good looks, of course there are exceptions. When you are young and smart in your early stage of life, you tend to make a lot of mistakes. And when maturity starts hitting you, you tend to lose your cosmetically perfect looks. It sounds more like a zero-sum game. 

As we can see above, the handle of the terrace entrance door has the courage and maturity to face the harsh sunlight only after losing his good looks to rust. He now comes across as a strong character. 

I found this shot on a visit to a friends place. I was climbing up the stairs to get access to the terrace and on my way up I met my friends mother, who was combing her daughter's hair. I greeted her with the regular "Namaste Auntie" greeting and then she moved to one side to make way for me.

While I was about to reach the terrace I spotted this beautiful rusted door handle. I instantly told my friends mom "Thank you auntie for not getting this painted, you just made my day." and she started laughing. She probably thought I would have asked her as to why she did not get this painted.

Well, I smiled back at her and calmly took the shot. I placed the handle on the left but kept room for the shadow. In such shots don't get confused by the shadow. Place the subject's shadow on the rule of thirds alignment rather than the actual subject to get the Minimalist Composition right.

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