Wall Edges Railing Shadow

Minimalism as Less Elements

Photo By © Prakash Ghai
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A Minimalist Photograph of the Edges of a Wall at Jantar Mantar, Jaipur with the Shadow of railing falling on it.

This is an area at Jantar Mantar, where one needs to climb down from the stairs. It is right behind the big Sun-Dial.

As they say, your position determines the kind of shot can you take in Photography. Therefore, I tried this unique position and I tried to capture a few Look-Up Minimalist Photos from down there.

I was on my Old Canon 600D crop-sensor Camera with the 50mm lens mounted.

What I found interesting here was, that the Railing Shadow created a diagonal partition and a portion of the shadow on the right, created another partition.

Also, the Blue Sky in the backdrop with the wall edges or zigzag in between made for a beautiful Minimalist Frame. Could I have asked for more?

NO - THIS WAS PERFECT. :)

The EXIF Data of the Photo is as follows:

• Camera Model: Canon EOS 600D
  
  
• Lens: Canon 50 mm Prime Lens
  
  
• F-stop: f/7.1
  
  
• Shutter Speed: 1/1250 sec.
  
  
• ISO speed: ISO-100
  
  
• Focal Length: 50 mm
  
  
• Metering mode: Spot
  
  
• Exposure program: Manual
  
  

Hope you enjoyed the Wall Edges Railing Shadow Minimalist Photograph.

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Geometry in the Sky

Minimalism as Simple Geometry

Minimalist Photography By © Prakash Ghai
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While I was standing near this heritage structure at Jaleb Chowk Jaipur, a local policeman approached me and asked me what was I clicking? He looked very confused as I was pointing the camera at strange places in the sky and at blank walls. He looked at me with suspicion and I quickly read his name written on the small piece of name plate clipped to his shirt. It read "Ram Kumar Yadav". I told him Yadav ji, don't worry I am not from the media. I told him so, as I thought that his fear was that I am probably from the media and I would make a report as to how dirty the place was with garbage lying here and there. To my surprise his reply was "Even if you were from the media, you could do nothing, as we are policemen." I realized, this man was not in the right mood and it was time to lighten up the discussion and move ahead. So, I changed the topic to tourism and asked him what is the government's plan for the upcoming Night Tourism in the city. While talking, I cracked a little joke in between and moved on. I narrated this incident because, as a photographer you should know how to handle little incidents like this, you should know how to lighten up things. If you get into an argument with someone on the street, you shall not remain in a good mood anymore to click. Especially if you are minimalist, you will quickly lose the connect with your sub-conscious mind and wont be able to spot Minimalist Subjects.

Coming back to the Composition, I wanted to show lines here, using just two colors i.e yellow and blue in the frame. The challenge was to keep everything in focus. I used an f stop of F/11 and focused on the black triangle on the left, thereby leaving everything behind also be in focus. The wall on the right wasn't that sharp and to do away with that little blur I added some bit of sharpness to it using a photo editing software.