Omnipresent Geometry

Minimalism as Simple Geometry

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Opposite to the Jharkhand Mahadev Temple in Vaishali Nagar, there are a few bright colored houses. These houses are inhabited by the workers working in the temple. There is an area right opposite the front gate of the temple, where pigeons are fed. Usually, one would find at least 200-300 pigeons there. The visual arrangement that you see in the picture below, is right above that pigeon area. I visually connected the front wall, added the metal diagonal coming in from the right and placed the pink house in the background, along with its unfinished brick wall neighbor. It is a very tricky composition and I had to crop out a lot from the original photo. Like for example on the bottom right, there was face of a girl painted in black, that was a spoiler and hence I removed it. All that you now see in the frame with focus is Simple Geometry. It is everywhere. So many lines and simple geometric shapes. I also wanted to keep the colors to a minimum and I think the photo would even looked better without the vertical blue line, right under the metal diagonal coming in from the right. 

What do you think? Should the blue line be there?

If Windows could speak

Minimalism as Less Elements

"If windows could speak, they would have many stories to tell. They record life on the streets and what happens inside the house, the seasons that pass by and the moments of joy and grief. They bring in the first rays of light and the fresh air that we breathe. We have them all around us but we fail to recognize that life within them too exists." This Shot was taken near the Jharkhand Mahadev Temple in Jaipur. I was preparing for a street shot and was waiting for people to pass by this large textured white wall. Suddenly, I noticed this beautiful geometric "Caged" and silent pink window and immediately I decided to change my shot to a minimal one.

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Ascending Staircase

Minimalism as Simple Geometry 

 

Shot at about 6 pm in the evening at Jharkhand Mahadev Temple in Vaishali Nagar, Jaipur. 

Staircases make for very good Minimal subjects and seem very easy to shoot, but that is not the case. They are very tricky to shoot as you need to take care of the vertical lines, horizontal ones and the diagonal ones usually the rails and of course the symmetry. I would suggest take at least 5-6 shots every time you shoot them.

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