Green Leaves And Negative Space

Minimalism as Less Elements

Photo By © Prakash Ghai
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A Colorful Minimalist Photograph of Green Leaves on a Colorful Backdrop, with Negative Space on the Side.

This shot, just like the Last one "Colorful Stripes" was taken at Kalaneri Art Gallery. 

After a long time, I have captured some Nature Minimalism. 

The Negative Space that I left on the Side, is very Classic of a Core Minimalist Photograph. (though its not necessary that one uses Negative Space in every shot)

What's different this time around, is that the Negative Space has some well aligned geometrically placed colors. That Pops the Shot out !

I was lucky to find a Green Color Strip along with the Green Leaves, and therefore, the overall Color Palette is also kept fairly Minimal.

The EXIF Data of the Photo is as follows:

• Camera Model: Canon EOS 6D Mark II
  
  
• Lens: Canon 50 mm Prime Lens
  
  
• F-stop: f/9
  
  
• Shutter Speed: 1/ 160 sec.
  
  
• ISO speed: ISO-1000
  
  
• Focal Length: 50 mm
  
  
• Metering mode: Spot
  
  
• Exposure program: Manual
  
  

Hope you enjoyed the Green Leaves and Negative Space Minimalist Photograph.

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

Spiral Tendril

Minimalism as Less Elements

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A Minimal Art Picture of a Spiral shaped Tendril.

There are a few Creeper plants in my backyard. This Spiral Tendril belongs to one of them. I had the Macro Lens mounted on my Canon 6D Mark II Camera for this. 

Initially, I was composing a close-up shot of just the Spiral Tendril, but soon I realized that, this kind of shot is very common. 

So, I moved back a little and included a Diagonal Line in the frame, right below the Spiral Tendril. 

This Minimalist Photograph falls under Minimalism as Less Elements category of Minimalist Photography. 

Theme here is my all time favorite: Nature Minimalism

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: 1/250 sec.
  
  
• ISO speed: ISO-500
  
  
• Focal Length: 100 mm
  
  
• Metering mode: Spot
  
  
• Exposure program: Manual
  
  

Hope you enjoyed the Spiral Tendril  Minimalist Photograph.

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

The Introvert

Minimalism as Less Elements

Minimalist Photography By © Prakash Ghai
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There are two kinds of people according to Carl Jung's personality theory.

a) Introverts

 b) Extroverts. 

Introverts are more concerned about their inner world of ideas and thoughts. They generally tend to avoid social gatherings and are at ease even when alone or in silence. On the other hand, Extroverts take gratification from what is outside the "self". They are at their most energized state when they have others around them. The "shadow" of the plant above can be interpreted as an Introvert as it does not wants to expose itself to the outside world and therefore prefers being in the shadow state. An introvert actually enjoys his time alone, deep in his thoughts while his family members are away at the club for a party.

But, there is a huge misconception about them. People treat all introverts with a negative bias and call them pessimists, losers, or simply think that they are depressed. Well, that is not the case and that is the message I want to convey with this photo. Although the plant is hidden from the outside world being a shadow but it is as beautiful as any other real plant or an extrovert. It is only a matter of time when the plant chooses to be out in the open and that day the Extroverts will come to know how balanced, calm and composed introverts really are.

I shot this at the Worldwide Instameet or #wwim11 which was organized by Instagramers Jaipur at Smriti Van on 22nd March 2015, headed by Amit Ginani and Taruna Chanchlani.
Their efforts are noteworthy. The theme was "Nature Hunt" and although I did not shoot subjects from the checklist they had provided but I got lucky enough to capture this beautiful shadow created by nature. I simply followed Sunlight and that lead me to this textured Indian wall.

To make the composition interesting I added a shadow line on the left which could have otherwise avoided. I moved in closer to the subject and used the shaded black portion at the bottom of the frame to balance the overall Minimalist Composition.

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