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RED VS. YELLOW
RED VS. YELLOW
Barry


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Challenge: Minimalism (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Sony DSC-S85
Location: Home Studio, Rhode Island
Date: Apr 24, 2005
Aperture: F 8
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/80
Galleries: Abstract, Landscape
Date Uploaded: Apr 24, 2005

 This is a piece of cement from the wall at the world famous surfing beach in Malibu, California.


The piece of cement has painted markings on it, evidence of Southern California's spray paint artists who leave their markings along the country side and cityscapes. Here the painted markings reminded me of the "battle lines" drawn on war room maps that define the boundaries of battle. (Battles take place on the waves at Malibu among the surfers who fight for the perfect wave)

After much debat with myself and printing many images both black and white and color, I decided to go with this image. Color saturation was kept to a minimum for a couple reasons. One being the paint has faded over time, the other being I like the "almost black and white image that the color is contrasted against.

No studio secrets,the chip of cement was photographed with a black background with two photo floods.


Statistics
Place: 443 out of 492
Avg (all users): 4.1585
Avg (commenters): 4.5385
Avg (participants): 4.0735
Avg (non-participants): 4.2654
Views since voting: 616
Views during voting: 444
Votes: 366
Comments: 14
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/02/2005 05:15:03 PM
Good detail
 05/01/2005 04:42:59 PM
Technically, very good. Esthetically, not very interesting.
Still, better than average.
 04/30/2005 12:50:56 AM
I see a bird. I like the textures of the rock, but the subject of the photo doesn't do much for me. 5
 04/29/2005 06:43:40 PM
nice rock
 04/29/2005 07:30:15 AM
I feel this is a bit big, and the image shouldn't be 3/4 of the shot.
 04/29/2005 06:21:53 AM
Is that concrete? This image would benefit from better lighting and a more defined purpose. Sure there is red and yellow, but why should the viewer care? What questions does it pose?
 04/29/2005 06:16:19 AM
interesting use of theme, nice color, great texture, whites need work
 04/28/2005 10:30:36 PM
sharp photo, but how does it the challenge?
 04/28/2005 04:53:28 PM
I like the subtlty of this shot, and I like the high contrast background.
 04/28/2005 01:17:27 PM
what's mini in this one?? 1
 04/27/2005 03:16:12 PM
This is about real estate, the subject taking the minority.
 04/27/2005 09:31:39 AM
I like the colors, although I don't think that the black background does much to enhance the subject. It also looks like maybe it was oversharpened a little bit too much.
 04/27/2005 04:49:09 AM
Lacks the simplicity and elegance I associate with minimalism, but nice all the same
 04/26/2005 11:10:24 PM
Not sure what red v yellow has to do with minimalism. Nice concrete though.


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