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Parking Lot
Parking Lot
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Challenge: Minimalism (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon PowerShot A70
Location: Orlando
Date: Apr 24, 2005
Aperture: f2.8
ISO: auto
Shutter: 1/800
Galleries: Sky, Urban
Date Uploaded: Apr 26, 2005

I realized after taking this shot that it's similar to Remie's "Cowspace." I'd be glad if it does as well as his did.

Statistics
Place: 474 out of 492
Avg (all users): 3.7197
Avg (commenters): 4.1111
Avg (participants): 3.6702
Avg (non-participants): 3.7785
Views since voting: 810
Views during voting: 431
Votes: 346
Comments: 29
Favorites: 1 (view)


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07/15/2006 01:55:17 PM
this challenge was before my time but I would have given it a high score. it is an excellent example of minimalism.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/02/2005 10:40:15 PM
very minimal, great color of the sky
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05/02/2005 03:46:39 AM
there is nothing i want to see on this photo, and it still manages to get cluttered. it would already improve a lot if you'd have just one or two trees or lampposts instead of five.
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05/01/2005 03:33:29 PM
I think the idea is OK, but you need a bit more "information" here. Just the tops of 4 trees and 2 lights doesn't quite do it IMHO. Maybe go back a bit further and have a bit more of the parking lot included, up to about the same height where the tree tops are now? It's just an idea.
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05/01/2005 12:30:59 AM
Yes it is a parking lot... Or is it?

Your repeating main subject is a little...hmmm... I just don't know. There just doesn't seem much to look at.
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04/30/2005 10:31:38 PM
Not much of a compelling subject. 4
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04/30/2005 09:34:52 PM
This is certainly minimalism, but lacking an interesting subject. Perhaps a whole lamphead in the foreground corner so some details and reflections could be seen.
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04/30/2005 01:02:17 PM
bad snapshot, too sharpened, plain bad, 1
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04/30/2005 09:22:01 AM
Interesting symmetry...
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04/30/2005 03:41:14 AM
Try to be more creative
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04/29/2005 06:36:20 PM
Technically this is a good shot, just not very interesting to me.
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04/29/2005 12:25:23 PM
To be completely honest when I look at this picture it reminds me of something that I might have accidentally taken by bumping the shutter button while carrying the camera around. There doesn’t seem to be anything interesting anywhere in the frame and certainly nothing to keep me looking at it for more than a couple of seconds. Maybe it would have been better to only have one treetop or light pole as the subject. For me neither one would have been a strong subject but at least my attention wouldn’t be divided between six of them.
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04/29/2005 11:26:25 AM
this fits the challenge, but would of liked it to be a bit more interesting.
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04/29/2005 11:14:58 AM
interesting use of theme, boing
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04/28/2005 10:16:48 PM
I don't think the title fits your picture well. I understand what you were trying to achieve but the parking lot is not visible however light post are but they can be around a walkway, park, etc. Even if I take the light post as the subject they are not a strong point in the picture. The tree second from left is stronger because it has more contrast and better detail. I wish you well in the challenge.
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04/28/2005 03:53:10 PM
Not the most interesting photo in the challenge but nice blue sky.
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04/28/2005 10:45:04 AM
I think you met the challenge, but the main subject is so uninteresting that you might as well have just left it out. Just my opinion and others might score it higher.
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04/28/2005 06:42:15 AM
the subject seems to have been mostly cropped out - not minimalism for me
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04/28/2005 04:28:33 AM
not really very interesting but I guess it fits the challenge Nice sky!
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04/27/2005 11:01:17 PM
It appears that the subject is Nitrogen in the atmosphere (the sky) and that would be filling the entire image.
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04/27/2005 08:33:03 PM
This looks like it was just composed wrong. Sorry...just my opinion.
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04/27/2005 08:11:45 PM
good minimalistic concept ....just doesnt grab me subjest wise
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04/27/2005 12:40:46 PM
I really dislike this. Not pleasant to look at. I feel like I am tied up in the floor of a car staring out at the parking lot.
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04/27/2005 12:37:48 PM
There seems to be a glow around the trees (too much sharpening?)
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04/27/2005 11:27:10 AM
No real strong point.
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04/27/2005 10:08:49 AM
In a minimalistic photo, its very important for there to be a strong subject to hold the attention of the viewer
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04/27/2005 09:25:24 AM
A difficult image to comment on really, it has simplicity and is minimal, but the elegance I associate with minimalism is lacking
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04/27/2005 02:45:52 AM
I've been scoring negatively for having multiple points of focus, but in this case, it seems to work, as I can see all six objects as a clipping of a single item somehow. I'm not sure *why* it works for me, though. My reasoning seems arbitrary even to me, but it's working in your favor so I guess you won't complain. :)

A couple bonus points for being interesting, but minus one for the slight halos around the trees. 6. The image doesn't really grab me, though, so no higher.
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04/27/2005 01:50:16 AM
i like the contrast of the trees to the lightposts. it says so much to me.
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