Symmetry - Minimalism

[FootLoose]

Another shot from the String-Thing set. C&C welcome

String-Thing-III_Symmetry by Greg, on Flickr

[mugge]

I like it enough Greg but it is not one of your best in this genre. Maybe move the 'string' a tad. I feel there is too much black in the image. Maybe introduce a half rectangle somewhere in the black space. I am rambling now
Cheers Ole

[JBW]

Would not this be asymmetrical? Whatever it is called... The more I look at it the more I ponder. Well done.

[FootLoose]

I like it enough Greg but it is not one of your best in this genre. Maybe move the 'string' a tad. I feel there is too much black in the image. Maybe introduce a half rectangle somewhere in the black space. I am rambling now
Cheers Ole

Thanks for commenting, Ole. This is a street scene. The column is supporting the roof of the building and the dark area is a deep shadow underneath it. It looks black because I used spot metering and metered off the bright string. So, it's not possible to introduce another element but your suggestion possibly shows there are a bunch of modernist paintings floating around in your memory - the kind of cultural baggage we all possess. I don't know why black seems to bother people so much. I wonder if it were white rather than black you would feel the same way.

[Shadowman]

Interesting composition and good capture of the textures and tones.

[FootLoose]

Would not this be asymmetrical? Whatever it is called... The more I look at it the more I ponder. Well done.

Thanks for commenting Brian. Good question, I wondered about that myself and decided asymmetry is an element of Symmetry. FWIW, the string is in the centre of the image and the size of the black block to the left of it is the same size as the two-tone block to the right of it. The white section is slightly bigger than the black section on that side, but not by much.

This was how I envisioned the image when shooting it, and although the resulting file was not precise in these ratios it was close enough and I preserved that relationships when processing it (cropped off some black from the left and some white from the right). So if you gives you pause to ponder, good.

[FootLoose]

Interesting composition and good capture of the textures and tones.

Thanks, John.

[Urbanflyer]

I like minimalism. I might have done this one differently but I believe minimalism is really personal and so this is a reflection of the aesthetic of the photographer. Nicely envisioned.

[FootLoose]

I like minimalism. I might have done this one differently but I believe minimalism is really personal and so this is a reflection of the aesthetic of the photographer. Nicely envisioned.

Thank you for commenting, Judith. I agree with you about each of us having our own aesthetics and that is part of the joy of photography, indeed art, seeing how other people view and interpret the world. It can be fascinating and inspiring.