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The pictures are great. What I especially like about them is that they are so simple and uncluttered and evoke a very strong mood with great compostion balance. Hard to pick a favorite as there are so many good ones.
Dirk Vermeirre said:
I created a section for the pictures from which I think that they
are minimalistic or are tending to minimalism. Would be very glad
to hear if you like them and if possible to mention your favorite.
Thanks very much.

http://www.pbase.com/dievee/minimalistic&page=1

With very kind regards,

Dirk
http://www.pbase.com/dievee
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Very nice work! You have succeeded in capturing those fleeting visual vignettes which so often are gone beore we can even appreciate what we have just seen. My favorite? The shadow.
Ron H said:
Dirk Vermeirre said:
I created a section for the pictures from which I think that they
are minimalistic or are tending to minimalism. Would be very glad
to hear if you like them and if possible to mention your favorite.
Thanks very much.

http://www.pbase.com/dievee/minimalistic&page=1

With very kind regards,

Dirk
http://www.pbase.com/dievee
Pbase supporter
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Hi Dirk

I think you need to crop a little tighter. The subjects are interesting but some of them are overwhelmed by elements that don't really contribute.

I can post a couple examples if you want of alternative crops.

Regards,

Matt
 
thanks for sharing this fine gallery
very soothing and curiously provocative photos
...the small shadow is a masterpiece, IMHO

as is this remarkable, but unnamed portrait



I particularly admire your use of wide angle to shoot a simple subject (the 14mm Nikkor?) this is a wonderful technique...do you perspective correct for it in PS???

I think you blew some highlights in this gallery, which spoiled some otherwise fine photos of sunsets...I credited you in a response (along with Jono Slack) with the two file conversions at different exposure corrections from RAW PS technique to increase dynamic range, though I mis-spelled your name in the post http://www.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1020&message=3747711 (haven't they heard about i before e, except after c in Belgium????) and this technique would greatly improve images such as DSCF4967.jpg or DSCF5538.jpg

all in all the gallery was a real treat and an eye opener for someone who tends to cram too much into his viewfinder
--
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http://www.pbase.com/artichoke
 
Dirk Vermeirre said:
I created a section for the pictures from which I think that they
are minimalistic or are tending to minimalism. Would be very glad
to hear if you like them and if possible to mention your favorite.
Thanks very much.

http://www.pbase.com/dievee/minimalistic&page=1

With very kind regards,
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Hi Dirk,

I can see you might be gearing up for some more of those large prints?? I think many of these shots will have much more impact when seen at 60x90 cm or more. I like Dscf2334v2 first and, in no particular order, Dscf7920, Thewavingbranch, Alonlines, Dscf8404_1.
Great work.
--
Doug Jones
Canberra
http://www.panamagic.com.au
 
Beautiful work Dirk..
Do you walk around with a camera all day? :)

My fave pics are "alonelines" and "walk to nowhere"
I like your compositional style.
Simplicity and Elegance is the key.

Regards

Yuri
Dirk Vermeirre said:
I created a section for the pictures from which I think that they
are minimalistic or are tending to minimalism. Would be very glad
to hear if you like them and if possible to mention your favorite.
Thanks very much.

http://www.pbase.com/dievee/minimalistic&page=1

With very kind regards,

Dirk
http://www.pbase.com/dievee
Pbase supporter
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http://zenphoto.com
 
Dirk Vermeirre said:
I created a section for the pictures from which I think that they
are minimalistic or are tending to minimalism. Would be very glad
to hear if you like them and if possible to mention your favorite.
Thanks very much.

http://www.pbase.com/dievee/minimalistic&page=1
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I like waterandsand and alonelines the most. But I have to tell you that minimalistic is not the style I appreciate the most. Then again, your pictures are of outstanding quality, as always...

Cheers!
Reginald
--
Everyone has a photographic memory. Some just don't have film.
 
Ron H said:
The pictures are great. What I especially like about them is that
they are so simple and uncluttered and evoke a very strong mood
with great compostion balance. Hard to pick a favorite as there are
so many good ones.
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Hi Ron,

Thanks very much and I agree, I also can't pick a favorite out of them and I'm also afraid that the next day it could be another one. I like to keep it simple also in my work as designer and that's maybe reflected in my pictures. And I like that it's not so simple to make something that looks simple as the less things there are in a work the more important it becomes where they are placed and the relations between them. If it's plenty of thing nobody will notice that a few are not placed that well and I love to search on this. All the very best.

With very kind regards,

Dirk
http://www.pbase.com/dievee
Pbase supporter
 
Ricardo_V said:
Very nice work! You have succeeded in capturing those fleeting
visual vignettes which so often are gone beore we can even
appreciate what we have just seen. My favorite? The shadow.
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Hi Ricardo,

Thanks very much for your kind appreciation and what a nice description, loved to read it, fleeting visual vignettes what a nice combination of words, great.

With very kind regards,

Dirk
http://www.pbase.com/dievee
Pbase supporter
 
Matt Chroust said:
Hi Dirk

I think you need to crop a little tighter. The subjects are
interesting but some of them are overwhelmed by elements that don't
really contribute.

I can post a couple examples if you want of alternative crops.

Regards,

Matt
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Hi Matt,

Thanks and yes I would be very glad if you could post some alternative versions, I'm always very interested in suggestions and look forward. All the very best.

With very kind regards,

Dirk
http://www.pbase.com/dievee
Pbase supporter
 
Artichoke said:
thanks for sharing this fine gallery
very soothing and curiously provocative photos
...the small shadow is a masterpiece, IMHO

as is this remarkable, but unnamed portrait



I particularly admire your use of wide angle to shoot a simple
subject (the 14mm Nikkor?) this is a wonderful technique...do you
perspective correct for it in PS???

I think you blew some highlights in this gallery, which spoiled
some otherwise fine photos of sunsets...I credited you in a
response (along with Jono Slack) with the two file conversions at
different exposure corrections from RAW PS technique to increase
dynamic range, though I mis-spelled your name in the post
http://www.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1020&message=3747711
(haven't they heard about i before e, except after c in
Belgium????) and this technique would greatly improve images such
as DSCF4967.jpg or DSCF5538.jpg

all in all the gallery was a real treat and an eye opener for
someone who tends to cram too much into his viewfinder
--
pbase supporter
http://www.pbase.com/artichoke
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Hi Artichoke,

Thanks very much for your interesting comment, it's really appreciated. I also like that picture and will try to give them all a title but I wanna lose the numbers as it's becoming very hard to find the originals back without that. I would call this one Standing and sitting.

Yes I'm using the 14 mm Nikkor but most of my shots, I think about 90% are done with the 80-200 Nikkor. I only correct perspective when there are buildings in the scene but mostly I try to keep my lens horizontal and then there is not that much distortion as the worst sections that gives distortion are cutted out by the use of the S2 CCD.

I know it about the hightlights but I don't care that much about it (in some shots) as the light was really to heavy to achieve detail in one shot or even impossible. From time to time I like to photograph with the sun straight in my picture during the day and there is no way to have detail in the highlights then. But I'm doing it from time to time but have to say that 99% of my images are made in JPG fine modus. All the very best Artichoke and thanks again.

With very kind regards,

Dirk
http://www.pbase.com/dievee
Pbase supporter
 
Doug Jones said:
Hi Dirk,
I can see you might be gearing up for some more of those large
prints?? I think many of these shots will have much more impact
when seen at 60x90 cm or more. I like Dscf2334v2 first and, in no
particular order, Dscf7920, Thewavingbranch, Alonlines, Dscf8404_1.
Great work.
--
Doug Jones
Canberra
http://www.panamagic.com.au
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Hi Doug,

Yes they will make ten other ones when I bring them the files but have no time for the moment, taked a look in your galleries and oh boy incredible light use and superb skin tones and compositions, great work Doug, I love it. Thanks for your appreciation and mentioning the ones you liked the most. All the very best.

With very kind regards,

Dirk
http://www.pbase.com/dievee
Pbase supporter
 
yuri777 said:
Beautiful work Dirk..
Do you walk around with a camera all day? :)

My fave pics are "alonelines" and "walk to nowhere"
I like your compositional style.
Simplicity and Elegance is the key.

Regards

Yuri
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Hi Yuri,

Thanks for the very kind words and no I'm not walking around all day with a camera, I wish I could. I have mostly an incredible amount of work and my rare free hours are spended on taking pictures. Sometimes when I think that there will be some nice light I try to go out for one or sometimes 2 hours and take pictures and since a few months I'm spending the saturday afternoon on shooting pictures with a few friends that I met on the Samples and Galleries forum (Jacques and Miel now also S2 users and posting here sometimes). All the very best.
With very kind regards,

Dirk
http://www.pbase.com/dievee
Pbase supporter
 
Hi Dirk

I really like your photographs. I'll just give you some thoughts on this one, which I think had a lot of potential but a little less satisfying:

Here are some alternatives from a single shot

"onthechair"



I think if you are going for minimalism you could crop some of this image down to essential elements.

This hallway shot, cropped out of onthechair.jpg has so much detail in it already.



I don't know what these abstract thingies are from the far right of the frame, maybe they could be a photo in themselves, but they seem to distract from the original image



I would say keep doing exactly what you are doing, but try a couple different framings.

Regards,

Matt
Dirk Vermeirre said:
Matt Chroust said:
Hi Dirk

I think you need to crop a little tighter. The subjects are
interesting but some of them are overwhelmed by elements that don't
really contribute.

I can post a couple examples if you want of alternative crops.

Regards,

Matt
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Hi Matt,

Thanks and yes I would be very glad if you could post some
alternative versions, I'm always very interested in suggestions and
look forward. All the very best.

With very kind regards,

Dirk
http://www.pbase.com/dievee
Pbase supporter
Click to expand...
 
Matt Chroust said:
Hi Dirk

I really like your photographs. I'll just give you some thoughts
on this one, which I think had a lot of potential but a little less
satisfying:

Here are some alternatives from a single shot

"onthechair"



I think if you are going for minimalism you could crop some of this
image down to essential elements.

This hallway shot, cropped out of onthechair.jpg has so much detail
in it already.



I don't know what these abstract thingies are from the far right of
the frame, maybe they could be a photo in themselves, but they
seem to distract from the original image



I would say keep doing exactly what you are doing, but try a couple
different framings.

Regards,

Matt
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Hi Matt,

Thanks very much for your suggestion, this was taken in the Muhka Museum in Antwerp and the things on te wall are from a projector, it was an exposition about an artist who projected structures, lines and numbers and train schedules and so on the wall. I just found another version (if interested you can see some of the projections in the same gallery as this shot) and I wish to thank you for your great suggestion. I love the crop and the impact of the image very much and also the nice blue tone, wonderfull. I'm going to fast trough my pictures I think and rarely crop as I mostly even don't find enough time to process them all, I have more then 3000 on Pbase alreadey and still have to process hundreds. I'm very gratefull for this suggestion and will as you don't mind use it in the way you proposed it. If you ever must find time I would be very glad to hear if you have other suggestions on some of my images. Think also that I could reconsider this one and that it would work much better if monotoned.



With very kind regards,

Dirk
http://www.pbase.com/dievee
Pbase supporter
 
Thanks so much Dirk

I love minimalist photos (as well as other aspects of minimalist) and you gallery was a fresh insiration to me. Not that I don't appreciate landscapes, nature shots, glamour etc, but your photos are closer you my ideal.

Thanks for sharing them with us and inspiring us
Graeme
 
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