Carrying on with my Simplicity theme I have recently tried to simplify some of my macros. In this case, I was making photos of a plant growing in my parents yard.
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In this first photo, I tried to simplify by getting close and eliminating everything except the subject, which is this cool leaf with buds popping out around the edge. Not much else here to distract the viewer's attention from the buds.
In the second photo, I simplified by eliminating color. Everything is pretty much green but converting to a black and white removes the color element making is simpler.
Here I cropped down to just the buds with water drops. Cropping eliminated everything I didn't want and left only the things I did.
Finally, I used a shallow depth of field to blur out the background and drawing attention to the water drops on the end of the leaf. This is a pretty simple photo.
Four different techniques to simplify a photo. These can be used alone or in combination to creatively remove complexity and create simplicity.
I'm going to continue to try and simplify where I can.
"How many undervalue the power of simplicity! But it is the real key to the heart."
William Wordsworth.
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