Monday, October 01, 2007

Moody Monday: Simple -

"Simple"
$50 Unframed - LUCAS GALLERY

digitally manipulated photograph by Mick Mather
As I took my first look at simple, the theme for this week's Moody Monday, my thinking went directly to minimalism in relation to this photograph. As I began running it through the filters and manipulators here at the Secret Visual Laboratory, early efforts seemed too minimal. After backing up a bit and taking a little bit from the original and a little bit from the overly simple, I came upon this version. It may not be minimal, but it sure strikes me as simple. So be it.

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13 Comments:

Blogger Janice Ykema said...

This is absolutely WONDERFUL............!!! takes my breath away... Don't you just want to be there?? I do

5:59 PM  
Blogger Mick said...

janice:
Since I've already been there once, I can tell for certain, a return visit is decidedly on my want list!

7:07 PM  
Blogger Save My Studies said...

Wheres the cooler?

10:22 PM  
Blogger hpy said...

Who said "simple is beautiful"?

11:20 PM  
Blogger Trijnie said...

why are you not sitting there mick?
a great vieuw

11:58 PM  
Blogger Elegia said...

This is simple, but absolutely peaceful and harmonic. I like this very much:

Sitting there
in the chair
watching disappearing
summer scene.

2:56 AM  
Blogger Mick said...

robert:
Cooler? It's a corkscrew and the secret hip flask that's required here. Did I hear somebody burp?

hpy:
Who's on first!

griesmail:
I was sitting there for a while. Then, a chicken barbecue on a fabulous deck with an even more impressive view of the Lafayette Hills got in the way! :D

elegia:
Thanks for the wonderful comment and the beautiful poem. :)

5:26 AM  
Blogger SusuPetal said...

I like this, it's simple and beautiful.

I have almost a similar photo, I think I'll write a story about that photo and post it to my blog.

Thanks, Mick youÀ're absolutely inspirational(or I'm just a lousy thief....)

9:17 AM  
Blogger Mick said...

susupetal:
Thanks so much for the comment (blush!).

LMAO @ or I'm just a lousy thief ... we don't use the phrase theivery here. The term repurposed is a much friendlier way to put it. :D

4:37 PM  
Blogger *Itkupilli* said...

Simply beautiful...and simple colors...turquoise and green work so well together. Peaceful and lovely. :)

10:53 AM  
Blogger Mick said...

itkupilli:
Thanks for saying so, Kirsi. That particular view of the hills beyond is all of the things that you just said. :)

12:52 PM  
Blogger carla said...

This is so serene - the cool colors, the simple composition, and the the lovely soft treatment. I'd like to sit in that chair and just daydream the hours away...

2:54 PM  
Blogger Mick said...

carla:
Thanks so much for this thoughtful description. It occurs to me that this is the only purpose of the chair in this environment ... to daydream the hours away. :)

4:37 PM  

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