Zen Photos
Sometimes the simplest images can be the most powerful.
Zen is … contemplation, according to one definition. I am attracted to photos that facilitate and even encourage contemplation by the simplicity of the subject, the value range and/or the color of the image.
Here are three recent photos of mine that fall in this category:
One Lonely Cloud
Tree and Tower
Soaring
“One Lonely Cloud” and “Soaring” were taken with a Nikon D80 and post-processed with Capture NX2. “Tree and Tower” was taken with an iPhone 3Gs and cropped and edited with the PhotoShop Mobile app.
Downtown Edmonton – Images in Black and White
On Friday September 24 at noon I was walking around downtown Edmonton, with my Nikon. Between the colors of autumn, clear blue skies, architecture and reflections off water and highrise windows, I found lots to take pictures of. In most of the photos, color was an important part of the image that I captured but a few jumped out at me as obvious black and white images. So I removed the color, adjusted the contrast etc. with Capture NX2 and here are five of my favorites:
"Going Up"
"Through the Wall"
Looking through an opening on the east side of Edmonton’s City Hall.
"One Lonely Cloud"
The sky this afternoon was a beautiful deep blue and virtually cloudless. This one little cloud stood out. It looked pretty striking against the blue but I immediately thought about converting to black and white using a “color filter” to turn the blue to near-black. This is pretty much what I envisioned – I’m happy with it!
"Walking the Grid"
A grid of shadow lines on Churchill Square
"Pyramid Maintenance"
A worker at the peak of the iconic glass pyramid of Edmonton’s City Hall.
Randall Talbot - Artist 