December 24, 2017. The Sea Ranch, Sonoma Coast, California. Christmas Eve. It was a dark and stormy night. Actually, to get my tenses correct, it had been a dark and stormy night. Now it was clearing.
Outside it was gray-black. Then a glint of orange. Then black.
Inside it was toasty warm.
(Nikon D750; Nikon 28-300 f/3.5-5.6G Zoom. RAW processing in DxO Pro; Editing in Adobe Photoshop.)
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California based fine-art photographer featuring abstract, impressionist, and minimalist seascapes — near and distant — and floral-based images.
Fine-art photography can be seen at www.amagaphoto.com
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beautiful!!! like a Rothko painting! meraviglioso!
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Grazie! Rothko is one of my absolute favorites.
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for me too. anche per me.
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Love it ….super stuff.
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Thanks Paula.
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Wonderful! 🙂
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Thank you!
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Don’t think I’ve ever seen a minimalist view like this one of a has-been (the stormy weather).
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I have so much minimalist blood in me that I can’t see it. 😉
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Some might say that amounts to a whole lot of nothing, but for me the photograph is something whose value is not to be minimized.
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Especially if it’s blood. 😜
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I’ve met the absolute darkness of the night sea both at the beach and on a ship…to see a sliver of light…a direction to move towards as confusion eases. An amazing relationship you have with the sea.
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Thank you Brenda. It’s true. The sea seems like home to me. Not necessarily on it, but certainly near it.
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It takes a trained eye to see the possibilities in such a scene. You have the trained eye.
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Thank you very much, sir! I stuck my neck out a little bit in showing this. But that was my intention. Stay tuned for the next two posts for more outstretched neck.
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These last several minimalist images have been so pleasing. If you hang them somewhere be sure to have a bench in front of them so folks can sit and be immersed. I would be.
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Thank you Steve. It’s exactly what I had in mind. Wait for the next two.
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sublime understatement
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Thanks Maureen.
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This shot certainly has generated a lot of interest – – mine, too! 🙂 That smoldering band of red on the horizon might almost be ominous, a glimpse of a sun almost burnt out.
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Thank you very much. I ask you, what good is an image if it isn’t a little bit ambiguous and if it doesn’t stir up some dialogue? Wait till tomorrow! Maximum minimalism! That’s what I say.
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My last response came from a rather exuberant mood and I stand by every word. But more seriously, I try to create images that invite the viewer to stick around a while and get into them. Experience has taught me that the less there is an image, the more likely that is to occur — providing what IS in the image is compelling. The aesthetic/creative challenge is achieving that balance. The next two posts stretch this even more. Posting these four images is a bit of a survey. I’m fascinated to see the responses. And they inform me as a photographer.
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I’m so glad you wrote this comment out – – the aesthetic appreciation is one part of the experience, and the psychological reaction is also fascinating.
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And thank you, Robert. Creating a rich experience requires just the right combination of ingredients. They don’t come around every day. But when they do… I did a photo shoot last Saturday and ended up throwing away every single image. Every single one. They just didn’t cut it.
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Beautiful, Michael.
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Thanks very much. Stay tuned. Two more on the way.
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A great series! Thank you so much, Michael!
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I’m very glad you like it.
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