Stepping into the water

This is a shot from yesterdays trip to Skeggy.

Shot from the pier, the low sunlight and long shadows creating an image that I'm quite proud of.

The strong diagonal across the frame and details in the sand and water are pleasing to my eye and I hope to yours too.

We are having a competition at camera club with a theme "minimalism". Do you think this fits the theme? Comments appreciated .

[Mags]

Beautiful ripples in the sand and nice POV!

[Carole Sandford]

Nice diagonal & yes, I would say that this fits the minimalist genre.

[Phil Howcroft]

@marlboromaam thanks mags , those ripples are lovely 📷👍

@carole_sandford thanks carole , diagonals work well in photos , glad u think it passes as minimalist 📷👍

[Renee Salamon]

Yes absolutely- love the positioning of the two men and shadows and the diagonal path running through the middle

[Beryl Lloyd]

Lovely pov, ripples in the sand , and the long shadows !

[FBailey]

Yes, def minimalist but with lots of interest

[Kerry McCarthy]

Simple image with so many nice elements - the water diagonal, long shadows, textures in the sand, 2 people and a unique pov. Nicely done!

[LManning (Laura)]

I love those shadows! Great shot Phil.

[amyK]

Nicely composed and definitely minimalist

[Issi Bannerman]

Fantastic. Love the shadows!

[Peter Dulis]

i like it

[Boxplayer]

Like it too, possibly minimalist but might be too much going on here of interest to take it above some of the other entries

[Sally Ings]

This is lovely. The shadows are great. I think this can be classed as minimalist.

[Pat Knowles]

That works so well. Love the strong shadows lying across the channel. It’s simple & strong.

[Judith Johnson]

I think it works very well Phil. Just needs a few camels! Ha ha

[bkb in the city]

Great capture

[Rob Z]

What a super shot!

[Helen Jane]

I really like this for the reasons you describe. I'm not sure how minimalist it is - "minimalist photos tend to feature a main subject, lots of empty space, and nothing else." I love all the texture in the sand and the grooves of the water running into the sea. Is that too much to enjoy to be truly minimalist? It all depends on the judge!

[Phil Howcroft]

@helenhall @boxplayer Helen and Box' , I think you are right in your narratives , the negative space has lots of detail , but it is negative space ! The quality of judges and their interpretation of themes varies a lot ... we've had 2 different still life comps in the last three years and both judges gave top marks (from different authors) to a bottle of wine / glass of wine photo, which is a bit of a cop out in my opinion as we had some great still life images ! I'm packing in my judging career, all judges seem to come out with the same cliches !!!! Little rant there

[Annie D]

I do and it's fabulous - I love the ripples and diagonal
I am curious how it would look monochrome

[Philippa R]

I love the colour in it, the sand and ripples are very enticing to the eye. Nice composition, nicely put together

[Corinne C]

A little late as I didn't see this pic before. I'd characterize it as "minimalist". The subject is visibly the couple of humans ad there is not much more on the image. The water creates a lovely leading line to the subject.

Let us know if you submit it and what the judges said :-)