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weird melancholy (a group admin) says:
07 Nov 10 - Simplicity and refinement....



SIMPLICITY, please!
Pictures of people - only if there's a special quality to them.
Colours - pale, light, muted, subtle.
NO frames.


Take a look at the examples before posting for the first time. Images that do not fit the group will not be accepted!!!

About simply elegance (elegant SIMPLICITY)

Mono no aware - lit. "the pathos of things", also translated as "an empathy toward things," or "a sensitivity of ephemera," is a Japanese term used to describe the awareness of mujo or the transience of things and a bittersweet sadness at their passing (~ Wikipedia)

here's what we're looking for:

yu'bi 優美 (grace, refinement, elegance)
sensai 繊細 (delicate, dainty, subtle)
chinsei 沈静 (stillness, tranquility)
kansho 観照 (meditation, contemplation)

Please, feel free to post anything soft, delicate, pale ... light, muted, subtle ... Minimal and geometrical photographs are also welcome.

First of all - SIMPLICITY. Nature - YES, but people and animals - very rarely; NO frames; NO vibrant colours.
Do not re-post images that were not approved earlier.


Thank you very much for your contributions to this group.
Thank you for considering carefully your photos, before submitting them.


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Wonderful examples:

BC - Dark by 96dpi


Red splash by 96dpi


fixture by xgray


Spring for me is... by melolou


wave by Alex Erber


P1010778_2 by lux fecit (away for a while)


horizontes by smotar ;


*2009.09.20 by *6261


brean & Burnham-on-Sea by cannockwolf

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