My Perspectives of Minimalist Photography

The image shows the photograph of two snow covered wooden clothespins on a clothesline against a dark background.
Winter Couple

My Perspectives of Minimalisms / Photograph No 30

  105mm - 1/640 sec - f/4 - ISO 125

I took this photo on our terrace where we hang our clothes in summer. - I like the simplicity and the details.

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The image shows the photograph of a shallow pool reflecting the triangular shadows of awnings on the ground.
The Geometry of Summer

My Perspectives of Minimalisms / Photograph No 31

12 mm - 1/1 sec - f/4 - ISO 125

I took this photo at the public swimming pool Weyermannshaus in the west of Bern.

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The image shows the photograph of a glass of wine, which is light by a candle against a black background.
Suggestion of a Glass of Wine

My Perspectives of Minimalisms / Photograph No 181

56 mm - 1/60 sec - f/9 - ISO 10000
  I used a small candle to light this glass of wine, which I had put on a dark wooden table. I like the mood and the minimalism.

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The image shows the photograph of a snippet of a swimming pool illuminated by evening sunlight.
Patterns of Summer

My Perspectives of Minimalisms / Photograph No 209

9 mm - 1/400 sec - f/3.5 - ISO 125
I took this photo on a late Summer evening at the public swimming pool Weyermannshaus, which is located in the west of Bern. I like the simplicity, the light and the patterns.

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The image shows the photograph of a blue brown vase with five snowdrops agains a dark background.
Springtime Arrangement

My Perspectives of Minimalisms / Photograph No 175

85 mm - 1/100 sec - f/4.5 - ISO 1600
  I took this photo in the living room of our house. My wife had collected some snowdrops in the garden and put them in a vase. I placed the vase in front of an abstract painting and took a few shots. This is one of them.

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The image shows the close-up photograph of a coffee bean on a white plate.
Portrait of a Coffee Bean

My Perspectives of Minimalisms / Photograph No 274

83 mm - 1/100 sec - f/4 - ISO 320
I took this photo in our kitchen while grinding beans for my late morning coffee. I like the composition and minimalism.

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The image shows the photograph of a snippet of a high-rise building and part of the roof of Lucerne's football stadium. The high-rise building is illuminated by late afternoon sunlight.
Snippet of a High-Rise Building

My Perspectives of Minimalsms / Photograph No 190

16 mm - 1/800 sec - f/3.2 - ISO 125
I took this photo on a very hot late afternoon while attending an event at the football stadium in Lucerne. I like the perspective.

=> This photo has been selected and published by the photo gallery 1x.com.

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The image shows the photograph of a wind turbine from below against the backdrop of a blue sky with white clouds.
Turbine in the Sky

My Perspectives of Minimalisms / Photograph No 216

12 mm - 1/800 sec - f/5.6 - ISO 125
I took this photo on a hike in the vicinity of Mont Soleil, a mountain in the Jura region of Switzerland. I like the composition and minimalism.

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The image shows an overexposed photo of the Aare weir near the old town of Bern.
Aare Weir

My Perspectives of Minimalisms / Photograph No 32

26 mm - 1/10 sec - f/11 - ISO 80

This is an overexposed shot of the Aare weir near the old town of Bern. I took this photo from the Minster Terrace while walking around town. I like how the overexposure turns this shot into an abstract, painting-like image.

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The image shows the black and white, minimalist photograph of an arrangement of five street lights and a small half moon against the backdrop of a black night.
Arrangement of Night Lights

My Perspectives of Minimalisms / Photograph No 261

26 mm - 1/40 sec - f/3.5 - ISO 6400
I took this photo while taking a night walk in  Huttwil. I like the minimalist character of the composition.

 

The image shows the photograph of a brown wall against the background of the dark blu sea and light blue sky with some clouds.
Wall - Sea - Sky - Clouds

My Perspectives of Minimalisms / Photograph No 33

26 mm - 1/100 sec - f/5.6 - ISO 125
I took this photo from the terrace of a vacation bungalow at the Costa Rei (in Sardinia). I like the composition, the minimalism and the colors.

=> This photo has been favorited by a National Geographic Editor on YOURSHOT.

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The image shows a photograph - taken against the light - of the outline of a roof with several smoking chimneys on a Winter morning. The sunlight colors the smoke in different shades of yellow and orange.
The Colors of Smoke

My Perspectives of Minimalisms / Photograph No 275

105  mm - 1/1600 sec - f/8 - ISO 100
I took this photo on a beautiful morning in February from the terrace of our house. I like the composition and the light in the smoke.

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The image shows the black and white photograph of a beautiful single tree without leaves standing on a field of grass.
Tree of Life

My Perspectives of Minimalisms / Photograph No 34

25.7 mm - 1/160 sec - f/3.5 - ISO 125

I took this photo on a hike in the vicinity of Matran, which is close to Fribourg in the French speaking part of Switzerland. While editing the photo the notion "Tree of Life" came to mind. - I like the beauty of this tree and the simplicity of this composition.

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The image shows the aerial photograph of an enticing Summer drink with ice cubes on a blue surface.
Study of a Summer Drink

My Perspectives of Minimalisms / Photograph No 265

24 mm - 1/30 sec - f/9 - ISO 6400
I took this photo on the terrace of our house on a hot Summer day. I like the freshness and the minimalism.

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The image shows the photograph of three street lights throwing their light into the darkness of a misty February night.
Light Tracks

My Perspectives of Minimalisms / Photograph No 271

26 mm - 1/80 sec - f/3.5 - ISO 3200
I took this photo on a misty Winter night in the vicinity of Bern's main train station. I like the composition and the minimalism.

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The image shows the photograph of a staircase in the Museum Franz Gertsch.
StairScapism

My Perspectives of Minimalisms / Photograph No 244

26 mm - 1/80 sec - f/3.5 - ISO 125
I took this photo while visiting "The Museum Franz Gertsch" in Burgdorf. I like the abstract character and the composition.

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The image shows the photograph of lake water with the distorted reflection of a mast of a sailboat in the morning light.
Lake Art

My Perspectives of Minimalisms / Photograph No 35

  105 mm - 1/125 sec - f/20 - ISO 640

This is a photo of the distorted reflection of the mast of a sailboat. I took it early in the morning from the balcony of our hotel near Ascona. The lake is called Lake Maggiore. - I like the minimalism and abstract nature.

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The image shows the photograph of a streetligt reflectec in a puddle on a boardwalk.
Reflections Of/On a Streetlight

My Perspectives of Minimalism / Photograph No 210

26 mm - 1/80 sec - f/3.5 - ISO 200
I took this photo during an evening walk in my neighborhood in the west of Bern. I like the composition.

=> This photo has been selected and published by the photo gallery 1x.com.

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The image shows the photograph of an open Italian coffee maker with sunlight on ground coffee, which is placed on a cooking plate.
The Symmetry of Preparing Coffee

My Perspectives of Minimalisms / Photograph No 36

24 mm - 1/30 sec - f/4.5 - ISO 25600

I took this photo one fine Sunday morning looking forward to my first cup of coffee. The image shows an open Italian coffee maker with ground coffee on a cooking plate. - I like the symmetry and how the sunlight touches the ground coffee.

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The image shows the photograph of a slope of snow that - in some places - sparkles in the sun and displays shadows in other places.
SnowScape

My Perspectives of Minimalisms / Photograph No 269

26 mm - 1/1000 sec - f/3.5 - ISO 125
I took this photo while hiking from Hasliberg Wasserwendi to Brünig on a beautiful Winter day. I like the light and the sparkling of the snow.

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The image shows an aerial photograph of two parked cars next to a large green container.
Parked Cars

My Perspectives of MInimalisms / Photograph No 192

11 mm - 1/400 sec - f/3.5 - ISO 125
  I took this photo in the morning through a large window of the Elbphilharmonie concert hall in Hamburg. I like the perspective.

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The image shows a macro photograph of a single raspberry on the surface of a table.
Portrait of a Raspberry

My Perspectives of Minimalisms / Photograph No 37

85 mm - 1/320 sec - f/1.8 - ISO 100

Single raspberry posing on table top showing off its beautiful red color ;-)

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The image shows the photograph of a sloping agricultural field. You can see the patterns of the earth and some faint grass.
Field Study

My Perspectives of Minimalisms / Photograph No 189

54 mm - 1/60 sec - f/13 - ISO 2000
  I took this photo on a fall day while driving across country in Northern Germany near the shore of the Baltic Sea. I like the simplicity and the patterns.

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The image shows the photograph of a summer evening in an empty public swimming pool.
Snippet of a Summer Evening

My Perspectives of Minimalisms / Photograph No 38

21.8 mm - 1/320 sec - f/3.5 - ISO 125

I took this photo shortly before closing time from an elevated spot at the public swimming pool Weyermannshaus, which is located in the west of Bern.

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The image shows a a bird's eye view of a cup of coffee standing on the dark grey surface of a table.
Switching the Day On

My Perspectives of Minimalisms / Photograph No 39

85 mm - 1/320 sec - f/1.8 - ISO 100

I took this photo of my morning cup of coffee on the terrace of our house.

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The image shows the photograph of the rising sun in a gap of dark rocks.
African Sunrise

My Perspectives of Minimalisms / Photograph No 40

26 mm - 1/640 sec - f/3.2 - ISO 125

I took this photo from the beach of the Escape-3-Points-Ecolodge, which is located on the west coast of Ghana (near Takoradi).

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The image shows the aerial photograph of a full set of billiard balls that are hit by the white ball during the break shot.
... and the Game Is On

My Perspectives of Minimalisms / Photograph No 41

9 mm - 1/13 sec - f/3.2 - ISO 125

This is a long(er) exposure photo that shows the break shot (the first shot of the game). No tripod, no flash, no Photoshop.

=> This photo has been favorited by a National Geographic Editor on YOURSHOT

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The image shows a photograph of a grass field that borders an agricultural field in evening sunlight.
Field Study

My Perspectives of Minimalisms / Photograph No 42

15 mm - 1/125 sec - f/3.2 - ISO 125

I took this photo on a drive from Bern to Laupen (and back) on small roads. It was very cold and very clear; the evening light was stunning.

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The image shows the aerial photo of a white cup of coffee on a dark table.
A Cup of Coffee

My Perspectives of Minimalisms / Photograph No 43

21 mm - 1/20 sec - f/3.2 - ISO 125

I took this photo in a restaurant in Bern while waiting for the rain to stop.

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The image shows the photograph of a white wall and two chimneys agains the bright blue sky.
Two Chimneys

My Perspectives of Minimalisms / Photograph No 44

15 mm - 1/250 sec - f/3.5 - ISO 125

I took this photo from the roof terrace of a house in Silves, which is located in the Algarve (Portugal).

=> You can find more of my photos of this house here.

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The image shows the photograph of a red house facade with six white windows an par of the roof.
Six Windows Without Shutters

My Perspectives of Minimalisms / Photograph No 45

26 mm - 1/400 sec - f/4 - ISO 125

I took this photo while traveling in Denmark.

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The imag shows the photograph of a massive cloud lit by evening light against a dark blue sky.
The Cloud

My Perspectives of Minimalisms / Photograph No 46

22 mm - 1/640 sec - f/3.5 - ISO 125

I took this photo from the terrace of our house in the west of Bern.

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The image shows the square photograph of a bowle of freshly collected plums sitting on a table lit by morning sunshine.
Fresh from the Tree

My Perspectives of Minimalisms / Photograph No 47

9 mm - 1/160 sec - f/2.8 - ISO 125

I took this photo in the morning on our terrace. The plums had just been collected in our garden.

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The image shows the photograph of a hole in snow covered lake and a fishing rod.
Ice Fishing

My Perspectives of Minimalisms / Photograph No 48

23 mm - 1/1 sec - f/5.6 - ISO 125

I took this photo while walking across the frozen Oeschinensee (in the Bernese Oberland).

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The image shows a photograph of 8 deck chairs with different colors on a lawn and three benches near the shore of a lake.
Almost Summer

My Perspectives of Minimalisms / Photograph No 49

21 mm - 1/125 sec - f/3.2 - ISO 125

I took this photo in late spring from the balcony of a hotel near Ascona (Ticino).

=> This photo has been favorited by a National Geographic Editor on YOURSHOT.