Not a bad sunset last night over the mountains! I especially like the fact that you can see fine detail of the trees on top of the mountain despite the flat and minimal appearance of this image. Thank you, telephoto lens!
Swirling Shadows
Ice Lattice
Waterdrops on a Blade of Grass
This might surprise those who see that many of my Nature-related images feature overwhelming, exuberant colors: in my personal life, I often gravitate toward minimalism, prefer minimalism in design aesthetics (German, Japanese), and so on.
On occasion, this preference appears in my photographs, like this single blade of grass covered in water drops set on fire by the Sun:
Yes, you can click to enlarge!
I have also been concerned with the idea of seeing beauty in the mundane, the everyday, in byt. Of course, a certain variant of the latter appears in many different cultures throughout different time periods. My fascination, specifically, was sparked by reading Russia's Silver-Age poetry. (At times, I had more interest in this aesthetic direction than the poetry itself!)