Ansel Adams's Style, Technique, and Philosophy

This just says it all if you love landscapes you got to see link
When seen this it blow me away

Yes, interesting stuff..I've read a few articles about Ansel Adams and a few other guys around at the time, that was cutting edge photography and their commitment was truly awesome

Simon

Maybe its because of film, but what I like is the shots don't have that look, that they were created by moving Lightroom sliders, like a lot of landscapes today.

One of the quite funny things is that today complaints are made about a K5 being too heavy to carry around...I think Ansel would have been rather happy to do a swap!!

Simon

I thought I knew Ansel Adams work until I saw an exhibition at the Venice biennale. Nothing can prepare you for the experience of seeing his huge prints in the flesh, as it were, up close. You could eat them!

Very few people get to see real prints these days. I have seen staggeringly good black and white prints and they are a thing of true beauty. Most of us dabble at the edges of such quality. I expect that genuine Adams prints would evoke a similar feeling.

Ansel Adams: Photography from the Mountains to the Sea runs from 9 November 2012 – 28 April 2013 at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, £7/conc £6

He used a Nikon and also a Hasselblad

Weird that I am not that fussed by B&W but am also an Ansell Adams fan - I suppose you can't help but be impressed with what he achieved and how

You hit the nail on the head on this one! I think the K10D was just below the perfect camera weight for me. K5 is too light for my liking. Still, it's my favourite ever camera and can see myself using it in the next three years at least (especially with the K5-III & K5-IIIs coming next LOL).

Having gone on 'tog holiday courses and visiting every cliched spot in Scotland my friend has recently bought a 5Dmkii. Spending 20mins in the pub exalting its virtues, 'detail, full frame, low ISO etc etc' while I was shaking my head the whole time, finally I asked,
'So since getting into photography (with the 400D last year), have you actually printed anything off?'
'No'

Pentax are sure missing out on all that FF money from morons.

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