Inspired by Ansel Adams

But nowhere near his standards...




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Everyone's got to start somewhere... of course, it could be improved by hiking miles carrying an 8x10 camera and heavy tripod, then spending hours in a darkroom with a witches brew of chemicals.

Leaving AA aside, it's an intriguing picture that's growing on me. Well spotted. A darker background might be better, though - no doubt AA would have fixed that in the dark room and we'd all assume it was like that when he took the shot!

Steve

I like it. An image which can be examined.

Is it even possible to get Anselm Adams' IQ out of a modern camera? Those full plate jobs produce astonishing resolution and clarity.

Maybe a large format Hasselblad or Phase One but if you think about how large he would have printed then an SLR should do it, or even more so the Leica Monochrom. However my analogue friend points out that the regular pattern of digital pixels can never truly replicate the random nature of particles in film.

I don't think I've seen landscapes that surpass AA's to this day - many years ago I saw one of those large books that cost a small fortune with his work in it and the quality of the images (and the reproduction into the book) was stunning, most exhibition prints that I've seen since don't come up to that standard. Along with Edward Weston he was one of my early inspirations.

Oh, but you have created a great image there. Seriously good, so I disagree.

Rob, I don't know how relevant or significant this is in a print:- when I look at one of my HP inkjet printed photos through a powerful magnifier (20X), the tiny spots of ink (typically from droplets of 4 picolitres each) have the appearance of being pretty randomly placed on the paper.

Philip

Well I for one probably couldn’t tell the difference either, it seems a bit esoteric but that’s how the guy is. Re. comments above about AA’s prints I just watched a YouTube video in which someone said that books and digital media don’t give full credit to his prints, and you have to see the ones he printed to fully appreciate them.

There is a hotel in Chollerford (near Hadrian's Wall) called The George who have a (real) selection of AA's winter snow scenes of the area on their walls. They are gobsmackingly incredible.

Nice image!

When I was recovering from a broken leg I went to an exhibition of Ansel's prints at SCAD (Savannah College of Art and Design). I was utterly hooked. Breath-taking. I'd seen his images in books a thousand times but original AA prints are something else.

He donated his negs to an American university (Atlanta??) and if you are lucky enough, you can get to print one...

I really like this

Part of me wonders what it would be like just the upper 2/3 and leaving all the bottom out?

Nice