Food 01 - Pea soup
by hajeka

Comment by Judi:
Mmmmmm............I love pea soup! Good work.

Still life, San Fransico
by hajeka

Comment by Covert_Oddity:
Not really sure how this is representative of Adams apart from the fact it's B&W, however since I'm not familiar with his entire work I'll let that go. That aside, this really just feels like you've taken a snapshot in the kitchen and converted it to B&W.

The main subject isn't particularly appealing, and the other objects tend to just clutter rather than add anything.

Still life, San Fransico
by hajeka

Comment by scooter97:
Nice tonal range. I love the texture on the egg in the slicer.

What are you lookin' at?
by hajeka

Comment by David Ey:
If my vote had counted you'd have a 10......one of 2

Still life, San Fransico
by hajeka

Comment by houstonian:
While I give you credit for replicating his still life image, the challenge called for a photo "in the style of Ansel". I cannot think very highly of a "copycat" image, when there were so many other options for the challenge. Maybe if you had adjusted the darkness/contrast, the image would be a bit more powerful.

What are you lookin' at?
by hajeka

Comment by Kali:
Dinner!

Still life, San Fransico
by hajeka

Comment by lawrysimm:
I was almost thinking that this DNMC as I was baffled as to why this was in the style of Ansel Admas. Then I googled "Ansel Adams Still Life" and found what I initially thought was an identical image which would lead to a DQ for you. Then I finally twigged that this was very much a recreation of an Ansel Adams original, and to that end, I think you've done a great job. Completely different to every other submission in the challenge.

A bit more of a contrasty image would work better I think though...

Still life, San Fransico
by hajeka

Comment by molinski4611:
DNMC. i sit corrected.

Message edited by author 2009-01-28 07:58:37.

Still life, San Fransico
by hajeka

Comment by smichener:
nice range of tones and credit given for knowing your Ansel

What are you lookin' at?
by hajeka

Comment by ThingFish:
Very nice cow shot