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Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

03/13/2005 10:06:31 PM · #1

I believe a thread like this has already been posted but I wanted to share my Ansel Adams alternates. I went out and took over 100 landscape style pictures but in the end I decided to submit the only non-lanscape picture I took all day long. So I wanted to share my lanscape type pictures I took for this challenge.

Comments and your own examples are welcomed.

strangeghost

Canon EOS-7D

03/13/2005 10:10:24 PM · #2

The second is unbelievably good. I can't wait to see the one you submitted if this was a reject!

RayEthier

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM

03/13/2005 10:43:16 PM · #3

Oh my!!! Given the quality of the second photo, I am eve so eager to see that you did finally entered. Very nice indeed.

Ray

puma

Canon EOS-10D

Tamron AF 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di LD Aspherical IF for Canon

03/13/2005 11:01:36 PM · #4

The second one is great. If it is not as good as the one you submitted then you are the winner.

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

03/13/2005 11:07:01 PM · #5

Wow, thanks for the comments. But I knew that either one of these would be better than what I submitted. I just decided to see how good a score I can get with a non-landscape shot. If you look at my profile you'll see that I have a history of going agianst the grain. Afterall, this site if for fun and learning, there really isn't anything riding on it. I knew that there would be hundreds of lanscapes and I really (personally) liked the non-landscape picture I took....so I submitted it. There was just something about how it was the only non-lanscape that I took all day long. At the moment my pictures is at 5.95 and that's much better than I expected so overall I'm pleased. Thank you again for your comments.

Message edited by author 2005-03-13 23:14:15.

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

03/13/2005 11:14:26 PM · #6

Mine's not a landscape either; we rival each other for perversity, eh? But in my case I submitted the best image I had.

Robt.

MAK

Leica CL

Leica 18-56mm f/3.5-5.6 Vario Elmar-T ASPH

03/13/2005 11:34:38 PM · #7

I think this may of done better than my submition but I am happy anyway with the one i entered. This was a very tough challenge and also an honour to try to replicate the works of such an amazing man.

Some of the submitions were simply AMAZING well done everyone.

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 12-24mm f/4.0G IF-ED

03/13/2005 11:38:26 PM · #8

Originally posted by alionic:

I really like that one. The power lines would have dropped the score but you could clone that out.

jbsmithana

Nikon D300

03/13/2005 11:50:03 PM · #9

K-rob - great shots. You might be surprised by the non-landscapes. I voted pretty high for a few.

Here is my alternate- almost submitted it but glad I went with what I did.

Olympus 12-100mm f/4.0 M.Zuiko ED IS PRO

03/14/2005 12:08:45 AM · #10

So here is my submision. It didn't do too bad considering the competition. I had no intentions od submitting this picture when I took it so I didn't pay any attention to DOF and and it was hand held at 1/40 sec so there is some slight blur. But I really like it. =D

LevT

OM System OM-1

03/14/2005 12:27:43 AM · #11

here are two photos I took for this challenge

I submitted the one on the left, and it ended up pretty low (5.5ish)
do you think the one on the right would fare any better?

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

03/14/2005 12:31:32 AM · #12

Originally posted by K-Rob:

I gave that a 9. I can tell you right now, except for the DOF problem, it's pure ansel.

Robt.

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

03/14/2005 12:32:01 AM · #13

Originally posted by ltsimring:

here are two photos I took for this challenge

I submitted the one on the left, and it ended up pretty low (5.5ish)
do you think the one on the right would fare any better?

Yes, I think it would have done better because it has what most people expected out of this challenge.

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

03/14/2005 12:32:30 AM · #14

Originally posted by ltsimring:

here are two photos I took for this challenge

I submitted the one on the left, and it ended up pretty low (5.5ish)
do you think the one on the right would fare any better?

The other is pretty, but the framing at the top is totally un-ansel, very arbitrary looking.

Robt.

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

03/14/2005 12:34:56 AM · #15

Originally posted by bear_music:

I gave that a 9. I can tell you right now, except for the DOF problem, it's pure ansel.

Robt.

Thanks Rob. I'll take a comment like that over a high score any day.

rblanton

Canon EOS-10D

03/14/2005 01:45:01 AM · #16

What I entered

What I wish I had entered

The stand by

I was so tired of editing the picture by the time I finally submitted, I feel I submitted the poorer one. On the positive side, my awareness of what it takes to make a good black and white is greatly increased, now to just produce one!

Message edited by author 2005-03-14 02:03:15.

Mick

Canon EOS-5D

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM

03/14/2005 02:05:03 AM · #17

I was going to enter this one, but then I realized it wasn't really an Ansel Adams photo challenge.

Just kidding of course. :)

charliebaker

Canon PowerShot S2 IS

03/14/2005 02:13:49 AM · #18

CELESTIAL ZONE SYSTEM

What could that guy possibly have been thinking when he entered â��Celestial Zone Systemâ�� in the â��Ansel Adamsâ�� challenge?

1. Humor: Why enter a nearly all black â��Zone Iâ�� photo of the night sky? It may just be my own quirky sense of humor, but I chuckle at the oddity of entering the â��Ansel Adamsâ�� challenge the only a truly â��black & whiteâ�� photo-without-editing. The signature of Ansel Adamsâ�� style: 1) Black & White; 2) Grand Landscapes . The night sky offers a photographer one of the purest realms for â��no-editingâ�� black & white photography, and offers one of the grandest â��landscapesâ�� available to the photographer, the vastness of the celestial skyscape.
2. Contrast: Beyond the playfulness, I consider a starscape an excellent study in the contrast of Zone I and Zone X. For the naked human eye, space does not offer much in the way of grey between the realms of Pure light (Zone X) and pure dark (Zone I). Certainly, starlight comes in the full range of light spectrum color, but across the vast distances of space starlight translates into the blend of all colors to pure white light (Zone X). These two contrasting forces are what lie at the edge of every photo we make.
3. Outside the Box: one of the qualities of Ansel Adams style I appreciate the most is his ability to see the extraordinary in the ordinary. He does this through his technical genius and his photographic eye. He allows us to step outside the box of our daily humdrum existence, into the realm of grandeur. We need only take one step out our backdoor and look up at the night sky to discover the wonder of our finitude amidst the grandeur and glory of space.

Thanks for putting up with a DPC non-conformist. So many photos in this challenge expressed more eloquently than I could ever shoot the grandeur and genius of the Master. Meet you in the next challenge.

GeneralE

Canon PowerShot S3 IS

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

03/14/2005 02:28:24 AM · #19

I should have submitted this, and titled it
The Score

I also thought of submitting this alternate crop of just the
Rocky Ridge

Zoomdak

Canon EOS-5D Mark IV

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

03/14/2005 02:33:57 AM · #20

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

03/14/2005 10:38:21 AM · #21

Originally posted by Zoomdak:

VERY NICE! What a shot. I don't think it's really Ansel-ish but it's a great photo none the less.

Rook3000

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

03/14/2005 10:41:34 AM · #22

Here was my runner up I can't think it would have ranked any lower than my submission. :D