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03/06/2005 03:25:51 PM · #1 |
I was wondering how you will be voting on the Ansel Adams Challenge. What will you be looking for.
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03/06/2005 03:30:02 PM · #2 |
I am looking for three legged dogs. Anything else gets a one ;)
Message edited by author 2005-03-06 15:30:14. |
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03/06/2005 03:35:00 PM · #3 |
The workings of a power sub-station. That gets a ten.
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03/06/2005 03:48:03 PM · #4 |
In order of importance:
1. Application of the zone system
2. Dramatic presentation of subject
-Terry
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03/06/2005 03:49:16 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by ClubJuggle:
In order of importance:
1. Application of the zone system
2. Dramatic presentation of subject
-Terry |
In all seriousness, that sounds very appropriate.
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03/06/2005 03:50:00 PM · #6 |
Not being an Ansel Adams expert, I will vote highest for damn good photos!
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03/06/2005 03:51:10 PM · #7 |
I expect to see a lot of images using the dodge & burn technique. It may be the first time for some entrants. If it's done subtly, it can be a plus. But over use will not get a high vote from me.
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03/06/2005 04:06:57 PM · #8 |
It may be the first time for some entrants...
Where is the burn tool in CS?
Club Juggle's sounds like a good voting plan.
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03/06/2005 04:09:40 PM · #9 |
If they aren't 640x320, they get a negative 11.
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03/06/2005 04:12:28 PM · #10 |
| We had so many threads about the king,I am sure that everybody has got the idea behind his work. I hope to see some A A style close-ups |
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03/06/2005 04:26:53 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by vivien:
We had so many threads about the king,I am sure that everybody has got the idea behind his work. I hope to see some A A style close-ups |
Do you think a lot of voters bothered to read all the threads? I didn't read them all.
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03/06/2005 04:37:43 PM · #12 |
I will be looking for B&W landscapes:) Also, quite a bit of contrast.
And, of course, if there is a shot that is a copy of one of his and well composed, I owuld consider that a plus (not exactly the same, just similar.)
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03/06/2005 04:46:16 PM · #13 |
Ok, not everybody but approx. 8000 people viewed those threads.(so got some kind of idea :)Originally posted by coolhar:
Originally posted by vivien:
We had so many threads about the king,I am sure that everybody has got the idea behind his work. I hope to see some A A style close-ups |
Do you think a lot of voters bothered to read all the threads? I didn't read them all. |
Message edited by author 2005-03-06 16:58:22. |
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03/06/2005 05:04:58 PM · #14 |
probably anyone like me who didnt do a landscape.... will be marked down.... I wish teh voters did know Ansel adams better... so that they woudl vote all pics fairly
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03/06/2005 05:22:36 PM · #15 |
| If I find time to vote, I'll be quite lenient and reward the effort more generously than I usually do even if the result is not exactly breath-taking. Adams' technique is obviously -at least to me- not something that can be mastered overnight. Personally, taking a halfway decent picture (I tried wide-angle landscape) using the zone system and then spending a lot of time on meticulously processing it the "Ansel way" -only to end up with a mess- have proven to be a very frustrating and demoralizing experience. In the end, I'm not participating but congratualtions in advance to all the participants. |
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03/06/2005 05:51:11 PM · #16 |
| Is B&W the only way to....or suffer the consequences????? |
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03/06/2005 06:05:23 PM · #17 |
I will vote for good effort, I know how difficult it is to get anywhere near. It has took me all night to get to where I deem it fit to enter.
Good luck everyone...please be gentle :)
Paul.
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03/06/2005 06:06:52 PM · #18 |
Originally posted by pawdrix:
Is B&W the only way to....or suffer the consequences????? |
He did do some colour photography. Read about it in this article: //www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=006PtE Just the same I wouldn't chance it for this challenge. In the meantime I won't vote colour images down for be simply that. I'll look for other elements that he used in his work to give a fair assessment.
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03/06/2005 06:11:07 PM · #19 |
Remember, he also did some great portraits, don't forget that when you vote. Please.
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03/06/2005 06:15:41 PM · #20 |
| The shots I like will get high scores. The shots I don't like will get lower scores! |
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03/06/2005 06:31:29 PM · #21 |
The shot I took simply doesn't look as good in B&W as it does in color.
I wouldn't go portrait in this one because that's not what he's predominantly known for. That's a good way to get skinned. IMHO. |
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03/06/2005 06:32:52 PM · #22 |
Since the dallenge is to do a shot "in the style of this great B/W photographer", I will be looking for B/W images. I suppsoe it is possible I could score very highly a color image that seems to capture the soul of AA's work, but there are not likely to be many of those I don't think.
Beyond that, I'll be looking for:
1. A rich, complete, dramatic tonal range.
2. Critical sharpness throughout the image.
3. Swwep of composition, stron elements leading the eye into and through the image.
What I will NOT be looking for is landscapes per se. Ansel wasn't limited to landscapes, and neither should we be. Contextualization is important, however. The best Adams images always have a since of place, of location, of reality. It's inlikely that a "studio" shot will be able to reach that level, regardless of how snillfully lit and composed and "printed" it is.
Robt.
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03/06/2005 07:14:36 PM · #23 |
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03/06/2005 07:16:14 PM · #24 |
Originally posted by Beagleboy:
Tiddies with zone. |
I am voting this otherwose great image down because the tiddies should be on Zone VI, not Zone V; every moron knows that...
Ro9bt.
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03/06/2005 07:23:01 PM · #25 |
Just tiddies here for me. Tiddies = 10. No moobs please.
Originally posted by Beagleboy:
Tiddies with zone. |
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