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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: Jeremy Roussak on January 19, 2013, 12:30:40 pm

Title: survivor
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on January 19, 2013, 12:30:40 pm

Comments?

Jeremy

Title: Re: survivor
Post by: amolitor on January 19, 2013, 01:22:42 pm

Doesn't Ansel Adams have one that's eerily similar to this? Not that this is a copy, at all, his is B&W and I think the background is totally different, but this feels like a strong and deliberate reference.

It was a good idea then, and it's still a good idea! Well done!

Title: Re: survivor
Post by: Wim van Velzen on January 19, 2013, 03:52:41 pm

I like it!

Title: Re: survivor
Post by: RSL on January 19, 2013, 04:02:04 pm

I like the subject and the composition, Jeremy, but I hope you're prepared for the oversharpening comments that are sure to come. It looks oversharpened to me too.

Title: Re: survivor
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on January 19, 2013, 06:33:27 pm

I like it a lot! And it has a very different mood from Ansel's.

Title: Re: survivor
Post by: stamper on January 20, 2013, 04:37:01 am

Quote from: RSL on January 19, 2013, 04:02:04 pm

I like the subject and the composition, Jeremy, but I hope you're prepared for the oversharpening comments that are sure to come. It looks oversharpened to me too.

+1

Title: Re: survivor
Post by: francois on January 20, 2013, 06:15:12 am

Quote from: amolitor on January 19, 2013, 01:22:42 pm

Doesn't Ansel Adams have one that's eerily similar to this? Not that this is a copy, at all, his is B&W and I think the background is totally different, but this feels like a strong and deliberate reference.

It was a good idea then, and it's still a good idea! Well done!

I believe AA's photo was named Aspens. I seem to remember that the background was a lot darker and didn't feature burnt trees.

Back to Jeremy's survivor. I like it and the title is perfect. Have to agree with Russ... I feel that sharpening is a bit over the reasonable but it might be OK on another display or in print.

Bravo.

Title: Re: survivor
Post by: Michael West on January 20, 2013, 09:58:16 am

Im going to guess that this image was shot from some distance and that accounts for the sharpening?
 

Title: Re: survivor
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on January 20, 2013, 10:50:51 am

Thanks for the comments.

Andrew and Francois, you're right: AA's photograph was called Aspen. One online version of it is here (http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zv9DLa78_0k/Ti1eD9lhzjI/AAAAAAAABgQ/afP2uAhWxgw/s1600/adams_aspens.jpg). I wasn't consciously aware of its existence but it might have been lurking somewhere in the dark recesses of my mind.

It was a serendipitous shot: I was on my way to Bright Angel point and saw it across a small field to the right hand side of the road, so I stopped. The light was catching the tree and making it stand out, although as I've found before I can't come anywhere close to reproducing the wonderful shimmering effect of those golden leaves shaking gently in the breeze.

I agree, looking at it again, that the jpeg I've posted looks rather over-sharpened, but the full file I have really doesn't. I don't know whether distance is relevant: the shot was taken using the full reach of a 70-200Lf4 on my 5d2 and it's only very slightly cropped.

Jeremy