In Ansel's Footsteps by bmac62
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Ansel Adams stopped at this same point in 1941/1942 and created his famous photograph, "The Tetons and The Snake River". (I am adding a link to it below.)
Above is my photo taken yesterday of the same iconic location. Zoom worthy for sure.
It looks to me like the trees have grown up a lot in the last 74 years obscuring the river where it curves back to the north (center and right side of the foreground). Either that or he was able to gain a higher elevation then I could yesterday. He did drive through the park in his 1941 Pontiac "Woodie" station wagon. He had a platform on the roof of the car to stand upon with his tripod mounted large format camera. Smart man:)
Adam's Wiki contains this remark: "Adams's photograph The Tetons and the Snake River was one of the 115 images recorded on the Voyager Golden Record aboard the Voyager spacecraft. These images were selected to convey information about humans, plants and animals, and geological features of the Earth to a possible alien civilization."
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Link to Ansel Adams original photograph taken from here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansel_Adams
Scroll down to the Contributions and Influence paragraph to see the photo.
Thanks for the link! What fun to compare the two shots. And did you notice the glaciers? Gorgeous shot, hon. :*
quality photography Bill. My cousin carries a camera similar to Mr. Adams around hiking all over the SW taking pictures. the last time I visited he was showing me. I picked up the custom made back pack, and let me tell you it is very heavy, but he is a big man
wow this is so lovely
Wonderful mate. I have a framed print of the Yosemite shot below. It's still in the garage from when I recently moved house!
Beautiful Photo, I know the one by Ansel Adams !!!
How very exciting to be in the same spot! I like your colour one!
Amazing landscape, great shot!
Beautiful shot, Bill. And in color, too. What I find fascinating with these photos are they reveal how abruptly the mountains rise up out of the plain. There must be a great fault line running at the foot of the mountains. The geological contrast is amazing. Keep up the good work! Looking forward to more. :-)
beautiful panorama
Gobsmacked. Totally and utterly gobsmacked. A breathtaking photo, Bill!
An amazing photo Bill!
Excellent, Bill & you've caught it as the trees are changing color - I really like the contrast between the yellow & green trees. We didn't make it to this exact spot, unfortunately...
Breathtaking! You're a worthy follower!
Excellent capture Bill.
Instant fav Bill! What a gorgeous scene and image!
Love your pic Bill and I took a look at Ansel's work too, both pics are iconic.
all I can say is WOW!
big country
Adams worked very hard on his pictures.
Amazing capture Bill. God bless.
WOW! This is a fantastic view. Breathtaking. !!
How fabulous & another interesting link. Thankyou. xx
Ansel Adams would be green with envy if he ever saw this phenomenal panorama, Bill. Of course, he was stuck with black and white.
whenever I see a great photo like Adams' version of this, in a museum, I like to shrug, sigh, and walk away muttering, "been there, done that---next!" The Adams photo is bristling with high contrast and deep darks, and ragged edges cutting into the deep shadows and giving articulation to its whites and bright hues. If I remember, he used an astronomical f-stop. And I love that blinkings posted that famous shot of Adams on his car. Perfect. (Btw, "f-stop" is where "f"s go to the bathroom. Esp on the road. That's considered a riotous joke among lenses...)
But your shot is a whole other universe. First it's in color. You go from vivid contrasts in the lower third, to that layered sweep in the middle (the land between the trees and the peaks), to the peaks themselves. The lower third looks like a blanket with beautiful peach-gold tufts on it. The river is a hidden thing here, appearing only in one place, as if it's too reticent to want to be seen. The land behind that is a layer, like the side of a mining area, carved out of earth and laid flat. It has an amazing sheared slope, in your capture---probably because you caught the lines of the land sloping downwards. Clarity even at that distance. And the mountains are a sheer wall, here, both vivid in their etched lines and hazy and ghostly: They're beautifully apparition-like. With a sky filled with yellow-tinged clouds. The piece is of a single patina, despite the many hues. It's a yellow-tinged patina (so different from the obvious intense blacks and whites of the Adams). And all the detail doesn't erase the still soft feeling of the whole. You do that in your pics---you'll get detail and sharpness, but a softness. And the light on the mountains is beautiful. A sweeping autumnal shot, Bill, with a beautifully gentle mountain range. And with balance between all portions. Beautifully done.
(Btw, having seen the Tetons as a child, I made my first painting ever---of it---in my parent's bedroom. In oils. I wish I had it today---it wasn't too bad, lol. And I painted this very peak.)