LightandShadow

No emotion? He looks happy–sort of.

Very clever.

Golden spiral, golden ratio, pure gold image.

Very nice. You took considerable care, getting the reflections in the water to show the full tall tree and with framing the lush green in the 2nd shot. It’s the sort of thing non-photographers would appreciate without being able to detect why it’s better than their own snapshots.

I seldom use my Apple 17 pro for photos unless I am someplace wanting an image and without my camera. I don’t care for the relative inaccessibility of controls even when I don’t need them.

The main issue for me is whether my work in the field combined with my work in the “darkroom” provides a satisfying creative experience. The rest hardly matters.

High drama!

I enjoy these sorts of images. There is one wall we visit every time we go to the mountains. I have lots of pictures in various seasons. B&W sometimes works well, even with green ferns. I’ve even been known to add texture.

What he said…..

Thank  you.

I can assure you that the so-called left do not think that all artistic work that celebrates the beauty and goodness of the land is Nationalistic Fascism.

and none of that sounds like Adams being a fraud. The intersection of art and business, politics and religion goes back to at least the Renaissance. Often, the funding for econommic and political purposes was mainly a funding source for realization of the artist’s vision.

Love it. At least you can laugh about it.

I love the scene. I also love the self-consciousness of it—looking at looking at.

i once did a similar image https://steve-walker.smugmug.com/Favs-X-Year/Some-Favs-2025/i-DtmzcrP/A

Caught you red handed…

Yep. Get up early, stay out late. Be willing to walk a bit 9n the dark.

I always love these sorts of textures in tree bark. Nicely seen and done.

Yep. Separate from golden hour. There are technical terms based on degrees above or below the horizon.around sunrise and sunset. Then there’s my physicist friend who explains how light gets dispersed….So much science.

Increasingly, spectators are products, support for advertising and media dollars. They want the attendance. Remember the football/soccer games with cardboard cutouts in the stands during COVID? They really want merch purchases; but the real payoff is in TV revenue.

Did you mean or care that the “h” in “They is upside down?

Good design.