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Photo posted by Lon Overacker in the Landscape gallery on 12/07/17 at 7:32 pm EST
Registered on 11/24/06, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments
Post last edited by Lon Overacker on 12/07/17 at 7:35 pm EST
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To photograph is to hold one's breath, when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality. It's at that precise moment that mastering an image becomes a great physical and intellectual joy. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
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Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on 12/07/17 at 8:35 pm EST
Registered on 09/17/10, 304 Posts, 3507 Comments
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Busy to look at, but the soothing color tones are easy on the eyes. The larger view much better. The detailed trees blend nicely into the softer rock face. Must have something to see and hear to see that amount of rock fall. The light crescent almost looks like a waterfall tumbling down.
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Comment posted by Stephen Stanton on 12/07/17 at 9:52 pm EST
Registered on 03/01/15, 54 Posts, 453 Comments
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I like the very fine lines of the twigs and branches. The off white resin tone of color adds quite a lot giving very haunting feel to the image, Lon.. most appropriate for the sad event it depicts.
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Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on 12/08/17 at 12:32 pm EST
Registered on 11/01/03, 471 Posts, 5188 Comments
I have looked at this a few times, Lon, and it just feels too busy to me. While I like the tones and the whispy branches, I think this would have worked better if there was light on the trees.
Actually, the rockfall occurred to the east (right) of where Horsetail Falls drops off the wall. The slab that peeled is closer to the East Buttress of El Cap.
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Preston Birdwell
Columbia, California, USA
NPN 429 | California Nature Photographers (CANP) Moderator | 'NPN Discussion' Moderator
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Comment posted by Igor Doncov on 12/08/17 at 2:12 pm EST
Registered on 11/22/14, 189 Posts, 2733 Comments
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I'll have to agree with the busy comments. I think it's due to the fact that the background stone has so much texture. However, much of the texture is up and down so there is a rhythm to all of it. I find the upper part of image to be less busy and work for me in color as well. It seems to get busier as you work down. I also find that the least sharpest version on the comment page to work best for me. I'm not entirely sure why.
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Comment posted by Ed Lowe on 12/08/17 at 11:08 pm EST
Registered on 02/07/04, 414 Posts, 7115 Comments
This may be a record shot, but I find myself thoroughly enjoying this busy scene, Lon. The details in the large version are very striking and the love the cool silver and grey tones of the alders and the scared rock face of El Cap. Tragic story about the climber.
Ed
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Comment posted by gary phillips on 12/09/17 at 01:40 am EST
Registered on 10/24/13, 185 Posts, 4136 Comments
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Documentary as it is, it still shows that a skilled photographer cannot just take a documentary image. I guarantee you could confiscate every camera from the tourists in Yosemite and you will not find an image like this on any of them. If you wanted a true documentary shot, you would have shot the scar by itself. So I'm going to categorize this as artful documentation, as would be expected from an artist. I rest my case.....
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Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on 12/09/17 at 05:54 am EST
Registered on 09/27/06, 636 Posts, 10682 Comments
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Works for me as a documentary image Lon but the busy patchy background against the complicated network of branches is difficult for me to get into.
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Comment posted by Ed McGuirk on 12/09/17 at 08:07 am EST
Registered on 11/29/17, 19 Posts, 260 Comments
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Lon, this is a busy image, but I like the muted tones of this scene. I really like what is going on in the tones and colors of the rock face, but the alders prevent my eye from getting too far into that part of the scene. You have two subjects here, I wish I could see more of the rock face, with the alders as more of a complementary element. The alder furthest to the right is okay with me, it's the left side of the tree part of the image that feels too busy to me.
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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on 12/09/17 at 1:37 pm EST
Registered on 11/24/06, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments
Thanks for the honest comments folks. Can't say I disagree. As I mentioned, more of a record shot for the moment.
Preston - I think you're right about the location of Horsetail falls. Thanks!
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To photograph is to hold one's breath, when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality. It's at that precise moment that mastering an image becomes a great physical and intellectual joy. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
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