Re: PESO - El Capitan (#1)
Paul Sorenson wrote: To see more of Eliot Porter's work, see if you can find a book originally published in 1963 by the Sierra Club called The Place No One Knew. It's Porter's photos of Glen Canyon in northern AZ before the dam was built and the canyon was flooded. That's the very first book I bought of his - wait, no - the first was 'In Wildness is the Preservation of the World - paperback, of course, although I later bought the coffeetable one secondhand - but I'd say The Place No One Knew is pretty much my favorite... I wish I'd seen the canyon before it was flooded. ann From Publishers Weekly This is ... master nature photographer Porter's 1963 paean to a unique natural wonder of compressed geology and atmospheric caprice now long since extinguished by a power-project dam. The work still excites as both camera art and a spur to wilderness preservation. Light, shadow and tinted hue play changes on the canyon's walls, rifts and waters in Porter's color plates, here accompanied by quotations from Thoreau, Loren Eiseley, Owen Wister, Wallace Stegner and others. The assemblage of carved walls, royal arches, glens, alcove gulches, mounds and monuments that Porter calls the Colorado's masterwork was discovered by John Wesley Powell in 1869. Porter mourns a vanished river passage that mirrors pink rocks and cerulean sky and in whose narrow chasms streams of melted gems flow over purple sands. Though imperceptible in its original state, Glen Canyon on these picture-pages persists and is fittingly commemorated. Another of book of Porter's worth perusing has photos from the coast of Maine, titled Summer Island. -P [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 2/13/2007 6:51:50 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Marnie - I like this more the more I look it - though it isn't quite up to your Joshua trees for me (very subjectively) You are becoming the Eliot Porter of the list ann Thanks, Ann. I think you caught what I liked, the play of light on the rock. And I know no reason one can't take a slightly more intimate portrait of a big rock. :-) Had to look up Eliot Porter, wow, big compliment. Maybe a little tooo big. But big thanks. Marnie aka Doe :-) = In a message dated 2/12/2007 2:49:44 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I really like the lighting in this shot. Dan M Thanks. :-) So did I. Marnie aka Doe = But enough caveats -- I rather like some of the straight on El Capitan photos I got. Needless to say I shot it a lot, and this is only one... http://members.aol.com/eactivist/PAWS/pages/elcapitan1.htm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - El Capitan (#1)
Marnie - I like this more the more I look it - though it isn't quite up to your Joshua trees for me (very subjectively) You are becoming the Eliot Porter of the list ann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 2/12/2007 2:49:44 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I really like the lighting in this shot. Dan M Thanks. :-) So did I. Marnie aka Doe = On 2/12/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On the way to my SW trip, I spent about two days in Yosemite. I discovered shooting it is rather difficult, as the best light is early morning and late afternoon. Not being an early morning person, my window of opportunity was pretty limited. In other words, two days was not enough -- some rocks are best late day and you can't be in all the places to shoot all those rocks at the same time late day. Also I hadn't been there in 30 years and spent a lot of time just revisiting things, and, well, I am also no AA. But enough caveats -- I rather like some of the straight on El Capitan photos I got. Needless to say I shot it a lot, and this is only one... http://members.aol.com/eactivist/PAWS/pages/elcapitan1.htm Comments, welcome. Marnie aka Doe :-) This is a repost, the original message didn't show up in my inbox. If you see it twice, sorry. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - El Capitan (#1)
In a message dated 2/13/2007 6:51:50 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Marnie - I like this more the more I look it - though it isn't quite up to your Joshua trees for me (very subjectively) You are becoming the Eliot Porter of the list ann Thanks, Ann. I think you caught what I liked, the play of light on the rock. And I know no reason one can't take a slightly more intimate portrait of a big rock. :-) Had to look up Eliot Porter, wow, big compliment. Maybe a little tooo big. But big thanks. Marnie aka Doe :-) = In a message dated 2/12/2007 2:49:44 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I really like the lighting in this shot. Dan M Thanks. :-) So did I. Marnie aka Doe = But enough caveats -- I rather like some of the straight on El Capitan photos I got. Needless to say I shot it a lot, and this is only one... http://members.aol.com/eactivist/PAWS/pages/elcapitan1.htm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - El Capitan (#1)
To see more of Eliot Porter's work, see if you can find a book originally published in 1963 by the Sierra Club called The Place No One Knew. It's Porter's photos of Glen Canyon in northern AZ before the dam was built and the canyon was flooded. From Publishers Weekly This is ... master nature photographer Porter's 1963 paean to a unique natural wonder of compressed geology and atmospheric caprice now long since extinguished by a power-project dam. The work still excites as both camera art and a spur to wilderness preservation. Light, shadow and tinted hue play changes on the canyon's walls, rifts and waters in Porter's color plates, here accompanied by quotations from Thoreau, Loren Eiseley, Owen Wister, Wallace Stegner and others. The assemblage of carved walls, royal arches, glens, alcove gulches, mounds and monuments that Porter calls the Colorado's masterwork was discovered by John Wesley Powell in 1869. Porter mourns a vanished river passage that mirrors pink rocks and cerulean sky and in whose narrow chasms streams of melted gems flow over purple sands. Though imperceptible in its original state, Glen Canyon on these picture-pages persists and is fittingly commemorated. Another of book of Porter's worth perusing has photos from the coast of Maine, titled Summer Island. -P [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 2/13/2007 6:51:50 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Marnie - I like this more the more I look it - though it isn't quite up to your Joshua trees for me (very subjectively) You are becoming the Eliot Porter of the list ann Thanks, Ann. I think you caught what I liked, the play of light on the rock. And I know no reason one can't take a slightly more intimate portrait of a big rock. :-) Had to look up Eliot Porter, wow, big compliment. Maybe a little tooo big. But big thanks. Marnie aka Doe :-) = In a message dated 2/12/2007 2:49:44 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I really like the lighting in this shot. Dan M Thanks. :-) So did I. Marnie aka Doe = But enough caveats -- I rather like some of the straight on El Capitan photos I got. Needless to say I shot it a lot, and this is only one... http://members.aol.com/eactivist/PAWS/pages/elcapitan1.htm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - El Capitan (#1)
In a message dated 2/13/2007 8:44:39 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: To see more of Eliot Porter's work, see if you can find a book originally published in 1963 by the Sierra Club called The Place No One Knew. It's Porter's photos of Glen Canyon in northern AZ before the dam was built and the canyon was flooded. From Publishers Weekly This is ... master nature photographer Porter's 1963 paean to a unique natural wonder of compressed geology and atmospheric caprice now long since extinguished by a power-project dam. The work still excites as both camera art and a spur to wilderness preservation. Light, shadow and tinted hue play changes on the canyon's walls, rifts and waters in Porter's color plates, here accompanied by quotations from Thoreau, Loren Eiseley, Owen Wister, Wallace Stegner and others. The assemblage of carved walls, royal arches, glens, alcove gulches, mounds and monuments that Porter calls the Colorado's masterwork was discovered by John Wesley Powell in 1869. Porter mourns a vanished river passage that mirrors pink rocks and cerulean sky and in whose narrow chasms streams of melted gems flow over purple sands. Though imperceptible in its original state, Glen Canyon on these picture-pages persists and is fittingly commemorated. Another of book of Porter's worth perusing has photos from the coast of Maine, titled Summer Island. -P === Thanks. Hmmm, my father helped build Glen Canyon dam. LOL. I'll look around for him. Marnie :-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - El Capitan (#1)
Well, Porter was very painterly in his rendering of nature in color - and very precise with his dye transfer prints... it is that kinship to your stuff that I see... odd that you didn't know him. He started out most famous for his bird photos - but I've got a great book of his southwestern stuff in black and white. anyway, I love your stuff ann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 2/13/2007 6:51:50 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Marnie - I like this more the more I look it - though it isn't quite up to your Joshua trees for me (very subjectively) You are becoming the Eliot Porter of the list ann Thanks, Ann. I think you caught what I liked, the play of light on the rock. And I know no reason one can't take a slightly more intimate portrait of a big rock. :-) Had to look up Eliot Porter, wow, big compliment. Maybe a little tooo big. But big thanks. Marnie aka Doe :-) = In a message dated 2/12/2007 2:49:44 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I really like the lighting in this shot. Dan M Thanks. :-) So did I. Marnie aka Doe = But enough caveats -- I rather like some of the straight on El Capitan photos I got. Needless to say I shot it a lot, and this is only one... http://members.aol.com/eactivist/PAWS/pages/elcapitan1.htm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
PESO - El Capitan (#1)( Elliott Porter)
Well, Porter was very painterly in his rendering of nature in color - and very precise with his dye transfer prints... it is that kinship to your stuff that I see... odd that you didn't know him. There's a name I am very familiar with. I met him on a couple trips he made to Antarctica to photograph various areas. I was the Photo Officer in the Navy Support Squadron down there (75-77) and had the pleasure of going around with him as well as having him in the lab for wine, cheese, and BS sessions. I never ceased to be amazed at his energy level, and he was well into his 80's then. I believe. Walt He started out most famous for his bird photos - but I've got a great book of his southwestern stuff in black and white. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - El Capitan (#1)( Elliott Porter)
Walter Hamler wrote: quoting ann: Well, Porter was very painterly in his rendering of nature in color - and very precise with his dye transfer prints... it is that kinship to your stuff that I see... odd that you didn't know him. Walter then wrote There's a name I am very familiar with. I met him on a couple trips he made to Antarctica to photograph various areas. I was the Photo Officer in the Navy Support Squadron down there (75-77) and had the pleasure of going around with him as well as having him in the lab for wine, cheese, and BS sessions. I never ceased to be amazed at his energy level, and he was well into his 80's then. I believe. Walt ann replies: Wow -- how wonderful! ( BTW, though it is usually my spelling that is off in these situations, I checked to make sure - it is Eliot with one L as opposed to my other idol, Elliott Erwitt.) The book I have is simply called SOUTHWEST - and is described as a first look at some of Porter's black and white photo of that area -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - El Capitan (#1)
In a message dated 2/13/2007 11:18:56 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: anyway, I love your stuff ann = Well, as a big ann fan, it's nice to be appreciated in return. Actually, whereas I know of some painters, I have a big ignorance chasm to fill re photographers. Marnie aka Doe :-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
PESO - El Capitan (#1)( Elliott Porter)
Oops. Yes, I probably did mispell. I have some pics somewhere of him on some of our ventures. If I can locate I will scan (slides) and post here. BTW, I am assuming he has long passed on, but does anyone have a date? Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
PESO - El Capitan (#1)
On the way to my SW trip, I spent about two days in Yosemite. I discovered shooting it is rather difficult, as the best light is early morning and late afternoon. Not being an early morning person, my window of opportunity was pretty limited. In other words, two days was not enough -- some rocks are best late day and you can't be in all the places to shoot all those rocks at the same time late day. Also I hadn't been there in 30 years and spent a lot of time just revisiting things, and, well, I am also no AA. But enough caveats -- I rather like some of the straight on El Capitan photos I got. Needless to say I shot it a lot, and this is only one... http://members.aol.com/eactivist/PAWS/pages/elcapitan1.htm Comments, welcome. Marnie aka Doe :-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
PESO - El Capitan (#1)
On the way to my SW trip, I spent about two days in Yosemite. I discovered shooting it is rather difficult, as the best light is early morning and late afternoon. Not being an early morning person, my window of opportunity was pretty limited. In other words, two days was not enough -- some rocks are best late day and you can't be in all the places to shoot all those rocks at the same time late day. Also I hadn't been there in 30 years and spent a lot of time just revisiting things, and, well, I am also no AA. But enough caveats -- I rather like some of the straight on El Capitan photos I got. Needless to say I shot it a lot, and this is only one... http://members.aol.com/eactivist/PAWS/pages/elcapitan1.htm Comments, welcome. Marnie aka Doe :-) This is a repost, the original message didn't show up in my inbox. If you see it twice, sorry. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - El Capitan (#1)
I really like the lighting in this shot. Dan M On 2/12/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On the way to my SW trip, I spent about two days in Yosemite. I discovered shooting it is rather difficult, as the best light is early morning and late afternoon. Not being an early morning person, my window of opportunity was pretty limited. In other words, two days was not enough -- some rocks are best late day and you can't be in all the places to shoot all those rocks at the same time late day. Also I hadn't been there in 30 years and spent a lot of time just revisiting things, and, well, I am also no AA. But enough caveats -- I rather like some of the straight on El Capitan photos I got. Needless to say I shot it a lot, and this is only one... http://members.aol.com/eactivist/PAWS/pages/elcapitan1.htm Comments, welcome. Marnie aka Doe :-) This is a repost, the original message didn't show up in my inbox. If you see it twice, sorry. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - El Capitan (#1)
Marnie, http://members.aol.com/eactivist/PAWS/pages/elcapitan1.htm while it's a nice picture, relative size and position of the trees vs El Capitan somewhat mask its' monumentality. I know it's very hard to capture El Capitan's glory, I haven't even tried it from that side... Cheers, Peter -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - El Capitan (#1)
In a message dated 2/12/2007 3:35:03 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Marnie, http://members.aol.com/eactivist/PAWS/pages/elcapitan1.htm while it's a nice picture, relative size and position of the trees vs El Capitan somewhat mask its' monumentality. I know it's very hard to capture El Capitan's glory, I haven't even tried it from that side... Cheers, Peter === I have others from a distance that show it's size better, but I sort of liked this one. Thanks for looking. Marnie aka Doe :-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - El Capitan (#1)
In a message dated 2/12/2007 2:49:44 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I really like the lighting in this shot. Dan M Thanks. :-) So did I. Marnie aka Doe = On 2/12/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On the way to my SW trip, I spent about two days in Yosemite. I discovered shooting it is rather difficult, as the best light is early morning and late afternoon. Not being an early morning person, my window of opportunity was pretty limited. In other words, two days was not enough -- some rocks are best late day and you can't be in all the places to shoot all those rocks at the same time late day. Also I hadn't been there in 30 years and spent a lot of time just revisiting things, and, well, I am also no AA. But enough caveats -- I rather like some of the straight on El Capitan photos I got. Needless to say I shot it a lot, and this is only one... http://members.aol.com/eactivist/PAWS/pages/elcapitan1.htm Comments, welcome. Marnie aka Doe :-) This is a repost, the original message didn't show up in my inbox. If you see it twice, sorry. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
