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ben egbert Offline • • • • Upload & Sell: On p.1 #1 · View angles Like a face, a mountain has a preferred side. I want to show an example. Here are two views of the Tetons from different places. One shows the iconic look of the famous peaks, the other is seldom seen probably because it does not look like the classic Teton shot. You may even like it better, that’s not the point here, The point is that each landscape has some view that maximizes the expected look of that place. For the Grand Tetons, we are used to seeing the view from the barns, Schawbacher Landing (shown here) Snake River overlook and a few other places along hwy 89. Oxbow Bend features Mount Moran, and is also an Icon, but is a different mountain. The view from Jenny Lake is so close to the peaks and from such a low angle that the entire nature of them is changed. I think it is less popular for that reason. I once tried a sunset shot of the Tetons from the west side. I was very disappointed. It was smoky this trip and no clouds, so neither of these shots are great images. They are simply a way to illustrate a point. Classic view from Schwabacher landing   Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III    24 mm    f/8.0    1/250 sec    100 ISO    0.0 EV   View from Jenny Lake   Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III    17 mm    f/11.0    1/25 sec    100 ISO    +1.0 EV   Sep 06, 2012 at 05:39 PM

RustyBug Offline • • • • • Upload & Sell: On p.1 #2 · View angles Ummm ... they are both quite nice in their own right. The "classic view" does a very nice job of representing your "all in focus" yet having the ability to "draw the eye" around the scene without the use of "selective focus". My guess is that this is the kind of shot that appeals most to your aesthetic approach. It has great "push/pull" attributes to it. warm/cool near/far smooth/texture bright/dark positive space/negative space hard/soft Along with ... framing/lines/scale/balance While "in focus" / "oof" is a readily used "push/pull' technique to "draw the eye" ... it isn't the only way to do so. This is a nice illustration of how to use the more 'subtle' elements to harmoniously do so as well and still have everything "in focus". I know it isn't the point of your post ... but it is a nice job, nonetheless ... and I feel it well represents in an image what you've been trying to convey to us in words. Sep 06, 2012 at 06:36 PM

ben egbert Offline • • • • Upload & Sell: On p.1 #3 · View angles Hi Rusty. The last time I was at the Tetons, I noticed how much the character of the mountains changed as I drove south. I have been driving by the Tetons for 30 years, usually on the west side along I15 where it is visible on clear days for maybe a 30 mile stretch. No mistaken the shape. But On this trip I was over on the east side on 89 which is where all the famous icon shots are taken. Then I did Jenny Lake once just for fun, and was surprised. It might not even be recognized from this angle. I just wanted to share this piece of photo insight. This Jenny Lake shot was taken mid morning. Next day I was there for sunrise but did not like any of my shots because of smoke (not visible but still contrast killing) and the fact that the mountains are sort of bland in direct red light. I have my Schwabacher Landing shot from an earlier trip. Always looking to repeat or improve. but sometimes that's not to be. I realized something as well. I have a bucket list of icons I want to shoot. Gives me an excuse to go on vacations. But I usually get many more photo trips 5 to 50 miles from home between these icon trips. They are unplanned where the long trips are planned. Both are part of the hobby. For the Schwabacher shot, I was there early enough to do some milky way shots in total darkness until arriving headlights messed it up. I have some at longer focal length and the entire series of alpine light. But I waited for the sun to light up those aspen. Most of the other people were gone by then. Sep 06, 2012 at 07:48 PM

sadja Offline • • Upload & Sell: On p.1 #4 · View angles Hi Ben, not sure I agree with your conclusions or your statement that mountains have 'faces' (unlike architecture, which most definitely has faces". IMO the iconic view of Schawbacher Landing owes much of its popularity not to the mountains, but to the combinaation of river, reflections, fall color AND the mountains. Your 2nd view is less interesting, not because we don't immediatly identiy the peaks, but because the scene lacks the elements of composition and subject that work together to create a scene that is 'greater' than its parts. Sep 06, 2012 at 11:05 PM

sbeme Online • • • • • • Upload & Sell: On p.1 #5 · View angles sadja wrote: Hi Ben, not sure I agree with your conclusions or your statement that mountains have 'faces' (unlike architecture, which most definitely has faces". IMO the iconic view of Schawbacher Landing owes much of its popularity not to the mountains, but to the combinaation of river, reflections, fall color AND the mountains. Your 2nd view is less interesting, not because we don't immediatly identiy the peaks, but because the scene lacks the elements of composition and subject that work together to create a scene that is 'greater' than its parts. +1 Scott Sep 06, 2012 at 11:19 PM

AuntiPode Offline • • • • • Upload & Sell: On p.1 #6 · View angles I'd say the second has potential ... with better sky and light. Sep 06, 2012 at 11:26 PM

ben egbert Offline • • • • Upload & Sell: On p.1 #7 · View angles sadja wrote: Hi Ben, not sure I agree with your conclusions or your statement that mountains have 'faces' (unlike architecture, which most definitely has faces". IMO the iconic view of Schawbacher Landing owes much of its popularity not to the mountains, but to the combinaation of river, reflections, fall color AND the mountains. Your 2nd view is less interesting, not because we don't immediatly identiy the peaks, but because the scene lacks the elements of composition and subject that work together to create a scene that is 'greater' than its parts. Guess your concept of the Tetons is not like mine. I could draw them or see them drawn in a quick sketch and know what it was. But they only have that shape from a certain range of view points. The famous Snake River overlook scene has a different but still recognizable view. By the way, Don H showed me this place in 2005 and said this was pretty close to where AA shot it. Snake River Overlook   Canon EOS 20D    27 mm    f/11.0    1/40 sec    100 ISO    0.0 EV   North Barn Edited on Sep 07, 2012 at 12:19 AM · View previous versions Sep 07, 2012 at 12:08 AM

ben egbert Offline • • • • Upload & Sell: On p.1 #8 · View angles AuntiPode wrote: I'd say the second has potential ... with better sky and light. I might try it if I ever go back. But not until the prescribed burns are finished. Sep 07, 2012 at 12:12 AM

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eeneryma Offline • • Upload & Sell: On p.1 #9 · View angles Breathtaking photos! Makes me want to shoot where you live. Sep 07, 2012 at 01:22 PM

RustyBug Offline • • • • • Upload & Sell: On p.1 #10 · View angles eeneryma wrote: Breathtaking photos! Makes me want to shoot where you live. Makes me want to LIVE where he SHOOTS. !!! Sep 07, 2012 at 01:30 PM

ben egbert Offline • • • • Upload & Sell: On p.1 #11 · View angles Thanks guys, but this is about 300 miles north of me. Not too bad a drive. Guess Rusty had it right. I lived in Spokane Wa. when I took these a pretty far drive at the time. Sep 07, 2012 at 02:45 PM

ben egbert Offline • • • • Upload & Sell: On p.1 #12 · View angles Here is the view from the west side, as close as I could get. But this is pretty much what they look like from Debois Id to Idaho Falls when driving I-15, only 50 or so miles further west.   Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III    100 mm    f/16.0    1 sec    100 ISO    -0.7 EV   Sep 07, 2012 at 05:03 PM

eeneryma Offline • • Upload & Sell: On p.1 #13 · View angles When you take these shots, Ben, how much hiking do you do? Are you mountain climbing and camping to get these shots. Sep 07, 2012 at 08:56 PM

ben egbert Offline • • • • Upload & Sell: On p.1 #14 · View angles These are drive to shots. I don't backpack anymore but I do hike up to perhaps 500 feet elevation gain and a mile in. My photo gear weighs 35 pounds or so and my back gives me trouble after a while. I am going to do an icon project where I will give some tips on the icons I have done with respect t time and place. Sep 07, 2012 at 09:30 PM

HiredGoon Offline • • Upload & Sell: Off p.1 #15 · View angles I wish that I had some examples at hand, but you could also use views of Mt Timpanagos from American Fork, Orem, and then Provo to illustrate the same point. From American Fork you get the classic front-on view. From Orem you get Little Baldy in the line of sight and the view is not so great. But from Provo you get a angled view suggesting that the mountain is towering over you. This is in the space of about 7 miles, IIRC. Sep 10, 2012 at 10:58 PM

ben egbert Offline • • • • Upload & Sell: On p.1 #16 · View angles I have most of those and you are correct. I really like the view from Silver Lake flat and also from Deer Creek Res. Nebo is simillar. a giant of a mountian when driving north on I-15. Not much from the back side. Sep 10, 2012 at 11:05 PM

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