Again, mostly top notch work Marc and really enjoyable to see them. Number one and two are the clear winners here, I simply cannot decide which I like more, but I'd perhaps give the slight edge to number two thanks to the more intense colors, great clouds and brilliant comp. I also like numbers seven and eight. The rest of them are nice in their own way as well and I'm sure nobody here would mind having them in their own portfolio, but they don't quite match the greatness of first two. They do meet your usual (very very high) standard. I must say I don't like the b&w picture that much. The conversion is nicely done, but I don't find anything intersting in it.
Marc - Every time I look at your photos I'm transported to another world. Thanks for sharing your insights into your shooting and the beautiful locations you journey to. I'm really impressed with the amount of work you do to get to the shot.
I think the night shot of the river with the blue tones is my favorite. It's very mystical in quality and shares some of the unique flavor I see in your work.
There's one thing I'm very interested in that I hope you're willing to share. You obviously have a deep passion for the art of photography. Can you comment a little on how you came into your trade? At times it feels like aspiring landscape photogs get caught up in the technical side of how a photograph is made. I'd love to hear how you've developed your artistic eye.
Luke Mislinski wrote:
Marc - Every time I look at your photos I'm transported to another world. Thanks for sharing your insights into your shooting and the beautiful locations you journey to. I'm really impressed with the amount of work you do to get to the shot.
I think the night shot of the river with the blue tones is my favorite. It's very mystical in quality and shares some of the unique flavor I see in your work.
There's one thing I'm very interested in that I hope you're willing to share. You obviously have a deep passion for the art of photography. Can you comment a little on how you came into your trade? At times it feels like aspiring landscape photogs get caught up in the technical side of how a photograph is made. I'd love to hear how you've developed your artistic eye.
Luke, that could be a book in itself. And since I'll have a book coming out sometime mid/end of next year, I'll try to talk about it.
Thanks all for the comments and insight. One thing I particularly enjoy here, is that at least one of you has named each one of these ten images their favorite at one point or another. It's a diverse bunch of images, and it tells of how diverse our artistic preferences are. I definitely try to not limit myself too much as I shoot the landscape.
Wow-great stuff. I like the different processing style you show here from the usual oversaturated landscape image. Nice subtle pastel colors - almost flat light in many, but nice.
Marc Adamus wrote:
Thanks for looking. I appreciate the opinions on the photos.
From my perspective, the name calling does sound condensending. As does the 'tour guide' comment...not sure what you'd mean by that anyway, since these pics weren't part of any tours. It doesn't seem to me your comment was intentionally offensive though, so it's not that important to me.
I dislike numeric ratings greatly and don't want to get into evaluating images that way, so I'll try to listen to the critiques you offer.
I should point out that there is absolutely nothing 'rescued' about #2. I had every exposure I'd need and more to render this scene exactly how I wanted it, and with not the slightest damage done to any of the files. It may be that I preferred the darkness here that might give it the look you refer to.
As far as the rest go, I think everyone understands that you won't please everyone all the time. I didn't really feel that any one image here was much better than another, personally. I liked all of them quite a lot, and think they meet the standards I have for the rest of my portfolio. But there's no perfect pictures out there! Everything can be critiqued, and everything can be better in some way. Everyone's entitled to their opinions. It does help me to know what those opinions are, whether I agree or not.
FWIW I work with Dexy Dex, and he usually calls you Commander Adamus. I can assure you, he is no way belittling you. He has a nickname for EVERYTHING. Also, FWIW, I called him a douchenozzle for some of his ratings on your pics. I was blown away by most of them.
OK, Marc you always put a fire in my belly when I see your work, as you well know. Here is no exception.
I'm really loving #1, #2, #5, and #7.
#1 because I know the spot well, but would not have thought to shoot is like that. And it is simply kick a**. Also I am sure you had to dodge at least a handful of bear to get it. They love that spot!
#2 rocks. Although the sky as you know, and you like it, is just a tad heavy on the ND grad for me.
#3 and #4 even though beautiful, in our (my wife and I) opinion are a small level below your usual ridiculous standards.
#5 reminds me of my recent shot in the same area. I actually have plans to get up there next year to do a variety of these kind of shots, but with the latest greatest camera (whatever it will be then) and Zeiss primes (for detailed massive enlargements). Fantastic shot, wonderfully symmetrical composition with the very nice variety of colors as well. Looks like you got it at the perfect peak of leaf color before any leaves started falling off? Did you get it with no wind?
#6 the B+W, sorry, just does not strike me. But then, I am not much of a B+W kind of guy. Although I do sometimes appreciate them.
#7 is just freekin crazy moody and beautiful, although some may not appreciate it as much because it is a dark kind of photo (which tend to get overlooked by the public sometimes). I think it is flat awesome!
#8, #9 and #10... again beautiful but don't strike me as the others do, or others you have already shot from same or similar locations.
I looked at these with Jennifer, my wife (who has a killer eye) and she said "Yep, he's a master photographer." I said, "yep." We both were in complete agreement on the picks and quality.
Stunning series Marc. I always think that you leave yourself no room for improvement until you submit your most recent material. Then I fall out of my chair in awe. The first effect your photos have on me when viewing them is always that I want to sell all my gear and just give up, but then it slowly turns into motivation and inspiration. I'll be one of thousands of people to order that book the day it's available! It better be a big one with lots of spreads
Sorry for asking a question you've probably answered a million times. Do you use any distortion correction software?
Hougaard Malan wrote:
Stunning series Marc. I always think that you leave yourself no room for improvement until you submit your most recent material. Then I fall out of my chair in awe. The first effect your photos have on me when viewing them is always that I want to sell all my gear and just give up, but then it slowly turns into motivation and inspiration. I'll be one of thousands of people to order that book the day it's available! It better be a big one with lots of spreads
Sorry for asking a question you've probably answered a million times. Do you use any distortion correction software?
Of all the pics you've taken, for some reason your larch trees really strike me the most. I guess b/c it's a different type of MA shot. I love all of the them, but for some reason I keep coming back to that shot. I dunno, maybe it's my mood today...
