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Challenge: Ansel Adams (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Location: London - South Bank
Date: Mar 5, 2005
Aperture: f22
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/20
Galleries: Nature, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Mar 6, 2005

 This is more an exercise in exposure and editing for me than winning or placing highly. Therefore I genuinely don't care where this ranks and, in fact, I almost didn't submit for that reason since I fully expect around 20 pieces of super-burned 'digital art' to occupy the top spots...

Shot taken during the London GTG.

Statistics
Place: 91 out of 292
Avg (all users): 5.6457
Avg (commenters): 7.4167
Avg (participants): 5.5405
Avg (non-participants): 5.7925
Views since voting: 1459
Votes: 254
Comments: 23
Favorites: 0

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 03/17/2005 12:08:00 PM
The 'peeling' bark is an entirely natural phenomenon, for those that don't know - it's part of an overall process of air scrubbing, really - particles of various pollutants are isolated in sections of bark, which the tree then sheds. The many plane trees in London are sometimes referred to as the city's lungs. Glad this shot was yours Jon - highly underrated.
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 03/15/2005 10:22:35 AM
I really like this...it has so much to admire.
The little detailed things like the light hitting the edge of the flaking bark are what make it special for me.

Well done Jon.
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 03/14/2005 07:58:26 PM
I didn't vote....I didn't feel qualified.....after researching and reading on the zone and trying to figure it out...this picture was what I thought would have qualified for a 10. I don't know much...but I know what I like :)
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 03/14/2005 11:51:32 AM
Now, this an image which employs the zone system. The image is exposed for the 4th zone and from here it pays due justice to the lower zones which are essential to capture the detail in these zones. However, such sublety is not grasped or overlooked for the spatial scenes, even if these suffer from improper exposure.

Very good work.
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 03/14/2005 09:40:41 AM
This is an awesome shot, great tones, and good compostion.
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 03/14/2005 09:36:48 AM
beautiful capture.
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 03/14/2005 07:42:50 AM
This was one of my picks to ribbon. Very well done imo, wish it would have placed higher.
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 03/14/2005 02:00:45 AM
Thanks Ed (e301) who found what I particularly wanted in the shot - and to all who commented.
 03/14/2005 12:18:59 AM
Wonderful picture, one of my favorites for this challenge ... thought it was going to end up higher :(
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/13/2005 02:03:21 PM
you've capture the dramatic lighting and sky, well composed, interesting subject... one of my favorites this challenge
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 03/12/2005 08:09:46 AM
Nicely captured texture.
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 03/11/2005 07:19:39 PM
lovely detail of sycamore tree; very interesting effect..good work
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 03/11/2005 02:15:56 PM
Neat. Indeed a wide range of tones. Good luck on this dermatologic recreation....
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 03/11/2005 09:33:22 AM
Neat idea for the challenge. The focus seems good here, but something about the shot is preventing it from really "popping" out at me. There appears to be a lot of texture here, but I don't get a really strong feeling of it from the photo. Maybe a closer shot or different lighting? The b/w tones seem a bit warm, and maybe the texture would show better in a harsher b/w? I also would have liked it better with the top portion cropped more...just about to a square. I did that on my monitor and I liked it that way. I'm no expert, but I did give this an above average score. I like the idea a lot. I hope this is helpful.
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 03/10/2005 02:48:45 PM
Perfect, for the challenge at least. It has that trade-mark slightly centred-feeling composition, great sense of both tone and texture, a near-abstract interest which i find in a lot of his closer work. Great movement throughout frame too. lovely work.
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 03/10/2005 11:36:44 AM
Good tonal range! Great shot. 7
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 03/09/2005 10:46:26 AM
Wonderful tones... i guess its duotone.
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 03/08/2005 07:40:23 AM
I like it, but I don't know why. Nice.
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 03/07/2005 10:23:51 PM
Very lovely study of this plane tree (sycamore). The tonal range is very nice, and invites the eye to go around and see every bit of texture it can. 9
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 03/07/2005 05:19:00 PM
Very Anselesque
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 03/07/2005 12:24:55 PM
Subtle gradation in the tones and great contrast, perfect DOF, inspiring texture, abstract and minimalistic mood ( as I love this last times :).
And a closeup interpretation of Adams style.
For all that, a 9 .
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 03/07/2005 06:01:16 AM
Very good. To put in some critique then I find it litle too smooth and sharp to be AA style.
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 03/07/2005 12:11:12 AM
lots of grays and whites...nice
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