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David Paterson

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On the trail of St Ansel
« on: March 24, 2021, 19:05:08 »
I believe some other guy may have shot some stuff around this location - pity I didn't catch up to him when I was over in California - I maybe could have told him what he was doing wrong . . . 

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Re: On the trail of St Ansel
« Reply #1 on: March 24, 2021, 22:42:56 »
David, always nice to see your images--and this one brought back a memory.

When I was a child, a long time ago, my grandfather had a ranch about 30 miles outside the park--so I sometimes was able to visit. Not far from this this "location" I once saw an older white-bearded "guy" with a large view camera on a tripod patiently waiting the light, and even then I imagined it was that "guy". I'll never know for sure but I like to imagine it was. I'm sure though--he, whoever he was, could have told me what I was doing wrong with my little camera...
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Re: On the trail of St Ansel
« Reply #2 on: March 24, 2021, 23:15:45 »
Welcome back, Dave!  Hope you are staying safe.

The image looks full of atmosphere.  The amount of the mist looks just about right to me.  Thank you for sharing!
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Re: On the trail of St Ansel
« Reply #3 on: March 25, 2021, 07:42:30 »
Perfect, almost too perfect  ;D Thank you for sharing
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Re: On the trail of St Ansel
« Reply #4 on: March 25, 2021, 11:33:47 »
powerful, living scene

I am happy to see you posting
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Re: On the trail of St Ansel
« Reply #5 on: March 25, 2021, 11:46:35 »
powerful, living scene

I am happy to see you posting
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Re: On the trail of St Ansel
« Reply #6 on: March 25, 2021, 12:41:17 »
Thank you, all - It is always nice to come home to NG. It's difficult for me to make new work, and I am not keen on posting old work. This is why I haven't been posting. The Yosemite image was shot in 1996 - 25 years ago!

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Re: On the trail of St Ansel
« Reply #7 on: March 25, 2021, 13:55:10 »
Great shot, thanks for sharing. David.

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Re: On the trail of St Ansel
« Reply #8 on: March 25, 2021, 14:45:10 »
There is an impact of harmony and drama. So nice to see you here again.

  Thanks for sharing it.

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Re: On the trail of St Ansel
« Reply #9 on: March 25, 2021, 17:05:41 »
Live to photograph, photograph to live.

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Re: On the trail of St Ansel
« Reply #10 on: March 26, 2021, 00:44:17 »
Gorgeous image
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Re: On the trail of St Ansel
« Reply #11 on: June 10, 2021, 22:22:50 »
Beautiful! I can only hope that one day I will get to see this in person :)

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Re: On the trail of St Ansel
« Reply #12 on: June 11, 2021, 04:57:38 »
Hi David - great image.  Missed this in March when you posted it here.

For me, the mist produces a nicely balanced image sitting between the purity of Ansel's iconic B&W renditions and the clean colours of digital or good modern film emulsions.

I hope that your oncoming Scottish summer will enable you to get out again with your camera.
Hugh Gunn