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Glacial erratics in snow, Olmsted Point, Yosemite National Park, California
Here is another newly scanned image from 4×5 film. The film was exposed using a Wista 4×5 Metal Field camera in 1988. It is about time I brought it out of “moth balls!”
I made this image during a late fall snowstorm. Soon afterward, the road was closed and I headed down to my home in El Portal.
Hope to hear your feedback,
Bill
Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III__TS-E90mm f/2.8__2.0 sec at f / 13__ISO 100
I made this image yesterday on my patio. The water reflects my ochre-colored wall. I have been watching the light for when the stones and water were in shadow but the wall remained lit. I was trying to find a good composition with a single frame but it wasn’t working. So, used the shift function of my Tilt Shift lens as well as the forward tilt for increased depth of field. I made one exposure with the shift all the way to the left, and then “shifted” the lens all the way to the right while making sure I had enough overlap for PhotoMerge in PS4 to create the pano. I selected the best two images in Lightroom, then used LR’s Photo menu to “send” the two files to PS4 for merging.
BTW, I used my Canon TS-E90mm f/2.8 for this image, combined with my Canon 2X Extender to create a 180mm TS lens!
Enjoy, Bill
Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III__TS-E90mm f/2.8__1.0 sec at f / 22
Here is a new image, taken on Thursday in my backyard. I make my own ice pond by leaving out a large, rectangular bucket and checking the results for potential photos in the morning. This was my favorite of the series.
This ice photo session got me thinking about past ice images and so I searched my PhotoShelter site for “ice” and came up with this portfolio:
Also, I’ve also posted some amazing comments by past students of my One-On-One workshop sessions. Check them out here:
ONE-ON-ONE WORKSHOPS WITH WILLIAM NEILL
Regards, Bill
I am a collector. I have shells, rocks, tree bark and more in boxes and drawers that I look through now and again for the memories and possible photographs. I also have salsify seedheads that I have saved from summers past.
Last month, I pulled out my handy piece of black velvet on my table and scattered the seeds. I photographed them over several days, in a variety of window light. The original version of this image was vertical, but my assistant John O’Connor had the idea of creating a pano version. The seeds on the right were originally below the main group, but John suggested this arrangement, and I said Yes! Two heads are better than one?! Thanks, John.
Enjoy! Bill
PS In case you missed, here is an article recently posted on Luminous Landscape: Thoughts on Ansel
ONE-ON-ONE WORKSHOPS WITH WILLIAM NEILL
Many years ago, when I was involved with Ansel Adam’s workshops, I was fortunate to hear lectures by many master photographers. One of them was Jerry Uelsmann, who became a friend and mentor. During his lectures, he would show his work from the past one year. Since his work involves compositing many images together, these images including variations he had tried, often with the same objects in different. The view was able to see some of the progression of Jerry’s creative process and always felt inspired when seeing his presentations. I’ve often thought I should do this myself each year, in order to assess my year’s efforts, but never got around to it.
With the advent of Facebook, Twitter, and blogs, it is easy to create a Best Of portfolio to share with friends and fellow photographers. Here is a collection of my images from 2009. I started the new year in India, so a few images are from there. Otherwise, I didn’t travel much so many images are ones made around my house, in nearby Yosemite and during a short trip to the Monterey coast.
Best wishes for the coming year,
Bill
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