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`...bursting with advice and tips, it shows you how to apply Adams' zone technique to modern day, digital work. ...If you want to create landscape images with a magical, almost fairytale like quality, then take a look at this book.' --EPhotozine
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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I've bought and studied a handful of books on landscape photography techniques and this one was by far the one that interested me the most and where I've learned the most. The author approaches the landscape photography techniques through Ansel Adam's works and develops them to the digital era in a very smooth way. All in all it is a very interesting book to read and very easy to read too. The tools and techniques explained are really useful and I have already improved my technique after reading through the book and starting practising with that in mind.
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
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Thought the approach and demonstration through pictures and topics, before and after, of ideas and digital processing workflows was excellent, appropriate and well pitched. Author's explanations were brief but to the point and not overly technical, the pictures were varied in scope and range of associated treatments and I found the book to be wonderful food for thought and an excellent guide to better practices, visualization and composition. Would recommend to beginner and intermediate photographer and user of lightroom and photoshop. If your a fan of Ansel Adams, Weston etc this delivers the digital take with respect and intelligence.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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Humbling. Both the book, as well as the reviews posted to date. This book indicates how the master landscape photographers, like Ansel Adams, might have taken their pictures if they had a digital camera. Frye has included everything you would expect from a quality "how-to" book. He has mastered his material, does not talk down to the reader, and makes his points lucidly. He knows a lot more than I do, and that is why you pay the money for his expertise. He has included numerous quality pictures, often taken in similar settings to the "masters." For me the real strength was looking at multiple pictures of the same scene, as taken under different parameters.
And then there are the other reviews. Submitted by those who will probably always understand the zone system, tone, composition, and digital manipulation better than I. Still, there is much to aspire to, and as one reviewer said, "...for the advanced amateur it offers the glimpse of becoming a master."
So, I struggled to find something original to say, in order to "thank" the Vine program for its book. And there is was on page 6: "Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico," a copy of the photography that Ansel Adams took in 1941. A lot of photographers have been moved by this picture, so, why not try, as a first approximation, to duplicate what Adams admitted was a "lucky shot," in digital? There is a book entitled New Mexico: Then & Now in which the author traveled around the state, taking pictures in the same spot as one was taken 50-100 years ago, in order to illustrate the development and changes. Even he didn't try! The problem is this: Google might easily find Hernandez, but you'll have a much more difficult time sorting out where it is in the doublewides that sprawl along US 84, north of Espanola. I persevered though, and suddenly it dawned on me that I was standing in the exact spot that Adams had. There was the church; there was a sliver of the graveyard. But the austerity was long gone, replaced with congestion, including doublewides and bright red pickup trucks. A picture is obviously possible, if your inclinations run towards Diane Arbus. True landscape photographers should carry crying towel in hand.
Well, when your own resources are limited, and inadequate for any further effort, as the former Vermont Senator, George Aiken once said about Vietnam: "It is time to declare victory, and get out." And so I will, but not before thanking Michael Frye for an excellent book that will be a standard reference for many years to come. Highly recommended.
(Note: Review first published at Amazon, USA, on February 01, 2010)
And then there are the other reviews. Submitted by those who will probably always understand the zone system, tone, composition, and digital manipulation better than I. Still, there is much to aspire to, and as one reviewer said, "...for the advanced amateur it offers the glimpse of becoming a master."
So, I struggled to find something original to say, in order to "thank" the Vine program for its book. And there is was on page 6: "Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico," a copy of the photography that Ansel Adams took in 1941. A lot of photographers have been moved by this picture, so, why not try, as a first approximation, to duplicate what Adams admitted was a "lucky shot," in digital? There is a book entitled New Mexico: Then & Now in which the author traveled around the state, taking pictures in the same spot as one was taken 50-100 years ago, in order to illustrate the development and changes. Even he didn't try! The problem is this: Google might easily find Hernandez, but you'll have a much more difficult time sorting out where it is in the doublewides that sprawl along US 84, north of Espanola. I persevered though, and suddenly it dawned on me that I was standing in the exact spot that Adams had. There was the church; there was a sliver of the graveyard. But the austerity was long gone, replaced with congestion, including doublewides and bright red pickup trucks. A picture is obviously possible, if your inclinations run towards Diane Arbus. True landscape photographers should carry crying towel in hand.
Well, when your own resources are limited, and inadequate for any further effort, as the former Vermont Senator, George Aiken once said about Vietnam: "It is time to declare victory, and get out." And so I will, but not before thanking Michael Frye for an excellent book that will be a standard reference for many years to come. Highly recommended.
(Note: Review first published at Amazon, USA, on February 01, 2010)
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Great book
Very easy reading and a series of wonderful images. A great primer for landscape photography. Describes in detail the "zone system" for ensuring you set the correct exposure for... Read more
Published 7 months ago by DrLazer
Digital landscape Photography
Excellent resource. Explained clealy with good illusrtaions. For lovers of Landscape it give insight into Adamns with clear application for modern practitioners.
Published 7 months ago by Rev. D. Cooper
Not for the serious landscape amatuer
Hard to see who this book is for? It has a vague focus on landscape photography in everything it covers, and it covers alot, but nothing you won't already know if you are a decent... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Tobias
Not too bad. Nice photos - don't learn much
It's more of just the author showing off his good photos. There is little in the way of actual learning. I would only buy this on sale.
Published 10 months ago by vegas_mchenry
Inspiring photography
I have to say that this is an excellent book.
Key details on how pictures were set up and taken, absolutely stunning photographs. Read more
Key details on how pictures were set up and taken, absolutely stunning photographs. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Tim645
Lots of good stuff and some contentious bits
The analysis and suggestions for landscape photography are great; most readers will learn a lot.
Maybe because of the subtitle, many of the examples are of the classic... Read more
Maybe because of the subtitle, many of the examples are of the classic... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Bob Margolis
Excellent (if not the best) book on Landscape photography
I bought this book as I am digging more and more into Photography. I recently bought a D700 and wanted to expand my Landscape photography skills, and if possible get a few tips on... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Steven C
Leasin from the masters
Very good book and full of excellent advice. I would recommend this to anyone interested in landscape photography. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Emsworthboy
Very detailed overview of landscape photography
I am strictly an amateur when it comes to landscape photography and would love to able to take stunning photos. No matter how hard I have tried they always lack something extra. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Mr. Neil D. Armour
Very Useful Book
Many of the photo books you buy are full of pictures and pretty words but do not actually share or explain very much. Read more
Published 16 months ago by M. Samson
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