Adams print sells for $722K
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From: Bruce on 22 Jun 2010 15:21 On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 10:06:41 -0700, Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote: >Anyway here is my pathetic shot of the Valley from the same "Tunnel >View" position. Alas, no "clearing storm", no view camera, no Adams >dark room print magic, no $722K. >...sigh. >http://homepage.mac.com/lco/filechute/YosemiteValleyBWfw.jpg Nothing pathetic about that. It is a very fine shot.
From: Mike Russell on 22 Jun 2010 16:10 On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 20:21:11 +0100, Bruce wrote: > On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 10:06:41 -0700, Savageduck > <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote: >>Anyway here is my pathetic shot of the Valley from the same "Tunnel >>View" position. Alas, no "clearing storm", no view camera, no Adams >>dark room print magic, no $722K. >>...sigh. >>http://homepage.mac.com/lco/filechute/YosemiteValleyBWfw.jpg > > > Nothing pathetic about that. It is a very fine shot. Absolutely. BTW, I'm guessing its a scan of a paper print. Re the price $722K tag, Adams was appalled when his prints were selling in the 10K USD range. -- Mike Russell - http://www.curvemeister.com
From: Peter on 22 Jun 2010 19:23 "Savageduck" <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote in message news:2010062210064195335-savageduck1(a)REMOVESPAMmecom... > On 2010-06-22 08:19:05 -0700, "David Ruether" <d_ruether(a)thotmail.com> > said: > >> >> "Savageduck" <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote in message >> news:2010062123051917709-savageduck1(a)REMOVESPAMmecom... >> >>> http://www.modbee.com/2010/06/21/1219995/ansel-adams-print-sells-for-722k.html >>> -- >>> Regards, >>> >>> Savageduck >> >> 8^), but I know you meant "722k"...;-) >> A horror story: on a trip through the west in the 1970s, we stopped >> at the Adams studio in Yosemite. Available were various mounted >> 8x10 signed Adams prints. These were made by assistants, but, they >> *were* signed by Adams... The only available space for storage in >> the car was under everything in the back rear window shelf, since >> there were three of us, and we were tent-camping. I was not sure >> that any photo would travel very well there and my money was also >> very limited, so I bought only one (at $25, as in, $25!!! ;-). While the >> photos available were not among Adam's most famous, but still...;-) >> A few years later, I sold that photo for $850(!). Much more recently, >> one was appraised on "Antiques Roadshow" for $3,000(!!!). Sigh! >> Buying a bunch of those would have done better than most good >> stocks. > > It would be nice to have that $25 print now. > >> OK, here is a sad one (maybe...). A friend has a friend who owns >> a very large print of the famous "Sunrise Hernandez". Rather than >> properly framing it, he attached it to a wall in his house with wallpaper >> paste! U G H ! ! ! 8^( >> --DR > > Aaaaggh! That isn't a sad tale. That is a horror story. > > Anyway here is my pathetic shot of the Valley from the same "Tunnel View" > position. Alas, no "clearing storm", no view camera, no Adams dark room > print magic, no $722K. > ...sigh. > http://homepage.mac.com/lco/filechute/YosemiteValleyBWfw.jpg > Nice shot. I world have liked to see a little more dynamic range and blacker blacks. -- Peter
From: Peter on 22 Jun 2010 19:26 "Savageduck" <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote in message news:201006221311087826-savageduck1(a)REMOVESPAMmecom... > On 2010-06-22 12:21:11 -0700, Bruce <docnews2011(a)gmail.com> said: > >> On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 10:06:41 -0700, Savageduck >> <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote: >>> Anyway here is my pathetic shot of the Valley from the same "Tunnel >>> View" position. Alas, no "clearing storm", no view camera, no Adams >>> dark room print magic, no $722K. >>> ...sigh. >>> http://homepage.mac.com/lco/filechute/YosemiteValleyBWfw.jpg >> >> >> Nothing pathetic about that. It is a very fine shot. > > Thanks for that. Unfortunately I don't command that 6 figure price tag. > ;-) > I command that kind of price tag. Unfortunately, nobody obeys that command. -- Peter
From: Peter on 22 Jun 2010 21:40 "Savageduck" <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote in message news:2010062217144829267-savageduck1(a)REMOVESPAMmecom... > On 2010-06-22 16:23:53 -0700, "Peter" <peternew(a)nospamoptonline.net> said: > >> "Savageduck" <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote in message >> news:2010062210064195335-savageduck1(a)REMOVESPAMmecom... >>> On 2010-06-22 08:19:05 -0700, "David Ruether" <d_ruether(a)thotmail.com> >>> said: >>> >>>> >>>> "Savageduck" <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote in message >>>> news:2010062123051917709-savageduck1(a)REMOVESPAMmecom... >>>> >>>>> http://www.modbee.com/2010/06/21/1219995/ansel-adams-print-sells-for-722k.html >>>>> -- >>>>> Regards, >>>>> >>>>> Savageduck >>>> >>>> 8^), but I know you meant "722k"...;-) >>>> A horror story: on a trip through the west in the 1970s, we stopped >>>> at the Adams studio in Yosemite. Available were various mounted >>>> 8x10 signed Adams prints. These were made by assistants, but, they >>>> *were* signed by Adams... The only available space for storage in >>>> the car was under everything in the back rear window shelf, since >>>> there were three of us, and we were tent-camping. I was not sure >>>> that any photo would travel very well there and my money was also >>>> very limited, so I bought only one (at $25, as in, $25!!! ;-). While >>>> the >>>> photos available were not among Adam's most famous, but still...;-) >>>> A few years later, I sold that photo for $850(!). Much more recently, >>>> one was appraised on "Antiques Roadshow" for $3,000(!!!). Sigh! >>>> Buying a bunch of those would have done better than most good >>>> stocks. >>> >>> It would be nice to have that $25 print now. >>> >>>> OK, here is a sad one (maybe...). A friend has a friend who owns >>>> a very large print of the famous "Sunrise Hernandez". Rather than >>>> properly framing it, he attached it to a wall in his house with >>>> wallpaper >>>> paste! U G H ! ! ! 8^( >>>> --DR >>> >>> Aaaaggh! That isn't a sad tale. That is a horror story. >>> >>> Anyway here is my pathetic shot of the Valley from the same "Tunnel >>> View" position. Alas, no "clearing storm", no view camera, no Adams >>> dark room print magic, no $722K. >>> ...sigh. >>> http://homepage.mac.com/lco/filechute/YosemiteValleyBWfw.jpg >>> >> >> >> Nice shot. I world have liked to see a little more dynamic range and >> blacker blacks. > > I didn't limit myself to one shot on that trip. So I have a few different > shots of the valley trying to do that Adams thing, as well as some > different views of El Capitan, and the ubiquitous Half Dome. > I tried all sorts of different things, but I can't kid myself, Ansel's > work was simply amazing, and I am no Adams. :-( > > http://homepage.mac.com/lco/filechute/YValley_DSC0964bwfw.jpg > http://homepage.mac.com/lco/filechute/ElCap_2bwfw.jpg > http://homepage.mac.com/lco/filechute/Halfdome_DSC0955bwfw.jpg > Just a thought. I wonder if a moderate amount of HDR would work. Your shots look like they were not taken late in the day, or early morning. -- Peter
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