Ask HN: Which photographers do you admire?

Re:Ask HN: Which photographers do you admire? by mikewarot on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @12:36AM (#34704526)

I really like the tack sharp focus that Ansel Adams brought to the scenes he captured.[1] I later learned that he revisited the same places over and over in search of just the right mood, etc. I used to do the same thing when I worked in Chicago.

Myself, I'm into landscapes, time-lapses, and virtual-focus/synthetic aperture photography, though it's been quite a long time since I was able to venture forth and take photos. Here's my old "Top 100" folder from those days[2]

[1] https://flickr.com/photos/usnationalarchives/albums/72157623...

[2] https://flickr.com/photos/---mike---/albums/7217772029640662...

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Re:Ask HN: Which photographers do you admire? by madscphoto on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @08:20AM (#34707593)

True, Ansel Adams really was a master of his craft. I have to study his work more, he has some amazing photographs! The black and white really does something for the picture, I always thought that the contrast it is able to bring out without being too much is very pleasable to the eye.

I took a look at your photos - a lot of them are good! The ones with the same person multiple times in the frame kinda threw me for a loop. How did you achieve that?

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Re:Ask HN: Which photographers do you admire? by mikewarot on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @03:34PM (#34714593)

Stand in one place, take several pictures as the person walks/rides across, then use Hugin[1] to align the images, and compost them into the final image with GIMP[2].

If you're more prepared, you could just use a tripod to skip the need for alignment.

[1] https://hugin.sourceforge.io/

[2] https://www.gimp.org/

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