Mac Loc: Pittsburgh, Philadelphia now Hernando Co. Fl.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

I guess you have to pay extra to get the color versions.

That's a beautiful set. I hope they got the rights to use them. They slipped up when they copied a Washington Memorial sculpture (Vietnam?).

hugEDhog Loc: Bear, Delaware

Correct me if I’m wrong Jerry but isn’t it that Adams works have lasted its copyright period while the Vietnam Sculpture is relatively new?

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

I don't understand Copyright. Disney seems to extend copyrights forever. There are always exceptions and loopholes.

Burtzy Loc: Bronx N.Y. & Simi Valley, CA

They finally lost the Winnie the Pooh copyright. That's why someone made a horror film called Winnie the Pooh-Blood and Honey.

wrangler5 Loc: Missouri

And I've read that the earliest representation of Mickey Mouse finally ran out of copyright coverage. But the movie and music industries pay fortunes to Congresscritters to keep extending the copyright protection for their products, so I wouldn't be surprised to see it extended again in the future.

ecblackiii Loc: Maryland

Ansel Adams is internationally acclaimed for his mastery of black and white photography and his post processing to heighten the precise contrast that he sought. He took very few color photos. It is his black and white photography that is his enduring legacy.

RoswellAlien

Have a very nice print of “Moonrise over Hernandez NM” on my wall. Love it.

wrangler5 Loc: Missouri

I have a small matted (official) print of Moonrise in my darkroom - a gift from my Air Force roommate who was a lifetime photographer too. And our art museum did an Adams show many years ago - they were even more stunning when displayed and lit in that environment.

ecblackiii Loc: Maryland

Moonrise over Hernandez is a classic. And its capture was an unplanned, serendipitous event. Ansel happened to be driving by in the evening, on his way to his destination when he saw it, slammed on the breaks, climbed on top of the car and took the picture, just in time. A moment later would have been too dark.

wrangler5 Loc: Missouri

This understates the effort involved in this capture, and the miracle that he pulled it off. Adams was using an 8x10 view camera at the time. He had a shooting platform on top of his station wagon, and a ladder to get up there, but taking this shot required setting up the tripod (8x10 tripods are big, heavy beasts, and I don't think his had a ball head so it had to be leveled with the legs only) on the roof, then setting up the camera (8x10 cameras are big, heavy beasts) and getting it aligned and focused, the shutter and aperture set for the shot, then loading the film (ever handled an 8x10 sheet film holder? They're big, heavy . . . ) Admittedly this was equipment Adams was intimately familiar with, so he would have handled the setup as efficiently as possible, but all of it had to be gotten up onto the platform in the first place.

I believe he has said he tried for a second shot, which would only have involved inserting the dark slide on the first side of the film holder, removing and reinserting the holder for the second side (assuming it was a 2-sheet holder), removing the dark slide and taking a second shot. All of which would have taken only a few seconds compared to the initial setup. But the light was gone from the crosses by that time, so he didn't take it.

Dalbon

i love them all but my favorite isn't in there. It's the moon over a small village in I think NM. I appreciate you sharing this with us and I qill get me a couple of sets but I'm not sure I'll use them-----maybe.
David

Canisdirus

What's a stamp?

ecblackiii Loc: Maryland

True, but my much briefer summary was accurate.

JohnSwanda Loc: San Francisco

It's probably his most popular photo. He probably printed more copies than any other shot, but it still commands the highest prices for a vintage print. Maybe they didn't use it for a stamp because it wouldn't read well that small.