Keith Whaley wrote: > > The mountain is Colorado's Mt. Sopris. All that is revealed on the web site > whose URL you posted... Ooops - guess I didnt read far enough...
> > The camera, of his own design, places an image on a 9 x 18" piece of color > negative. That I got from the interview on line - To be honest, I didnt read the online article because I'd just heard the interview on line while trying to fall back to sleep. > > Impressive enough. An absolute ton of money must have gone into all that, > from inception thru competion! > > In a way it reminds me of that huge view camera that was designed solely for > taking a picture of a set of railroad cars and engine. Something like 4' x > 6' plates were used! Awesome... > > Anyhow, not all that practical.... <g> > > keith whaley um right :) ann > > Ann Sanfedele wrote: > > > Sigh... > > In the middle of the night I was wakeful and > > turned on my bedside radio to > > NPR - the replay of Leonard Lopate's inerview with > > Clifford Ross was on. > > This morning, a friend sends me the link to the > > site showing the photo. > > > > It pisses me off. > > This guy took a year to make this kinda pretty but > > rather ordinary postcard photo > > a 5 x 10 foot print? > > (1) Looks better to me with a good chunk trimmed > > off the bottom > > (2) surely the mountain has a name. Couldn't he > > tell us what it is and where > > the photo was taken? (my first guess, not > > doing and research really > > was Mt. Shasta. > > (3) Ross stresses that he is doing this for art's > > sake - yet to me it is > > mainly a technical tour de force. > > > > Anyone else have a simliar reaction? (Or the > > oppoiste?) > > > > annsan > > http://users.rcn.com/annsan > > > > > > > > > > http://www.cliffordross.com/R1/R1-image.html
