On the Trail of Ansel Adams: Shooting the Merced River in Yosemite

[@BrianKurtzRealtor]

You just keep getting better and better with the way you communicate the information.

[@ilopjb]

Thank you so much for your new video. I like the way you do this and I've learned so much again. For me, you're the best photography teacher ever.

[@kimsegal9723]

Serge, I love what you are doing. What a great way to learn. Love your work and your tutorials. Keep up this great work.

[@LeviMendes86]

Excellent video Serge. One of your best

[@MichelleLevasseur]

Thanks for sharing your thought process on how you are shooting - am really enjoying your tribute to Ansel Adams! For those few who seem to absurdly want some photos in colour during this series - please do yourself a favour and spend some online time googling Ansel Adams. Once you do, you will realize the scope of what Serge is doing by being 'On the Trail of Ansel Adams'.

[@ozmanix]

+Michelle Levasseur Couldn't have said it better. Having just recently seen one of his original prints in person, I'm afraid to say googling it just will not do his work justice. But it's a start!

[@braulio8983]

the best photography teacher!! thank you very much!! greetings from México!!

[@JOHNW2228]

Agree with Levi below, really liked this one. Very interesting to see how you do the composition and then all the camera stuff, and always keeping in mind foreground, middle ground, background. It is a great lesson to us all, many thanks, Serge!!!

[@mikeontour8293]

Hey *Serge*, ein ganz tolles Video. Danke Dir. Finde Deine Serie über *Ansel Adams* sehr gut.

[@bme7491]

+Michael Michel Ich auch.

[@trent7919]

Great video, Serge. I really find value in the part where you talk about composition and why you like, or don't like, a particular composition. I really like this new series you are doing! Thanks for the good work!

[@kristianmortensen5510]

I love your videos from Yosemite. I'm a big fan of Ansel Adams too. This of course should be all about black and white photography. Just continue Serge! ☺

[@DEVUNK88]

nice ribz wear pack Serge! Love those things. so handy!

[@TheKGB]

Love the way you pronounce Yosemite... :) I enjoyed this video very much...I would like to meet you sometime when you are here in the US...

[@eaglescout9901]

Mr. Adams used an 8x10 view camera so that has a vertical orientation. Thanks for your ideas, we are going in April. Its so easy to miss opportunities just heading to the place everyone goes to. Eyes open, camera ready, stop and photograph. Black and White photography forces the photographer to pay closer attention to the scene / composition. Nice job Mr. Ramelli

[@andywawa7227]

Hi Serge, as always: nice and clean job! Keep up the good work! Many regards from rainy Nuremberg (Germany).

[@chaowang4947]

Hi Serge, I have been following you for a quite a long time and of course learned a lot from your free or payed courses. I live at San Jose, so it's really glad to see you visiting north California. I do not know if you are still around this region. Just wonder if I can have chance to meet you or even join your trip for photography? Thanks very much!

[@LunarDelta]

These look awesome, but I do have to say they have a much more dreamy, smooth, almost haunting look than almost anything I've seen from Ansel Adams.

[@edvanloonPhotography]

Hi Serge, i really enjoy your videos and learn every time. It was raining a little bit, why didn't you use a lens hood for protection against the rain? Is that with a particlar reason? Best regards, Ed

[@ksc6000]

Serge you are my inspiration. Can you please tell me the tripod and head you're using?

[@bedevere007]

phenomenal landscape shot.

[@SkiMadRiverGlen]

Thank you so much for this great tutorial from Yoosameetie ! ;) Love your work and once I get a bit more grounded in Lightroom and PS, I'll be ordering goodies from you soon!

[@jhtrkhgvtkuyejh]

That is the best of your videos Serge! :) Really like it! Serge, what kind of ND filters have you used (brand)? Did you close viewfinder before taking a picture with ND? Thanks.

[@jhtrkhgvtkuyejh]

+Mica GBM yeap, I noticed that later :)

[@v2kanv]

serge - another amazing tutorial. was this also shot by Iphone ( video part)?

[@veneficus0815]

At 17:50 you are saying your image would have been sharper at f/22 but that's not true. The more you stop down, the more you get an overall blur because of diffraction of light. The aperture with the best absolute sharpness depends on the lens but is usually somewhere around f/8. Maybe your tripod moved a bit because of the wind and/or wet stones or perhaps your ND filter is of bad quality. Thanks for your tutorials. I love that you are doing a special on Ansel Adams! I like his pictures a lot and I'm really looking forward on more videos on this topic. It would be great if you could also explain his techniques with the "zone system". I've never really understood what that is/was good for ;-)

[@qustavus]

He propably meant that the trees would be sharper due to the bigger dof on f22.

[@qustavus]

He propably meant that the trees would be sharper due to the bigger dof on f22.

[@veneficus0815]

+Serge Ramelli Ahh, ok. In that case it just was a misunderstanding ;-)

[@Wasgehtdichdasan16]

I looked up on your website under your gear. Is that the tripod, u re using in the video? Because i want to buy the same one you got. Thanks a lot, Serge.

[@jensvielmann7662]

Nice One! Thank you. Question: What was the bag/carry system you were using in this ep?? Did not find it on your Gear-Page. (Ohh, while I was their, i also noticed that your Sony 16-35 F4 lens is not on their ;( ) Btw. Do you want comments exclusively here... or on your website as well??

[@helmuthess616]

I am also interested, which bags system Serge used in the Ansel Adams episodes.

[@helmuthess616]

here it is: www.fluchtrucksack.de/ribz-frontpack-black-small.html

[@bensoumokil]

Great video! Love these "On the Trail of Ansel Adams" videos, they're awesome! Keep it up.

[@ETERNALFLIGHT63]

Awesome view at 10:12. I love my 50 iso on my Sony.

[@WhiteFrequencyNoise]

6:06 half a sec yes is good enough... viuui like it is good hahahahaha :)) that was funny ... thank you for the wonderful work man, keep it up!!

[@ajagtiani]

Serge, can you please share the location of the spot where you took your shot with the smoky mountains at the back? (the portrait mode shot)

[@dlatouro]

Would it fit a Canon 6D and an 85mm. Should have asked that first. I can't tell with the pics

[@jasseful]

Have you ever thought of coming up to Mount Rainier National Park?

[@dlatouro]

Do you have a link to the portable pockets on your chest?

[@rdlalf]

+Serge Ramelli Hi Serge, I am also very interested in this bag which looks very comfortable. May I ask what size this bag was (therer are 4 sizes available) and if you had the A7R2 with the 16-35 mounted in this bag ? Thank you very much !!! I love your videos !!!

[@risk52]

Serge, your camera cannot auto focus with an 1000ND filter on the lens because there is not enough light coming in the sensor. Your camera managed to work in some situations because it's a mirrorless a7r ii and has back-Illuminated sensor. Any dslr does not have any chance to focus like this. I like your "new style" videos, keep up!

[@mahirdrafi9579]

Any DSLR that has a live view mode should work even after ND filter is attached to the lens.

[@lincolnabraham4695]

Do people who speak 2 languages think in one? Or can they think in both languages?

[@desmondcurtis9392]

+Ryanismyname They can think in both languages. It is difficult, however to speak in one and think in another.

[@samvsana7680]

Please visit Oporto, Portugal Serge :)

[@bedevere007]

Awesome

[@BboyMickeyFu1]

Amazing video thank you so much!

[@waidz]

please more black & white

[@zacharyeastwood9411]

amazing photos as always but someone has some sensor spots :)

[@uvejsdodachanel]

Please make some photo in color

[@jbjohna]

Best tip...let it rest. Thank you.

[@FengShuiPhysiologist]

Serge - If you decide to pursue your Ansel Adams trail, be sure to let us know when you come to the Grand Teton area. We would love to host your visit and shoot with you in the Jackson Hole area. Give us a call - [e-mail]. Loren Nelson

[@jjohngolden5273]

you wanna go on the trail of Ansel Adams? shoot large format. haha, very nice shots btw

[@MrSilverback62]

Wonderful...and remove the power lines and road ;-)

[@Lux-Aeternum1]

Dear Serge I have learned so much from your videos. Thank you so much. When ever you are in London dinner is on me. It's the least I can do. I'm Dario.Molinari on instagram so send me a message when you are in town. Cheers!

[@leslumieres1237]

I am sorry, but these pictures don't even come close to Ansel Adam's photographs.

[@SergeRamelliPhotography]

Okay I am sure I don’t pretend to, I just was inspired by him :-)

[@darlefauve]

vos cours sont intérréssant cela dit ; ils sont destiné à la majorité anglophone alors un petit sous titre serait le bien venu car sa gache tout on pige que la moitié !

[@fireghost5988]

the black and white ruined it

[@JohnyLupu]

i hate that tree

[@Navimumbhai]

Please no more black and white

[@LunarDelta]

+bhai rankar Why not? Black and white is awesome. Are you a color addict?