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Ed Hartouni

Trad climber

Livermore, CA

Topic Author's Original Post - Jan 12, 2015 - 09:23pm PT

Warbler outraged:
The FFA of the Dawn Wall and that's it?? Arguably the most significant free climb in the world, certainly in America, with tons of super exposed high level climbing, photographers everywhere, and the world's most respected newspaper can't do better than that?

yet when I think of exposure in images, it turns out to be tricky to capture the feeling, to create a composition which reveals the exposure... and the revelation has to be accessible to people who haven't experienced it climbing.

So let's have your best!

I'll start, with every expectation of providing only a weak attempts.

Gnome Ofthe Diabase

climber

Out Of Bed

Jan 12, 2015 - 09:27pm PT

feeling up down apoplexy . .vertigo...

Ed Hartouni

Trad climber

Livermore, CA

Topic Author's Reply - Jan 12, 2015 - 09:32pm PT

^^^how do you show it?

mike m

Trad climber

black hills

Jan 12, 2015 - 09:35pm PT

there are two climbers by the rock showing in the middle.

Ed Hartouni

Trad climber

Livermore, CA

Topic Author's Reply - Jan 12, 2015 - 09:40pm PT

^^^not much different than what the NYTimes showed, an image of the WOEML and a scale "human" height, which looked not quite the size of a comma...

but that doesn't convey the sense of exposure that a climber feels, and that is the task.

There are a lot of images of climbing, some quite good ones, by people who post to STForum...
who's best conveys that feeling?

Edge

Trad climber

Betwixt and Between Nederland & Boulder, CO

Jan 12, 2015 - 09:46pm PT

Avery

climber

Jan 12, 2015 - 09:48pm PT

mike m

Trad climber

black hills

Jan 12, 2015 - 09:56pm PT

[Click to View YouTube Video]

Ed Hartouni

Trad climber

Livermore, CA

Topic Author's Reply - Jan 12, 2015 - 10:01pm PT

until "paper" video displays exist and are cheap enough to incorporate into my morning NYTimes read, video isn't an option...

the art of photography is to capture the feeling in a 2D, static image...

this isn't an easy assignment.

micronut

Trad climber

Fresno/Clovis, ca

Jan 12, 2015 - 10:05pm PT

When trying to show exposure in photos I like to have minimal shrubbery, climber close to camera, and a crack or line that plunges down and away. Especially if I dont have an SLR with a shallow depth of field to give that "out there" vibe.

My friends who are non climbers seem to like this shot of me on CPofF.

mike m

Trad climber

black hills

Jan 12, 2015 - 10:10pm PT

It's an option.

micronut

Trad climber

Fresno/Clovis, ca

Jan 12, 2015 - 10:13pm PT

I'm also unashamedly a master of the camera-tilt.

This is 5.4 slab at Tollhouse Rock.....but it got 134 likes on Facebook and actually looks pretty cool if you ask me. I frame up slab shots at 90degrees and I leave out the horizon knowing I'll tilt them.

Shameless, I know, but the masses eat it up.

Avery

climber

Jan 12, 2015 - 10:22pm PT

micronut

Trad climber

Fresno/Clovis, ca

Jan 12, 2015 - 10:24pm PT

Ok. Last one......nice topic Ed.

I love ridges. But when trying to convince the eyeball of exposure I do one of two things....

1. Small climber, bright jacket, big tall wall behind him

2. Climber three feet from camera, hands visible, feet visible (this is actually very important I have found and I often wait for it or make my poor partner slow down even if he's cruxing) ridge arcing away in distance.

limpingcrab

Trad climber

the middle of CA

Jan 12, 2015 - 10:33pm PT

Seems like there are two consistent ways to show exposure:

# Tiny people with scale:

Or flipping the picture so that the air is under the climber:

Edit: Whatever Micronut says, the master of selfies!