2026-11-01 02:35 UTC
@Gargron@mastodon.social a few years ago I saw an Ansel Adams collection displayed here in Atlanta, and I knew I would want to look at the pics closely, so I took a magnifying glass with me. I don’t know how long his exposures were, but in one photo you could look a half mile (or more) across a valley and pick out the leaves on the bushes. Blew my mind!
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@Gargron@mastodon.social 2026-11-01 02:50
@tricotfeelya@woof.group Resolution on film is pretty high as is but most likely that picture was taken with a large format camera, i.e. the negative itself was the size of a typical print. Duration of the exposure has less to do with it, if the exposure was long it's more likely leaves would be blurry as they move in the wind.