William Neill
William Neill, an American photographer and resident of Yosemite National Park area since 1977, is a renowned nature and landscape photographer. Neill's award-winning photography has been widely published in books, magazines, calendars, posters, and his limited-edition prints have been collected and exhibited in museums and galleries nationally. Neill has received the Sierra Club's Ansel Adams Award for conservation photography.
Neill's assignment and published credits include National Geographic, Smithsonian, Natural History, National Wildlife, Conde Nast Traveler, Gentlemen's Quarterly, Travel and Leisure, Wilderness, Sunset, Sierra and Outside magazines. Also, he writes a regular column, On Landscape, for Outdoor Photographer magazine. Feature articles about his work have appeared in Life, Outdoor Photographer, and Communication Arts. His corporate clients have included Sony Japan, Canon USA, Nike, Nikon, and The Nature Company.
He is the photographic author of many books, including The Sense of Wonder, The Tree, By Nature's Design, The Color of Nature, Traces of Time, Yosemite: The Promise of Wildness, Landscapes Of The Spirit, William Neill – Photographer, a Retrospective, and Light on the Landscape.
May 12, 2011 at 12:05 PM
Thanks Jason and John for your thoughts!
May 12, 2011 at 11:56 AM
Top one, definately! Like the higher key on the leaves…..
April 26, 2011 at 11:06 AM
I prefer the second image because it’s softer. The details of the road in image one distracts my eye from the trees. Nice looking shots.
April 22, 2011 at 10:15 AM
Good to know what others seeing in these images of mine! Thanks.
April 21, 2011 at 6:25 PM
I prefer the first image — with directional sunlight. I think the higher contrast, coupled with the directionality of the light, prevent the path and blossoms from merging. In the flat light version, the path and blossoms merge and seem to block my eye from following the path on through the image. I think the warmer light also conveys a message of the warmer days of spring.
April 19, 2011 at 10:32 PM
The light on the ground in the first take is pretty; the trees above show motion and have a nervous/active quality, like a double exposure. The light brings my eye to the lower center (road) and then the left foreground trees.
In the second, my eye travels from foreground along the road to the background and the bright, hazy blossoms. The road in the main thing in this one, I think, the trees frame it.
I like them both. The composition in the second one seems more cohesive.
April 19, 2011 at 6:01 PM
Thanks for the feedback!
April 19, 2011 at 3:17 PM
The second one is more mysterious & ethereal for me, and so more difficult for me to embrace. Like maybe if I walk up that path, I may leave this mortal coil. But in the first one, it seems like the path is going someplace real, earthly, and predictable – though unknown – so I feel more invited into the picture. They’re both great, but I prefer the first.
April 19, 2011 at 2:54 PM
I prefer the flatter one from the second morning. It feels calm and nice. The one above makes me a bit worried.
Thanks for great pictures!