http://www.anseladams.com/ansel_art/yosemite.htmlAnsel Adams, Moon and Half Dome
Subjects: The moon over a sheer cliff face
Elements:
- Negative space
- Black and White
- Distance from Camera to Subject
- Figure/ground relation (shadows become subject)
- Sharpness/contrast
Ansel adams is a very well known nature photographer. His work is exclusively black and white, and occasionally turns natural objects or images into alien scenery. In his image Moon and half Dome, Adams captures a still in Yosemite park that looks like a fantasy landscape.
The black and white is exceptionally helpful in making this beautiful landscape so enchanting. By taking away the earthy tones, this rock face could be any color, any hue, any material. It makes the snow more of a highlight than a major feature, and helps the landscape to be lost into shape (in a very good way).
The amount in this image is impressive too. To shoot this he had to be very far away from his subject, allowing the majority of the
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