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Ansel Adams, a native to San Francisco, decided to be a photographer instead of music around the 1920's. Being a devoted environmentalist, a lot of his work steered towards nature although his urban or architectural photography is well recognized and highly influential.
El Capitan Sunrise
A magnificent boulder, rock, mountain, "nature's steel" whatever you want to call it; among trees that are not even half it's height. The cast shadow of sun going to sleep going from dark to light from upper right to center really intrigued me. So many different tonal values within gray... I'm really enjoying the pine tree silhouettes.
Roots - L.A. Freeway
These two images here are perfect representations of what I wish more minds would ingest. We are nature, another animal; yet, we strive to be mechanical like the machine. Perfection lies within the imperfections of nature it self, for it will always overcome the synthetic, or cease. In the turn of the 19th century, the influence of nature was imperative because they understood that it is a perfect example of ever flowing creation and substantial design. I simply thought that the resemblance between these two very different components was both ironic and beautiful in their linear attributes like shadow and texture as well as how similar they are even though they are completely different... If you squint your eyes, they almost look like the same subject.
Dogwood Blossoms
I just found this to be very simple, soft and well contrasted photograph. The composition is very nice, making they eye move freely without getting stuck on one particular item. Great balance of tone and surface as well as readability and aesthetics. It's like: "Yep, they're beautiful flowers."
Ansel Adams, a native to San Francisco, decided to be a photographer instead of music around the 1920's. Being a devoted environmentalist, a lot of his work steered towards nature although his urban or architectural photography is well recognized and highly influential.
Science Lecture Hall - St. Francis Church
The balance, exquisite compositions and wide peripheral landscapes are still copied and attributed to Adams to this day. The one on the left makes me think of The Jetsons for its early 70's pad vibe with the widened architecture and the one on the right made me think of Sand People... :|
A magnificent boulder, rock, mountain, "nature's steel" whatever you want to call it; among trees that are not even half it's height. The cast shadow of sun going to sleep going from dark to light from upper right to center really intrigued me. So many different tonal values within gray... I'm really enjoying the pine tree silhouettes.
These two images here are perfect representations of what I wish more minds would ingest. We are nature, another animal; yet, we strive to be mechanical like the machine. Perfection lies within the imperfections of nature it self, for it will always overcome the synthetic, or cease. In the turn of the 19th century, the influence of nature was imperative because they understood that it is a perfect example of ever flowing creation and substantial design. I simply thought that the resemblance between these two very different components was both ironic and beautiful in their linear attributes like shadow and texture as well as how similar they are even though they are completely different... If you squint your eyes, they almost look like the same subject.
I just found this to be very simple, soft and well contrasted photograph. The composition is very nice, making they eye move freely without getting stuck on one particular item. Great balance of tone and surface as well as readability and aesthetics. It's like: "Yep, they're beautiful flowers."
Mariposa Grove
I've had a thing for giant trees since I first realized that my body grows - somewhere around the age of 4. There is something in their majestic height and firm roots that gave me the assurance that no matter how much I grew up, I would always be a kid at heart. Like there was still something bigger than me. In this photograph, I like the harsh shadows exhibiting the texture on the trunks, the zigzagging movement between the trees make my eye dig in, kind of trying to figure out what's beyond this or deeper into the forest. I find that the scale being represented by the small figures in contrast to the trees to be very amusing and to hold a lot more in context.
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