*Ansel Adams background
The photograph shown above, captured by Ansel Adams shows his use of black and white photography which he often used throughout his career. The photograph focusses on capturing the location in a landscape manner by using the landscape option when considering the composition of the photograph. The composition involves Adam's capturing the photograph from an angle, allowing him to capture the majority of the mountains and avoiding cutting most of them off which would have occurred if this photograph was taken straight on. The photograph also focuses on capturing the different lines which occur within the scene, e.g. the curve of the river - showing a sense of direction and the lines within the mountain and the grass areas. The photograph uses black and white photography which involves creating tones throughout the photograph, highlighting different aspects of the photograph, e.g. the outline of the mountains. The photograph captures a range of detail, mainly found within the mountains and the clouds. The grass area is slightly limited in terms of detail as these areas appear very soft, contrasting the harsh texture found on the mountains.
The photograph shown above, is another example of one of Ansel Adam's photographs. Again, this photograph also uses black and white photograph to capture the scene, limiting the colour palette and using the different tones produced to highlight different areas. The photograph focusses on capturing the tree as well as capturing the sun behind the tree, which is seen within the background. This has been achieved by using the black and white option to enhance the tones created and focussing on using contrast throughout the photograph. The black and white options allows for contrast to appear due to the contrasting colours, this allows the sun to stand out against the background and the branches of the tree. The tree has a silhouette appearance which limits the amount of detail which may have occurred if this wasn't the case. However the branches of the tree include a reasonable amount of detail and the silhouette appearances allows the sun to be captured clearly which is probably the main intention.
