Landsape writing

Ansel Adams: Clearing Winter Storm

I chose this landscape photograph beacuse it just really stood out to me the most. It has a dramatic feel and also is sort of mysterious in a beautiful way. I chose it beacuse of the feeling or mood in conveys when you look at it and I think it is also a great photograph overall. I have never been to this specific place in the photograph, which is Yosemite National Park in California. I have been to the park once but it was on a trail and was a different part of the park than in the photo. However, this photograh makes me really want to take a trip back to Yosemite and go to the secific place that it is showing.
My favororite part of the photograph would have to be the middle to upper part of the picture, where it shows the mountains and all the clouds that are around and surrounding them. I like it because of the way it seems so mysterious and almost surreal in a sense. It makes me feel really small, too because of the way it shows the mountain's height and it makes them look like they just keep on going.
The photograph is all in black and white. I think that this makes the picture a lot stronger than it would have been if it were in color, and conveys a stonger mood. The contrast between the shades of white, grey, and black are also really good. There are your bright whites from the snow that stand out and also a very complete black from the shadows and one side of the mountains and a wide range of greys inbetween from the clounds, mountains, and trees. The compostiton of the photograph is also really good because your eye is drawn all over the picture from the lines of the mountains on either side, so the focus isn't just in one little place. It fills up the whole space of the picture without being too busy or crowded.
I wouldn't change anything in the picture honestly. I think it is great the way it already is. If I could be in the place in the photograph right now, I would probably be taking a very long hike in the forest and mountains of the photograph. I would also be taking tons of photographs to remember the scene. If I were to put myself in the photograph, I wouldn't be noticable. I would be way to small compared to the distance away it was taken, plus with all the huge trees and tall mountains, you wouldn't be able to see me. However, if I had to, I would be way up on top of one of the mountains, with the clouds and snow. It would be really cool to be up that high and have such a beautiful, breathtaking view.