Ansel Adams (Feb. 20, 1902 - April 22, 1984) was a nature photographer. Majority of his pictures were taking in the western part of the country, and he is most well known for his pictures in Yosemite. What made Adams' pictures stand out was that he used a zone system to work with the exposure and contrast of his final photos. The zone system allowed him to use large cameras and produce high resolution pictures.
I chose this photographer, because I knew that he was most well known for his work at Yosemite. Being a place I have visited many times, I thought it would be interesting to see it from a photographers point of view as well. Often I find that I do not like black and white pictures as much as I do color, but Adams changed that for me. With his work, I saw just how much beauty can be captured with a black and white photo. He has inspired me to hold a different view of colors and depth in photography.
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I used camera raw to change the saturation of this picture. First, I made it black and white, and then worked with the contrast, the shadows, blacks, and whites. Since this is a picture of snow, I tried to bring out the blacks to make more distinct features.
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To start off, I cropped this picture so it was focused on the flower. I then rotated it to get an angle where you could see each individual petal of the flower. I then changed the saturation to make the picture black and white. To increase the contrast, I made the white brighter to make the flower stand out, and increased the shadow to outline the petals.
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The first step in camera raw, was changing the saturation to make it black and white. I then increased the contrast to the max, in order to bring out the difference in the grass and twigs.
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I first changed the saturation of the picture to make it black and white. I then increased the brightness of the white to make the snow on the ground stand out. I then made the clarity as high as possible in order to bring out each individual branch on the trees.
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My first step on camera raw, was changing the saturation black and white. I then increased the clarity to outline the tree more accurately.
