Chasing Ansel Adams (Part 1)
When in the Western part of the United States, it’s hard to not feel inspired by the work of Ansel Adams. This happened to me when I spent some time in Colorado in May. As I am getting ready to shoot a scene, I normally picture the final image in my mind before pressing the shutter. Normally, I picture a brightly colored HDR image. However, when framing my scenes in the rugged countryside of Colorado, I found myself seeing scenes in black and white. I blame this on Ansel Adams.
“Sometimes I do get to places just when God’s ready to have somebody click the shutter.” -Ansel Adams
After a long dark cloudy day, the rain finally came down in the evening. The rain storm, however, was short lived. Almost as soon as it started, it stopped. What happened next was one of the strangest and amazing displays of cloud and sunset that I’ve witnessed. With the sun to my back, the storm clouds lit up in oranges and yellows for a brief minute. I was able to shoot a few images before the sky darkened.
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