#mudhills

Ansel Adams worked in natural light and sometimes waited for days to get just the right kind of light in his photographs. His photographs served witness to the powerful beauty of America’s wilderness, influencing the protection of vast swaths of land in the West. Drawn to the beauty of nature’s monuments, he is regarded by environmentalists as a monument himself, and by photographers as a national institution. It is through his foresight and fortitude that so much of America has been saved for future Americans.

In this photo the mudhills look like stars to me. Those light speckles specifically remind me of them. There’s a gradual increase of lights and darks. It isn’t harsh and split like most shadows can be.