You may have noticed that I have an Ansel Adams photo of the day on my blog. This is one of my favorites. It is called "El Capitan, Winter" and I love the majesty of the cliff against the peacefully flowing river - not to mention the SNOW. This is one place I might put my cabin in the woods. El Capitan is "the largest known exposed granite block in the world" and is located on the north end of the Yosemite Valley in California. It's name is Spanish for "the chief." Here is a description of the photo:
About this Photograph
Ansel Adams made this image before 1950 with an 8" x 10" view camera; the precise date is unknown. The looming darkness of the granite face contrasts dramatically with the brightness of the snow-clad trees on either side of the Merced River.
On winter days, as the sun warms the frozen face of El Capitan , rocks often shower down from above as the ice holding them in place melts. After the thousand-foot fall explodes the rocks on impact filling the valley with booming echoes.
After that early photograph, Ansel Adams returned to El Capitan over and again photographing it in every time, season, and light he could. This particular image of El Capitan has not been published.
2 comments:
ok- so if you end up putting your cabin at the base of "el capitan" can i come be the property caretaker?
Gorgeous! I'll come visit you often!
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