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Ansel Easton Adams was born on February 20, 1902 in San Fransisco, California. He lived until he was 82 and died April 22, 1984. He was best known as a American photographer and environmentalist who took photos in black-and-white of the American West. He especially liked to take pictures of Yosemite National Park. When taking pictures he used a large format camera because they took very sharp pictures of the images. Some of his pictures are reproduced and displayed in calendars, posters and books. When Ansel was young he taught himself to play the piano. One of his tutors was composer Henry Cowell. He aslo loved to take photographs especially when he saw Yosemite when he was young on a trip with his parents. He thought this was the most beautiful place. When he was 17 he joined the Sierra Club, a group that preserved the national world's wonders and resources. He remained a member throughout his life.

I chose the title of my picture to be named //Changing Season.// The leaves were starting to change color for the season. I took this picture in color, but I changed it over to black-and-white because Ansels vision was always seen this way. My inspiration came from Ansels picture above, //Half dome Apple orchard Yosemite.// In his picture, he chose the freshly fallen snow on empty tree branches. In my picture, the leaves were changing, ready to fall and become empty branches. I'm glad I chose Ansel Adams because of his vision of nature. He has exposed people to take more photos in nature.