Part one of term paper
Ansel Adams is one of the greatest photographers of the twentieth-century. Moon and Half Dome is one of his many great works. Taken in 1960 in Yosemite National Park, California it is a very involving photograph. In Moon and Half Dome, Adams tries to induce a feeling of awe at nature's immense power and beauty in the viewer. The detail of th ...

Part two of term paper
... viewer to believe the entire photograph completely. Another aspect of the photograph is how intimidating the sheer size of Half Dome is. The point from where the photograph was taken is somewhere level to the base of Half Dome, and a distance away from it, giving the effect of having to look up to see the whole view. One of the castings of the human mind is that when one has to look up at something, it brings on a feeling of insignificance. Another thing that gives the viewer the feeling that Half D ...