Reaction Paper 4

To compare this to our last exercise and project I believe that unlike portraits, the landscape photography captures scenery from a different and specific perspective. I believe is captures the beauty and wonder of the world that is around us through the eyes and the hands of the photographer. This is done by the angle, the perspective, the time of day that the picture is taken and also the selection of scenery in which the photographer chooses to capture. I believe that both of these photographers did an amazing job, and took breath taking shots. I tended to like Bayles pictures more than Adams because they seemed to be more catchy. The subjects that Bayles captured were different and made you look more than once to figure out what was being captured. Also his pictures were really bright and eye catchy! Even in the black and white, the white popped out immensely! He also captured more texture in the backgrounds, like the grains and speckles in the cement in the picture of the palm tree. I especially like the one of the tree, that covers the entire background but seems to be the subject, and the layer of cars that the opacity has been changed, and it looks like the cars are actually moving. Vibrant colors are also used, like the deep blue, and the brightness of the halo around the street lights. On the other hand, Adams pictures the light and brightness of the pictures, are more dull than the pictures of Bayles. His pictures aren’t as busy, and are more simple. Also the sharpness of his pictures are not like those of Bayles. Adams also doesn’t use color in his pictures. I think we can all agree that they both do an amazing job and capturing natures beauty! But in different ways. Bayles explains his love for forests, the living and the dying, which would make sense as to why he captures all different sorts of trees, ones that are crocked, or broke, and ones that are healthy. Also the background and the scenery around the subject can give the picture a negative or positive charge.