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“This photograph represents my transitional period into group f/64 philosophy which emphasised very sharp focus and full tonal scalar in reaction to the visual softness of the Pictorialism popular at the time..I was becoming confident of my seeing and had considerably developed my craft.With all art expression, when something is seen, it is a vivid experience, sudden,compelling and inevitable. The visualization is complete, a seemingly instant review of all the mental and imaginative resources called forth bosom miracle of the mind-computer that we do not comprehend.“~ Ansel Adams Certainly this was a special breakthrough day in Ansel’s career. A truly amazing example of abstract art but grounded in reality.One of his most important images.