100 Word Photograph

The photograph from Albert Bierstadt has qualities that give the audience a feeling of tranquility. This feeling comes from the sun setting projecting a golden orange tone across the sky highlighting the foliage of the vegetation of the area. The composition of the trees on an eroded hillside and the canyon wall frames a couple of elk grazing in the “prairie” space between the two locations. Having the framing of the elk grazing and the quality of the sun setting reflecting a different tranquil feeling against the whippy rolling clouds make a more “naturalistic” feeling to the space.