Ansel Adams is probably the most famous American landscape photographer. He photographed the most epic places of the western United States, so whenever a nature photographer visits one of those places, they try to recreate one of Ansel Adams’s iconic images in honor of him. At least I do. I did it in the Yosemite National Park in California, even though the conditions were not perfect (sunny day, no clouds), and I did it in the Grand Teton National Park too during our latest road trip. Fortunately, the conditions were almost perfect in the Tetons for creating an Ansel Adams-like photograph, since there were lots of clouds on the sky. Adams was commissioned in 1941 to take photos of national parks and at the Grand Teton National Park in 1942, he made one of his best known and most critically acclaimed photographs: The Tetons and the Snake River. The trees now blocking a lot of the river bend, which is actually one of the most important compositional elements of the original image. However, the Snake River Overlook still remains a symbolic icon of the Grand Teton National Park and a popular place among photographers.

Gear: Canon EOS 7D, Canon 17-40mm F/4, Gitzo 1340 tripod, RRS-BH-55 ballhead