First Light, Mount Gibbs. Yosemite National Park, California. July 11, 2009. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.
First morning light shines across the face of Mt. Gibbs above Tioga Pass, Yosemite National Park, California.
This photograph was made in the early morning alongside Tioga Meadow, the large meadow just below Tioga Pass inside the eastern boundary of Yosemite National Park, as the first sun crept over the Sierra crest and began to hit the upper slopes of Mt. Gibbs. This is one of my favorite locations along Tioga Pass Road, probably because it is the highest area right at the pass but also because of the extensive rolling meadows containing the skeletons of trees knocked down by avalanches and because of the proximity to much higher peaks, such as Mt. Dana.
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Marcus, one of the things I love when others comment on my photographs is that I get perspectives that I often hadn’t quite thought of. I was conscious of some of the big/little relationships when I shot this, particularly in regard to the trees in the meadow, but I had not consciously thought about the “matched pair” observation – good catch!
Thanks,
Dan
This is a really cool shot. I love the repeating pattern of big/little that seems to be everywhere in the image. I didn’t notice it at first, then I realized that that the two big rocks in the foreground were echoing the shapes of the mountains. Then the two trees on the left were also repeating the theme. Then my eyes started bouncing around seeing the matched pairs all throughout the image, my eyes scanning everything looking to find another connection. Very dynamic image and fun to look at. Thanks for sharing.