Monthly Archives: December 2009

Photographs: Northern California, Photographs: San Francisco, Photographs: Structures and Objects, Photographs: Urban/Street

Steps and Landing, The Embarcadero

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Steps and Landing, The Embarcadero

Steps and Landing, The Embarcadero. San Francisco, California. September 16, 2009. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

With west end of the Bay Bridge above, steps lead down to a bayside landing along the Embarcadero on a foggy morning in San Francisco, California.

I think this will be the first in short string of urban landscapes coming up over the next few days. During the last few weeks of the year I go back through all of my (many thousands of!) RAW files, rediscovering images that I somehow forgotten about and finding some that I had not really paid attention to at the time. This one falls into the former category.

For some reason this spot along the Embarcadero always intrigues me. On one hand it seems like it should provide access to the water for people strolling along the Embarcadero on the San Francisco Bay waterfront since it opens directly from the sidewalk. But on the other hand something seems just a bit dangerous about it. I’m not sure if it is the ominous warning signs along the steps, the wet and slippery concrete, or something else. In any case, I’ve photographed it a few times. This black and white version was photographed on a foggy morning near the end of summer as the overcast was just barely beginning to thin.

This photograph is not in the public domain and may not be used on websites, blogs, or in other media without advance permission from G Dan Mitchell.

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Photographs: Central California, Photographs: Nature, Photographs: Northern California, Photographs: Sierra Nevada, Photographs: Yosemite

Forest Trail

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Forest Trail

Forest Trail. Yosemite National Park, California. September 10, 2009. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

A path winds through a grove of large trees along Tioga Pass Road, Yosemite National Park, California.

I was on my way home from a backpacking trip in the Tuolumne Meadows region in September when it started to become cloudy – conditions I like for shooting during the day in the forest. I found a place to pull over along Tioga Pass Road – I think it was near a trail that might run between White Wolf and Lukens Lake, but I’m not certain – and I found this quiet section of forest full of large trees and open ground.

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Photographs: Central California, Photographs: Nature, Photographs: Northern California, Photographs: Sierra Nevada, Photographs: Yosemite

Dry Creek and Late-Season Meadow

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Dry Creek and Late-Season Meadow

Dry Creek and Late-Season Meadow. Yosemite National Park, California. September 10, 2009. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

Morning light illuminates a dry creek bed winding though late season meadow grasses and trees near Fletcher Lake, Yosemite National Park, California.

As the trail at Fletcher Lake heads upward to begin the climb towards Evelyn Lake there is an area in the meadow to the left of the trail where small trees have begun to infiltrate the meadow and there is now a “mini-forest” of sorts. I’ve photographed this spot – this exact spot, actually! – before, and I often like to shoot it in the morning light when the low angle sun first hits the meadow. Here a dry seasonal runoff creek winds between the trees in this section of mixed meadow and young forest.

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Induro Interview: G Dan Mitchell

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I was recently interviewed by Rachel at the Induro Blog, and the interview is now online there along with a selection of some of my photographs. Even those of you who follow my blog may learn a new thing or two about me and my photography!

(For those who may not already know, Induro manufactures and distributes a range of excellent monopods, tripods, heads, and accessories. I’ve used their C313 tripod for several years now.)