Fractured Slabs, Reflection. © Copyright 2019 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.
The patterns of fractured Sierra Nevada slabs reflected in the quiet surface of an alpine lake.
This lake was a productive target for all of us in a group of photographers and artists who base-camped for a week at 11,000′ in the Eastern Sierra last summer. Our camp was perhaps 15 minutes away from this beautiful lake set in a huge bowl at the base of a tall peak that dominated the view from almost everywhere in the area. In places near its outlet there were trees, rocks were everywhere, and the side at the base of the cliff was covered with large talus.
We all spent considerable time there. I know that I visited at least three times. On my first visit I did little more than get a sense of the prospects at the lake since the light wasn’t ideal at that time and there was a bit more wind than I wanted. On a second visit I went at just about the right time, but the many subjects distracted me and I missed the light for some that I had come for. I think it was on the third visit (or was it the fourth?) when I finally managed to get to this bit of textured slabs at the water’s edge before the bright morning light washed out the scene and before the day’s winds broke the smooth surface of the water.
G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, “California’s Fall Color: A Photographer’s Guide to Autumn in the Sierra” is available from Heyday Books and Amazon.
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