Winter Foliage. © Copyright 2020 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.
A close-up view of winter plants in a formal garden.
This photograph comes from a more innocent time… almost two months ago. Remember? That was back when we were just starting to become away of the potential of the corona virus, when we were still often able to convince ourselves that it would not happen here — wherever your “here” may be. A matter of a few weeks later we truly began to understand how serious this would become — but back then it was possible to spend a morning driving to a place with a large public garden, to spend hours with other people enjoying the place, and to go out for coffee or lunch afterwards. I look forward to the eventual return of such pleasures.
Patty is passionate about photographing flowers and plants, and every so often I’m inspired to give it a try, too. I have a macro lens for one of my cameras, and I took it along on this visit. It was early in the California growing season so the number of flowers was a bit limited, so many of my photographs that day focused on leaves and branches and trunks. I got down very close to these plants to try to isolate their forms from the surroundings.
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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