Sierra Lake, First Morning Breeze. © Copyright 2022 G Dan Mitchell.
The first morning breeze stirs the waters of a Sierra Nevada backcountry lake.
For at least one more day I will hold off on sharing the New York street photography.. Given the absurd heat here in California I think we might all benefit from something that at least evokes cooler weather! Almost precisely a month ago we spent a week base-camped near this spot. The weather was nothing like it is now — our visit started with 24 hours of rainfall, portions of it torrential, followed by a week when rain always threatened and occasionally made good on the threat. What I’d give for that weather now!
On the day I made this photograph most of the rain was behind us, and before sunrise I strolled from camp to a nearby rocky prominence with a 360 degree view of the alpine surroundings. This lake was below my position, and I photographed along the shoreline after sunrise to capture the first breeze disturbing the perfect stillness of its surface as haze glowed in the distance beyond the lake’s outlet.
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, Amazon, and directly from G Dan Mitchell.
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