Autumn Dogwood Leaves, Yosemite Valley. Yosemite National Park, California. November 4, 2007. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell
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Branches and Clouds, Merced River
Branches and Clouds, Merced River. Yosemite National Park, California. November 4, 2007. © Copyright 2007 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.
Branches and clouds reflected in the surface of the Merced River
This photograph was taken along the shore of the Merced River near the “housekeeping” camp along the south side of the Valley. I had wandered over here to photograph a tree on the opposite bank that had dropped an interesting bunch of colorful leaves. (That photograph turned out to be, I’ll be honest, boring… ;-) As I got ready to take down the tripod and leave I noticed this interesting bunch of partially submerged branches along the waterline.
I recently (May 2015) reworked this photograph, and I like the newer interpretation quite a bit more than the original. Here there are “three worlds” in the photograph — the solid material of the branches and their crisp reflections in the water, the barely visible branches beneath the water’s surface, and the very light reflections of sky and thing clouds.
G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist whose subjects include the Pacific coast, redwood forests, central California oak/grasslands, the Sierra Nevada, California deserts, urban landscapes, night photography, and more.
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Glacier Point View, Morning
Glacier Point View, Morning. Yosemite National Park, California. November 4, 2007. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell.
A photograph from a series I made during a recent pre-dawn visit to Glacier Point in early November. The light was, of course, beautiful. I can strongly recommend an autumn visit to this location and at this hour. While Glacier Point is frequently a very busy place, crawling with tourists, there were only four of us there on this morning – and we got to enjoy the rare and wonderful experience of quietly enjoying dawn over the Sierra from a truly astonishing vantage point.
(A few practical issues: Check before going there this time of year; it won’t be long before winter snowfall closes the road to Glacier Point to all but hardy cross-country skiers. And, if you do go, dress warmly!)
Autumn Maple Leaves – Yosemite Valley
Autumn Maple Leaves – Yosemite Valley. Yosemite National Park, California. November 4, 2007. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell.
I’m a sucker for sun dappled autumn leaves on the forest floor… :-) These were photographed not far from Sentinel Bridge in Yosemite Valley.