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In the Pipeline

It has been a fairly productive spring thus far – I’ve photographed in Death Valley, Yosemite, San Francisco, and many of the more local usual locations. At this point I have daily home page photographs “in the queue” out all the way to early July! In more or less chronological order, upcoming photographic subjects will include: many more photographs from my early April visit to Death Valley; several sets of spring seasonal photographs from the central California hills including trees, grassland, and wildflowers; a large collection of color and black and white photographs from two recent trips to Yosemite in spring; and some urban and street photography done in San Francisco, including some “urban landscapes.” Whew.

I also need to catch up on some technical/equipment oriented posts, including some additional information regarding my Canon EF 100-400 f/4-5.6 L IS lens, which I have now used fairly extensively. I also want to post some other general comments about the importance of – or perhaps more accurately, the unfortunate tendency of some to obsess over – small technical differences in equipment performance.

Thank you to those who have written email on a variety of subjects. I try to respond to all of them, but keep in mind that you can also a) join the site (link way down in the right sidebar) and post comments on my posts and/or b) join and participate in the discussion forum.

Next in the Queue

Since I post a new photograph daily, some foresight and planning is required to keep the “tap turned on” at this site. Obviously, I have to do a lot of photography, both in the field and at the computer during the post-processing stage. In helps that I can queue up photographs ahead of time. During certain times of the year when I can’t get out as often I may may be posting as little as one week before the photographs appear. At other times I have a much larger line-up of photographs ready to go and “pre-posted” to appear later.

Right now is one those times when there are quite a few photographs in the queue – more than a month’s worth actually. Reasons include the fact that spring is an exceptionally photogenic time in my area, the fact that I’ve made several recent photographic trips, and the nature of the images that I’ve been doing recently.

This week the photographs from my early March visit to Death Valley came up in the queue, and there are quite a few others in that series coming up next. There is also a large series of spring wildflowers and related subjects that is in line after the DV photographs. This past weekend I spent a day photographing in Yosemite Valley – and those photos will come to the site in early June. (If you just can’t wait, many of the upcoming photos are already posted in my Gallery and in my Flickr stream.)


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” (Heyday Books) is available directly from him.

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Watch for a Site Format Changes

Moonlit Cove, Thousand Island Lake

Moonlit Cove, Thousand Island Lake. Ansel Adams Wilderness, California. July 27, 2007. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell.

I am contemplating a change in the way that photographs are displayed on the home page and in the rss news feed. Instead of displaying the relatively large versions I have been posting here, I will switch to somewhat smaller versions that will expand when you click on them. I think this will have several benefits: those who subscribe to the rss feed will find that my posts take up less space in their feed viewers, there will be less scrolling to do on my home page, and those who want to see full size images will still be able to do so. One small downside will be that rss feed readers will have to click the title link of each post and come to the home page to see the complete display.

I’ve placed an alternate version of today’s image into this post, displayed in the new format.

As always, I welcome your feedback about this or anything else on my web site.

Thanks,

Dan

And We Have Our First Forum Post

Congratulations to rileys for offering The First Post in the forum. :-)

The question is about shooting locations at Point Reyes National Seashore. I’ll probably offer something a bit later this afternoon, though my experience there is somewhat limited. Anyone what to help rileys out?


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” (Heyday Books) is available directly from him.

G Dan Mitchell: Blog | Bluesky | Mastodon | Substack Notes | Flickr | Email


All media © Copyright G Dan Mitchell and others as indicated. Any use requires advance permission from G Dan Mitchell.