Another Site Formatting Experiment

October 10, 2008 G Dan Mitchell 2 Comments

You may have noticed that the last few “daily photographs” on my blog have appeared in a larger size, rather than in the clickable thumbnail format that I had been using. These photographs are coming from my Flickr Gallery – and if the experiment works I may continue this approach.

(Once I complete the ongoing work to rebuild my own photograph gallery you will again be able to find all of my archived photographs there.)

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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Aspen Grove and Fallen Leaves

October 9, 2008 G Dan Mitchell 1 Comment

An aspen grove with newly fallen leaves littering the ground – near Aspendell, California.

This is one of a group of photographs I made near the start of the short road to North Lake. I had shot here very early in the morning, gone to North Lake for a bit more shooting, and then stopped here on the way to Sabrina Lake. When I arrived here I first stopped at an extensive aspen grove inside a turn in the road and started shooting there in the shade since the sun had not yet topped the ridge to the southeast. Soon the sun rose high enough to just barely peak over the ridge and I found myself on the border line between sun and shadow. For the next 5-10 minutes I moved down the hillside through the aspen groves trying to stay just ahead of the sun, and shooting the saturated colors in this area between the shadow and the full sun.

keywords: aspen, tree, grove, forest, fall, autumn, color, gold, yellow, branch, trunk, north, lake, aspendell, sabrina, morning, sierra, nevada, mountains, range, california, usa, travel, scenic, landscape, stock

(Note: I’m trying a slightly different approach on the daily photos today. Rather than posting the thumbnail image I am posting a larger version of the photo from my Flickr account.)

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Photographs: Nature, Photographs: Sierra Nevada

Aspen Leaves, North Lake

October 9, 2008 G Dan Mitchell 3 Comments

Colorful autumn aspen leaves at North Lake, California.

After being snowed on at North Lake the previous morning, I returned again on this day and concentrated on photographing aspen leaves, branches, and trunks in a grove along the side of the lake and near the famous “tree tunnel” that so many have photographed here.

To add one point… while I love the color and light of the large aspen groves and love to photograph their astonishing colors as well, I think I have come to prefer photographing the smaller details of these groves: a few leaves, some branches, perhaps against a background containing some rocks or trees that have lost their leaves.

keywords: colorful, fall, autumn, foliage, leaves, aspen, grove, forest, red, orange, yellow, gold, trunk, branch, north, lake, califoria, usa, bishop, creek, nature, stock, sierra, nevada, range, mountains

Photographs: Nature, Photographs: Sierra Nevada

Aspen Grove, Bishop Creek

October 8, 2008 G Dan Mitchell Leave a comment

Fall colors in an aspen grove near the south fork of Bishop Creek.

This photograph was made in a bit of an odd place. While driving up the road to South Lake along the south fork of Bishop Creek, I spotted an unmarked gravel side road and decided to check it out. The short road traveled parallel to the main roadway, but it went through a thick grove of small aspen trees – so I stopped and spent a half hour in the early evening photographing these trees close up.

keywords: fall, autumn, aspen, tree, forest, grove, color, gold, yellow, orange, white, trunk, branch, grass, landscape, nature, bishop, creek, california, usa, sierra, nevada, mountain, range, stock, foliage

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Another Site Formatting Experiment

Aspen Grove and Fallen Leaves

Aspen Leaves, North Lake

Aspen Grove, Bishop Creek

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