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Big Sur Coastline

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Big Sur Coastline
Big Sur Coastline. Big Sur, California. July 21, 2008. © Copyright G Dan MItchell – all rights reserved.

Black and white photograph of Big Sur coastline with tree covered ridges descending to the shoreline and fading into the distance.

This is yet another in the series of photographs I made on a long drive up the Big Sur coastline during the summer of 2008. The landscape photographer goes into overload on this drive – there is just too much to shoot. This photograph is a stitch of a couple 12MP full frame DSLR images.

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New Book on Night Photography

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Excerpted from the Night Photography blog by Andy Frazer:

Night and Low-Light Photography This has been a busy summer for night photography books. First, Troy Paiva‘s long-awaited second book Night Vision: The Art of Urban Exploration comes out. Next, Jill Waterman’s new book Night and Low-Light Photography was released early this month…

Although I haven’t read the book yet, Andy – whose work appears in the book, along with that of other night photographers from the Bay Area and beyond – sure makes it sound worth a look. Follow the link to Andy’s site to see the whole post… and a lot more interesting stuff from the world of night photography.

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A ‘Rare Glimpse into Ansel Adams Work at Yosemite’

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I think I posted about this some time ago, but a new announcement from PhotoCycle popped up in my RSS feed today – and it is still worth looking at.

PhotoCycle’s Rare Glimpse into Ansel Adams Work at Yosemite.

For our first episode of PhotoCycle we visit Yosemite Valley with Ansel’s son Michael Adams. Michael tells us about Ansel’s process, workflow and his joy of being a photographer. In rare unreleased footage, we hear directly from Ansel Adams about how to make a great photograph – advice that you can apply to improve your own work.

Photographs: Central California, Photographs: Nature, Photographs: Ocean & Coast, Photographs: Wildlife

Three Pelicans in Flight

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Three Pelicans in Flight

Three Pelicans in Flight. Near Pismo Beach, California. July 20, 2008. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

Three pelicans pass by near the shoreline at Pismo Beach, California.

I’m going to have to come with more creative titles… I have another photo from this past weekend of, you guessed it, “three pelicans in flight” – though the newer shot was made at Point Lobos.

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