Photographs: Nature, Photographs: Sierra Nevada, Photographs: Yosemite

Meadow and Forest, Clearing Fog

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Meadow and Forest, Clearing Fog
“Meadow and Forest, Clearing Fog” — Morning fog clears from a Sierra Nevada meadow and forest.

The atmospheric and light conditions were lovely on this July morning at Tuolumne Meadows, in the high country of Yosemite National Park. Shortly after sunrise hardly anyone was there, since the campground was still closed. If you have visited this place in the summertime, you know that such solitude is a rare and wonderful experience here.

It had rained the previous evening, so there was lots of residual moisture in the morning. As a result mist was rising from the meadow and river, and the atmosphere was almost opaque. (If you look closely you may able to just barely make out the slopes in the seemingly featureless area at upper left.)

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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. Blog | Bluesky | Mastodon | Substack Notes | Flickr | Email

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Photographs: Belgium, Photographs: Europe, Photographs: Travel, Photographs: Urban/Street

At the Manneken PIs

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At the Manneken PIs
“At the Manneken PIs” — Tourists taking pictures at the Manneken Pis in Brussels, Belgium.

Some “tourist attractions” are darned near inexplicable. Manneken Pis is one of them. Located at a nondescript corner in a relatively nondescript area of Brussels, it is a fountain with a tiny (61cm tall) statue of a small boy urinating. Indeed, the idea that such a thing exists is mildly interesting. But the actual site is a pretty big nothingburger in my ever-humble opinion.

So, you might wonder, where is the fountain in this photograph referring to it? It is out of the frame to the right. I was completely uninterested in photographing the peeing kid myself. However, the people who came to look and photograph themselves in front of it were fascinating. Some stood back and shot images of it — and I’m trying to imagine them getting back home and wondering why they did. Others lined themselves up to take selfies with the urinating youngster in the background, thus managing, I suppose, to prove that they were actually there. Standing next to a 61cm statue. Of a pissing boy. Or something. ;-)

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Photographs: Nature, Photographs: The Southwest, Photographs: Utah

Utah Morning Sky

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Utah Morning Sky
“Utah Morning Sky” — A cloud-filled dawn sky aboe Capitol Reef, National Park, Utah.

Back in 2014 a friend and I met up at Capitol Reef National Park for a few days of photography. I was on a long trip, first shooting in Southern Utah alone before we joined up at Capitol Reef. (Afterward I met other friends at Grand Staircase-Escalante, made a quick visit to Boulder, and eventually joined my family at Zion.) I made this photograph early in the morning on the day we headed into the back country along Notom Bullfrog Road.

Although my main goals were further down this backcountry road, soon after we turned onto it the sun rose and the early morning light illuminated a beautiful cloud-filled sky. We had no choice but to stop! We quickly found a high location with a panoramic view and set up to photograph this marvelous sky and light.

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Photographs: Belgium, Photographs: Europe, Photographs: Structures and Objects, Photographs: Travel, Photographs: Urban/Street

Street Art, Antwerp

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Street Art, Antwerp
“Street Art, Antwerp” — An old structure is decorated with street art along the waterfront in Antwerp, Begium.

The photograph comes from Antwerp. We were in Belgium at the end of May and beginning of June. Adding Belgium to a trip that was mostly in Portugal and Spain was a bit of an afterthought, but we managed to stay in Antwerp, Bruges, and Brussels, and make a day trip to Ghent. It was a lot to see in one week, and with more time we might have spent extra days in Antwerp and Brussels.

On the day that I made this photograph we headed out on one of our typical wandering walks. It took us towards the waterfront, where it appears that some sort of long term redevelopment project is underway. An urban walkway traverses much of the area, but there’s also still a certain amount of interesting street art.

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