2015 Favorite Photographs

December 30, 2015 G Dan Mitchell 12 Comments

Every December I review the past year’s work, revisit twelve months of photographs and experiences, and share a set of my favorite images. I select a set that includes a variety of my photographs: The Sierra Nevada, Central Valley, and desert landscapes; seascapes; wildlife; a bit of night photography and some urban and street photography. Thanks for taking a moment to look at the photographs.

Enjoy!

G Dan Mitchell
December 30, 2015

Click on any of the following 2015 Favorite Photographs to produce a larger view, then click through the photographs in series.

Asian Styles — A brown pelican joins the flock on a rock along the Pacific coast of California

Man in White, Mosco Street — A brown pelican joins the flock on a rock along the Pacific coast of California

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Photographs: New York City, Photographs: Urban/Street

11th Avenue

December 30, 2015 G Dan Mitchell Leave a comment

Looking down 11th Avenue from the High Line Park

Expect a wide-ranging mix of photographic subjects over the next few weeks. There will certainly be more from the San Joaquin Valley, both landscapes and wildlife. I still have some older photographs from the Sierra and other locations in the queue. This photograph is part of an inevitable series of “urban landscapes” and urban/street photography from our recent visit to New York City. The latter is a favorite subject of mine. As a west-coaster, I only get to photographer there perhaps once per year, but when I do I like to take full advantage of the opportunity.

This photograph feels like an urban landscape to me. On the final day of our trip we found time to revisit the High Line Park, a place that has a different feeling at each time of year. The park, for those who may not already know, runs along the path of an old elevated railroad bed on the west side of Manhattan. It has become an incredibly popular place, but with good reason, as it winds through all sorts of interesting urban terrain a few stories above street level. A new section has opened since our last visit, and it extends the path northward to and past the Hudson Yards area. This photograph was made along the new section where it crosses 11th Avenue, and where I saw the same beautiful light that might stop me in my tracks anywhere.

Photographs: Central California, Photographs: Nature

Marsh, Fog, Evening Light

December 29, 2015 G Dan Mitchell Leave a comment

Evening light on San Joaquin Valley marshland

This photograph represents the flip side of an observation I made in a separate post regarding another photograph that I made on this mid-December evening. The comment had to do with the contrast at the end of the day between events here that happen suddenly and those that unfold more slowly — a simulations slowing down and speeding up of events at the end of the day. The speeding up events include sudden departures and arrivals of large groups of birds. The slowing down part is exemplified by this photograph. (For the EXIF file data aficionados among you, the EXIF data shows an incorrect time of day for this photograph. Ah, well…)

As I photographed other subjects I had slow moments to look around and take in static elements of the scene. Late in the evening, as the light color warmed, I saw the effect this had on the brown reeds and the trees, many of which still had a few fall leaves left. While the near trees are quite clear, being lit by this beautiful side-light, the details of the further trees are muted just a bit by haze, and the more distant sky’s color is muted by this incipient fog. A few remaining geese along with some ducks sit almost completely still in the shallow water.

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2015 Favorite Photographs

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11th Avenue

Marsh, Fog, Evening Light

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