Precipice Lake – Imaginary Landscape

Precipice Lake – Imaginary Landscape. Sequoia National Park, California. August 6, 2008. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved. A very subjective view of Precipice Lake, Sequoia National Park, California. Another take on Precipice Lake, this one is not intended to be a literal depiction of the scene. The image has been manipulated … Continue reading Precipice Lake – Imaginary Landscape

Alpine Lake, Mirrored Reflection

Alpine Lake, Mirrored Reflection
“Alpine Lake, Mirrored Reflection” — Cliff wall mirrored on the surface of a rockbound alpine lake in Sequoia National Park.

There’s a story and a lesson associated with this photograph. Explaining may take a bit more than the usual two paragraphs. (It takes five. I urge/invite you to click through and read the whole thing — and I’ll be interested in your comments.) I’ll start with the subject though. Years ago (I’ll reveal how many years below) I was on a trans-Sierra pack trip of over a week’s length with a group of backcountry friends. I had walked this route years before this trip, and there were a few places that I specifically wanted to photograph again, especially this lake. I stopped there long enough to make a few careful photographs, including one of my favorites. (That one also comes with a bit of a story and lesson.)

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Granite Cliffs, Alpine Lake

As I write this tonight for posting tomorrow, winter is over and spring is a few hours old. It is perhaps for that reason — the start of spring and the inevitability of summer — that I found myself looking though some old photograph files from a summer about eight years in the past. There is … Continue reading Granite Cliffs, Alpine Lake

A Photograph Exposed: “Submerged Boulders, Lake, and Cliffs”

(“A Photograph Exposed” is a series exploring some of my photographs in greater detail.) Submerged Boulders, Lake, and Cliffs. Sequoia National Park, California. August 6, 2008. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved. I have backpacked in California’s Sierra Nevada range for quite a few decades. A number (a large number!) of years ago my wife and … Continue reading A Photograph Exposed: “Submerged Boulders, Lake, and Cliffs”