Outbound Freighter – San Francisco Bay. San Francisco, California. June 1, 2008. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.
Black and white photograph of a freighter on the San Francisco Bay on its way toward the Golden Gate and the Pacific.
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Yosemite Valley Tunnel View. Yosemite National Park, California. April 27, 2008. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.
View of Yosemite Valley with tourist bus and tourists lining up for their self-portrait at the Wawona Tunnel Valley View parking lot.
Yes, irony intended.
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At the Base of Bridalveil Fall. Yosemite Valley, California. May 16, 2008. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.
Group of tourists at the base of Bridalveil Fall, Yosemite Valley, California.
I’m not going to give away all the reasons, but this is – perhaps surprisingly – one of my favorite photographs of the past few months. The reasons include those related to form, the subjects, and the place.
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Yosemite Falls and Glacier Point. Yosemite National Park, California. May 16, 2008. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.
Yosemite Valley and Yosemite Falls early on a hazy spring evening, with Glacier Point outcropping in the foreground. (black and white version – color version will be posted tomorrow.)
Note: It seems a bit ironic that this photograph would appear from the queue on the day I return from a Yosemite trip that was very much affected by the terrible wildfire smoke covering much of California right now. While this photograph depended on some haze, it sure would not have looked like this yesterday!
Double irony: As I shot this very interesting and hazy scene, there were lots of other photographers there firing away at the obvious – and not too interesting – view of Half Dome to the right. Always good to look around and see what else is there to shoot! :-)
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