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Photographs: New York City, Photographs: Structures and Objects, Photographs: Urban/Street

Ding

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Ding
Ding

Ding. New York City. December 25, 2013. © Copyright 2014 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

A pedestrian walks past a New York City post office building.

An apology might be appropriate for this photograph, which might be the oddest Christmas Day photograph of 2013. We had arrived in New York City the previous evening, and when we woke up on Christmas morning in Manhattan things were relatively quiet. We had an afternoon engagement in Brooklyn, but plenty of morning time to kill before that, so we figured that we might just take a (rather cold) walk deeper into Lower Manhattan, and we ended up heading toward the World Trade Center site.

Because there were so few people – and so few cars – out this morning, certain photographic opportunities arose that might not usually be easy or even possible here. You can bet that on a more typical day this street would have been filled with vehicles and the sidewalk filled with other pedestrians. But on this quiet day it was much easier to photograph unobstructed views or to find an individual figure in this urban landscape. As this man in black strode purposefully (very purposefully for Christmas day!) past this post office building I saw that I might have a brief opportunity to frame him against the architecture of the building and as soon as I saw this particular shot, a little voice in my head said… “Ding!” (Sorry. But probably not sorry enough.)

G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist whose subjects include the Pacific coast, redwood forests, central California oak/grasslands, the Sierra Nevada, California deserts, urban landscapes, night photography, and more.
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Photographs: Nature, Photographs: Ocean & Coast, Photographs: Pacific Northwest

Beach and Rocks, Pacific Ocean

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Beach and Rocks, Pacific Ocean
Beach and Rocks, Pacific Ocean

Beach and Rocks, Pacific Ocean. Near Port Oxford, Oregon. August 20, 2013. © Copyright 2013 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

The incoming swell stretches toward that distant horizon beyond a few rocks on an Oregon beach

As we drove south along the Oregon coast in August we passed through Port Oxford. Just below this town the highway briefly curved landward before heading south again, traveling along the edge of a long and wide beach featuring impressive sea stacks and long strings of waves coming in off of the Pacific. I found a spot with a few dark, back-lit rocks to break up the uniformity of the horizontal lines of beach, surf, horizon, and sky, and shot straight toward the sun and its brilliant reflections on the surface of the ocean.

G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist whose subjects include the Pacific coast, redwood forests, central California oak/grasslands, the Sierra Nevada, California deserts, urban landscapes, night photography, and more.
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Updated Black Friday Sales at B&H

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Site-sponsor B&H sent me a list of some Black Friday specials that I’m passing on here…

Updated Black Friday/Cyber Monday and other deals from site-sponsor B&H Photo. (Additional deals on listed below from prior dates – most are still valid.)

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G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist whose subjects include the Pacific coast, redwood forests, central California oak/grasslands, the Sierra Nevada, California deserts, urban landscapes, night photography, and more.
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Photographs: Flight, Photographs: Nature, Photographs: Northern California, Photographs: Wildlife

Migratory Birds – November 24, 2013

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In late November I had the opportunity to make another trip to California’s Great Central Valley in search of migratory birds. This valley is an important stopping place for many of these birds in the late fall through early spring season, and a great variety of them may be found at the many wildlife refuges up and down the state.

This time I had a single morning to photograph. I arrived just before sunrise to find that ground fog was muting the light and the colors. As I continued shooting through the morning the fog gradually cleared, leaving blue sky and a soft light above the marshland. I saw (and heard!) many birds, including the white-faced ibises, black-necked stilts, redwing blackbirds, and Ross’s an snow geese included in this small collection.

White-faced Ibis
White-faced Ibis

White-faced Ibis. San Joaquin Valley, California. November 24, 2013. © Copyright 2013 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

White-faced ibises feeding in a California Central Valley marsh

Black-necked Stilt Taking Flight
Black-necked Stilt Taking Flight

Black-necked Stilt Taking Flight. San Joaquin Valley, California. November 24, 2013. © Copyright 2013 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

A black-necked Stilt takes off from a California Central Valley pond

Female Red-winged Blackbird
Female Red-winged Blackbird

Female Red Winged Blackbird. San Joaquin Valley, California. November 24, 2013. © Copyright 2013 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

Female red-winged blackbird perched above a California Central Valley pond

Ross's Geese in Flight
Snow Geese in Flight

Snow Geese in Flight. San Joaquin Valley, California. November 24, 2013. © Copyright 2013 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

A flock of snow geese in flight about a San Joaquin Valley wildlife refuge

Four Ross's Geese in Flight
Four Snow Geese in Flight

Four Snow Geese in Flight. San Joaquin Valley, California. November 24, 2013. © Copyright 2013 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

Four snow geese bank steeply through a turn above a California Central Valley marsh

G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist whose subjects include the Pacific coast, redwood forests, central California oak/grasslands, the Sierra Nevada, California deserts, urban landscapes, night photography, and more.
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Text, photographs, and other media are © Copyright G Dan Mitchell (or others when indicated) and are not in the public domain and may not be used on websites, blogs, or in other media without advance permission from G Dan Mitchell.