Birds, Bridge Cables – San Francisco. San Francisco, California. September 18, 2007. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell.
I was already set up to shoot photographs of the Golden Gate (in this wonderful, luminous, hazy morning light) when I spotted this flock of seabirds flying across the Bay.
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Two Bridges, Morning Fog – San Francisco Bay. San Francisco, California. September 18, 2007. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell.
Photographed from above the north end of the Golden Gate Bridge on an end-of-summer morning as the sun broke through the bay fog.
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Mario Cipollini, Prologue Time Trial – 2008 Amgen Tour of California. Palo Alto, California. February 17, 2008. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell.
Mario Cipollini tops a rise followed by camera motorcycle and his support vehicle in the prologue time trial of the 2008 Amgen Tour of California bicycle race.
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I would love to claim that this photograph was the result of careful planning. But it wasn’t. I arrived too early at Point Lobos, and rather than waiting around, on a whim I decided to drive south. Here I encountered fog clinging to the coastline above huge Pacific winter surf—in fact, it was the surf creating this misty effect as the huge waves lifted spray into the air. This haze was only down by the water, and overhead the sky was crystal clear and the sun was shining. So, it was essentially by coincidence that I found myself in this spot at all, much less with all of these conditions in place.
Because it was morning and because the mist was very shallow, light from above shone into and through the fog, creating the light beams that cut diagonally through the scene. Although this spot is known to other photographers, I had not shot it before nor did I realize that I was there until after I happened to look around a spot this cave.
(This post and photo were revised in January of 2025.)
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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