Alley With Red Details – The Embarcadero. San Francisco, California. May 9, 2008. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.
Alley off of the Embarcadero along the San Francisco waterfront with red sign, railroad tracks, door, light, and paint.
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Bay Bridge and Treasure Island. San Francisco, California. May 9, 2008. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.
This is one of my favorite morning views of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge as it soars high above the Embarcadero on its way across San Francisco Bay towards Treasure Island and Oakland and points east.
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The Zeum, Architectural Abstract. San Francisco, California. May 2, 2008. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.
Architectural abstract photographed at the Zeum in San Francisco.
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Titus Canyon. Death Valley National Park, California. April 3, 2008. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.
Black and white photograph of Titus Canyon, Death Valley National Park.
This was, to say the least, a difficult shot. Besides driving nearly 30 miles on dirt roads, there were photographic challenges, not the least of which is the extreme dynamic contrast between the very bright sky and the dark canyon walls. Needless to say, this photograph is the result of some significant post-processing work – but do click the image to view it larger.
The road through Titus Canyon is one of the most amazing features of any Western US National Park. (Shhh….) It begins on a rather typical high desert dirt road through sagebrush country but then ascends into the Amargosa range. Before long this narrow one-way track twists and turns up and down steep ridges past amazing rocky ridges and along the top of tremendous canyons – while not a true four-wheel drive road, it is not for the faint hearted. It then descends into Titus Canyon itself, and near the bottom it passes through an unbelievable slot canyon – in places barely wider than your car the canyon walls rise vertically for hundreds of feet above. (If you visit Titus Canyon, check with the park service first since road conditions are very rough and can change.)
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