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South Tufa, Morning

South Tufa, Morning

South Tufa, Morning. Mono Lake, California. June 7, 2009. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

Black and white photograph of early morning at South Tufa, Mono Lake, California.

This black and white panorama was photographed on my early June, 2009 visit to the South Tufa area of Mono Lake. Earlier that morning I had photographed the more typical early morning golden light of dawn on the tufa towers from a closer position. This photograph was more or less a last-minute afterthought, as I had completed the photography I had in mind on this morning and had pack up. I was actually leaving the shoreline when I happened to look back at this view that includes many tufa towers and I noticed the two small clouds (remnants of more extensive dawn clouds) centered over the towers.

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El Capitan, Morning

El Capitan, Morning

El Capitan, Morning. Yosemite Valley, California. May 10, 2009. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

Morning light illuminates a small portion of the vertical face of El Capitan, Yosemite Valley. (black and white)

This is a black and white version of a photograph I posted earlier. Back in May I was photographing spring trees and meadow plants in El Capitan Meadow in Yosemite Valley. Since I happened to have the 400mm lens on the camera at one point I decided to do a few close shots of some sections of the face of the monolith. In the full size versions of this photograph I can make out a number of individual climbers and even see the ropes stretched between them.

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El Capitan, Morning

El Capitan, Morning

El Capitan, Morning. Yosemite Valley, California. May 10, 2009. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

Morning light illuminates a small portion of the vertical face of El Capitan, Yosemite Valley.

While photographing the oaks in El Capitan Meadow in early May I decide to point my lens up towards the vertical face of El Capitan. In the full size version of this print you can pick out a number of climbers in various places across the cliff.

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Detail #2, Rocks, Point Lobos

Detail #2, Rocks, Point Lobos

Detail #2, Rocks, Point Lobos. Point Lobos State Reserve, California. April 26, 2009. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

Detail of rock forms near tidepools at Point Lobos State Reserve, California.

This is the second a series of two photographs of this small section of twisted, convoluted rock texture right next to the water not far from Weston Beach at Point Lobos State Reserve.

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