While I’m often drawn to the large scale landscapes, intimate landscapes appeal to me a swell. While the big photos do give us the grand perspective of the landscape, I think that the images of smaller elements and components of the larger scene can tell us just as much about a place. And their sometimes-abstract nature lets us see the landscape in new ways that we perhaps had not thought of.
I photographed these rocks at a time when the large landscape wasn’t cooperating. It had been raining and it was still very cloudy. Are the rocks really this color? That’s a good question! The landscape can look quite different under various sorts of light, and sometimes our vision system “corrects” for this and we overlook it. I knew that the overcast was having an effect, but until I opened this photograph (and others made at the same time) in post, I had not realized just how blue the light was. Sometimes I “correct” these strong colors, but this time I decided to go with it.
G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, “California’s Fall Color: A Photographer’s Guide to Autumn in the Sierra” is available from Heyday Books, Amazon, and directly from G Dan Mitchell.
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