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Mallow Flowers

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Mallow Flowers
A pair of pink mallow flowers, San Francisco Bay Area.

Mallow Flowers. © Copyright 2023 G Dan Mitchell.

A pair of pink mallow flowers, San Francisco Bay Area.

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Photographs: Nature

Pink Mallow

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Pink Mallow
Pink mallow growing among spring grasses.

Pink Mallow. © Copyright 2023 G Dan Mitchell.

Pink mallow growing among spring grasses.

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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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Photographs: Nature, Photographs: Northern California

Three Ivy Leaves

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Three Ivy Leaves
Three spring ivy leaves emerge from the shadows.

Three Ivy Leaves. © Copyright 2023 G Dan Mitchell.

Three spring ivy leaves emerge from the shadows.

Ivy is among a group of (sometimes) shade-loving plants whose leaves intrigue me. The shapes, colors, and textures are immediately appealing, especially in soft light. But the complexity of their arrangement can make it difficult to find compositions. The beauty of the leaves makes me think it will be easy, but the complexity challenges me.

Here a few newer leaves stood out a bit from the darker background leaves — both because of their newness and because they were a bit forward and in the light.

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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Buds in Soft Light

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Buds in Soft Light
The tiny branch and incipient flowers of a California plant.

Buds in Soft Light. © Copyright 2023 G Dan Mitchell.

The tiny branch and incipient flowers of a California plant.

Readers and viewers have probably figured out by now that I’m anything but an expert on plant identification. I often recognize a plant from experience, know where and how it grows… and have little or no idea what it is called. There are some exceptions, and I’m not entirely unable to name familiar plants. But I do — as some recently noticed — still sometimes get it entirely wrong. All of this is an introduction to saying that I have no idea at all what this very small plant actually is.

Yet, I was intrigued by it. With a macro lens I could get close enough to reveal some details that would otherwise be easy to miss, including the subtle magenta shading of the buds. I made the photograph very late in the day as I was returning from a hike in Bay Area hills.

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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