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Ice, Water, and Reflected Clouds

Ice, Water, and Reflected Clouds
Ice, Water, and Reflected Clouds

Ice, Water, and Reflected Clouds. Yosemite National Park, California. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

Black and white photograph of clouds reflected in the surface of shoreline water on a frozen alpine lake, Yosemite National Park.

Once I discovered the reflections of evening clouds in this narrow band of water between the ice and the shoreline of this frozen lake, I managed to make several exposures as the clouds continuously moved past. (I earlier posted a color photograph taken at about the same time.) As I went through the group of images I wanted to try one in a black and white rendition and this one seemed like the of the bunch for that interpretation.

Since the “abstractness” of this scene is what drew me to it, I decided to run with that idea in this version. Although it may not be apparent, this interpretation is the result of more post-processing work than was the case with the similar color photograph.

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Cloud Forms #2 – June 23, 2010

Cloud Forms #2 - June 23, 2010
Cloud Forms #2 - June 23, 2010

Cloud Forms #2 – June 23, 2010. Near Davenport, California. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

Evening cloud forms above the Pacific Ocean coastline near Davenport, California.

This is the second of a pair of abstract images of evening clouds that I photographed earlier this week along the California coastline north of Davenport. The photographs were shot with fairly long focal lengths and then converted to black and white in post, where additional modifications to the original images were also made.

This photograph is not in the public domain and may not be used on websites, blogs, or in other media without advance permission from G Dan Mitchell.

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Cloud Forms #1 – June 23, 2010

Cloud Forms #1 - June 23, 2010
Cloud Forms #1 - June 23, 2010

Cloud Forms #1 – June 23, 2010. Near Davenport, California. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

Evening cloud forms above the Pacific Ocean coastline near Davenport, California.

This is the first of a pair of abstract images of evening clouds that I photographed earlier this week along the California coastline north of Davenport.

This photograph is not in the public domain and may not be used on websites, blogs, or in other media without advance permission from G Dan Mitchell.

G Dan Mitchell Photography
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Pelicans and Surf

Pelicans and Surf
Pelicans and Surf

Pelicans and Surf. Waddell Creek Beach, California. June 23, 2010. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

Black and white photograph of a flock of pelicans in flight just above Pacific Ocean surf at Waddell Creek Beach, Big Basin State Park, California.

Every five or ten minutes another flock of northbound pelicans descended to the water just offshore at Waddell Creek Beach at Big Basin State Park along the California coast just north of the town of Davenport. It was late and the light was diffused and subdued by high clouds and the incoming fog bank a this flock skimmed just above the surf.

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