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Photographs: Yosemite

Flowers and Stump, Tuolumne Meadows

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Stump and Flowers, Tuolumne Meadows. Yosemite National Park. July 3, 2006. &c© Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

Photograph of Tuolumne Meadows with a stump and wildflowers in the foreground, the flooded meadow beyond, and area peak in the distance including Lembert Dome and Mounts Dana and Gibb.

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Photographs: Nature, Photographs: Northern California, Photographs: People, Photographs: Sierra Nevada, Photographs: Yosemite

People, Evening, Glacier Point

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People, Evening, Glacier Point
People, Evening, Glacier Point

People, Evening, Glacier Point. Yosemite National Park, California. June 11, 2006. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

A small group gathers at Glacier Point to watch the sunset over Half Dome and Tenaya Canyon, Yosemite National park.

A small group of people gather along the edge of the cliff at Glacier Point to watch the sunset. This had been a much less wet winter than the current (2011) winter, and little snow is visible at the higher elevations even though it is early June.

Any visitor to the Valley should make a point of watching the sunset from this vantage point. Park visitors have been doing it for decades, and with good reason. From here the view includes the depths of Yosemite Valley, including some of the waterfalls and famous granite faces, Half Dome, the gorge of Tenaya Canyon, Mount Hoffman and the domes around North Dome, and out of the frame to the right the crest of the Sierra.

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Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4 L USM at 17mm (at B&H)
ISO 100, f/18, 1/60 second

Photographs: Wildlife

Flock of Gulls

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Gulls2006|01|14: Gulls. Pacific Coast south of San Francisco. January 14, 2006. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell.
Flock of Gulls. Pacific Coast south of San Francisco. January 14, 2006. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

As I drove up the Pacific Coast Highway between Santa Cruz and San Francisco last weekend I came across a huge flock of gulls on a beach where a river flows into the ocean. As if they had just discovered an amusement ride for birds, the gulls dropped into the creek, rode it to the edge of the surf, took off to fly a loop back up the creek, and did this over and over.

Photographs: Nature, Photographs: Sierra Nevada

Cloud Shadows, Mount Winchell

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Cloud Shadows, Mount Winchell
Cloud Shadows, Mount Winchell

Cloud Shadows, Mount Winchell. Kings Canyon National Park. August 13, 2005. © Copyright 2005 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

Late-afternoon cloud shadows race across the west face of Mount Winchell, Sierra Nevada.

Mt. Winchell is just south of Bishop Pass on the crest of the Sierra Nevada. I was intrigued by the repeating diagonals in this image along with the cloud shadow.

(Technical note regarding this photograph. I am frequently asked about prints of this image. It is available as a print, but the size must be limited to approximately 12″ x 18″ dimensions because the photograph was made with an early digital camera that could not produce image quality equivalent to that produced by cameras that I use today. This quality is appropriate for many electronic and print uses.)

G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer whose subjects include the Pacific coast, redwood forests, central California oak/grasslands, the Sierra Nevada, California deserts, urban landscapes, night photography, and more.
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