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Photographs: Central California, Photographs: Nature

Oak Pasture Near Dutch Flat

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Oak Pasture Near Dutch Flat
Oak Pasture Near Dutch Flat. Grant Ranch County Park, California. April 20, 2008. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

Black and white photograph of oaks and pasture near Dutch Flat in the Diablo Range mountains east of San Jose, California.

This grove of trees sits on a flat area (e.g. – “Dutch Flat”) on top of this ridge with the Santa Clara Valley below.

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Photographs: Ocean & Coast, Photographs: Sports

Into the Surf

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Into the Surf
Into the Surf. Pacific Coast, California. March 8, 2008. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

In early March I headed out to the California coast between San Francisco and Santa Cruz for an afternoon of random coastal shooting – I was probably thinking seascape, hoping for some interesting fog and clouds, but I stumbled across a large group of wind surfers just north of the coastal town of Davenport.

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Photographs: Ocean & Coast, Photographs: Sports

Fisherman Above Winter Surf, Big Sur

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Fisherman Above Winter Surf, Big Sur
Fisherman Above Winter Surf, Big Sur. Big Sur Coastline, California. February 9, 2008. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

Black and white photograph of a solitary fisherman perched on a rocky outcropping above the raging surf of Big Sur on a wnter morning. This is a vertical format composition variation on a scene I have previously posted in landscape format.

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Photographs: Ocean & Coast, Photographs: Sports

Four Windsurfers

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Four Windsurfers
Four Windsurfers. Pacific Coast, California. March 8, 2008. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

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