Tag Archives: sand

Photographs: Death Valley

Stovepipe Dunes, Evening

1 Comment

Stovepipe Dunes, Evening

Stovepipe Dunes, Evening. Death Valley National Park, California. April 1, 2008. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

Early evening light softly illuminates folded terrain of the Stovepipe Dunes, Death Valley National Park, California.

I’m just back from a four-day trip to Death Valley and this first photo I’ve posted is also one of the first I took – on the first evening after I arrived in the park.

keywords: death valley, national park, stovepipe, wells, sand, dunes, evening, twilight, plants, folds, mountains, waves, ripples, soft, light, desert, grapevine, california, usa, travel, scenic, landscape, stock

Photographs: Ocean & Coast, Photographs: People, Photographs: Sports

Fisherman at Surf’s Edge

Leave a comment

SurfFishermanPanoBW20080301.jpg
Fisherman at Surf’s Edge. Pacific Coast, California. March 1, 2008. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

This is another photo from the series I took in early March along the California coast north of Santa Cruz, including a set of black and white photographs shot with a long lens that feature surf fisherman walking along and into the winter surf.

keywords: fishing, fisherman, surf, waves, beach, sea, ocean, pacific, coast, edge, sand, reflections, pole, coastline, seascape, landscape, sports, travel, scenic, stock, black and white, california, usa

Photographs: Ocean & Coast, Photographs: Sports

Two Surf Fisherman

Leave a comment

Two Surf Fisherman
Two Surf Fisherman. Pacific Coastline, California. March 1, 2008. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

Two fisherman on the beach at the edge of the surf – California Pacific Ocean coast between Santa Cruz and Half Moon Bay. The abstract shapes in this scene interested me, especially the curving shapes of the reflections on the wet areas of the beach in the foreground.

keywords: black and white, two, fisherman, fishing, pole, surf, waves, bluff, beach, sand, reflections, sea, shore, ocean, pacific, coast, california, usa, seascape, landscape, people, outdoor, activity, sports, nature, wild, stock

Photographs: Ocean & Coast

Four Surf Fisherman

Leave a comment

Four Surf Fishermen
Four Surf Fishermen. Gazos Creek, California. March 1, 2008. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

This is one of those landscape photographs in which appearances can be deceiving. I suppose it looks fairly calm and quiet, but getting this shot was the result of working very quickly and spontaneously with a very long lens as the subjects moved quickly through the scene. I had just gotten out of my car with a plan to observe and then photograph the seascape when I noticed the group of fisherman heading across the sand toward a rocky headland to the south.

keywords: four, fishing, fish, fishermen, surf, pacific, ocean, coast, sea, seascape, coastline, headland, waves, sand, beach, reflections, pole, sky, california, usa, scenic, travel, landscape, seascape, people, gazos, creek, big basin, state, park