Dock Structure, Three Ships, and Gull. San Francisco, California. May 9, 2008. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.
Black and white photograph of a dock structure, three anchored ship, and a gull along the San Francisco Bay waterfront.
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Rock, Surf, and Cliffs. Pacific Coast, California. March 8, 2008. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.
Black and white photograph of coastal rocks, surf, and cliffs along the California coastline near Davenport north of Santa Cruz. Photographed as I returned to my car from photographing a big group of wind surfers – those photos will follow.
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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.
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Two Gulls in a Row. Pacific Coast, California. March 1, 2008. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.
Two gulls follow one another along the edge of a bluff along the California Pacific coast, flying past my position at eye-level.
I made a series of photographs of birds from this spot – the images that have been appearing recently included. To get these I followed a strategy that can work well in some places along the California coast: spend a few minutes figuring out the “line” that the birds follow along the end of the coastal cliffs, apparently looking for updrafts. Then set up close to or under one of these invisible paths, sit quietly, and photograph like mad as the birds fly by.
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