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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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Pelicans Skimming the Waves

Pelicans Skimming the Waves
Pelicans Skimming the Waves

Pelicans Skimming the Waves. Waddell Creek Beach, California. June 23, 2010. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

A flock of pelicans skims inches above the surface of the Pacific Ocean off of Waddell Creek Beach, Big Basin State Park, California.

Low flying pelicans skim just inches above the surface of the water near the shoreline at Waddell Creek Beach in Big Basin State Park along the California coastline. Having spent some time staring at these birds as they fly along the coast, I’m more and more amazed by their ability to closely track contours of beach and waves as they fly so low – they flow over this moving “terrain” like water over rocks. In this photograph the water picks up subtle light reflected by the slightly foggy evening sky beyond.

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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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Pelicans Turn Toward the Horizon

Pelicans Turn Toward the Horizon
Pelicans Turn Toward the Horizon

Pelicans Turn Toward the Horizon. Waddell Creek Beach, Big Basin State Park, California. June 22, 2010. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

A flock of low flying pelicans above the Pacific Ocean turns toward the horizon at Waddell Creek Beach, Big Basin State Park, California.

As I spend more time along this section of the California coast I have started to understand the “pelican highway” that these birds follow as they fly along the coastline. Just south of Waddell Creek Beach they fly along the edge of coastal bluffs (or sometimes skim along the water’s surface not far from the shoreline) before they pull in for a rest stop at this beach. Sometimes they seem to come down along the freshwater creek that arrives here from the Santa Cruz Mountains and Big Basin Redwoods State Park. On this June evening they seemed to be making only a quick stop. Several flocks came north along the waterline and when they arrived at my position they briefly stopped in the water just offshore before taking off once again and continuing north along the coast.

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