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Photographs: Central California, Photographs: Nature, Photographs: Sierra Nevada

Two Spring Trees in Mist – Motherlode

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Two Spring Trees in Mist
Two Spring Trees in Mist. Motherlode near Drytown, California. March 29, 2008. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

Two spring trees in the mist with newly sprouted grasses underneath – Motherlode near Drytown, California. This was a tough photography day. It was raining lightly and the light was quite flat due to the heavy overcast and fog, and although I spent hours “on the prowl” I only managed to shoot this one scene.

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Photographs: Central California

Ridgetop Oak Tree (monochrome), Calero Hills

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CaleroRidgeOakBW2007|03|18: Ridgetop Oak Tree (monochrome). Calero Hills, California. March 18, 2007. © "Copyright G Dan Mitchell". ("sales") keywords: oak tree ridge ridgetop calero hills santa clara county park clouds california black and white photograph

Ridgetop Oak Tree (monochrome). Calero Hills, California. March 18, 2007. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.


This noble, though slightly tipsy, old oak lives on the top of a ridge I like to visit in the Calero Hills (Calero Park) south of San Jose, California.

Photographs: Wildlife

Egret, Pond, and Fog

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EgretPondFog2007|01|20: Egret, Pond, and Fog. Calero Hills, California. January 20, 2007. © "Copyright G Dan Mitchell". ("sales") keywords: egret pond fog calero hills santa clara county park california color photograph

Egret, Pond, and Fog. Calero Hills, California. January 20, 2007. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell. (Sales)

The story: When I arrived at this pond at about 7:30 a.m. the egret flew up from behind some reeds and across the water before I could get my camera out. It settled for a moment on a nearby hillside and then flew off. Darn!

So I put my camera on the tripod and settled in for a long cold wait. Fortunately there were interesting foggy conditions to keep me occupied. Perhaps an hour later the egret came back and approached the pond as if to land. Spotting me, it made a quick circle and headed back the way it had come – but I managed to fire off about a half dozen shots as it looped in front of me.

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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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