Photographs: Central California, Photographs: Nature, Photographs: Ocean & Coast, Photographs: Wildlife

Six Pelicans

January 31, 2009 G Dan Mitchell Leave a comment

Flock of six pelicans approaches against partly cloudy skies above Point Lobos State Reserve, California.

Yes, more pelicans. What else can I say? :-)

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Photographs: Central California, Photographs: Nature, Photographs: Ocean & Coast, Photographs: Wildlife

Two Pelicans in Flight, Point Lobos

January 30, 2009 G Dan Mitchell Leave a comment

Two pelicans in flight against the winter clouds at Point Lobos State Reserve, California.

Yes, another shot of pelicans in flight – and it won’t be the last! I can’t get enough of these wonderful birds. This pair was among those I earlier described as coasting slowly along right next to a bluff just north of Bird Island at Point Lobos.

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A ‘Thank You’ to Jim M Goldstein

January 29, 2009 G Dan Mitchell 3 Comments

Late last year, photographer (and blogger and podcaster) Jim M. Goldstein came up with a great way to reconnect photographers and fans of photography with the experience of the print – “Buying Prints from your Favorite Photographers.”

I was very pleased with Jim’s interest in my work, and with his selection of one of my favorite recent photographs:

Submerged Boulders, Lake, and Cliffs — Sunlight illuminates submerged boulders near the cliff face along the High Sierra Trail – Sequioa National Park.

Since I am a fan of Jim’s work as well, we decided to trade photographs and I ended up copy of his very lovely and mysterious “Primitive Coastline” seascape. And, yes, I’ll post my image of his framed photograph here before long. We met back on a rainy winter evening during the holidays and had a chance to “talk shop” a bit, and it was a joy not only to see his work but to meet him.

Yesterday Jim posted a photograph of my now-framed photograph at his blog, along with some very kind and much appreciated words about my photography.

Thanks, Jim!

(I would also like to take this opportunity to offer my gratitude to landscape photographer and master printer Charles Cramer for his invaluable help finding out how to best “see” this photograph as a print. Thanks, Charlie! :-)

G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, “California’s Fall Color: A Photographer’s Guide to Autumn in the Sierra” (Heyday Books) is available directly from him.

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Quick Guide to Point Lobos

January 29, 2009 G Dan Mitchell Leave a comment

I frequently photograph at the Point Lobos State Reserve on the California coast just south of Carmel, and I’m in the middle of posting a series of photographs of this area that I made earlier this month. If you want a quick guide to the Reserve you could take a look at a short article by Tom Stienstra that was just posted at SFGate.

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Monthly Archives: January 2009

Two Pelicans in Flight, Point Lobos

A ‘Thank You’ to Jim M Goldstein

Quick Guide to Point Lobos

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