G Dan Mitchell Photography

Red-Winged Blackbirds in Flight. San Joaquin Valley, California. November 25, 2012. © Copyright 2012 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved. A large flock of red-winged blackbirds flushes from the brush and takes flight over the San Joaquin Valley, California I first started traveling to and photographing these areas in the California Central Valley because [...]

White Pelican Flock. San Joaquin Valley, California. January 1, 2013. © Copyright 2013 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved. A flock of white pelicans in flight above the San Joaquin Valley, California To file in the “learn something new every day” file… this year I learned that the brown pelicans that I so often [...]

Coastal Valley, Morning Light. Pacific Coast Highway, California. April 21, 2013. © Copyright 2013 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved. Early morning light streams across ridges and illuminates mist filling a coastal valley along the Big Sur coastline of California This might be described as “yet another in a series” of photographs made along [...]

Calero Oaks, Fog. Santa Clara Valley, California. January 67, 2007.© Copyright 2007 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved. Winter morning fog drifts among ridgetop oak trees, Calero County Park, California This is an older photograph that I sort of “rediscovered” while going through older files recently. It was due for a bit of additional [...]