G Dan Mitchell Photography

Owens Valley, Tungsten Hills, and Mount Tom. Eastern Sierra Nevada, California. January 2. 2012. © Copyright 2012 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved. Massive Mount Tom rises above the Tungsten Hills and the high desert terrain of Owens Valley near Bishop, California. When I’m driving to a photography destination, I often have to suppress [...]

Frozen Pond and Sierra Nevada Range, Owens Valley. Long Valley Area, California. October 9, 2011. © Copyright 2011 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved. The snow-dusted eastern escarpment of the Sierra Nevada reflected in the surface of a frozen pond on the high desert of Owens Valley, California. On a very cold early October [...]

Buttermilk Range, Morning. Near Bishop, California. October 15, 2011. © Copyright 2011 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved. Early morning light strikes a ridge in the Buttermilk Range, with the eastern escarpment of the Sierra Nevada in the background. While in the eastern Sierra last week to photograph aspen color again, I detoured away [...]

Sierra Wave Clouds Above Owens Valley, Dawn. Owens Valley, California. October 16, 2011. © Copyright 2011 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved. Sierra wave clouds building at dawn are reflected in the waters of an Owens Valley lake. On this morning I was up well before dawn – I checked out of my motel [...]

Desert Pond and Sierra Nevada Dawn. Owens Valley, California. October 9, 2011. © Copyright 2011 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved. Morning mist rises above a high desert pond reflecting the lower slopes of the eastern Sierra Nevada near McGee Creek. On the second morning of my first fall color to the eastern Sierra [...]