G Dan Mitchell Photography

Cottonwood, Fallen Monolith, and Cliff. Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah. October 29, 2012. © Copyright 2012 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved. Sunlight reflected from nearby canyon walls illuminates an autumn cottonwood tree in front of a fallen sandstone monolith and vertical cliff face. I may be repeating a story I’ve previous told, but [...]

Autumn Tree, Sandstone Strata. Capitol Reef National Park, Utah. October 7, 2012. © Copyright 2012 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved. An autumn tree grows from a precarious crack in sandstone strata, Capitol Gorge I’m often fascinated by places where the huge and ancient strata descend under (or ascend from, depending upon your point [...]

First Light, Red Rock Cliffs. Zion National Park, Utah. October 14, 2012. © Copyright 2012 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved. First morning light shines on plants along a red rock ridge at the base of a cliff-lined amphitheater in the Kolob Canyons area of Zion National Park This photograph was made in the [...]

Cliffs, Morning Light. Zion National Park, Utah. October 22, 2012. © Copyright 2013 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved. Immense cliffs in the Pine Creek Canyon area of Zion National Park. This was an interesting morning, as much for its place in the sequence of events on this trip to photograph in Utah as [...]