G Dan Mitchell Photography

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 [...]

Dogwood Branch, Whirlpool. Yosemite National Park, California. May 3, 2013. © Copyright 2013 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved. A gentle whirlpool on the surface of the Merced River behind a hanging dogwood branch with spring blossoms I have photographed dogwood blossoms quite a few times before, but I had never quite gotten around [...]

Early Evening Forest Light. Yosemite Valley, California. May 3, 2013. © Copyright 2013 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved. Yosemite Valley forest in early evening light. This is an “intimate landscape” photograph of an otherwise nondescript little scene that you could probably find repeated thousands of times in Yosemite and multiples of that throughout [...]