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 [...]

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 previously 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 [...]

Aspens, Boulder Mountain, Evening. Dixie National Forest, Utah. October 6, 2012. © Copyright 2013 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved. Autumn aspens in front of rugged landscape of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah This was an especially beautiful evening on the shoulder of the Boulder Mountain area of Utah. Six months earlier, on [...]