G Dan Mitchell Photography

Cliffs and Fog, Morning. Zion National Park, Utah. October 13, 2012. © Copyright 2013 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved. Cliffs of Zion Canyon emerge from morning fog This is a somewhat different photograph of a scene that I previously shared. The earlier version featured a closer view of the pinnacle near the right [...]

Sunset Virga. San Joaquin Valley, California. December 11, 2012. © Copyright 2012 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved. Falling virga drifts below sunset clouds of an incoming late-autumn Pacific storm front First off, the word “virga” refers to streaks or columns of precipitation that fall from clouds but do not make it to the [...]

San Francisco, Golden Gate Bridge, Morning. San Francisco, California. January 6, 2013. © Copyright 2013 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved. San Francisco skyline and Golden Gate Bridge at dawn as a winter storm passes I have previously photographed this alignment of San Francisco icons so I know more or less the precise spot [...]

Tree, Fog, Dawn Sky. San Joaquin Valley, California. March 9, 2013. © Copyright 2013 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved. Dawn light on a solitary tree in a foggy pasture under morning clouds, San Joaquin Valley, California Spring seemed to arrive too soon (for me, anyway) this year in California. I like spring, but [...]