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 [...]

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 [...]

Fall Aspen Color, Boulder Mountain. Dixie National Forest, Utah. October 6, 2012. © Copyright 2013 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved. Brilliant autumn aspen color on Boulder Mountain, Utah I produced a lot of photographs in the state of Utah in 2012. Although I had not photographed there before (as astonishing of an omission [...]