Most of our time in Paris was sunny, but one morning we awoke to fog. We were on an upper floor of a hotel in Montmartre from which we had a view toward the center of Paris and the Eiffel Tower, and the fog was a surprise — it look and felt a lot like a good old San Francisco morning fog. In our by-now-typical “casual” (lazy?) fashion we eventually left the hotel and headed downtown.
There is, obviously, a lot to see and do in Paris — and when you spend about four hours per day (happily) eating and sitting in cafes you cannot do everything. But we did want to get to the Louvre, and this was the day. If you’ve been there, this isn’t news, but the place is absolutely huge — overwhelming, actually. We had no illusions about seeing the whole thing, so we spend most of the day on one floor of one section, with brief forays into a couple other areas. During one break I found this window with its view overlooking the courtyard area.
These are my current forty (!) final candidates for my “2012 Favorite Photographs” post that I hope to share later this week. This is still way too many, and my target is to try to get the number down to about half of this. I’m happy to hear your feedback in whatever form works best for you: identifying one or a few favorites, suggesting your “top X number” of them from within the group, your favorites of each of the various types, or even suggestions of photographs of mine that are not included in this list.
If you didn’t already know, this is a tough job!
Some of my criteria for the final selection include:
representing a range of genres – landscape (both large and small), night photography, wildlife, urban landscape, nature, and so forth.
incorporating both color and monochrome work.
balancing representational work with photographs that are a bit more conceptual, atmospheric, and so forth.
recognizing work that others tell me they like.
sharing photographs that are personal favorite of mine.
The gallery thumbnails show below are small and may omit portions of images, so click on an image to see a larger version. Once you click on that first image you can use the right/left arrows to navigate through the larger versions of the photographs throughout the entire gallery.
Thanks for looking and for whatever feedback you are willing to share. (Leaving a comment below is a great way to do this.)
Dan
Winter Haze and Trees, Central Valley
Two Islands, Fog
Birds, Evening Fog, Rodeo Lagoon
Drakes Bay, Fog
Sail Boat, San Francisco Bay
Three Bighorn Sheep
Harbor Seals, Point Lobos
Great Blue Heron Taking Flight
Green and Red Leaves
Two Owls, Trees and Ponds, Dusk
Ross’s Geese, Sunset, Central Valley
Snow Goose Maelstrom
Snow Geese in Motion
Death Valley and Trail Canyon, Morning
Detail, Face of The Watchman, Sunset
Sandstone Towers, Early Evening
The Organ and Courthouse Towers
Cliff, Green River Overlook
White Rim, Evening
Flowers, Wockner Hospice Center Gardens
Iris Blossom, Japanese Garden
Branch With Spring Leaves
Embarcadero Center Tower
Stairway, Building 45
Lee Vining Canyon and Mono Craters, Morning
Trees and Meadow, Morning
Aspen Trees, Shoreline of North Lake
Utah Fall Color, Meadows
Aspen Grove, Boulder Mountain
Boulder Mountain Aspens and Distant Peak
Aspen Grove, Old Road
Balanced Rock and Cliff, Sunrise
Rain Squall, Monument Valley
Clearing Storm, Morning Light
Autumn Detritus, Zion National Park
Cracked Sandstone
Backlit Trees and Sandstone, Afternoon
Sandstone Patterns, Dried Plant
Old Cottonwood Trees, Autumn
Arch in Morning Light
G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist whose subjects include the Pacific coast, redwood forests, central California oak/grasslands, the Sierra Nevada, California deserts, urban landscapes, night photography, and more. Blog | About | Flickr | Twitter | Facebook | Google+ | 500px.com | LinkedIn | Email
G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, “California’s Fall Color: A Photographer’s Guide to Autumn in the Sierra” is available from Heyday Books and Amazon.
