G Dan Mitchell Photography

Dormant Oaks, Winter Mists. Yosemite Valley, California. February 23, 2013. © Copyright 2013 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved. Dormant oak trees silhouetted against winter morning mists and cliffs, Yosemite Valley, California This is an alternate version of a photograph that I shared earlier. Back in February I was in Yosemite Valley briefly for [...]

Cottonwood Tree, Sandstone Canyon Walls. Zion National Park, Utah. October 13, 2012. © Copyright 2012 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved. A cottonwood tree set against the afternoon colors of shaded sandstone walls of Zion Canyon, Utah I photographed this tree, still too soon to have fall colors, in front of the huge sandstone [...]

Trees on Granite Ridge. Yosemite National Park, California. May, 12, 2013. © Copyright 2013 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved. Rugged trees growing along the top of a glaciated granite ridge, Yosemite National Park I made this photograph on my first visit of the season to the Tioga Pass area of the Yosemite National [...]

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 [...]