G Dan Mitchell Photography

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 [...]

Dogwood Blossoms, Rushing Water. Yosemite National Park, California. May 3, 2013. © Copyright 2013 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved. Spring dogwood blossoms on a branch above rushing water, Yosemite Valley, California Continuing with this spring’s “dogwood blossoms over water” theme, here is another from my one-day dogwood photography foray to Yosemite Valley in [...]

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 [...]