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Crane Departure, Morning | G Dan Mitchell Photography – Fine Art Photography Article

November 28, 2020

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Crane Departure, Morning | G Dan Mitchell Photography Sandhill cranes take to the air in morning light above Central Valley wetlands.Crane Departure, Morning. © Copyright 2020 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.Sandhill cranes take to the air in morning light above Central Valley wetlands.In my experience, bird photography often involves a whole lot of sitting around, thinking about where the birds might be, stopping and watching and hoping that they will engage in some interesting behavior. The actual picture…

Shoreline Aspens, Autumn | G Dan Mitchell Photography – Fine Art Photography Article

October 18, 2020

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Shoreline Aspens, Autumn | G Dan Mitchell Photography Colorful autumn aspen trees line the shoreline of a Sierra Nevada lake.Shoreline Aspens, Autumn. © Copyright 2020 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.Colorful autumn aspen trees line the shoreline of a Sierra Nevada lake.Near the beginning of the second week of October I had the opportunity to travel to the Eastern Sierra Nevada. The plan was to travel solo, camp in some fairly deserted campgrounds, largely keep my distance from other…

Landing in Fog | G Dan Mitchell Photography – Fine Art Photography Article

September 29, 2020

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Landing in Fog | G Dan Mitchell Photography Geese land in morning tule fog, California Central Valley.Landing in Fog. © Copyright 20202012G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.Geese land in morning tule fog, California Central Valley.Back when I first began photographing this subject, I tended to think of these conditions as being barely worthy of photographing. Challenges abound — it is hard to stop the motion of flying birds when using a long lens in low light, the thick fog…

Sudden Flight | G Dan Mitchell Photography – Fine Art Photography Article

September 22, 2020

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Sudden Flight | G Dan Mitchell Photography A flock of Ross’s geese takes to the air at the end of the day.Sudden Flight. © Copyright 2012 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.A flock of Ross’s geese takes to the air at the end of the day.As an afternoon of migratory autumn/winter migratory bird photography runs on into sunset and then twilight, it is inevitable that there will eventually be too little light to photograph the way I might during…