Calero Hills Ridge and Clouds, Sunset
Calero Ridge and Clouds, Sunset. Calero Hills, California. January 3, 2007. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell. (Sales)
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End-of-Year Photography Lists
&It is the time of year to make lists. I have posted two at my photography web site:
My Photos of 2006
I did a lot of photography this past year – much of it on the trail and in spectacular natural settings. I’m going to post my favorite images of the year at my photography site, G Dan Mitchell | Photography, sometime tomorrow. I hope you’ll take a look!
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Oak Grassland, Twilight
Oak Grassland, Twilight. Calero Hills, California. December 28, 2006. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell. (Sales)
As a follow up to the previous post about using the Canon 5D on the trail, I thought I’d do a bit of a photography post today.
Late yesterday I did a short evening loop hike at Calero Hills Park. Although I went out with a plan to do a bunch of photography, the light was very challenging – there are hills to the west here, so the late light is block and twilight comes a bit early to the small valley I hiked through.
At the very end of the hike (at a point embarassingly close to the parking lot) I thought I might find a shot of a very familiar scene near a small lake as the last light illuminated some clouds above the ridgeline. I quickly left the trail to cross a small grassy hill and set up my tripod in windy conditions as the light faded. I took three exposures of this one scene – multiple exposures because the incredibly wide dynamic range between foreground shadows and sunlit clouds would require me to combine exposures in photoshop.
With a scene like this one works to strike a balance between the “real” appearance at the time of the exposure, the way the eye saw it, the way the mind recalls it, the remembered feeling of the scene, and decent photographic practice.
My first “take” on this scene was the black and white version I posted last night. In some ways I prefer the subtler monochrome version, though it may seem too “flat” to some viewers. As an alternative I worked up this color version. I think it is growing on me.
By the way, if you are wondering what the RAW files from the camera looked like… you’ll have to continue wondering for now. :-)
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Oak Grassland, Twilight
Oak Grassland, Twilight. Calero Hills, California. December 28, 2006. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell. (Sales)
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The Annual End-of-Year Photo Review
Recently it has become my holiday habit to go through all of my photos from the previous year. My primary reason is practical – to clear out files I know I’ll never use. However, it is an opportunity to review photos of the places I’ve visited, and I often discover photographs that I either overlooked or put aside for further work when I first took them. Expect to see a few of these images here and at G Dan Mitchell | Photography during the next week or so.
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Vallecito Trail
Vallecito Trail. Calero Hills, California. December 20, 2006. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell. (Sales)
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Oak Grove, December
Oak Grove, December. Calero Hills, California. December 20, 2006. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell. (Sales)
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Christmas Photos, Anyone?
On the off chance that I’m not the only holiday shopping procrastinator…
… I may still be able to make a print for you in time for Christmas and send it via overnight Express Mail. Email me right away if you are interested.
– Dan
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Fences and Ridge Trail
Fences and Ridge Trail. Calero Hills, California. June 3, 1006. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell. (Sales)
The story: A June morning on a trail running along the top of a ridge at Calero Park.
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