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{ Monthly Archives } October 2004

Peeling Bark

Peeling bark. Almaden Quicksilver Park. October 31, 2004.
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Bay Trees

Bay trees. Almaden Quicksilver Park. October 31, 2004.
I’m still working on this shot. There is enough detail in the shaded areas to bring it out a bit as long as I can avoid burning out the highlights.

Lundy Canyon Aspens

Aspens in Lundy Canyon. September 26, 2004.
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Aspens on Monitor Pass

Aspen trees on Monitor Pass. September 26, 2004.
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Fall hiking at Almaden Quicksilver

Green and brown leaves on the Deep Gulch Trail at Almaden Quicksilver Park. October 23, 2004.
It only rained for the first time last week, but the first green shoots are already coming up in the coastal hills.
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And just what does it mean to be lost anyway?

Continuing on with some other thoughts provoked by the “lost” Sierra backpackers, I was thinking once again about the concept of being lost.
Though at times I have been unsure about exactly how to get from point A to point B, I’ve only been “lost” once in any signifcant way, and this was many years ago. [...]

Lost in the Sierra?

This week’s news stories about the rescues of backpackers caught in last weekend’s early-season winter storm obviously caught my attention. I was backpacking in the Sierra the previous weekend (and it did snow a little) and friends were in the Tioga Pass area the weekend of the big storm.
While October most often is a beautiful [...]

Fall trees at Almaden Quicksilver

Oak tree near the Hacienda Trail. Almaden Quicksilver Park. October 16, 2004.
Fall trees near the top of the Deep Gulch Trail at Almaden Quicksilver. October 16, 2004.
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People Photographs

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Photographers, Zabriskie Point. Death Valley National Park, California. April 4, 2007. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell. (Sales)

Waiting for Dawn II, Zabriskie Point. Death Valley National Park, California. April 4, 2007. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell. (Sales)

Waiting for Dawn, Zabriskie Point. [...]

Backpacking near Lower Cathedral Lake

Owen and Jane cross a meadow near Lower Cathedral Lake. Yosemite National Park. October 10, 2004.
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