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From our "15-years since first meeting" anniversary trip to Pacific Grove, August 27th, 2021
Grove snail (Cepaea nemoralis) with damaged shell, crawling over a concrete pavement.
Wstężyk gajowy (Cepaea nemoralis) z uszkodzoną skorupą pełznący po betonowym chodniku.
Leicaflex SL
50mm Summicron
Fomapan 100 in Rodinal (1:50 for 7 minutes)
Floral City, FL
The trees are still loaded with blossom and fruit at Banes Grove, the retired citrus grove at our Airbnb in Floral City. Dawn walks proved a little too dark for photography and we had to wait until the sun rose high enough to penetrate the trees. Molly and I used this as the perfect excuse to catch an extra hour of sleep!
Dense Aspen Grove. Eastern Sierra Nevada, California. September 30, 2016. © Copyright 2016 G Dan Mitchell - all rights reserved.
Small aspen trees, packed closely together, with golden autumn leaves, Eastern Sierra Nevada
While the exuberant colors of large groves of autumn aspens are attractive, there is something about the trunks that is hard to resist, even when the colors may have diminished a bit — or perhaps because the colors are less striking. I know I'm not the only photographer who returns to this "take" on the subject. It is fun and more than a bit challenging to make compositions out of such complexity. Frequently I'll stop and look at a grove, think "that will make a great photograph," and then gradually discover that some subtle element is not quite right and the whole thing won't work. I'm continually surprised that a subject that seems so simple often isn't.
To a great extent it is a question of balance of several sorts. The complex patterns of trunks cannot be completely uniform or there will be no form to the image. There must be some differentiation in the ways that trunks are grouped and among the angles of branches. But too much differentiation is also a problem. There is a "just right" quality to these compositions that is hard to explain, but which I know when I see it. A bit of "dissonance" can help, too — a little bit of something that seems to step outside the predominant patterns. In this photograph that could be the diagonal branches at coming across from the right, or it might be the group of closer leaves along one side. There is also some sense of depth, and if you look closely you may see a good distance into the more distant and darker areas of the small grove. And aside from the obvious vertical lines, there are three horizontal layers — brush at the bottom, trunks in the middle, and yellow leaves at the top.
G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, "California's Fall Color: A Photographer's Guide to Autumn in the Sierra" is available from Heyday Books and Amazon.
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A Magnolia Warbler in classic fall plumage, quite different from his spring finery but lovely nonetheless. Tower Grove Park, St Louis
Grove snail (Cepaea nemoralis) resting on a leaf.
Wstężyk gajowy (Cepaea nemoralis) odpoczywający na liściu.
This grove is the landmark before the final climb in Stephen Abbors Trail in Rancho San Antonio Open Preserve
Grove.
Last of the kingfisher. This one was taken when it was a little cloudy - far easier to get the exposure of the white cheek patch correct in dull lighting.
Ducketts Grove, in Carlow Ireland. Ruins of an 18th - 20th Century Gothic Style Mansion . Old photo's I recently found and forgot I took
Grove Ferry.
I did see female/juveniles at both locations but the males were always in the better position. This is the only shot I managed of a female.
The camellia grove at Wildwood Garden, near Bilpin, in the Blue Mountains - 90 minutes drive northwest of Sydney.
Photographed two days ago - on Friday 28th August, 2020.
I visited Wildwood Garden in the Blue Mountains to see the camellias in bloom. And I managed to discover, in the nursery, amazing fragrant geraniums - orange peel, ginger and cinnamon. Plus I got two fragrant salvias - one is called 'Fruit Punch' and the other is grapefruit scented. The cafe was awesome with home-made apple
My Canon EOS 5D Mk IV with the Canon 24-105mm lens.
The Grove, Los Angeles
On the 25th of July I will be doing a book signing at the Barnes & Noble of the Grove in Los Angeles! This is very exciting! I get to present my book and meet you guys! Can't wait! Let me know if you can come and you can even bring your friends ;-)
Live Steam 0-4-0 made by Grover Devine steams through the rock-cut on my garden railroad.
50mm f/1.4 Zeiss Milvus Distagon ZF.2 @ f/8
Another archive image of a frequently shot scene, near San Quirico d’Orcia, Tuscany. – A fellow photographer there was shooting film. When I met him again a few days later, he told me that he forgot to transport the film, resulting in multiple exposures of the same image, which spoiled it, of course. I really felt sorry for him because the light was wonderful on this evening.
Grove snail )Cepaea nemoralis) crawling over a rusty mesh fence.
Wstężyk gajowy (Cepaea nemoralis) pełznący po zardzewiałym siatkowym ogrodzeniu.
Grove snail (Cepaea nemoralis) crawling over a twig.
Wstężyk gajowy (Cepaea nemoralis) pełznący po pędzie.
I don't remember exactly where I took this, but it was on a day we covered a lot of ground around Cincinnati. I think it was in the Camp Washington neighborhood just parked on a side road.
HTT
A 200-series type manifest with a sharp EMD rebuild leading is just a few miles out of its origination terminal of St. Paul Yard and is getting a run in down to La Crosse and beyond. East Hump got them onto the ex-MILW at Newport, and they are seen passing through the east end of the Cottage Grove siding at CP 3977. For some inexplicable reason, I did not follow them down the river.
On a weekend away to Canberra we stopped off at the Fedra Olive Grove to take a few photos. It was closed, but a lovely day all the same.
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Aspen landscapes at 21strom in Second Life:
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and Kitely: