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Looks like I've applied HDR to this shot, but the reality is this is as is came out of the camera. Lucky I guess. Monument Valley has to be one of the most awesome landscapes I've been to. You really feel small in a place like this. Coming from the UK as I do, the drive to this place makes you appreciate the geographic size of the USA.
My only disappointment was I didn't get a glimpse of Airworlf
After our driver Giwí taken us as far up in the Sno valley as possible we took a short hike up the mountain. While we started with a blue sky, the weathered quickly turned as it only does up in the mountains.
A deciduous European tree in autumn colours on a day that felt more like spring, Euroka Farm, Megalong Valley, Blue Mountains.
An iconic scene that I suspect, almost everyone that visits Monument Valley photographs. If not, they should.
photographed early morning 5-July-2015 on my way to work. I had spotted a deer near the fence and stopped to get a lucky shot but it noticed me and darted off. Still was able to capture this foggy morning landscape though!
Sunrise - Monument Valley on a very cloudy morning - this photograph was taken from the same spot as one of Ansel Adams' famous images of Monument Valley.
From a recent(ish) wild camp. Weather, on the whole, was crap. The sun did come out eventually though, obviously whilst we were having breakfast!
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Valley to Mountains. © Copyright 2023 G Dan Mitchell.
An expansive view of rugged Death Valley National Park desert mountain landscape.
I don’t think most people think of Death Valley as being a “mountain park” along the lines of, say, Yosemite, Rocky Mountain, Sequoia-Kings Canyon and other similar places. Most of the popular routes and sights are in valleys, including the great one after which the park is named. But there are mountains, spectacular and very tall mountains, and it is possible to venture into them. This view comes from a place high in the Panamint Mountains, the range to the west of the main valley, topped by 11,000+’ Telescope Peak.
I made the photograph not long before sunset, when the shadows began to lengthen and highlight the textures of the terrain. This high perspective reveals features that are difficult to fully appreciate close-up. For example, it is very hard to get a sense of that remarkable terrain formed by flowing water at the bottom of the frame. Beyond those features, desert mountains rise, and beyond them is the Amargosa Valley and even more distant mountains.
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, Amazon, and directly from G Dan Mitchell.
This young capricorn in the Julian alp mountains of Slovenia is obviously surprised looking into the lens of a bridge camera, but it's not scared.
Originally opening its doors on August 1, 1858, the Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Grass Valley California is the only oldest Episcopal edifice in California though a sign on the church property indicates 1855. 1855 is actually when the first Episcopal parish formed in Grass Valley which eventually built the building which is over 160 years old. The land on which it was built was donated by the Gold Hill Quartz Mining Company with the stipulation that the building be finished in 18 months. Well with resourceful fund raising and campaigning the relatively nubile Episcopol parish & its congregation just barely made the 18 month deadline. #developportdev @gothamtomato @developphotonewsletter @omsystem.cameras #excellent_america #omsystem @bheventspace @bhphoto @adorama @tamracphoto @kehcamera @mpbcom @tiffencompany #usaprimeshot #tamractales #omd #microfourthirds #micro43photography @visitgrassvalley @nevadacountyca @visitcalifornia
I also spent a few days in the Alps, staying in Wengen in the Lauterbrunnen Valley. Unfortunately the weather betrayed me and was overcast my entire stay. Still, the scenery was spectacular. Here is a great view down the valley taken from the hiking trail down from Wengen to Lauterbrunnen.
This is another shot from the Kauai trip that I took this summer. I managed to catch a couple hikers in this photo which helps to show the massive size of the valley.
The sun direction and elevation are a little different every time I go through here. We'll probably revisit this in our December workshop.
After rushing down a canyon and over water falls and cascades for 3 miles from Tuolumne Meadows, the river flows gently through the glen.
Otherworldly Goblin Valley State Park in Utah. Did you know that part of Galaxy Quest was filmed here? One of my favs.
National Trust Properties
Waddesdon Manor, Aylesbury, HP18 0LH, Buckinghamshire
Waddesdon Manor
Built between 1874 – 1889 in the Neo-renaissance style for Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild. Waddesdon Manor stayed within the family until 1957.
When the last owner died (James de Rothschild), it was passed over to the National Trust, the Manor and its contents and is now managed by the Rothschild Foundation.
Ferdinand de Rothschild wanted a beautiful building and had in mind a chateau familiar with those built in the Loire Valley. He chose the French architect Gabriel-Hippolyte Destailleur to do the work. Destailleur was already familiar with the type of work, as he had overseen many projects, including the Chateau de Mouchy. He also worked for another member of the De Rothschild family, namely Baron Albert de Rothschild on his Palais Rothschild in Vienna.
The wine cellars are interesting in that it contains the best of 15,000 bottles, some over 150 years old and come from the Chateau Lafite Rothschild and Chateau Mouton Rothschild estates. It is the largest collection in the world of Rothschild wines, it also has some very important labels created by artists such as Salvador Dali and Andy Warhol.
The works of art inside the house of the very best quality, artists such as, Gainsborough, Reynolds, Boucher, Cuyp, Van Dyck, Titan and many others. Sevres ceramics, Beauvais Tapestries, first quality English Silver, carpets, books the list unending.
the French Landscape Gardiner Elie Laine. Extensive levelling of the hill was carried out, the Gardens and parks were laid out and an attempt was made to grow full length trees using chloroform to decrease the shock of moving the trees and planting them, however there are many trees in the parks and gardens that were successfully planted. Trees such as Yews, cedar, redwoods and other conifers, chestnuts, limes and maples are all successfully well bedded in.
During the reign of James de Rothschild the gardens were not the most spectacular however from the 1990’s a more up to date, using computer software for many of the colour combinations and in the gardens are many lovely statues by such sculptors as, Italian Sculptors Giuliano Mozani and Filippo Parodi, French sculptor, Jean Raon, to name but a few.
In my opinion, a great House and Garden to visit, teas and a scone well worth the wait.
Finally there have been many films made there. Here are a few examples:
Never Say Never Again
Carry On “Don’t Lose Your Head”
Ladies in Lavender
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
In 2018 there were approx. 465,000 visitors to the Manor, and was the largest visitor attraction anywhere in all of the National Trust Properties.