Blue creek point, Eufaula lake. Pittsburg County, Oklahoma... Decided to post something a little bit different than the stuff I have been putting out lately. The comp is maybe a bit too busy, I don't know, I still like it though. Hate to post and run but I have to go to work. Thanks for stopping by and have a great week.

Kruger National Park, South Africa

The ice has all melted, but in the first half of April I had some good moments among the ponds, sloughs, and ditches. This was a small, seasonal pond in the nearby park, created by melting snow and soon to soak into the prairie earth, with some help from evaporation.

It may be hard to believe that we are looking at a totally flat surface. Near the top are a couple of small sticks coated with frost, lying on the ice (maybe partly frozen into the ice). Everything else is the flat, iced-over surface, skating-rink smooth; light striking the large crystalline structures gives it a three dimensional appearance. At the top, where the colours shift from warm to cool, I added no tint or any other form of manipulation. The only processing I did was to crop square and adjust the contrast levels in Photoshop.

Photographed in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2020 James R. Page - all rights reserved.

Capture taken indoors at my mother-in-law's 80th birthday. More practice of low light handheld captures with the long lens and image stabilization. The results were spot on here with this capture of my eldest daughter hiding beyond some flowers while sitting at a table ... the eye detection snapped to her eye even while trying to hide from the camera.

Earlier this day she received some very bad news that on the surface makes her worried about the future ... but as life has taught us when things get tough, better times can be had and even blossom. I am positive she will continue to be able to blossom. That hidden mood here I thought was best brought out with the sepia tones applied within Ligthroom.

Just viewing the pond this morning and this guy popped up - made each other jump and then we had the stand off!!

Patras city sunset near new port.

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A moment of perfect stillness on a frigid morning. A magnificent male Gadwall duck confronts the viewer with a direct, unwavering gaze as it floats on the icy water. A delicate dusting of frost on its head and the thick mist rolling in the background speak to the deep chill in the air. This intimate, eye-level perspective reveals the breathtakingly intricate, lace-like patterns of its feathers, creating a powerful portrait of serene resilience against the cold.

in the evening time the water surface will get more quiet... just right to take photos with a mirror effect

...view at the river Havel in Zehdenick/Brandenburg (Germany)

This week's theme for Mosaic Montage Monday was Mineral Surfaces. A former decorative waterfall seems to indicate a rocky road ahead. HMMM!

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Wetland Reflections, Dawn. © Copyright 2022 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

Dawn clouds reflected in the surface of a wetland pond, Pacific Flyway, New Year’s Day 2022.

The dawn light is remarkably fleeting. The space between “too early” and “too late” can be extremely small, and on a morning like this one I might have only moments to see what is happening in the sky, find a foreground, create a composition, and make some photographs. When the light arrived and a small group of clouds appeared in the distance, I first worked handheld with a long lens in order to narrow the view and get some flexibility about positioning the tree. Then I grabbed another camera that had a wider angle lens attached, and I made a few photographs that included more sky and water than seen here.

I have photographed in some remarkable landscape, where particular objects demanded attention. But this landscape along the Pacific Flyway is not that sort of place. To be honest, often it can seem plain and even boring. Much of the area is agricultural country, and nearby there are large cattle operations — not the most scenic or pleasant of landscape subjects. But for a few months each winter the fields flood and migratory birds return, and when the conditions are just right magic may happen.

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.

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HMCS Windsor leaves Halifax Harbour

Detail of Brunel University lecture theatre building. Designed by architects Sheppard, Robson & Partners and completed in 1966. Grade II listed by Historic England.

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Valencia beach, Valencia (Spain).

Surfacing

Reflection from the surface of the pond in the Moon Garden

While waiting at the Metro station I took a shot of the platform.

Dublin - Ireland

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Northern Red-Legged Frog

Collembola under a drop of water.

The Collembola's (aka Dicyrtomina minuta forma ornata) feet make use of surface tension that allow it to walk upside down on a drop of water.

There is no way to penetrate the surface of life but by attacking it earnestly at a particular point. -Charles Horton Cooley

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Virtual Surfaces. © Copyright 2012 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

Distorted reflections in the windows of a San Francisco building.

Almost every time I photograph in big city (and sometimes small city…) downtowns I end up getting distracted by the things reflected in the windows of tall buildings, and by how they relate to the forms of these architectural structures.

Buildings of certain styles and vintages have exteriors that are largely glass. While these buildings have physical forms and volumes, what we see of them is more a result of what is around them than of their own shapes. I’m intrigued by how little of what we see when we look at such structures is actually the structures themselves — most of what we see is virtual, imaginary, and transitory. In this photograph, all you see of the buildings actual exterior are a few non-reflective areas between windows — some dark horizontal strips and a few lighter vertical panels. Everything else in the image is either inside the building (a few interior lights seen through the windows) or a distorted reflection of the building’s surroundings.

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.