patricia emerson mitchell photography
the way I see the world
Dan and I were able to take a short trip to the Eastern Sierra this past week. It was lovely to see the colors, and very good for my head to get away. It always takes me a bit of time to go through photos: I don’t consider myself a landscape photographer — that is clearly Dan’s area, along with so many other things he does so very wonderfully — and much of what I attempt simply doesn’t work, but I rather liked this image so I’ll share it here.
This is the final image of three of a grove I found so lovely. It’s fun to look again at these and remember such a wonderful trip.
How about a bit of color, eh?
This is the same grove of trees I showed earlier (and I have yet one more to share after this). I just love the colors, being an autumn girl and all!
And sometimes it’s nearly all green, a color I love.
And I may as well share both of the images I was working on … right? This second one caught my attention because of the white bark of the birch tree, second from the left: see those bands? I know they are faint, but in real life they stood out quite a bit.
I have to admit I’m pleasantly surprised by the images I’m finding in my folder from our New England trip. I really wasn’t sure what I’d get, since I’m not as comfortable without the macro lens.
I find I’m unable to write much about the images I post here and I’m somewhat embarrassed about that. Dan always (and I mean always!) writes about his images, and does so in such a wonderful manner. He has a way with words.
Hm. Perhaps I need to hire him.
At some point I will manage to get to all the photos I took while on our New England trip, but it sure does take time. When I open up the folder my intention is to look at everything and weed out the images that are utterly horrible (yes, I have a lot of those). I start going through them, though, and get distracted by one image and start working on it rather than continue the task I meant to do.
I’m finding images that bring back such wonderful memories of our first, and I hope not the last, visit. I took a few photos from this same spot, just zeroing in on different things. This is the first photo I made.
… and no, I didn’t see any lilies or lily pads.
