1/x Speaking as a person whose primary background is in music and who is also a photographer, Guy's essay is well-worth reading and thinking about. There's a lot to digest there, but it reminded me of a few mysterious things about music. Music has been described as the purest of arts, in that...

We returned from Death Valley a few days ago, and @pattyplanet.bsky.social (Patricia Emerson Mitchell) has started sharing her flower photographs.

1/x “Death Valley Wildflowers” We just returned from another visit…more: gdanmitchell.com/2026/02/28/d... #photo #photography #photographer #photoOfTheDay #lensCulture #landscapePhotography #photographyLovers #naturePhotography #fineArtPhotography #deathvalley #wildflowers #desert #nationalpark

Death Valley Spring Wildflowers "Death Valley Spring Wildflowers" — Hillsides covered with wildflowers after a wet winter in Death Valley.

1/x “Lake Michigan, Autumn” — Lake Michigan with autumn clouds, Chicago. Last November we visited Chicago…more: gdanmitchell.com/2026/02/27/l... #chicago #michigan #lakemichigan

Saw this somewhere this morning, and it is pretty close to being precisely true…

Lake Michigan, Autumn "Lake Michigan, Autumn" — Lake Michigan with autumn clouds, Chicago.

Posting has been a bit sparse curing the past week as we have been photographing in Death Valley — not a place with the world’s best internet access! Fortunately, it was not the internet access that drew us there! Watch for new photos soon.

1/x “Eglise de Notre-Dame Des Victoire” — Altar at the Eglise de Notre-Dame Des Victoire, Brussels. …more: gdanmitchell.com/2026/02/26/e... #photo #photography #photographer #photoOfTheDay #lensCulture #streetPhotography #photographyLovers #fineArtPhotography #architecture #church #travel

Eglise de Notre-Dame Des Victoire "Eglise de Notre-Dame Des Victoire" — The altar and stained glass windows at the Eglise de Notre-Dame Des Victoire, Brussels.

Great Egret Portrait "Great Egret Portrait" — A "head shot" of a great egret.

Morning Fog, Autumn Forest "Morning Fog, Autumn Forest" — Morning fog darkens the scene in a dense autumn forest.

Winter Fog and Trees "Winter Fog and Trees" — Thick tule fog obscures details in a thicket of trees, Central Valley.

From the archive: “Pond, Fog, and Sun” — a winter day in California’s Great Central Valley.

1/x “‘L’ Station Entrance, Chicago” — Entrance to a Chicago “L” transit system station. We spent a few days in Chicago...more: gdanmitchell.com/2026/02/22/l... #chicago #photo #photography #photographer #photoOfTheDay #lensCulture #streetPhotography #photographyLovers #fineArtPhotography

“L” Station Entrance, Chicago "'L' Station Entrance, Chicago" — The entrance to a Chicago "L" transit system station.

Jackson Frishman captures some of my favorite conditions of atmospheric and light from the Eastern Sierra Nevada.

The western meadowlark always makes me smile. Photo by David Hoffman.

From the archive: “Sidewalk Art, Le Marais” — Art presented for along a sidewalk in Le Marais, Paris. (gdanmitchell.com/2016/09/16/s...) #photo #photography #photographer #photoOfTheDay #lensCulture #streetPhotography #photographyLovers #fineArtPhotography #Paris #lemarais #travel #europe

Recently I have seen suggestions that tripods are obsolete now that our cameras incorporate advanced image stabilization. It isn’t quite that simple, and this new post at my website looks at why. #photography #technique #IBIS #imagestabiliarion #tripod #article gdanmitchell.com/2026/02/21/i...

1/x “Mountains, Sky, and Water” — Desert mountains, Lake Manly, Death Valley. Many of my Lake Manly…more: gdanmitchell.com/2026/02/21/m... #deathvalley #classicmono #photo #photography #photoOfTheDay #lensCulture #landscapePhotography #photographyLovers #naturePhotography #fineArtPhotography

Mountains, Sky, and Water "Mountains, Sky, and Water" — Desert mountains and hazy light above Lake Manly., Death Valley.

Christoph Fischer photograph. I'm especially fond of landscape photographs that go beyond "captures" and reveal abstract forms.

Patricia Emerson Mitchell photograph.

Beautiful monochrome study by my friend David Hoffman. #classicmono

Franka M. Gabler photographs. Wish I was there! (Instead, we'll be in a rather warmer place soon...)

From the archive: “Arch and Shadows” — Utah red rock country arch in a shadowed canyon. (gdanmitchell.com/2020/09/16/a...) #photo #photography #photographer #photoOfTheDay #lensCulture #landscapePhotography #photographyLovers #naturePhotography #fineArtPhotography #utah #southwest #arch #wilderness

1/x “Peja Signs” — Advertisements, signs, and stencils on wall in Peja, Kosovo. There’s perhaps more going on…more: gdanmitchell.com/2026/02/20/p... #photo #photography #photographer #photoOfTheDay #lensCulture #streetPhotography #photographyLovers #fineArtPhotography #kosovo #europe #travel

Peja Signs "Peja Signs" — An eclectic selection of advertisements, business signs, and stencils on wall in Peja, Kosovo.

Earlier this year I shared my 2025 Favorite Photographs. But not eveyrhing gets included in that list, so I've created a post including some photographs that did not quite make it: 2025 (Almost) Favorite photographs. Read the post and view the images here: gdanmitchell.com/2026/02/19/2...

1/x “Evening Road, Death Valley” — Desert road and playa under evening skies, Death Valley. Sights like this…more: gdanmitchell.com/2026/02/19/e... #deathvalley #desert #photo #photography #photoOfTheDay #lensCulture #landscapePhotography #photographyLovers #naturePhotography #fineArtPhotography

Evening Road, Death Valley "Evening Road, Death Valley" — A gravel road descends toward desert playa under evening skies, Death Valley

From the archive: “Reflective Building” — Reflections in the windows of a downtown tower, San Francisco. (gdanmitchell.com/2012/07/23/r...) #classicmono #blackandwhite #sanfrancisco #architicture #photo #photography #photographer #photoOfTheDay #lensCulture #photographyLovers #fineArtPhotography

Armand Sarlangue’s shot breaks the “penguin cuteness meter.”

Nice one, Dave!

Patricia Emerson Mitchell is also playing “posting catch up” with a set of new photographs. (We were busy in Manhattan for the past week.)

That’s some beautiful light in this David Hoffman photograph of Mono Lake. Part of what I like about it is that it conveys the vast scale of the Mono Basin.

We’re back from a week in Manhattan, so I‘m probably going to be a bit more active around here again. (Harder to post regularly while on the road!)

1/x “Zion High Country, Evening” — Autumn evening, Zion National Park. I made this photograph very…more: gdanmitchell.com/2026/02/18/z... #zion #utah #photo #photography #photographer #photoOfTheDay #lensCulture #landscapePhotography #photographyLovers #naturePhotography #fineArtPhotography

Zion High Country, Evening "Zion High Country, Evening" — Fall colors in the high country of Zion National Park late in the day.

1/x “Receding Desert Ridges” — Overlapping desert ridges, Death Valley. The desert is a fine place to…more: gdanmitchell.com/2026/02/17/r... #deathvalley #mountains #photo #photography#photoOfTheDay #lensCulture #landscapePhotography #photographyLovers #naturePhotography #fineArtPhotography

Receding Desert Ridges "Receding Desert Ridges" — Desert ridges recede into the distance, Death Valley.

Beautiful monochrome landscapes from Gary Nylander.

1/x “Oak Among The Conifers” — Aolitary autumn oak at the edge of a conifer grove. …more: gdanmitchell.com/2026/02/16/o... #yosemite #trees #classicmono #blackandwhite #photo #photography #photoOfTheDay #lensCulture #landscapePhotography #photographyLovers #naturePhotography #fineArtPhotography

Oak Among The Conifers "Oak Among The Conifers" — A solitary autumn black oak tree at the edge of a grove of conifers.

Well, while I wasn’t paying attention it looks like I hit 5.5k followers. Thank you!