From the archive: "Ansel's Tree" — The snag that remained in 2008 of the tree in Ansel Adam's “Jeffrey Pine, Sentinel Dome.”

https://gdanmitchell.com/2008/07/10/ansels-tree/

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Random Street Portrait No 84

An ongoing series of candid photos exploring the day to day life of the people in and around the Toronto Canada area.

On Queen St W.

Original photography using a Canon EOS 60D body with a Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens and Silver EFEX Pro as a Lightroom plugin for the Black and White conversion.

Brian Carson
The Learning Curve Photography

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Backyard Flowers In Black And White No 100 Sepia Version

An ongoing series of black and white photographs of flowers grown in our backyard and in the gardens of our neighborhood here in Toronto Canada.

Original photography using a Canon EOS 60D body with a Sigma 17-70mm f2.8 DC Macro OS lens and Silver EFEX Pro as a Lightroom plugin for the Sepia conversion.

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Model: Karyna
Location: on location
Photo and edit: The Blotch 666

Sunbeam at the Feeder

“Most of the American goldfinches (Spinus tristis) have already migrated north, but I spotted this little male yesterday still hanging around. Maybe he’s staying for the buffet.

Step into a world where even the smallest moments—like the glint in a bird's eye—tell their own story.

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“Wetland Island and Fog” — Tule fog mutes the wetland landscape beyond reed-covered islands.

Fog can make photography wonderful… or difficult when I photograph migratory birds in California’s Central Valley. There are practical issues, such as driving on roads that are dangerously obscured, or not being able to see the birds in the murk. It is cold and damp. But I love the atmosphere that tule fog brings to this landscape, and that’s why I keep going back…more: https://gdanmitchell.com/2026/04/03/wetland-island-and-fog/

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Good morning. 🌓🌔🌕

3 April 2026

I’m sitting here watching my cursor blink while I sip my coffee. Well—I was—before deciding to type something, anything, just to get the morning moving. Every time I pause, the cursor starts blinking again, as if nudging me to keep going.

The coffee is unusually good today. I finally worked my way through the ten pounds of pre‑ground coffee I accidentally ordered a while back. You might remember me mentioning that, if you’ve been subjected to the morning minutiae I tend to spill onto the page. So this morning I had relatively fresh, French‑roasted whole beans to run through the grinder. I should probably order more right away rather than risk waking up one morning with no coffee. The horror 😱.

Yes, I’m a practicing coffee snob—or at least I try to be. I have to admit I’m not a very accomplished one. If coffee snobs had belts, I’d probably be a green belt. Maybe even white. After all, I buy affordable beans and use a drip coffee maker. A black belt would be brewing Jamaican Blue Mountain at a hundred bucks a pound and probably using a French press with a sense of ceremony. I’m over here in the five‑to‑seven‑dollar range.

Did you know there are coffee beans that cost over a thousand dollars per pound? Ospina Dynasty runs about $1,540 per pound. I only know that because I looked it up. I can’t imagine anyone paying that much for beans of any kind—except maybe Jack. What a poor example of a coffee snob I must be.

And there it is again: the blinking cursor.

“What goes best with a cup of coffee? Another cup.” — Henry Rollins

“You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.” — Jack London

“I’m not a snob. Ask anybody. Well… anybody who matters.” — Simon Le Bon

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