Category: Death Valley National Park

Death Valley National Park, Landscape Photography

Our Recent Death Valley Trip

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Dan and I went to Death Valley on December 20 and were there through the 24th. (We got out just in time: the rain that began on our drive home eventually caused a lot of road closures, and even leaving when we did — at about 6:30 AM — we encountered flooded roads, some spots where falling rocks caused Dan to have to carefully maneuver around them, and a road closure that added probably 45 minutes to our drive.)

We woke early on our first morning and Dan drove to Lake Manly. I’d never seen a lot of water so I was looking forward to going there. I don’t do much landscape (or waterscape) photography, but I did a bit just to say I did.

Morning at Lake Manly, 12.21.25

Death Valley National Park, Desert Photography, Floral Photography

Dust Storm

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While we were on our little Death Valley trip we did have one dust storm. It was nothing like one we had in the past, where we hunkered down in our motel room and had to block the door with towels, but it did mean we sat in our car to do a bit of shooting.

One photographer decided, instead, to go out on the dunes. I took in a mouthful of sand at one point, just sitting in the car. I can’t imagine what he was dealing with!

I wasn’t really thinking photographically when I shot this. I was thinking more about how crazy that guy was. (If I’d been thinking about the image I would have centered it a wee bit differently, I’m guessing.)

Photographer in a Dust Storm on the Dunes, 4.2.19Photographer_in_a_Dust_Storm_on_the_Dunes,_4.2.19.jpg

Death Valley National Park, Desert Photography

Desert Memories

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I’ve moved back in time a wee bit: I had made it up to mid-April with my 2018 images when I decided to tackle the Death Valley trip Dan and I took. I still puzzle over how to shoot landscapes, and I struggle with the larger Death Valley images. I’ll keep working on them, though!

Here are three I will go ahead and share for now:

Desert Winds Pano, 3.26.18

Desert Lines, 3.27.18

Sitck ‘ Sand, 3.27.18

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Two Desert Shots

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Dan and I were in the desert for a few days. I am always happy to go there, and it never ceases to amaze me. I look forward to getting back home so I can work on photos where I can actually see them: using a small laptop is difficult as I can’t focus on things well. (Odds are I’ll work more on these two, in fact, but I at least wanted to post something here!)

Here, though, are just two things I posted earlier on Facebook and other social media sites.

Dan @ Work, 3.30.16
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Sand, Sky, Clouds, 3.30.16
Sand, Sky, Clouds, 3.30.16.jpg

Death Valley National Park

Death Valley Memories

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With Dan back home and talking about Death Valley I can’t help but look more at the work I have from last year. If I’m remembering correctly we arrived home and I had to go directly back to work. That might explain why I have barely worked on photos from that trip. I’m finding both a lot that should be trashed and a lot of things that I love either because I think they are good or because they bring back such wonderful memories. My favorite is when they fit both bills.

It takes me a while, though, to decide if something is truly a “keeper” to the point of printing. This shot here certainly brings back wonderful memories. Getting weather in Death Valley is just so darn amazingly beautiful. I wonder though: maybe you have to be there to really appreciate the image. Who knows?

Weather in Death Valley, 4.2.14
Weather_in_Death_Valley,_4.2.14