Gads, it’s been a busy week. Finally cleared the work off the desk – the desk is still messy of course, but the work has been cleared. Anyway, I’ll finish up the formal account of the Death Valley trip by sharing one last diary entry.
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Dawn at Zabriske Point. You gotta do it. For the record, the personal experience is as good as the photographic opportunity. Based on a casual count, I’d estimate that that several thousand images are recorded here per day.
The image above was made at 07:00 PST on April 12, 2009, using the D700 and the AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED at 42mm. Exposure was f/16 at 1/100s, ISO 200.
Made a dash for Dante’s View before the light of the rising sun washed out all the magic. Perfect timing – most of the shadows had just scrammed the valley floor, but there was still plenty of color and contrast in the Panamint Range, and northwards up the valley floor.
The image above was made at 08:48 PST on April 12, 2009, using the D700 and the AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED at 70mm. Exposure was f/16 at 1/400s, ISO 200. Image converted to BW using Nik Silver Efex Pro.
After visits to the Devils Golf Course and Natural Arch we ended the day at Badwater. It’s the sort of place that can initially seem quite ordinary, but which grows on you. The image below of the HP and the absent-minded-professor (another story) was recorded at 18:35 PST on April 12, 2009, using the D700 and the AF-S NIKKOR 14-24mm f/2.8G ED at 14mm. Exposure was f/16 at 1/160s, ISO 200.
