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This is the second image I've finished from my recent trip to Death Valley. Boy, this afternoon was quite different than my morning experience. The main lot for the Mesquite Dunes was overflowing with cars. The dunes were frightening with crowds all over the place. It was instantly obvious that the taller dunes were completely trampled, as I could see groups at all of the peaks.
Fortunately, in the huge loop I walked earlier that morning, I found some really neat features northeast of the parking lot. Since those dunes were shorter, I was hoping people wouldn't be drawn in that direction. Had the wife with me and as we reached the area I had in mind, I was happy to see only the occasional footprints. Since I only shot sand in the morning, I wanted to try to get an interesting image incorporating cracked mud.
I came across this spot and I really liked the combo of crumbled chunks of mud in the foreground, the S pattern the cracked mud took along with the back lit bushes. I thought having the sun in the frame might work well for this scene. The image consists of a few exposures manually blended (land, sky, and a number of exposures to try to tame the highlights near the sun). Hope you enjoy and as always, feel free to comment. Thanks for looking
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