February 22 - what a trip. Coming home at night turned adventurous as a cloudburst near Jublilee Pass forced tons of water down the mountains onto Highway 127. Luckily Walter has 4 wheel drive, otherwise we would still be floating down a surprise flood over the road in the dark!
Amazing, simply amazing. I'm glad that you got back safely to treat us to these shots. That amount of water may not be without precedent, but it can't be normal either.
Your first shot really does it for me. The great textures of the hills with the magnificent green and yellow carpet must have been quite a sight. With all that water, I don't imagine that the sand dunes were very photogenic.
DonH wrote:
Amazing, simply amazing. I'm glad that you got back safely to treat us to these shots. That amount of water may not be without precedent, but it can't be normal either.
Your first shot really does it for me. The great textures of the hills with the magnificent green and yellow carpet must have been quite a sight. With all that water, I don't imagine that the sand dunes were very photogenic.
What areas of DV did you visit on this trip?
Thanks Don. I came in from the south, over Jubilee Pass and only went as far as Badwater. It is a long one day trip for me so Badwater is as far as I got.
The water level is WAY over normal. The river is normally dry and is a mostly underground kinda flow.
"Death Valley averages less than 2 inches of rain a year, but the Furnace Creek area has already received nearly five inches of rain since July, 2004."
Lara (or should I say George): One of the best series of landscape photography I have seen in this forum. Lovely colors, excellent exposures, beautiful composition. You certainly recorded the soul of the sceneries you encountered. Very nicely done.
I am sure when you took these pictures that you were aware of the soft, directional lighting after a storm.
In my humble opinion, one of the best series I have seen here.
William Rodriguez
Miami, Florida.
Edited by camerapapi on Feb 23, 2005 at 06:45 PM GMT
I'm thinking about going out there this weekend. What are the hot spots?
The south end of the valley near Ashford Mills is where all the flowers are growing now and then a several miles north on the highway towards Badwater and south a bit heading towards Saratoga Springs - but that is dirt and crosses the river so I am not sure how far that is passable. The alluvial fans are amazing!!!
check out that link above - a couple of people have posted some images. Everyone sees so differently and wonderfully!
camerapapi wrote:
Lara (or should I say George): One of the best series of landscape photography I have seen in this forum. Lovely colors, excellent exposures, beautiful composition. You certainly recorded the soul of the sceneries you encountered. Very nicely done.
I am sure when you took these pictures that you were aware of the soft, directional lighting after a storm.
In my humble opinion, one of the best series I have seen here.
William Rodriguez
Miami, Florida.
Edited by camerapapi on Feb 23, 2005 at 06:45 PM GMT
George?
Thanks so much for the compliment. That is one of the nicest I have ever heard! Lara is normally NOT a landscape shooter. I just get lucky once in a while.
lara who likes the interior landscape of flowers the best!
Hello, Lara, beautiful shots. I was being in Death Valley ones and can not imaging that it can have so much water and rain here. You shots are show different site of this place for me. I like first and third shots from your series.
Lara, The first and fourth are beautiful photographs. When I was at Death Valley a couple of years ago it was very dry and kind of drab looking. Looks like you went the perfect time and the weather conditions made for a great photo op of these type pictures. Thanks for sharing with us.
thanks folks! I am looking forward to going back as soon as possible. We have sunshine forecast for the next few days, so the flowers should really start to pop out!
