During my last road trip, I camped at Valley of Fire State Park in Nevada for a night. During the day the light was super harsh...and I didn't get a single photograph. I retreated to my campsite to prepare dinner. I noticed that some of the sandstone walls surrounding the campground were in shade--so I walked a couple of hundred yards to capture these abstracts.
The blue colors on the rocks seemed almost unbelievable. I later learned that the blue color results from desert varnish--a natural film made of clay minerals, manganese oxide, and iron oxide that gradually forms on rock surfaces in arid environments over thousands of years.
I know abstracts aren't everyone's cup of tea, but here are 8 pictures that I captured there:
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I know that the EXIF information hasn't been showing consistently in my posts. Most of these were captured with the Nikon Z7ii and the Nikon 100-400 lens.
What natural wonders they be Glenn! The color is very rare and the strata of the rock is weaving a wonderful lesson in geology! The light only heightens the nooks and crannies in the rock/stone.
Wonderful!
Dan
Danpbphoto wrote:
What natural wonders they be Glenn! The color is very rare and the strata of the rock is weaving a wonderful lesson in geology! The light only heightens the nooks and crannies in the rock/stone.
Wonderful!
Dan
