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 p.1 #9 · Death Valley in Winter — Lake Manly and More | |
[For anyone who is interested… I post new photographs daily at my website along with some background and descriptive text. The Death Valley photographs, including these, started appearing there a few weeks ago and will continue over the next week… in case you want to know a bit more about the individual photographs. ]
Thanks, all. I’ll try to respond to a bunch of you in one post.
junglialoh wrote:
Amazingly beautiful landscape image set in classic style of photography
Thanks. I hear that “classic” description a lot, and I suppose that my work to create somewhat natural looking photographs/prints is part of it. It might not be obvious, but a fair amount of post-processing is involved in creating that look, and a lot of the post-processing is stiff that I have in mind when I make the photograph.
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keepclicking wrote:
Dan, just incredible photography! Each and every image is unique. Thanks for sharing. 👍🏻he pl
Thanks! To the extent that some of my Death Valley photographs might seem a bit different, it may come from my familiarity with the place (I’ve been photographing there for about a quarter century) and by my (sometimes begrudging) willingness to get up extremely early, stay out late, and shoot any possible time in between when the light is good! ;-)
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GammyKnee wrote:
Really, really great set of images. Absolutely stunning.i
Thanks.
Want to know a (former) secret? Occasionally when I’m in the field I am pretty certain that one or another capture will likely end up being very good. But more often, while I’m out there, I don’t keep a mental list of every photograph and consequently i often end a visit like this one wondering if I actually “got anything good.” And sometimes when I first look at the files when I get home I have to let them sit a bit before I can see the potential in all of them. In fact, a few in this set are photos that I originally might have passed over!
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olalafoto wrote:
Fresh and elegant colors. 
Thanks.
Color is a big deal in Death Valley, and I’m always on the lookout there for when and how the light will affect it. The landscape is so bare with colors that are naturally fairly neutral in most cases that the light paints the landscape with its own colors, at least early and late in the day. (There’’s one photograph in this set that shows the more typical quality of light — the lighter, blue interpretation of Manly Lake.)
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garyvot wrote:
These are beautiful, Dan.
So far removed from my own style of photography... I have always admired people who can do this as well as you.
Thanks, Gary. I just spent a bit of time on your site seeing”your style,” and had two reactions. First, a lot of very wonderful photography and a wide range of subjects. Second, though some people think I’m “just a landscape photographer,” I also like to photograph almost anything and everything. (I’m big on night and street photography, for example.)
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yddmjyddmj wrote:
These are absolutely stunning! I was actually in Death Valley right before Christmas as well, but I was just passing through on my way from California to Las Vegas. I only had a few hours and unfortunately didn't have time to take any photos myself, which is a great pity. Your images perfectly remind me of the breathtaking scenery I witnessed during that brief visit.
Thanks for sharing!
Thanks!
Good that you at least got to pass through the place, and you picked one of the ideal times of the year. While winter doesn’t have the flowers that may come in spring, the light and atmosphere are often wonderful and the crowds are smaller. Oh, it is isn’t absurdly hot —in fact, it can be cold!
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johnctharp wrote:
Awww yeah, Professor Dan on deck!
Thanks. (You know I actually do have some “professor-ish experience, right? It is hard to break that habit!)
Edited on Jan 19, 2026 at 10:29 AM · View previous versions
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