My LiveJournal Blog is nine years old
On the 15th of this month, I will have Nine years of posting in my LiveJournal. In the spirit of celebrating the anniversary of my birth for a week vice day–which I started doing a few years ago when I missed my actual birth"day"–I’ll celebrate this LiveJournal anniversary for a week… whatever that entails… maybe [...]
Last Chance Range
Last Chance Range, Death Valley National Park ©2005 Ed Book
track in the sand
Eureka Dunes – Death Valley National Park ©2005 Ed Book Ron asked so here it is… I have no idea what made the track, I didn’t. …well, Ron, what did it? Peace EDIT: I think I know what made the track but will wait till I hear what Ron has to say about it first.
sand ripples on ripples
Eureka Dunes, Eureka Valley – Death Valley National Park ©2005 Ed Book Peace
Last Chance Range
©2005 Ed Book Last Chance Range from the Eureka Valley in a remote locale of Death Valley National Park, in California Peace
lone dune
©2005 Ed Book Eureka Dunes at the south end of the remote Eureka Valley of Death Valley National Park, California Peace
Desert Sunflowers
©2005 Ed Book Gerea canescens, Desert Sunflowers (the plant grows about 18″ tall and the flowers are about an inch across. In the other photographs that look like there are portions of yellow ground cover… it’s the Desert Sunflower, they grow a couple feet apart and one has to get down to their level to [...]
dunes and mountains of Stovepipe Wells in Death Valley
©2005 Ed Book ‘lots of folks on the dunes (easily seen at 100% – this view is about 17%) Peace
Stovepipe Wells sand dunes and the Grapevine Mountains – Death Valley
©2005 Ed Book I made this image from near Stovepipe Wells where the dunes were a couple miles away (see the folks on top the dune) and the top of the far ridge was about ten miles distant. Scale in the desert is extremely misleading. Peace
The Racetrack
The Racetrack-Death Valley NP ©2005 Ed Book Early morning on The Racetrack Playa Peace
marble in Hanging Rock Canyon
marble – Hanging Rock Canyon, Death Valley National Park, California Peace
rock – Last Chance Range – Death Valley National Park, California I couldn’t resist… ‘love these rocks… this one wanted to come home with me–it was more optimistic about it than I was… ~ three feet across… I promised that I would stop by to visit on my next phot expd there (if I can [...]
Eureka Valley and the Inyo Range
Eureka Valley and the Inyo Range from Hanging Rock Canyon – Death Valley National Park, California When I was leaving Eureka Valley in Death Valley National Park the end of March, I stopped along the Hanging Rock Canyon grade to look at some rocks along side the road. I made this composition along with many [...]
waxing full over Last Chance Range
Hanging Rock Canyon – Last Chance Range – Death Valley National Park, California Camera: Canon EOS-1Ds MkII, 100-400mm lens at 100mm, with polarizer, 1/4 sec @ f/29, RAW 16bit capture with Adobe RGB profile converted using Photoshop RAW converter, tripod mounted, post conversion processing with Photoshop CS – minimal saturation adjustment for sky and curves [...]
sand and shadow
one of the challenges one faces when photographing the dunes is one’s own shadow… how to avoid it or use it… For this image, I was using the 17-40mm lens at 17mm looking for a composition displaying depth of field from a couple feet to about 100 feet. I was making some compositions using the [...]
simple lines and curves
Eureka Dunes, Eureka Valley – Death Valley National Park, CA simple lines and curves often invoke strong impressions. Peace