Death Valley: Posting #2

jdryan3

Here are more shots of my trip in mid-December to Death Valley with kdog.
#1 Mine at Leadfield


#2 Ibex Dunes


#3 Sunset at Ibex


#4 Sunset at Ibex #2


#5 Storm over the Panamints (maybe Telescope Peak)


#6 Storm rolling up from Badwater (thought it was fog at first) :huh


#7 Scotty's Castle


#8 Scotty's Castle - Alternate View


C&C welcome and needed

anwmn1

Very cool David. Looks like you covered a lot of ground.

I really like the colors in the first four images and the detail in number 7

kdog

Great shots, David! Looks like you got some awesome weather to work with after I left. I'm kicking myself for not staying for that beautiful sunset at Ibex, but I really had to run. So that's what Scottie's Castle looks like these day? Man, it's really run down. J/K. Love numbers #1 and 7.

Cheers,
-joel

jdryan3

anwmn1 wrote: »

Very cool David. Looks like you covered a lot of ground.

I really like the colors in the first four images and the detail in number 7

Thanks Aaron. Those sunsets are out of Photomatix and only slightly tweaked afterwards. I considered bumping up the saturation more but thought I would post them first.

kdog wrote: »

Great shots, David! Looks like you got some awesome weather to work with after I left. I'm kicking myself for not staying for that beautiful sunset at Ibex, but I really had to run. So that's what Scottie's Castle looks like these day? Man, it's really run down. J/K. Love numbers #1 and 7.

Cheers,
-joel

Thanks Joel. I actually have some of Saratoga Springs that I got immediately after you bailed and before the Ibex shots. Those will be coming.

Here is another version of the storm shot coming up Badwater. Much higher contrast but the clouds lose some detail. Maybe I'll smoosh, er, blend the 2 together.

anwmn1

jdryan3 wrote: »

Thanks Aaron. Those sunsets are out of Photomatix and only slightly tweaked afterwards. I considered bumping up the saturation more but thought I would post them first.




Here is another version of the storm shot coming up Badwater. Much higher contrast but the clouds lose some detail. Maybe I'll smoosh, er, blend the 2 together.

Skies look great. Do not tweak them.

This version of the b&w is also great as is. The high contrast works here.