death valley

Inspired by Jim S's wonderful star shots he's recently posted I went back into my folder from Bad Water. I walked out to some nice salt formations very early in the morning, but had quite a bit of moon taking away from the stars. I decided to work with that inspired by Jim Fox's wonderful touch...

Evening Evening shadows Sunrise

My wife and I braved the 10 miles of washboard in our new truck camper rig to finally get into Eureka Dunes. It was skull rattling, but doesn't actually require too high clearance or 4x4, just patience. The good part of the bad road is that it puts off many people - there were only 2 other...

I got up early to shoot Mesquite Dunes last month, but was too late to make it out to the larger dunes for sunrise. I also hadn't gotten out the day before to plan a spot to shoot, so had to make due with my area. At first I was disappointed by a few people on the dune in front of me, but then...

After shooting sunrise at Zabriskie Pt. (no clouds, so nothing special) my wife and I drove around to the bottom of Golden Canyon and walked up to The Red Cathedral. We only saw a few other people, and had the Cathedral to ourselves for 20 min. Golden-Canyon-028-Pano by Jim Dockery posted Mar...

My wife and I are just finishing up a month long trip in our new truck camper. We started in Lake Stevens WA, stopped in Bend OR for a bit of X-skiing, then headed down to Death Valley with a couple days in The Alabama Hills. More adventures in AZ and UT followed. I haven't had time to process...

Well, this rock was zigging so I had to go zagging. :) This is from 8 years ago at Death Valley at the Race Track. At the time there was the occasional rock being moved or replaced, but it wasn't too common as it is now where I would guess less the 10% of the rocks are on their original tracks...

WELCOME TO OUR DEATH VALLEY PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP | Death Valley, the heart of the desert, with its huge variety of iconic, spectacular landscapes concentrated in a relatively small area is one of my favourite destinations on the planet. I started exploring and photographing Death Valley in 2010...

WELCOME TO OUR DEATH VALLEY PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP | Death Valley, the heart of the desert, with its huge variety of iconic, spectacular landscapes concentrated in a relatively small area is one of my favourite destinations on the planet. I started exploring and photographing Death Valley in 2010...

I was out in Death Valley last Saturday. I went to Badwater primarily to shoot the Milky Way. As always I was hoping for a decent sunset as well and I guess you could say I got one. I've never seen the sky change like it did that evening. It was difficult to even take pictures as I was in...

From last month in Death Valley. This is in Mesquite Dunes. I almost like these hard packed tile area better then the dunes I think. This was at Sunrise, there was no clouds so I worked the sun to my advantage. (I hope) :) All comments are welcome, Jim

Manley Beacon is that iconic peak that is most often seen from Zabriskie Point. When thinking about shooting the Milky Way in Death Valley a week or so ago I was looking for something different as I have shot the Milky Way from Badwater and the Race Track a bunch of times, so as I was thinking...

Here is a Vertical composition from a week or so ago while I was playing out in Death Valley in the Mesquite Sand Dunes. This is from the Sony A6400 with the Samyang 12mm f2.0 that I set up to go vertical because the Milky Way is getting higher sooner in the sky. I was mainly shooting with the...

From a quick run last week in Death Valley. It was pushing it in terms of the Milky Way and the Moon, but I still had an hour or so of darkness to play with the Milky Way in Mesquite Dunes. Looking back on the pano, I am not totally happy now as I should have realized that the left side of the...

Got to Death Valley yesterday and stopped by Zabriskie Point of course. This is shot with my Nikon D850 and I am experimenting with using the Nikon app to download photos to my phone that I can quickly edit and then easily post here while traveling. So hopefully the quality is coming across...

I expected more sand dunes. I guess I'll have to take care of that myself...

This just showed up on my computer desktop (as my wallpaper shuffles) and figured I'd share it. Taken during a nice morning at the Death Valley dunes after the sunrise burn faded. Still got some nice sidelight on the sand. Any thoughts are welcome.

Well, from a few years back in Death Valley I got this moon setting in Badwater. I stumbled across this in my archives as I was pulling some folders from the archives to take with me when I head out in a few days for Colorado. And, I couldn't resist this one. Even though I should have been...

I need to go back here this winter, so i can shoot not just during early morning and sunset. Had more fun shooting the sand dunes that i had anticipated! Sony A7R2 + Contax Zeiss 80-200mm

A burning sunset sky over the Racetrack, a 20-seconds exposure taken in amazing Death Valley (CA), USA, during a workshop I led there last winter. Leica SL, Leica Vario-Elmarit-SL 24-90mm and filters Formatt-Hitech Firecrest Ultra. Thank you for viewing, best regards Vieri