desert

I am still struggling to recover from my recent loss, so apologies for being a virtual no show for the last week. I decided perhaps posting something could get me going again. So here is a shot from 2017, from a drive to San Diego from the Lake Havasu area. This is along CA highway 78, with the...

The Focus this Friday is on Desert's and not the kind you can eat. :rolleyes: Please add your desert photos to this thread. I will start with a couple from a week ago. Driving along the I-15 from Nevada into Utah there is that huge cut that the freeway goes through, this is from one of the few...

A cloudy evening in Bryce, the color was dull so I prefer this conversion.

A very tight and close up view of the Lupines out in Joshua Tree from a week ago. This was shot with the new Sony A6400 at f4.5 and 28mm on the kit 16-50mm lens and at ISO 100. All comments are welcome, Jim

I perhaps should have embraced the almost full moon sooner. I had spent an hour composing so that it was just out of the frame, and by the time I had decided to include it there was a rather large cloud on the one side. But still, the end result seemed pretty cool. This was out at Joshua Tree...

It was truly amazing to see the southern end of Joshua Tree so completely carpeted with wildflowers, so much so I drove out there 3 times to shoot them with this being from the final evening last Sunday. The wildflowers were so thick that even as I took extreme care as I moved about in them my...

This is the end of the day on my 3rd trip out to Joshua Tree in a week, and it was a productive day. I drove out there in time for sunrise on only 3 hours of sleep, but I wanted to get there for sunrise as there was clouds in the forecast. I haven't processed those yet, because this one really...

Snow in Joshua Tree National Park! :) Who would have thought? I know it does snow there every 5 or 6 years, but it's been well over 20 years I think since I have been out there in the snow. It was a fun and fast overnight trip. As I already posted, I ran up there in time to catch the sunset...

I had been tempted to make a 2nd trip out to Joshua Tree in 4 days. I had seen the forecast for snow there, and then I had seen the very cool shot that @Johnny Chien had posted. But in my mind I was still toying with wanting to run up to Yosemite also, or perhaps just stay home and get some work...

I think this is one of my better light painting attempts, taken at The Devil's Garden, UT. While I like it, it doesn't feel as real as the non-painted version. Personally I don't like visiting a popular spot where a bunch of people are painting - obviously it intrudes on the experience of others...

It's been quite a while since the last time I shared anything here. Finally getting back into shooting and had the opportunity to take a friend out to Valley of Fire last week. Got lucky enough to get several shots of this guy...

A lookout type structure above Gates Pass, between Tucson, and Old Tucson. In this view you can see Old Tucson Movie Studios in the background. This image was processed using my HDR process I call "Invisible HDR."

So we head south - @lionking (Andrey Wagner) and me to the quiet and dark desert (I read that there where 10000 quiet people down there with us) to try and take the perseoids with the milky way but we were looking for a nice fg as well so after a while when it was too dark we found that unnamed...

A cleaner version.

More of a fun shot then technically sound landscape photo. Hiking in Joshua Tree and looking up to see a Bighorn sheep up on top of the rocks watching was a really nice thrill. While there are Bighorn sheep out there, they often are seldom seen, I have gone years without seeing one, so when one...

Here is one from a few weeks ago back at Death Valley. It was one of those peaceful, quiet and tranquil evenings. This is Mesquite Dunes. All comments are welcome, Jim

This is from Mesquite Dunes in Death Valley. While processing this and pondering this, I ended up at a High Key look. It's a bit artsy and I am hoping it takes the Landscape to more of a Fine Art feel. All comments are welcome, this is a bit of an experiment and may not appeal to everyone. Jim...

My first time to Death Valley and to my surprise I really like the desert! So much fun exploring new areas! CC always welcome!!

My wife and I had some fun playing with out shadows on the Bryce Canyon Rim Trail on a fall evening.