Living on the Edge

[Jeffrey]

The best time I had in my recent five days in Death Valley was with a small area of dried playa in the Panamint Valley. I spent a few hours in the course of two stops there a few days apart and in different light. I had presented one here that I processed on the trip, but other captures were on my mind constantly and I wanted to work at home to do my best with them. This image represents the general idea of what I was seeking and feeling there. I only used my 11-24 lens on a Canon 5DSR for all my images made there. I don't know how many of you get excited about mud, but I certainly do!

 

[AlanLichty]

This is mud I could get interested in playing with - especially when it's dry. The patterning is hypnotic to stare at.

 

[Douglas Sherman]

Two great images, Jeffrey.

 

[BarryHamilton]

Excellent!! The patterns are mesmerizing! Nicely seen!

 

[JimFox]

So very cool Jeffrey! Love those cracks too.

 

[Ben Egbert]

This looks so perfect it almost seems to be machined and polished. Great eye for this.

 

[Jeffrey]

This looks so perfect it almost seems to be machined and polished. Great eye for this.

Thanks for that comment, Ben. It particularly resonates with me because, if you recall past discussions we've had, we're both retired from the engineering field, and I have been a machinist all my working life. I also owned high precision CNC manufacturing companies, and still have a personal machine shop of my own to play around in. Before retiring, I produced hundreds of thousands of hi-tech parts that needed to be machined and polished. Literally.

 

[Guy Schmickle]

Another wonderful image from here, Jeffrey. Loving them.

 

[Ryan10]

Love the minimalistic photo.

 

[Zeph]

I imagine you were quite happy playing in the wet mud in your very early years, now your still at it
This is no less what I would expect out of you Jeffrey, simple perfection.

 

[Jeffrey]

I imagine you were quite happy playing in the wet mud in your very early years, now your still at it
This is no less what I would expect out of you Jeffrey, simple perfection.

Thanks so much, Zeph. Fortunately these mud plates were dry. Good, too, since I'm grown up now!

 

[Bart Carrig]

Jeffrey, super image. Perfect use of that 11-24.

As a friend of mine used to say: "Someone's got to act like an adult around here, and it might as well be you." : )

Bart

 

[Martín el Escocés]

Beautiful shot, very well honed.