These photographs were taken in a single session along Badwater Road in the Death Valley National Park in California. An impending storm had given rise to conditions atypical in Death Valley – soft, diffused afternoon light that accentuated the colours on the Black Mountains.
Colours
5D Mark II, 24-105L
Black Mountains
5D Mark II, 24-105L
Palette
5D Mark II, TS-E 17L
Folds
5D Mark II, 24-105L
Rugged
5D Mark II, 70-200L f/2.8 IS II
Black Mountains
5D Mark II, 24-105L
Glow
5D Mark II, 24-105L
One of my favorite places on earth and you have done it great justice in your pictures. I recall being in the Visitors’ Center when it was 131F.
Rod Edwards has a superb QTVR rendering of the Race Track (Flash) here:
http://pindelski.org/Photography/2009/06/08/the-race-track-improved/