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Death Valley – A Study in Texture

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.                

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Light Capers in Death Valley

Last year I found myself in the middle of a fierce storm in Death Valley, California. After the initial fury subsided, I positioned myself on Westside Road hoping to catch some of the late evening magic, and was suitably rewarded. The gusts were still very strong and these images had to be made handheld at…

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Storm over Death Valley (revisited)

I was fortunate to find myself in the middle of a storm in California’s Death Valley this March. This shot was taken as the storm raged on at the northern end of the Badwater basin with the Panamint range in the backdrop.     And about an hour later, we were witness to this marvellous…

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Storm over Death Valley

I was fortunate to catch the frisson of an incoming storm this March in Death Valley, California. With conditions changing by the minute, I kept shuttling back and forth between the Westside Road that cuts through the Badwater basin and Zabriskie Point. Ominous clouds form over the northern end of the Badwater salt pan, as…

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