December 2011
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My ten favorite photos of 2011
At the end of a year I like going back and review the photos I made during the year. My goal is to pick my ten personal favorites; which can be is a hard thing to do - at least for me. I started this back in 2009 and with now three annual favorite sets it becomes an intriguing tool for documenting how my photography has changed. When I compare this year’s selection to my ten favorites of...
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Foreign Territory
Foreign Territory.
Death Valley National Park, California.
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Salt Desert
Badwater Basin in Death Valley National Park is a very strange place - in a highly intriguing sort of way. It is also the lowest point in North America with an elevation of 86 meters (282 feet) below sea level.
Salt Desert.
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Dante's View
The top of the Black Mountains in Death Valley National Park offers a majestic view of the Badwater Basin below.
Dante’s View.
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Good Times.
Daylight Pass Road in Death Valley towards Beatty, NV
Good Times.
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Blue Hour
I posted already a photo from this spot in Death Valley earlier. However, the light was changing so fast that I was able to make quite a few shots that all have different feeling to them. This one is towards the end of the blue hour just before the was starting to rise.
Blue Hour at Zabriskie Point.
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Ghost town
While visiting Death Valley I also made stop at the ghost town of Rhyolite. It is located near the eastern edge of the national park. At its heyday Rhyolite had by some estimates a population of up to 5,000 during the gold rush in the early 20th century. However, once the ores were exhausted the population quickly dropped to zero again by 1920.
This photo is a long exposure shot of the John S....
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Forever.
This is a different shot from the Mesquite Dunes in Death Valley National Park.
Forever.
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A walk into the desert
I am slowly working through all the photos from the recent G+ trip to Death Valley. This shot from the Mesquite Dunes was made very early in morning. It is quite an experience walking into these dunes for about an hour in the night to find a good spot for the sun to rise. The title is inspired by the fact that I walked into a desert and forgot to take any water with me (greenhorn!). As you can...