Dunes and Mountains, Evening. © Copyright 2019 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.
Dead plants, sand dunes, and distant desert mountains in evening light, Death Valley National Park.
During normal times I would be leaving for Death Valley today, making my annual early spring visit to spend up to a week photographing in and around the park. Until a few weeks ago that was the plan for this year. That’s not going to happen this spring. As much as I tell myself that I could simply work “off the grid” (not too hard to do in that park) for a week, the truth is that we all have a responsibility to do what we can to drive down the number of opportunities for corona virus to spread. So I’m making a virtual visit by going back into my raw file archives.
This was one of those “typical” Death Valley evenings. I wandered out in to the dunes in the late afternoon, far away from the most popular areas, to photograph the transition from day to evening. I found this spot, with its dead snags emerging from the sand, and photographed it as the last bit of soft light shone on the dunes and colorful sunset light was on the distant mountains.
G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, “California’s Fall Color: A Photographer’s Guide to Autumn in the Sierra” is available from Heyday Books and Amazon.
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Thanks, and thanks for asking!
We’re doing well here, mostly staying at home aside from socially-distanced neighborhood walks. Hope you are doing well, too!
Dan
The colors and lights are just spectacular in this photograph! I can actually feel the sun!! hope you and your wife are doing well and that we all stay healthy and safe….and get beyond this soon 🙏🏻