Artist Palette

Artist Palette, Sunset, iPhone4 Autostitch

 What a day - 81 and sunny in Death Valley. Unfortunately, no morning clouds at Zabriske Point so the sunrise was not the most colorful I have witnessed. Still in all this was not a bad sunrise, just normal in that everyday is different in Death Valley.

Spent the afternoon down on the West Side of the Valley around Devil's Golf course before moving on to Artist Palette to catch the sunset.

Although much too tired from the 4AM start of the day, I did manage to get an iPhone4 stitched image ready for the blog. This image was the last capture of the day. The setting sun brought out the pastel colors of the Palette and, I, of course, helped them pop just a bit more.

Tomorrow morning another 4AM start to catch sunrise at Badwater Basin. Not much water in the basin but one still has to show up to see what nature will deliver. 

Artist Palette

Artist Palette, Death Valley

'Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better'.....Albert Einstein

I am off to Death Valley on Thursday for 7 days -  truly an amazing place to spend time....

Artist Palette - Death Valley

When first looking at this image on my monitor it did absolutely nothing for me. There was no connection between what I saw and what I was looking at on the screen. After a bit of processing I was able to get this back to the original, or, at least my memory of the original scene when the capture was made. Simply took a bit of energy and time, and of course a few CS4 adjustments.

To say that Death Valley is a cornucopia of of color and image is a complete understatement. This capture was made at Artist Palette as the sun was setting back in November. I just needed to put in the time to bring it back to what my vision was - maybe even a little more color then actually existed but I am very happy with the results.

Looking forward to four more days in Death Valley in March - they say the second time there is a charm. Also. I heard there has been a good deal of rain which always helps.