The Racetrack, Death Valley

Posted by abiggs on Fri Aug 29, 2003 8:40 am

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Canham DLC45, Rodenstock Grandagon 75mm, 2-stop hard Singh Ray ND grad, Velvia.

I know some of you might recognize this post from NPN a while back, but I decided to wipe off the dust and repost over here.

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by Danny Burk on Fri Aug 29, 2003 9:20 am

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Great light and texture...I like this a lot. The ND grad works well here, i.e. its use is not obvious.

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by Guy Tal on Fri Aug 29, 2003 9:26 am

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I remember this one. Very beautiful! The lights is perfect for it.

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by E.J. Peiker on Fri Aug 29, 2003 9:41 am

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An excellent shot!!! Your Death Valley stuff is outstanding.

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by Jack Frank on Fri Aug 29, 2003 10:15 am

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The lighting is right on

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by Dan Baumbach on Fri Aug 29, 2003 10:57 am

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I remember this well. It's good to see it again. It's lovely.

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by Thomas Creel on Fri Aug 29, 2003 11:10 am

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I remember this one, and it is still wonderful.

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by RichardMittleman/Gon2Foto on Fri Aug 29, 2003 11:40 am

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by thapamd on Sat Aug 30, 2003 10:04 am

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Beautiful lighting, A...unbelievable!

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by Rich S on Sat Aug 30, 2003 10:12 am

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Very nice; like the colors as well as the composition. (Hadn't seen it before.)

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by Heather Forcier on Sun Aug 31, 2003 12:13 am

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I like it, but please excuse my ignorance...what is that and where is it going?

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by abiggs on Sun Aug 31, 2003 12:18 am

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Heather Forcier wrote:I like it, but please excuse my ignorance...what is that and where is it going?

Heather-

Good question. The 'racetrack' in Death Valley is a dry lake bed, and has many rocks of varying sizes and weights, that are pushed across the lake bed in times of infrequent rain. Nobody knows exactly for sure, but this is the best guess. The particular rock in the image is about 6" tall, and about 1 foot across. Not that big, but big enough to make you wonder about how much force it took to move across the lake bed floor.

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by Heather Forcier on Sun Aug 31, 2003 12:20 am

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That is so neat! Thanks for explaining.

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by abiggs on Sun Aug 31, 2003 12:24 am

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You really need to go there at some point, Heather. A magical place. It isn't easy to get to, as it is a 2 or 3 hour jeep ride from the nearest paved road. It is well traveled, and it isn't exactly a secret, but it is an amazing place. I have been there a handful of times, and each time the light has been extraordinary. Perhaps because I only travel to Death Valley in February thru April, but I will take it any way I can get it.

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by Paul on Sun Aug 31, 2003 8:11 pm

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A fine image! It makes me long for a return trip to DV.

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by Juli Wilcox on Wed Sep 03, 2003 7:47 pm

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Like this! Very unusual to me. The mass of texture is amazing. Here's a picky for you though, and I only say this because you dusted it off, but I think I detect some actual dark dust spots on the UL that were missed!

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by abiggs on Wed Sep 03, 2003 9:42 pm

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Juli Wilcox wrote:Like this! Very unusual to me. The mass of texture is amazing. Here's a picky for you though, and I only say this because you dusted it off, but I think I detect some actual dark dust spots on the UL that were missed!

Good point, Juli. Actually, those spots are actually other rocks on the dry lakebed. When printed very very large, thhe rocks are definitely apparent. Gotta love 4x5!

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