Zabriskie Point radiated brilliantly as the sun hit the point. It lasted for just seconds before the rock features became washed out and the point became flat against the background. The basin below in shadows is Death Valley.
In the B&W conversion, I focused on separating the different tonalities in the face of Zabriskie while keeping it’s brightness separated from the valley and mountains in the background.
This is my first post since Apple stopped their web hosting last June. Thanks to Hans Scheunemann for prodding me to continue my photographic adventures. I met Hans on a trip up Mauna Kea on the big island of Hawaii 2 years ago. Since then we have been periodically keeping in touch on our photographic adventures.
This image is taken on the saltwater flats of Death Valley between Furnace Creek and Stovepipe Wells. I recently took a great photo workshop with John Barclay (http://johnbarclayphotography.com), Dan Sniffen (http://www.dansniffenphoto,com), and Chuck Kimmerle (http://www.chuckkimmerle.com) in Death Valley, CA. The workshop focus was on black and white photography. As you can tell from this first image, I am not quite seeing in B&W yet. More to come later.
Over the next several weeks I will be adding content and revising the content of this website. Have patience and have a laugh or two as I play around to build this site. And again, thanks Hans for checking up on what I have been doing.