Death Valley

I've spent the last few days exploring Death Valley with a visiting friend. The light hasn't been very cooperative, but my friend was wearing red, so this made for some natural photo ops! I'm heading back to Death Valley to spend some time shooting desert wildflowers, which are just starting to bloom. And I'm crossing my fingers that the 'Racetrack' playa dries out (it rained recently) so I can once again attempt to make it there!

All below photo taken with EOS 1DsIII.

Photo 1: Mesquite Flat Dunes near Stovepipe Wells
17-40mm lens; Singh-Ray LB warming polarizer & 2 stop hard edge ND grad; mirror lock-up & cable release; Exposure: 0.6 seconds at f/18; ISO 200

Photo 2: Mesquite Flat Dunes near Stovepipe Wells

17-40mm lens; Singh-Ray LB Colocombo polarizer & 3 stop hard edge ND grad; mirror lock-up & cable release; Exposure: 4 seconds at f/20; ISO 200

Photo 3: Mesquite Flat Dunes near Stovepipe Wells

17-40mm lens; Singh-Ray LB warming polarizer & 2 stop hard edge ND grad; mirror lock-up & cable release; Exposure: 1.3 seconds at f/22; ISO 200

Photo 4: Desert Gold wildflowers

17-40mm lens; Singh-Ray LB warming polarizer; cable release; Exposure: 1/80 second at f/10; ISO 200