http://littleredtent.net/LRTblog/2010/02/01/death-valley-obligatory-zabriski-point-image/ Photographic meanderings Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:10:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://littleredtent.net/LRTblog/2010/02/01/death-valley-obligatory-zabriski-point-image/comment-page-1/#comment-1161 David Leland Hyde Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:24:34 +0000 http://littleredtent.net/LRTblog/?p=939#comment-1161 Very fine Manly Beacon photograph. When I pulled up to the Zabrisky Point parking lot a few months ago at 6 am, the parking lot already had 12 cars. I walked up to the crowded "viewing platform," where people were shivering with their tripods set up. I counted seven tripods and several other photographers without tripods, waiting for the sunrise. I didn't know about the trail you mention, but I did find it and was happy I had bee raised to go the opposite direction of the crowd. The sun never did come out of the clouds much and my Badlands images were mediocre at best, but I found a few great surprises coming down off the ridge from where the other trail had taken me. Interesting you took that same trail. Very fine Manly Beacon photograph. When I pulled up to the Zabrisky Point parking lot a few months ago at 6 am, the parking lot already had 12 cars. I walked up to the crowded “viewing platform,” where people were shivering with their tripods set up. I counted seven tripods and several other photographers without tripods, waiting for the sunrise. I didn’t know about the trail you mention, but I did find it and was happy I had bee raised to go the opposite direction of the crowd. The sun never did come out of the clouds much and my Badlands images were mediocre at best, but I found a few great surprises coming down off the ridge from where the other trail had taken me. Interesting you took that same trail.

]]> http://littleredtent.net/LRTblog/2010/02/01/death-valley-obligatory-zabriski-point-image/comment-page-1/#comment-1122 Garry Hayes Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:25:20 +0000 http://littleredtent.net/LRTblog/?p=939#comment-1122 Mandatory only because it is so spectacular! Try to imagine going to Yosemite Valley without snapping a shot of Half Dome; after at least 70 trips in the last 20 years, I still take HD shots! Mandatory only because it is so spectacular! Try to imagine going to Yosemite Valley without snapping a shot of Half Dome; after at least 70 trips in the last 20 years, I still take HD shots!

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