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Valley of Fire Photo

Valley of Fire Photo

Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada.

I was really fortunate to find this patch of Sacred Datura wildflowers right before sunset.  I wish I had a little more time to work this location, the sun was setting fast- I’m tempted to return to this spot.

Here are more Valley of Fire State Park photos.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007 at 4:00 am and is filed under Nevada, Las Vegas, Ron, Author, Photos, Travel. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

6 Responses to “Valley of Fire Photo”

  1. Gary Crabbe Says:
    October 23rd, 2007 at 8:20 am

    Honestly, Ron, I wouldn’t bother going back there. I think it’s time to just send me the GPS Coordinates, and move on….

    :)

  2. Craig Wolf Says:
    October 23rd, 2007 at 8:24 am

    Hey Ron and Janine!
    I see you made it to Valley of Fire. This is a fantastic shot. A one of a kind. What contrast between the soft flowers (and light) and the harsh peak. Great job!
    Craig

  3. Carl Says:
    October 23rd, 2007 at 10:07 am

    Hey Ron,

    I’m gunna ask you a little question here, because this image is a goood example of something that bothers me about digital images. The sky’s a funky a color. I see this cast a LOT on digital stuff, especially my own. There’s too much yellow or something in it. I find it happens particularly when I use a polariser, but even sometimes when I don’t. Honestly, I rarely see this on your images, and I was gunna ask what kind of polariser you use, because I thought it might make a difference - but I’m thinking you didn’t use one here anyway, so there goes that theory. What say you?

    Cheers

    Carl

  4. Richard Wong Says:
    October 23rd, 2007 at 10:11 am

    amazing. So unexpected to see green foliage and flowers near Vegas.

  5. Ron Says:
    October 23rd, 2007 at 7:00 pm

    Thanks for the comments!

    Gary - I’ll share the location, but you will then need to come down the road another hour to Zion and buy me a beer. I’m pretty cheap!

    Thanks Craig, and thanks for the recommendations! The whole time we were there we kept saying, “I can’t believe we haven’t visited this spot yet!”

    Carl, I agree, there probably is too much yellow in the sky. I think that was due to the correction made by the auto white balance setting since I was shooting in dark shade. If I warm a photo after the fact, I always remove the warm cast from the sky. The problem with auto white balance is the entire image is effected, even that area in the sun. When I actually adjust this image, I might convert with a cooler setting like daytime, and then apply a warming filter only to the shaded area - I think this would keep the sky a truer blue. By the way, you were correct, I didn’t use a polarizer.

    I agree Richard, I was very surprised to find any green or flowers!

    Ron

  6. find gps coordinates Says:
    February 12th, 2008 at 12:19 am

    find gps coordinates…

    yes indeed……

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