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Vieri Bottazzini

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Death Valley
« on: December 05, 2013, 04:00:23 pm »

Hello everyone,

last January I spent some time shooting in amazing Death Valley with the D800E. I finally finished editing all the images out of that wonderful trip, images that I posted HERE for those interested.

Death Valley is one of my favourite places on the planet to shoot, the only problem is that I live on the other side of the Atlantic, which makes it a bit difficult to get there whenever I'd like to :wink:

Below some samples for you to enjoy:


The Devil's Golf Course's watchdog (click HERE to see it larger)


Mesquite Dunes, IV (click HERE to see it larger)


Zabriskie at dawn, I (click HERE to see it larger)


Golden Canyon geometries (click HERE to see it larger)


Mushroom Rock, II (click HERE to see it larger)

And, last, a colleague shooting in Zabriskie (this one has been taken with the Sigma DP2 Merrill though):


The Photographer (click HERE to see it larger)

OK, this is about it for now - see the rest of the images in my DEATH VALLEY gallery. Best,

Vieri
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Re: Death Valley
« Reply #1 on: December 05, 2013, 04:07:11 pm »

I hate saying this, but
the watermark stopped me from continuing viewing, though there are some very fine images.

Cheers
~Chris

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Re: Death Valley
« Reply #2 on: December 05, 2013, 05:45:16 pm »

Hi Vieri,
Cool pictures! Could you say something about the used lenses?
Thank you.
Cyron
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Re: Death Valley
« Reply #3 on: December 05, 2013, 07:59:27 pm »

Good stuff, especially the contrasting colours in 3.

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Re: Death Valley
« Reply #4 on: December 06, 2013, 12:28:31 am »

Nice to see some new views of Death Valley.

(addendum) Just took a look at the website.

The WMs are not too annoying. The dunes in the soft light are well done and have a nice bite in the tonalities that 30 years ago with film would have not happened! Also, the photos at dusk are very nicely crafted! Well done!
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Re: Death Valley
« Reply #5 on: December 06, 2013, 04:09:15 am »

Excellent stuff.

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Re: Death Valley
« Reply #6 on: December 06, 2013, 08:43:57 am »

Thank you everyone, I am glad you enjoyed the pictures and the Valley.

@Chris: I am sorry about the WM, but having to choose between posting images in very small sizes or big but with a WM, I went for the latter which I think gives people the best viewing experience of the two despite the annoying WM.

@Cyron: Thank you! Lenses used for this gallery where the 14-24mm f2.8 AF-S, 35mm f1.4 AF-S, 50mm f1.4 AF-S, 85mm f1.4 AF-S, 70-200 f4 AF-S. Images in this post: nr. 1, 35mm; nr. 2, 70-200 @70mm; nr. 3, 35mm; nr. 4, 50mm; nr. 5, 14-24mm @14mm; last image is the DP2 Merrill and its 45mm - equivalent lens. Hope this helps :)
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« Reply #7 on: December 06, 2013, 11:42:17 am »

Gorgeous pictures. Wonderful colors!
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Re: Death Valley
« Reply #8 on: December 07, 2013, 08:12:20 am »

Great photos all of them, especially number three, five, and six.
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Re: Death Valley
« Reply #9 on: December 07, 2013, 11:00:00 am »

Wonderful images. I especially enjoyed the B&W
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Re: Death Valley
« Reply #10 on: December 09, 2013, 04:21:00 pm »

Thank you very much everyone, I am glad you enjoyed the pics. The B&W is also one of my fav, I think the subject lends itself to B&W treatment pretty well.
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Re: Death Valley
« Reply #11 on: December 09, 2013, 04:28:37 pm »

The mushroom rock is great. Did you set the white balance to tungsten on that one?
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Re: Death Valley
« Reply #12 on: December 12, 2013, 06:21:56 pm »

The mushroom rock is great. Did you set the white balance to tungsten on that one?

Thank you very much, I am glad you enjoyed - as far as the WB, the sky was blue (after dusk) and I "helped" the WB a bit as well in PP  ;D
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