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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: Vieri Bottazzini on December 05, 2013, 04:00:23 pm

Title: Death Valley
Post by: Vieri Bottazzini 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 (http://www.vieribottazzini.com/-/galleries/portfolios/death_valley) 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:

(http://medias.photodeck.com/ccb5bff2-5770-11e3-beba-27ae7ccda67c/_D8E2914_large.jpg)
The Devil's Golf Course's watchdog (click HERE (http://www.vieribottazzini.com/-/galleries/portfolios/death_valley/-/medias/ccb5bff2-5770-11e3-beba-27ae7ccda67c-potm-12-2013-the-devil-s-golf-course-s-watchdog) to see it larger)

(http://medias.photodeck.com/65dd6a5a-5770-11e3-9c51-c540fb96c918/_D8E2524_large.jpg)
Mesquite Dunes, IV (click HERE (http://www.vieribottazzini.com/-/galleries/portfolios/death_valley/-/medias/65dd6a5a-5770-11e3-9c51-c540fb96c918-mesquite-dunes-iv) to see it larger)

(http://medias.photodeck.com/131a1174-5770-11e3-bc32-31ddeb003221/_D8E2234_large.jpg)
Zabriskie at dawn, I (click HERE (http://www.vieribottazzini.com/-/galleries/portfolios/death_valley/-/medias/131a1174-5770-11e3-bc32-31ddeb003221-zabriskie-at-dawn-i) to see it larger)

(http://medias.photodeck.com/3c057cae-5770-11e3-a782-2764146d6a46/_D8E2329_xlarge.jpg)
Golden Canyon geometries (click HERE (http://www.vieribottazzini.com/-/galleries/portfolios/death_valley/-/medias/3c057cae-5770-11e3-a782-2764146d6a46-golden-canyon-geometries) to see it larger)

(http://medias.photodeck.com/a1a10ba0-5770-11e3-a72c-c72be8d548fc/_D8E2709_large.jpg)
Mushroom Rock, II (click HERE (http://www.vieribottazzini.com/-/galleries/portfolios/death_valley/-/medias/a1a10ba0-5770-11e3-a72c-c72be8d548fc-mushroom-rock-ii) to see it larger)

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

(http://medias.photodeck.com/eea3fa20-5770-11e3-8cef-6ba31ebdcf1b/_DP2M_0101_large.jpg)
The Photographer (click HERE (http://www.vieribottazzini.com/-/galleries/portfolios/death_valley/-/medias/eea3fa20-5770-11e3-8cef-6ba31ebdcf1b-the-photographer) to see it larger)

OK, this is about it for now - see the rest of the images in my DEATH VALLEY (http://www.vieribottazzini.com/-/galleries/portfolios/death_valley) gallery. Best,

Vieri
Title: Re: Death Valley
Post by: Christoph C. Feldhaim 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
Title: Re: Death Valley
Post by: cyron123 on December 05, 2013, 05:45:16 pm: Hi Vieri,
Cool pictures! Could you say something about the used lenses?
Thank you.
Cyron
Title: Re: Death Valley
Post by: sdwilsonsct on December 05, 2013, 07:59:27 pm: Good stuff, especially the contrasting colours in 3.
Title: Re: Death Valley
Post by: langier 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!
Title: Re: Death Valley
Post by: Paulo Bizarro on December 06, 2013, 04:09:15 am: Excellent stuff.
Title: Re: Death Valley
Post by: Vieri Bottazzini 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 :)
Title: Re: Death Valley
Post by: dhancock on December 06, 2013, 11:42:17 am: Gorgeous pictures. Wonderful colors!
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Post by: batmura on December 07, 2013, 08:12:20 am: Great photos all of them, especially number three, five, and six.
Title: Re: Death Valley
Post by: Walt Roycraft on December 07, 2013, 11:00:00 am: Wonderful images. I especially enjoyed the B&W
Title: Re: Death Valley
Post by: Vieri Bottazzini 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.
Title: Re: Death Valley
Post by: batmura on December 09, 2013, 04:28:37 pm: The mushroom rock is great. Did you set the white balance to tungsten on that one?
Title: Re: Death Valley
Post by: Vieri Bottazzini on December 12, 2013, 06:21:56 pm: Quote from: batmura on December 09, 2013, 04:28:37 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