Comments on: Night Photography: Badwater, 2 a.m., Halloween

By: joe

joe — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:58:27 +0000

Thanks, Cody. The salt formations as a microcosm or miniature mountain range is a perceptive insight into why images of Badwater are so intriguing. For anyone headed to Death Valley, the secret to photographing Badwater is to keep walking out from the parking lot for 20 minutes or so until you get to the smooth, untrampled formations.

By: Cody

Cody — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:10:03 +0000

I love that the salt formations look like mountains themselves. It almost makes the mountains look as if there is this monstrous landscape surrounding everything.

By: joe

joe — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:00:19 +0000

Hi Kent. I’ll take that as a compliment! Shot with a Canon 5D Mark II. Four exposures of 7.5 minutes each stacked together for 30 minutes.

By: Kent

Kent — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:14:01 +0000

Pretty damn cool. On transparency film?

By: joe

joe — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:14:31 +0000

Cliff – thanks! I’d been to this location twice before. Once after the big 2004 storm and the salt formations were gone, and once for sunset which was fun but there weren’t any clouds. I knew I wanted to shoot this scene at night, and I finally did.

By: joe

joe — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:13:29 +0000

Seb – thanks!

By: Cliff K

Cliff K — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:39:04 +0000

Joe, this is a wonderful shot. Magnificent even.

By: Seb

Seb — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 09:55:57 +0000

I will have to try those long exposures in the middle of the night – brilliant !