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    RSS Sand and Stars

    Milky Way over the Mesquite Flat Dunes, Death Valley. We set up continuous, low-level lighting on the dunes, using two LED light panels, so that we’d have consistent lighting for each frame while capturing multiple-image panoramas. I gave everyone a homework assignment before the workshop to...
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    RSS Sunbeams and Sunbursts

    Sun setting behind Manly Beacon, Death Valley NP, CA, USA We just returned from another workshop in Death Valley. The wind and weather in Death Valley always present challenges, requiring flexibility to adapt to the changing conditions. But this time, just to make things more interesting...
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    Adapting Your Composition to the Light

    Clouds and mist from Tunnel View, Yosemite NP, CA, USA We’ve had a series of storms recently. The last of these arrived Saturday and continued into the night. It wasn’t much of a storm; Yosemite Valley received only about three-tenths of an inch of water. But it was cold enough to leave a...
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    Avoiding Bright Edges

    Sunbeams and morning mist from Tunnel View, Yosemite. While photographing this dramatic light from Tunnel View a few years ago, I zoomed out wide enough (to 40mm) to leave some dark areas between the bright clouds and the edges of the frame. When you compose a photograph, you put a frame...
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    Visual Echoes

    Winter morning, El Capitan and the Merced River, Yosemite NP, CA, USA The big storm finally ended last night. Yosemite Valley received about four-and-a-half inches of liquid precipitation since Thursday. It started as snow, then changed to rain for awhile, and then changed back to snow, with...
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    A Rare Storm

    Clearing storm from Tunnel View, Yosemite NP, CA, USA Storms have been rare in Yosemite during this dry winter. But on Monday evening a small, cold weather system moved down the coast and brushed the area. I set my alarm for 4:00 a.m. Tuesday morning to check on the weather and see if it...
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    Abstract Vision

    Sand waves, Mesquite Flat Dunes, Death Valley NP, CA, USA Sand dunes are so much fun to photograph. They’re full of interesting lines, shapes, curves, and textures – almost as if they were sculpted for photographers. And they keep changing. Every big windstorm reshapes the dunes, creating new...
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