One thing I was not expecting to see in Death Valley was a photogenic weed patch!
Just like Devils Golf Course, where only the Devil could play golf, here at Devil’s Cornfield, only the Devil could eat this corn! It’s not corn at all — it’s arrowweed.
I made this image in the early evening just as the light began to soften, but while there was still plenty of light illuminating the mountains and making the stacks of arrowweed appear golden. I was heading to the sand dunes for sunset, so I didn’t spend much time here. I just pulled off to the side of the road for a few quick shots.
From ground level, all the arrowweed shrubs blended together, but I discovered that by standing on top of the box in the bed of the truck I could get an elevated perspective and create some separation between the shrubs.
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Another fabulous image from this extraordinary location, Anne
Thank you very much Andy, I appreciate it!
I really love this shot Anne! You had some awesome light to work with. I really need to go out west sometime!
Oh you really do!! The west is gorgeous. I hadn’t spent much time in the southwest until the past couple of years and I just love the desert now. I’m really glad I took a trip and visited the east too. Such a huge amount of territory to cover, but the whole continent is worth seeing. I could just keep going around and around 🙂 Thanks for your comments Michael.
What a cool location Anne. Love the way you have captured this.
Many thanks Len!
Brilliant work I love it
Much appreciated Barry!
Death Valley looks amazing. Great for photography. I love the shot.
Thank you very much Laura! The thing I liked most about Death Valley was that there are so many different landscapes in a relatively small area. The park is large, but nowhere else do you go from salt flats to salt mounds to shruby areas to sand dunes to canyons all in one place!
Gorgeous!