Desert

David's Dunes

Sunrise at the Mesquite Sand Dunes Death Valley National Park, California When you live only 2 hours away from Death Valley and you love to photograph nature, you start to learn the tricks of the National Park. That’s exactly what David Thompson has done — Death Valley is his place! Willie and I were treated to an amazing 4 days in the park under David’s careful direction, and boy did he spoil us. Willie and I arrived in Las Vegas, picked up our rental car and some supplies, and spent the night at David’s house. Perhaps I shouldn’t say “spent the night” because we got less than 3 hours of sleep and then were off to the Mesquite Sand Dunes. David had given us tips on around where we should look for compositions but we really struggled the first morning. He arrived at the park that evening and promised to show us where the spot was. Sure enough, David traipses out into the sand dunes and takes us right to this spot. Beautiful rolling hills and hills of sand dunes. All we had to do was wait for the light to get good. And before we knew it we were running around with our heads cut off trying to make sure not to waste the gorgeous light! Nikon D800 w/Sigma 150-600mm f/2.8: 200mm, f/11, 13.0 sec, ISO 250

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