Posted by Dan Truong on December 18, 2009 at 6:10 AM
Since there's a Death valley theme going...
1/160 sec at f/4.0 ISO 200, Olympus E620 with 12.0-60.0mm f/2.8-4.0 lens at 12 mm (24mm equivalent).
Taken in a storm over thanksgiving, cold day. Unfortunately I did not pay attention enough to my compositions so this is about the best I shot.
Posted by Paul Duval on December 18, 2009 at 8:27 AM
Must have been too cold to get the rocks started. This has got to be one of the only images of the 'racetrack' with no rock in it. It doesn't have a 'wow' factor but I like the patterns in the dry lake bed.
Paul
Posted by Dan Truong on December 18, 2009 at 3:17 PM
Yeah, I do have photos with the moving rocks and tracks.
I figured everybody who went there has one of them. One of the striking things of the racetrack is that in fact it's big, flat and baren, which I clumsily tried to capture here.
One of the noteworthy things is we arrived the hard way, driving up the Lippincott pass. :)
Posted by Rudy Ruberti on December 18, 2009 at 3:55 PM
I think the fg could be a nice shot in itself. You've definite captured the emptiness of the place and I like the ominous looking sky.
Posted by Reno DiTullio on December 18, 2009 at 5:07 PM
I guess the race hasn't started yet great patterns though
Nice! FYI, there is no religious or hell-based association with the racetrack, as in many other DV sites, hence it is simply referred to as 'The Racetrack".
Posted by Dan Truong on December 20, 2009 at 5:49 AM
I though everything weird in DV had an evil conotation, just because everything we don't understand is evil.
"Racetrack playa" (see wikipedia) is also a misnomer, as you won't get a sunny sandy beach either.
Another thing I was surprised is how good the dirt road is to it: The rangers make it sound like you'll shred your tires and destroy your shocks, but it felt like butter after our way up Lippincott, and it's fine for regular street cars. Even the road to Saline valley felt rougher and we saw VW vans, civics, and even what looked like an old lincoln continental there.
Posted by Steve Sieren on December 20, 2009 at 11:59 AM
Did the Continental have suicide doors?
No, really about the shot Dan, my memory remembers the patterns here bigger so what you have done strongly emphasizes the vastness here. The snow covered peak is a nice added feature too.
I tried driving up the pass to the south towards the saline valley as I was leaving once hoping it was a shortcut but I had to turn because the snow just kept getting deeper and deeper. Is that pass Limpincott? See anything nice up there, it was dark when I tried it.
SS
Posted by Eric Good on December 20, 2009 at 4:11 PM
I like the minimalist approach and mood captured here. Works for me as presented... good stuff!
Posted by Dan Truong on December 22, 2009 at 4:56 AM
The pass goes by some mines (look open) of the side of the mountain... And then you have the vistas of saline all the way down.
If you want to see what's there I've posted in the four-third user forum some pics for critique (I prefer them as there's people from all walks which I feel have more candid critique opinions, also posts are unlimited, and I am an Olympus DSLR fan).
Discussion
9 replies1/160 sec at f/4.0 ISO 200, Olympus E620 with 12.0-60.0mm f/2.8-4.0 lens at 12 mm (24mm equivalent).
Taken in a storm over thanksgiving, cold day. Unfortunately I did not pay attention enough to my compositions so this is about the best I shot.
Paul
I figured everybody who went there has one of them. One of the striking things of the racetrack is that in fact it's big, flat and baren, which I clumsily tried to capture here.
One of the noteworthy things is we arrived the hard way, driving up the Lippincott pass. :)
"Racetrack playa" (see wikipedia) is also a misnomer, as you won't get a sunny sandy beach either.
Another thing I was surprised is how good the dirt road is to it: The rangers make it sound like you'll shred your tires and destroy your shocks, but it felt like butter after our way up Lippincott, and it's fine for regular street cars. Even the road to Saline valley felt rougher and we saw VW vans, civics, and even what looked like an old lincoln continental there.
No, really about the shot Dan, my memory remembers the patterns here bigger so what you have done strongly emphasizes the vastness here. The snow covered peak is a nice added feature too.
I tried driving up the pass to the south towards the saline valley as I was leaving once hoping it was a shortcut but I had to turn because the snow just kept getting deeper and deeper. Is that pass Limpincott? See anything nice up there, it was dark when I tried it.
SS
If you want to see what's there I've posted in the four-third user forum some pics for critique (I prefer them as there's people from all walks which I feel have more candid critique opinions, also posts are unlimited, and I am an Olympus DSLR fan).