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Exploring the vistas for a more dramatic shot

Exploring the vistas for a more dramatic shot

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Exploring the vistas for a more dramatic shot

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One of the things you can do with the middle part of the day, when there's no light is nap and that's what I've been doing and it was a really good idea. It makes the getting up for sunrise easier to tolerate. Also, it got really really windy, that wind that you saw out on the lake got worse. so much worse that it's actually difficult to be outside shooting. That's something you need to think about if you're going to come to Death Valley. It can be prohibitively windy here. Between the sand blowing around that you don't want to get in your camera and just the fact that it's hard to stand upright. and just the general discomfort in being in that kind of wind. It's loud and it just kind of pounds on you. That can go on for days here. So, if you're only going to come here for 3 or 4 days, especially in the spring, you need to be prepared for the fact that you might get blown out. It might be too windy to really shoot here. So you might have to think about a backup plan. Now that's not…

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