Here are some of Bill’s photos from Zabriskie Point in Death Valley. He’s still scanning and editing his 4X5’s so these are all ones he took with a digital camera.

The first several photos were taken in the late afternoon and as the sun set.

The photo below was taken in late afternoon light.  The texture of the sedimentary rock formations was absolutely amazing, and the low-angled sunlight helps to highlight the unusual shape of the formations.

(c) 2008 William Lawrence

Here is the late evening light glancing off of the rock formation as the sun sinks lower in the horizon, highlighting the texture of Zabriskie Point.

(c) 2008 William Lawrence

As the sun set, putting the valley into shadow, you can see the remaining direct light highlighting the tops of the mountains on the opposite side of the valley in this panoramic shot.

(c) 2008 William Lawrence

We were lucky that there was enough cloud cover to really add some lovely colors to the sky as the sun was setting.  Below is part of the rock formation of Zabriskie Point with the colored sky at sunset.  The reflection of the colors in the sky added to the color of the rocks.

(c) 2008 William Lawrence

We came back to Zabriskie point the next morning to see the effects of both evening sun and morning sun on the area.  Below, the morning sun highlights the texture of the formations with the mountains on the other side of the salt flats in the background.

(c) 2008 William Lawrence

Below is another morning shot of Zabriskie point with the salt flats and the mountains in the background.  The landscape really does look like it belongs to another planet.

(c) 2008 William Lawrence

We’ll have more photos from other areas of Death Valley coming soon.  Bill has his work cut out for him in scanning his 4×5 film.