Here's the first classic composition I've posted here in a while, and it's a shot I've been wanting to make for a long time. It had been many years since I saw flowers near as good as the ones scattered across southern AZ and Death Valley this year and in over 3 weeks down there I finally caught some good skies, as you see here. In fact I wasn't paying as much attention as a should have been because I ended up having to race up here without even my tripod, and took all the shots at ISO 640. This is 3 vertical shots. There were some small compositional liberties taken when blending them, warping, what have you, but overall this is pretty much the shot I have seen the potential to get here for nearly a decade and have returned for many times. I found these flowers in an absolutely awesome natural display. I love this entire area of desert gardens for all its fascinations and diversity.
