Death Valley National Park - Dunes and Wild Flowers

Death Valley National Park is about 2.5 hour drive from Las Vegas and is a great place for landscape photography.

Starlit sky behind Ibex Dunes

Ibex Dunes are located in Death Valley National Park. These sand dunes are accessible through a 1 mile hike from unpaved Saratoga Springs road.

The image above is a 25 second exposure under half-moon. ISO 400 f2.8 20mm. Canon EOS 600D with Tokina 11-20 F2.8.

Ibex Dunes just before sunrise

I took multiple manual shots at different focal lengths and used focus stacking technique in Photoshop to blend them together. The combined image has everything from foreground to background in focus.

Wild flowers at sunrise

Spring is a great time to see wild flowers in Death Valley. This shot was taken in March at sunrise. I used a gradient filter in Photoshop to darken the sky. I also had to remove lens flare from the original RAW image.

Here is another photo of the wild-flowers:

Mesquite Flat Dunes

These are the most popular and easy to access dunes in Death Valley. The shot above was taken at sunset using Tamron 70-300mm lens.