The Yellow Flower


Death Valley.

Landscape photography. I must admit I'm a bit clueless about how to do this. If you ask me, appealing city images are much easier to take. You stabilize your camera and due to long time exposure the city lights look more intense than in real life. This often gives the image a little WOW-effect. Now out in the desert it's the other way around. I have the WOW when I'm out there enjoying the scenery, however, the pictures I take never look as impressive as what my eye sees. I'm bringing home tons of dull images these days. This one is one of the rare ones I liked. Thanks to the yellow flower.

Trailer Trash


Now here is the reason why Salton Sea Lake is a strange experience. The lake itself looks very beautiful, the water is very calm. However there is almost nothing alive around it. A Facebook friend gave me a hint to a documentary on the History Channel. I found it on youtube: