Josh Andrews Photography

Journal

Bonnie Claire Flat

December 06 2008

December’s image was taken at sunset on an enormous dry lake bed playa called Bonnie Claire Flat, located northeast of Death Valley National Park.  I was initially drawn to it because it was supposedly a lesser known home to those mysterious “moving rocks” you can find at the Race Track inside Death Valley.  This turned out to be less than true, but Bonnie Claire Flat didn’t disappoint.  It was eerily quiet out on this huge playa and as the sun started to set, the shadows really started to come alive.  An image of this seemingly boring grouping of rocks started to take shape as their shadows grew and the clouds gathered in the distance.  This image was taken tripod-mounted with a 24mm wide angle lens at a narrow aperture for increased depth of field.  During the month of December, this image is available at a 20% discount off of my standard print prices.  As with all of my Death Valley images, this image is available in larger sizes than most of my other work, and can be presented on stretched canvas, gator board, wood panels or in a traditional matte and frame.  Click on the image below to see it in full size.