OK, it’s been done a thousand times maybe even a million times and here is my contribution to the “abandoned car + extreme process HDR” category. Really for me it becomes an image and process that takes very little thought and where I don’t really worry about the outcome or results – it’s just a fun exercise and the Photomatix software does all the work, well almost…. This image was taken on a trip to Death Valley along with Alec Johnson and Robert Clark. We found these cars as we were scouting the road to Panamint Dune field, made for a nice afternoon distraction. Enjoy.

Technical: Canon 5D MK II. 17-40 @ 17mm. f13. ISO 100. 2.5 sec exposure.

Over the New Years holiday, I made a trip with two friends Alec Johnson and Robert Clark to Death Valley National Park. We had a terrific trip and could not have asked for better weather, outstanding color the entire trip. The above image is taken around sunset between Furnace Creek and Stovepipe Wells in about the only area in the park that there is water. The mountain range in the background is the Amargosa Range; in particular the Funeral Mountains. The white “lilypads” are salt deposits from the high evaporation rate, and are a predominant feature in this area.