by D.A. Edwards
Our last night in DV we spent camped amongst these huge, rust-orange, boulders in a dry wash that had a surprising amount of small wildflowers, mostly tiny Mojave pincushions, a name that perfectly summed up the feel of the place. Every rock was painfully sharp to the touch which made us awfully glad that we had brought our little camping chairs. 
I liked the scattering of orange rocks and desert holly in the wash leading to the big boulder.
I'd previously posted a shot from this location in the M&N gallery here.
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9 commentsThe thing that I really like about Death Valley is that amid all the harshness lies these beautiful pockets of incredible detail. Nice intimate landscape that captures the essence of the place perfectly. Well done, Dave.
Lovely contrast between the warm rock colors and the greens. I was in DV the second week of March - we might have crossed paths?
I really like the shapes and colors. Great find in DV. Very well done.
Dave, these are the type of images I wish I had a square monitor for. One of the draw backs to nice vertical images on the internet is the constant scrolling or scaling the screen up and down to fit it all in one space with rectangle monitors.
With that all said, this was well worth taking the time to view especially in the larger size. It has that neat DVNP flavor about it, although, you did find a bit of uniqueness in the orange rock. I've been there numerous times and do not recall seeing this exact color per se. The overall contrasting colors in the scene are really nice. A very nice find and I really like this composition too.
Very cool how the big red rock draws your attention at first, after which you start seeing all these small red rocks everywhere! A great story about erosion captured in this photo.
Love the color in the rock and the wonderful soft light. The subtle lead-in of the wash in the foreground works so very well. excellent work and a unique image from this often photographed place.
Definitely worth viewing large; the detalis are great.
NIce balance of contrast here. The background at the top feels like a distraction. A scroll-crop so the top edge was nearl all rock seemed to make for a more complete intimate scene.
Tantalizing image though a bit overly busy. The rock at top is stunning and I'd like to see more of a crop from the bottom to enhance its shape, color, and texture.