Spring in Valley of Fire

Published: April 3, 2016

Made the effort to check out sunrise at Valley of Fire, only to be met with no clouds! In fact there wasn't a cloud to be seen anywhere! So After a few minutes of disgust and the realization that the sun was coming up fast and I was losing whatever good light I had. I noticed this scene and in my haste captured a so-so compostion.. In post I decided to highlight the glow on top of the wave and then darken the back ground to help pop the subject. I used Adjustment brushes in Lightroom and also somem Dodge and Burn in Photoshop.. There was a bright sun glow area on the rocks in the middle right that I attempted to remove as I was distracting to me. I'm not entirely pleased with the sky, but over all I'm happy with the way it turned out considering my state of disgust by the conditions.

Spring Beauty at Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada

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Valley of Fire is located approximately 40 miles North and East of Las Vegas. From Las Vegas, take the I-15 N towards Salt Lake City and take exit 75 and follow the signs.

I needed to get out watch the sunrise and my Son was game to get up at 3:30am on a Saturday morning to go wait for the sun! Sadly there wasn’t a cloud to be found for hundreds of miles, so we didn’t get to experience the skies lighting up. We did get to see some amazing rock formations under a very nice early morning glow!

Here are a few images from our trip!(If you prefer a Gallery View, check the Valley of Fire Gallery at my sister photo site; http://www.sandquistphotography.com/Collections/Southwest/Valley-of-Fire/i-9XFBfjT. Prints and downloads are available there too!)

Now to the images! This slightly reminds me a a sphinx. This is FireWave!

Another view for Firewave a few minutes after sunrise

This is a view from Firewave to the north and west.. I think these look like ribbons

Loved the textures here!

Cactus Bloom!