Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada – March 2023 – Part 27 – Final Sunset Shoot (Continued)

This is the final post for my March 2023 visit to Valley of Fire State Park in Nevada.

Desert Gold
The Midas Effect

Sunset light turns these desert rock features into gold.

Gold Veins
Transformation 11
Fringe Light
Fringe Light 2

Sunset light fades away on the peaks.  I’m so grateful for the natural lines and textures in the amazing geology and natural sculpture here, without which the photographs would not be nearly so interesting.

Peak Gold 2

With a cache of fallen rocks in the eroded portion below the peak.

Getting the Shot

I could have yelled at this photographer for intruding into my composition, but I think he adds to the theme of photographing the geology here, as well as giving a human scale for reference.

Regular followers of this blog might recall that in an earlier post about this final sunset shoot I made a statement about thinking that there must be a better composition in the area where I made an early shot before sunset.  Well, there was. I came back to that area, as the sun was very low in the sky, where I shot some of the images above.  As I moved around the area, I found rocks that made very interesting foreground  objects.  These last three images are my best (I think) images from that location.

The Cast 1

The rocks of Valley of Fire are the stars of this series, so it seem appropriate to name these last photos for those rocks.

The Cast 2
The Cast – Final Bow

Thanks for following this long series of blogs with photos from Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada.

Until the next journey,

Ken