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California, Distilled

What better image to encapsulate the grandeur and diversity of The Golden State than a desert Joshua Tree in Death Valley National Park with the snow capped mountains of the Sierra Nevada bordering Sequoia National Park looming in the background? This might be one of my favorite photographs that I've ever had the pleasure of capturing. I knew that Joshua Trees grew in Death Valley but I knew that they were rare. I knew that the part of the park where they grew was remote and had the Sierra Nevada Mountains looming over them. I hoped to get some sort of image combining the two. As we drove out of the park with a glowing and glowing sunset above us, I caught this glimpse of perfection, jumped out of the car, and got exactly what I was hoping for.

 

️- In Death Valley National Park, you are on Shoshone land. #FindYourPark

 

- shot on a #sonya7riv, #shotwithhoya’s polarizer with a 70-300 mm lens. Edited in #Lightroom. @lightroom

 

 

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Uploaded on January 30, 2023
Taken on January 2, 2023