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One of the absolute joyful things that you can experience in a desert is the golden hour light during sunset. For an extended period, I used to shoot directly into the sun to get the most exciting and contrasty part of a sunset sky. But as I matured as a photographer, I learned to focus more on the softer side of the sunsets and sunrises. While the mountains are known for mornings, the desert is the quintessential sunset spot for me — especially the glow of the last light of the day.
This is why the eastern Sierras is one of my favorite places, you have some of the tallest peaks in the USA for sunrises and a high desert for your sunset shots, all you have to do is turn around. We were at the volcanic tablelands near Bishop. I was shooting Owen’s river with the sierras in the background. The sun has gone behind the peaks, and we were about to call it a day when this pink light started to light up the distant hills in the northeast direction. The light was just gorgeous, and I decided to add our car to the frame to give some scale to this unbelievably majestic landscape.
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Another shot from Volcanic Tablelands location near Bishop, CA. This was the location where w got to see a 360 degree sunrise and this was shot taken directly pointing at the setting sun. In my opinion the sky was magical that day and desert sunset lived up to my expectations.
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A shot from volcanic tablelands near Bishop, CA. This shot was taken a bit after the last shot I posted from this location. What you are looking at it’s the meandering Owens river passing through Owens valley with the sierra Nevada mountain range in the background.
We watched one of the best sunsets in a long time at this location, the sunset light could be seen all around us. The sun was setting directly to north west while lighting up a ridge line which was to the south east and clouds over the Owens valley were displaying brilliant colors.
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