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Tim May | all galleries >> California's Diversity:: a collection of galleries >> GALLERY:: Death Valley Vision:: February 2007 > Shadow Spikes
Death Valley, California February 2007
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21-FEB-2007

Shadow Spikes
Death Valley, California February 2007


Death Valley was heavily mined. This is a part of a tank at the Borax mine. Morning light can certainly make the ordinary extraordinary.

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Carol E Sandgren28-Mar-2007 05:21
Ah, the famous spikes you've all spoken of. I like the shadow play in this.
Phil Douglis12-Mar-2007 00:37
Another fascinating twist: you use a horizontal frame and a tight crop, while I use a vertical frame and a looser crop on the same subject at the same time (http://www.pbase.com/pnd1/image/75090599 ) -- in a complete reversal of our normal styles. You also interpret the rust differently than I did. Yet each of our interpretations achieve a similar end: they use abstraction, light, and shadow to define the strength and endurance of this tank