Sunset at the Artists Palette – Daily Photo
Sunset from the Artists Palette, Death Valley National Park.

Sunset at the Artists Palette – Daily Photo

Sunset at the Artists Palette was taken in Death Valley Park. The aim was to capture the ‘starburst' as the kissed the tops of the Range across Death Valley. The challenge, of course, is that this is an artificial sunset. If the mountain range weren't there, then the would still be quite high in the so it's brighter than would the case for a true sunset. The direct view has produced some pretty dramatic flare in the lens. To get the ‘starburst' you just need to be using a small aperture (higher f-stop) as the transitions a boundary. The boundary could be the , as in this image, or it could be a , or a cloud, anything really that has an edge. The colors in the are oxidized minerals from the surrounding metamorphic rock base, exposed over millennia by water and wind erosion.

Sunset from the Artists Palette, Death Valley National Park.
Sunset from the Artists Palette, Death Valley Park.