Mojave National Preserve, Aug 11th

As I was passing by a beautiful stretch of desert on the way to Vegas I spotted puffy white clouds across the deep blue sky and I thought how it would make a great desert shot. I was determined to find an exit and could hardly wait to start photographing. I came upon an exit called Cima Road which happens to be the exit to the Mojave National Preserve. What luck! This natural preserve is sandwiched between the I15, the I40 and the California-Nevada border. Summer temperature ranges between 90-115 degrees, perfect environment for the yucca brevifolio, otherwise known as the Joshua Tree. The temperature readout in my car was 115 degrees. I was so ecstatic to be there I was like a kid in a candy store. For this blog I chose two images that provided a sense of time and place. One image is a Joshua Tree. I felt this photo would be best represented in black and white. I converted it to black and white with a little help from my brother Francis, a Photoshop expert. The other photo is Cima Road which seems to go on forever in the vast open space of the Mojave. I kept this image in color because it presents a real contrast between the blue sky and the earth color of the desert and the brick red asphalt. Click on a photo for a larger view.

Mojave National Preserve
Cima Road

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