100% on your PS.
Looks like we missed each other by a couple of days -- I left Death Valley the Thursday evening before you arrived. Rain a little where I was on Wednesday night/early morning, and some not-half-bad clouds on Thursday, but it got hot (90F) that day -- cooler on the days before the rains. Those of us living in temperate rain forests of the Pacific NW do like to head out in the desert occasionally to get rid of the mold that tends to grow between the toes and in the ears. It took a couple of days to get to the Eureka Valley Sand Dunes from Eureka, CA (arriving in the late afternoon). Then 5 days of photographing (and driving!) around Death Valley before heading to Yosemite, where I photographed for a full day and once on the way out. About eleven 8x10 images in DV (and two 11x14), and seven 8x10 images in Yosemite Valley (plus five 11x14) -- plus a few rolls of 120 thru the Rolleiflex before it gave up the ghost (time to send it off for repair and cleaning). Not too bad...perhaps minimal by some folks standards, but I was also in a major relaxing mode, also.
Just read the story about the yellow filter in Examples. Don't exactly agree with his use of words (a yellow filter causes over-exposure of yellow objects), but the actual concept is sound.
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