Sensuality

Hi Stan,

This is beautiful, fine colors and lighting, well done.

sensual lines here stan. you're in love, it seems. the pastel tones add mood. perhaps you could consider a crop from the bottom? hominid footprints?

No hominid prints here, Stuart--and i made sure mine were nowhere near this shot! Coyote, most likely.

Exceptional! One of your best.

The pastel colors and shapes are fantastic Stan. Beautiful abstract, very ethereal.

Great capture of the abstract in nature Stan, love the layers of dune lines.

David M. Cobb

This is very pretty, Stan. I like the subtle colors and lines of this.

- Dan.

Wow this is gorgeous, has a very painterly feel. One of the more pleasing dune images I have seen!

I love the subtle color and textures in this - very nice.

Wonderful photography Stan. Lines, curves, light, shadows and texture. Everything just works. Soft, gorgeous color as well. Personally I would probably have cut it a little from the bottom. But that might get rid of the wonderful textures in the foreground. Ah well. Scratch my remark...

You are to sand what TK is to sandstone....this is gorgeous. The color, lines, and shadow all make for another winner. I'm a little undecided about the upper portion and was playing around with a crop down to a point just above that short ridge line on the left but I think doing so would mean cloning out the tracks.....

I thought I've seen your best dune shots Stan, but they just keep getting better. Gorgeous indeed.
John

A beauty of a shot. I'd like to see a little less blue, and perhaps a little more yellow.

Terrific shot dune boy! I love the subtle shadows and changes of hue! (shouldn't this be in man and nature, just look at those tracks! )

Beautiful image Stan, I can see why it brings out the poet in you!

Beauty, Stan, I like everything about it, especially the soft pastel tones, well done

One of your best...

You will now be know as Stan Muad' Dib.

Blue dunes. What a great idea. This works nicely . . . very nicely. This is very different dune light, and takes sand to a new level.

My only thoughts would be maybe cropping some from the bottom as the foreground element seems a bit too much.

Also (and this is getting picky) there seems to be a red chromatic aberration line along top of the bottom dune. Might be jpg compression.

the Flesh of the Dunes Carresses my Spirit

I feel like I'm in Michael Fatali's gallery

I think a pano of just the middle part of the dunes would make this even stronger. Great lines, subtle gorgeous light and color.

Stan, this is one of my favorite dune images from you. Incredible!

Eliminate the comma between the words 'Curves' and 'and', and an 'r'; from 'Caresses', and you have a lead-in sentence worthy of the beauty of this image.
I agree with Tony that a crop of the bottom up to where the sand ridge runs into the lower right corner would be a big improvement in total balance.

Very nicely done. I like it fine just as it is. You're making it seem easy to come away with winners from this location.

The location makes it easy, Phil--that's one reason i keep going back!
John, thanks for catching my attrocious spelling. Poetic license lets the comma stay!

Stan,
Elegantly soothing poetry, visual and verbal.

Love the lines and tone here.

Hey Stan

Pretty cool image - different to the typical dunes photo - love the light.

Cheers

Carl

Fantastic image Stan. Love the color and the lines and the myriad of tones. Incredible work.

Mysterious...and good! Joe.

Hi Stan Abstract art well visualized. Beautiful work
Albert Darmo Canada

This has beautiful lines and tones. Wonderful capture

Interesting shades of color and lines. I was initially going to suggest a crop from the top, because the top seemed a little confusing in relation to the rest of the image. But the more I looked at this, I think that ambiguity adds to the interest. Good stuff!

I just kept watching and watching this image.

Stunning lines and textures. It makes me dream of experiencing some dunes. My only nit might be a crop from the top to hold the eye more forcefully on the strong central lines.

Stan
I think that this one of your best if not THE best of your dune abstracts!

Awesome Stan. The gray/blue color in the sand is amazing. I prefer just a touch off of the bottom for balance-I do like the subtle fine ripples in the immediate foreground though and would hate to loose any of those.

I said this before I think, but this is your best yet from the Dunes, simply outstanding.

Superb Elegance!