Surprise

Years ago, I decided to photograph Great Sand Dunes at dawn and arrived about 4 a.m. to try and catch an early shot near the top of the highest dunes. I never had hiked up those dunes because I would usually head downrange to try to find dunes less traveled.

This morning, as I neared the top, all of a sudden, a bank of fog started coming up the valley. Before it was all over, the fog had completely encircled all of the dunes and I had to stop shooting.

It happened so quickly, I couldn't get my 4x5 set up in time, and just shot with my Nikon. This was perhaps my 2nd photo trip with my 4x5 and I didn't want to risk getting the shot.

Nikon FE - 160mm Nikor - Velvia 50 - 4 sec @f22