Golden Pyramid Dunes

Wow, What a golden sand I see here :)
Wonderful Zack
I love the saturated color

This is a very beautiful dune image with wondeful textural areas both in and out of shadow. Even with the reflective quality of the sand that must be some remarkably soft colourful light that is striking it. I actually wonder if you need the band of light on the background rocks at the very top of the image at all, though I appreciate a crop would leave the dunes close to the edge of the frame.

Superb image, Zack. One of the best dune images I've seen. I especially like the delicate ripples visible in the foreground.

Guy

AWESOME!!!! I was browsing your website last night, and saw this. I thought it was just as good as the other one with the great sky. The golden light, and texture here more than make up for the abscence of that wonderful sky. I think this is definately one of the best dune shots i've seen, along with the other one.

Chris

WOW!!!
This is phenomenal Zack! The light is nothing short of amazing, and the comp fantastic. True art!!! The beautiful ripples and the subtle color variations in the sand make this really stand out.

Very, very nice image. The light is sublime and the dune silky smooth, I love it

Beautiful colors as well as some amazing lines on this one. There is a lot to look at. Great shot Zack.

Yep, that's a keeper.The ridge of the dunes entering bottom left is a great leading line. The lighting and warm tones are incredible. Ian's comment about the band of light at the top is interesting. It doesn't really add anything to the image, but it doesn't hurt it either. I think it might be a little cleaner with it cropped out, but its very minor IMO. Wonderful shot and thanks for sharing it.

Thanks for commenting, I appreciate the feedback. I see that cropping the top would simplify the image, but I still like it better with it included, it was an intentional comp choice, and it ties the image together for me.

This is great. Well done!

This is awesome Zack, I like it a lot more than your other recent dune shot. It looks like some delicious desert that I want to bite into..

Fantastic! Great golden color and that light from foreground all the way to the background is awesome. Definitely one of the top dunes shots I have seen.

Fantastic image! Absolutely love everything about it.

Great photo zach! the colors are outstanding.

i love that golden sand. Beautiful light and a great comp. superb image. I love the ripples in the foreground.

Haha, Floris, I had the same reaction while processing the image. I wanted to take a bite

I personally like this much more than the other one--really highlites the dunes and light. Very cool.

Is this sand? wow! Very very Interesting color and marvelous shapes.

Fantastic luminosity and composition. The dark band between the foreground and the lit distant mountains holds everything together beautifully. A great image, Zack!

The color is unreal-like a sci-fi movie! Nice comp!

Zack,
Wow. You are definitely on a roll. I really like this a lot. I especially like the ripples in the sand in the foreground. It adds depth and texture. The colors are superb. The leading line from the left takes you right into the texture of the rippled sand into the meat of the image. Looks like the top of some mocha latte whipped cream or something from a frostee freeze. As for the background I looked at the image without the lighted portion of the mountains in the background and I much prefer the image with them included. It falls a little bit flat without that light IMHO. Those hills add color, texture, light and depth. Wonderful shot Zack. Dave PS Looking forward to receiving my new prints from you this week.

Hi Zack, this is a really nice shot, and it presents some unique features than other sand dune shots. I especially like shape of sand dunes and the graduated changing texture of the sands from FG to BG.

Thanks David, I hope you love the prints. I'm so impressed with the Epson 7900, it really produces the best print quality I've ever seen. Thank again.

Wow - what a great shot, Zack. The comp is spot on.

Another fine shot with that extraordinary light on these beautiful dunes. The detail of the ripples in the foreground is exquisite. Marvelous work!

Hi Zack

Nice comp with those curves all around, and the light is amazing

Have you the same photo without the upper mountains, I'll like to see it.

Best regards

Love the light on the dunes. And that light on the distant hills with the shadow area in between... perfect. As great of a sand dune photograph as I've ever seen.

Phenomenal Zack. The light, the color, the lines, the subtle details, the composition,everything is beyond incredible. Wow.

You have captured some fantastic light here. I wish there was a bit of a softer color palette though. I feel like the yellows are too warm and a bit oversaturated, even for being in late afternoon light.

Love the golden color of the sand dunes Zach. The teture is great & i like the mountains in the BG. Great Job!

wow! Great great light here Zack! Golden and more golden in fact. Love your comp. Can´t take the eyes out of it! MG dunes have an exquisite feel on them, kind of Cristal clear gold, great plays of light all around. Congrats for this image