Medano Meditations I

I went to the Great Sand Dunes on Wednesday to see the effects of a big wind-storm on the dunes. By the late afternoon, winds in the dunes were gusting to hurricane force, and all the tourists had left, so i had the whole park to myself. This is a shot of Medano Creek, a seasonal creek that just started flowing down the side of the dune-mass, as Spring arrives in the Rockies. The 'surge' waves of the creek are quite unique, and even more so this day as the strong winds pushed back on the waves to create wild standing-wave phenomena. The cloud of sand and dust began to obscure the mountains and sun, turning everything a golden hazy brown. It was quite surreal. This is not colorized or altered, i used a WB setting of 'Cloudy' which emphasized the warm monochromatic colors. My next post will feature a brief window when the skies partially cleared of dust at sunset, this shot was about half hour before sunset.

5Dmkii; 17-40; f/16, double processed RAW.
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