Blue Evening

Hey Professor Sandman,

This shot is wonderful. The light is striking and sets a moody feel to the pic. I might crop a bit off of the top.

This looks like a painting. The light and color is great.

That is some really sublime storm light and peaked dunes give it an amazing sense of depth

Stan,

Call me Mr. Blue.... and I'll tell you that I love the blue here. No doubt the conditions you witnessed through this whole winter squall event created some wonderful and unique lighting and color situations. What a great combo here. And beyond the drama of the stormy sky, the variation in tone in the dunes really makes this a great and unique capture of this place.

The Stan Rose Book on the Great Sand Dunes is due to be released: when?

Lon

One of my favs of yours from your dune shots Stan. Love the moody blue sky with the silky warm dunes here. Very well done!

Astounding Stan. The subtle tones in the dunes are gorgeous, and contrasted with the blues of the sky, makes this incredible. I don't know how you do it, producing such an array of unique images of these dunes that truly are stunning. This one is phenomenal.

Thanks, Vance!
Lon--im really hoping to have a book out in the Spring, i have to wash my publishers fleet of SUVs first tho

Tremendous, Stan! The patterns on the dunes are wonderful to look at and the dark blue storm clouds add a lot of drama to the scene. No nits from me!

Stan,

I love storm light, and this is one of the best I have seen. The sky is awesome. The color contrast between the dunes and that sky just sings.

If I had more than two thumbs, they'd be up for this one. Well done!

--P

Beautiful. It does look like a painting with the moisture lines in the dunes.

Beautiful and sureal (in a good way) Stan. I love the contrast between the dark sky and the dunes but really appreciate the structure and tones of the dune area. Beautiful work..... so when will the "Stan Rose Book on the Great Sand Dune" be released?

Very surreal. I like it!

This is one of my favorite images of yours, Stan. I absolutely love this!

Wow, this is fantastic Stan. That is the kind of dune shot I prefer over the previous one. This has more "meaning" in my opinion. The dunes look like painted or sculpured (which they are anyway... )
Outstanding work Stan!

This is really nice. Seems like a painting. How do you consider the option of presenting it as a panorama with less of the sky?

Really like this one Stan, in fact I was going to email you to post this. Ya beat me to it!

Wow Stan, this looks great. The two main elements contrast beautifully. I can feel the tension in that sky.

Gary.

sick...does not even look like taken on planet earth

Very cool Stan. The contrast between the dunes and sky is what makes this such an interesting photograph.

Just a thought, but you said minimal pp. Care to share the unedited version so we can see the difference?

Hey no dust spots! ;]

The colors and lighting here are phenomenal! Such an interesting, unique look to these dunes. Love it.

Great color combo and love the textures in the foreground. Good stuff, Stan!

Stan,
the depth and the colors of this image are stunning. Bellissimo!

great conditions resulting in curious but really interesting product.

Truley stunning Stan, love those colors and patterns. This has to be for me, one of your best. If not a book right now, how about a poster? Excellent work.

I knew this was yours based on the thumbnail. Those wet dunes have a very interesting texture. The soft light gives them a sense of dimension, and the looming cloudy sky provides some very nice color contrast.

The wisp of falling snow from the upper right gives a very nice sense of direction. To further emphasize it, I think this needs to be viewed against a darker background.

I like it. The dunes look very abstract and contrast very nicely with the squally sky. The amount of texture and saturation look great.

Awesome light, Stan. The dark stormy sky really adds a lot of drama and contrast to the image, and the definition in the dunes is excellent. You've captured the desolation of the desert very well here.

Great color combination with the neutrals and blue. Very complimentary, and the tones in the dunes are sublime!

WoW

Beautiful, you have definitely done this park justice over the past few years.

Lovely, Stan! Great plasticity and colors. Are you sure it's a photograph and no water color painting? What a fascinating texture in dunes.

Sick shot Stan!

Love the various warm tones throughout the dunes and of course the storm light with the contrasting blue clouds. Great shot Stan.

Wonderful, Stan. The flat look of the dunes looks odd yet compelling.

Beautiful, Stan. I love all the tones in the sand. It has a different look and I really like it. Seems to have a different texture that I'm really enjoying. Wonderful work!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI.

Stan

W W. This is amazing!

Ian

Thanks for all the kind remarks, folks!

Fascinating, Stan! I love the wet textures, and the gold/blue contrast is awesome. This would make a great cover for a book, about I dunno, the dunes maybe?

This is absolutely stunning.

FANTASTIC Stan! What an amazing study in texture and color contrast! This will look INCREDIBLE printed on metallic paper.