Sandscape

Gallery: LandscapePosted March 3, 2011149 views14 comments

Took this photo in Big Bay, NZ. To get there you have to walk 4 days or fly and land on the sandy beach. Quite a remote spot. The wind was blowing and these sand dunes had amazing patterns. I've got quite a few different ones from that day.

Canon XTI
Sigma 10-20mm @ 17mm
f/8
1/40
polarizer

Any comments and suggestions highly appreciated.

Bia Boucinhas

Comments

14 comments

Comment posted by Rick Lundh on March 3, 2011 at 6:51 PM

freaky...but WAY WAY cool!

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Comment posted by David Chauvin on March 3, 2011 at 7:02 PM

The angled light really brought out the wild patterns.

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Comment posted by Tom Haxby on March 3, 2011 at 7:51 PM

Nice image and I like the concentration on just the ripples. So, did you walk or fly?

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on March 3, 2011 at 7:53 PM

Fantastic patterns and textures Beatriz but I notice a slight green cast on my calibrated monitor. This would make a wonderful B&W IMO.

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Comment posted by Gary Crabbe on March 3, 2011 at 8:14 PM

Great shot with wonderful light & textures.

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on March 3, 2011 at 8:28 PM

Very 3-D! I'd love to see a b&w version Nicely done

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Comment posted by Richard Teller on March 3, 2011 at 9:28 PM

Very interesting light and texture.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on March 3, 2011 at 9:41 PM

Really like the abstract quality of this and the subtle waviness in the sand.

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Comment posted by Margo Pinkerton on March 3, 2011 at 9:54 PM

I love the subtle rhythm in this photograph. You brought order to disorder. Well done!

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Comment posted by Bruce King on March 3, 2011 at 10:28 PM

The lines and shadows are very nice but I'm unsure of the interuption of the continuity at LLC and URC. However that's just nit-picking, this is a great image.Well done.

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Comment posted by Beatriz Boucinhas on March 4, 2011 at 1:28 AM

Thank you all for the comments!! I will try a B&W version of this, see how it goes.
Bruce I TOTALLY agree with you. That was one of my main concerns, but if I remember it right there was some disturbing object just there which couldn't be removed and I am not big on cloning so I decided to take the risk.
Tom, I walked in (AMAZING hike if you ever come to NZ) and flew out. It's possible to walk out a different way, making it a loop, but it takes up other 4 days with mud up to your neck and I didn't have the time/will to do so...hehe...

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Comment posted by Terry Jung on March 4, 2011 at 2:28 AM

Truly love this shot, this lines are mesmerizing. Excellent.

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Comment posted by Scott Smorra on March 5, 2011 at 1:16 PM

This is really cool Beatriz. I like the lines and textures you captured in this image. I almost feel like I'm underwater looking at the patterns created by the action of the waves. This is an effect I really like. Well done.

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Comment posted by Beatriz Boucinhas on March 8, 2011 at 3:49 AM

Here is the B&W version you'd asked. Looks kinda funky

I think I like the color version better...

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