Ripples In Time

I headed out to the Eureka Sand dunes on a day that was supposed to be windy in hopes of finding some ripples in the sand. The whole morning was dead calm then around mid day it started to blow. I headed back for the jeep, out of the dunes, to have some lunch and wait for better light. In only a matter of a couple hours the silky dunes from the morning had been transformed, ripples everywhere!

As the wind raged and carried sand off the dunes and in my ears I made a series of images. Then as I sat along this ridge scanning the horizon, this comp just jumped out at me, it was one of those oh, where did that come from and why did it take me so long to "see" it!

If you're familiar with my work at all this image is a bit of a departure from me as I don't do too many dramatic fg type of images. But I felt compelled to this time.

single image, 5d 24mm, 1/8s @f16, polarizer I believe.