Sleeping Bear Dunes

Gallery: LandscapePosted February 6, 2012154 views6 comments

I can hardly believe that this is the first week of February in Northern Michigan. I have rarely seen as fine a combination of clouds and light as this past weekend. Still trying to master a new 17-35 mm lens. Seems to have a lot of vignetting below 19 mm.

Nikon D700, f16, .4 sec, ISO 200

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Comment posted by Angela Classen on February 6, 2012 at 10:00 PM

The blowing grasses convey a wind-swept feel to this, and I like the warm/cool contrast between the golden dunes and the blue sky. My only suggestion might be a crop with either more sky or more dunes, to eliminate the 50/50 split. I also like the detailed ripples in the sand, so I'd prefer to see a bit more of the dunes. Minor nit, nice image regardless.

We've had a very warm winter here in Grand Junction as well. Above normal temps since Nov., and 1/3 our normal snowfall. Would be kind of nice to have a little white stuff to go play in.

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Comment posted by Stuart Williams on February 6, 2012 at 11:47 PM

simple, elegant and effective - super light.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on February 7, 2012 at 10:00 AM

Tom, Beautiful light and color here!. The wind blown grasses work very nice and I really like the rippled sand. This has a nice feel to me. Good luck with your new lens!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Bill Caldwell on February 7, 2012 at 2:58 PM

Beautiful image--I love the lighting on the sand and the softness of that beautiful sky!

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Comment posted by Zack Clothier on February 8, 2012 at 1:15 AM

Lovely color contrasts, Tom, the 50/50 split works nicely here.

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Comment posted by Paul Gasior on February 8, 2012 at 6:26 PM

Nice light and comp.

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