Human Footprint

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This was shot in the mesquite dunes in death valley national park. This shot was not planned, but an example of changing plans at the very last minute. I sat in my car at our campsite in Lone pine thinking of where to shoot sunset. It was getting very windy and hazy and just not very suitable for anything dramatic to happen. The mountains disappeared in the dust and around 4:30pm I decided we should pack up camp and head to death valley. It was about an hour and a half- two hour drive to get to where I wanted to be and by 4:35pm we were on the road. Got into Death valley around 6pm and still had about another hour to get to my intended destination. Just before sunset we found ourselves at the mesquite dunes and I figured I would stop for a moment and maybe take a shot or two. I wish I had more time to run out into the dune field and work on more compositions, but the light was changing fast. I saw plenty of people out in the dune field, but one stood out to me. A lone figure at the top of one of the highest dunes as the late light played between each dune. A wide angle lens wasn't gonna cut it, so I quickly switched to my 70-200 and zoomed in to 200mm and grabbed the shot. Just like that, the light was gone and the wind started kicking up once again. Finally getting one image from DV in my hard drive. We then set off for badwater in hopes to do some night photography over the salt flats. That plan fell through, and went to Zabriskie point and ended up sleeping in the car til morning. The winds became quite ferocious and stayed with us all the way making it home to Phoenix....Comments and critiques appreciated.

Canon 7d
Canon 70-200mm @200mm
f14
1/10 sec
ISO 100
tripod