Pre-Sandstorm

Gallery: LandscapePosted March 14, 2015155 views15 comments

As the winds pick up so does the sand. Twenty minutes later it was not nice out there. Mesquite Dunes in DV last spring. So many textures...

I'll be looking for images on the dunes this coming Wednesday. Look for the guy with the ridiculously spindly but very lightweight tripod

f7.1, ISO-200, 195mm, 1/500 sec.

ETA: Just saw Harley's B+W image from DV before this one. Back to back!

Comments

15 comments

Comment posted by Harley Goldman on March 14, 2015 at 7:36 PM

Real nice Dave!! Great layers and depth and I really like your B&W processing. I might crop the bottom just a touch to lose that little sandy spot along the bottom toward the left? Very minor though.

Have a great time out there. How are the flowers? Is the heat killing them?

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Comment posted by D.A. Edwards on March 14, 2015 at 9:26 PM

Good eye on that sandy spot, Harley. Although this is supposedly the best flower year of the last several, the word is that the heat is no bueno for the flowers, at least at the lower elevations. I may try getting a little higher in Jubilee Pass depending on what I see when I get there. It's supposed to be 98 degrees on Monday

Really though, it's hard to have a bad time there in the spring as I'm sure you know unless a strong wind dominates your entire experience.

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Comment posted by Neale Dyster on March 15, 2015 at 5:56 AM

Wow ! The layers here are just great. Looks like an amazing place, great shot

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Comment posted by Roel Wijtmans on March 15, 2015 at 6:14 AM

Wow, this is an excellent use of layering! I love everything about it.

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Comment posted by Wade Hardy on March 15, 2015 at 9:40 AM

Man oh man...incredible shot! Love the 3 distinct layers in the image and the BW presentation. Fantastic work!

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Comment posted by Tom Falley on March 15, 2015 at 1:43 PM

Very nice Dave! My experience every time I went looking for sand dunes was to find swarms of dune buggies. The impression is of more dunes than there are due to the tonalities and textures.

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Comment posted by Richard Teller on March 15, 2015 at 4:15 PM

I like the layers and textures along with the composition. I think I would like a little more detail in the background.

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Comment posted by gary phillips on March 15, 2015 at 5:43 PM

Super image, Dave. I love the scale of the layers, each larger and more ominous than the last. Beautiful b/w.

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Comment posted by Stuart Williams on March 17, 2015 at 4:32 AM

great layering and the b&w tones work well. i also picked up on the FG sandy spot (left, low). i wish for more even low contrast across the middle layer ... i.e., lower contrast to the right ... nice work, though and well conceived.

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Comment posted by R.Bill Moser on March 17, 2015 at 4:44 PM

Great layers and I like your processing. Fantastic image. Well done

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Comment posted by Sandro Bisotti on March 17, 2015 at 6:41 PM

Really a pleasure for my eyes and for my soul to see similar images.
excellent technical skill to serve this first class image.
all the best!
Sandro

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Comment posted by Igor Doncov on March 18, 2015 at 12:07 PM

Very creative Dave. I'm trying to find which part of the closer mountains you enlarged to create the distant mountains. The shadows match perfectly. Nice job of merging.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on March 19, 2015 at 11:35 PM

What a great perspective. This may be the best Mesquite Flats dunes images of all time and the black and white rendition makes it all the better.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on March 20, 2015 at 2:55 PM

Dave, This is Excellent! The larger version is a real treat to view. I like this comp a lot and love the conditions you captured. The b&w looks and works perfect.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by John Williams on March 22, 2015 at 9:37 PM

Great mix of elements! The processing looks good to me, although I think Stuart's suggestion is a great one.

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