Dunes in Soft Light

Gallery: LandscapePosted April 17, 20152,006 views11 comments

First visit to Death Valley, the end of March, my 2nd morning in the Dunes saw soft light and pastel colors and shading. Hoping the lines and shapes and shadows work. I liked the result. Thanks for looking, all comments appreciated.

Nikon D7100, 70-300 at 200mm, 1/60 at f8, ISO 100, Tripod

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Roel Wijtmans on April 18, 2015 at 10:20 AM

That is a very lovely photo! I absolutely dig the soft light and the shapes in the dunes. I think I would crop the top part though (top 1/10th or so). The part to the left were some details of the mountains are lit by the sun detracts from the nice dunes and pulls my eyes away. Is that a human we see on top of the dune in the distance?

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Comment posted by Jim Erhardt on April 18, 2015 at 10:27 AM

Hoping the lines and shapes and shadows work. I liked the result.

I like the result too, as well as for the mix of warm and cool tones. Well seen!

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Comment posted by Stephen Stanton on April 18, 2015 at 12:25 PM

Thanks for the suggestion and comments Roel and Jim...and yes, that spec is on the top of the dune is a photographer.

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Comment posted by Jean C Cajolet on April 18, 2015 at 1:15 PM

The very well balanced lights give the appearance of 3d picture. I would probably remove the person on the top of a dune, this cuts the beautiful and smooth lines of the dunes. Beautiful picture, I like it a lot. Bravo!

-jc

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on April 18, 2015 at 1:53 PM

Very lovely. The shapes are very elegant and the light quite pleasing.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on April 18, 2015 at 6:54 PM

The soft light works really well here, Stephen. I like all of the depth in the dunes and that added to nicely by the subtle views of the distant mountains. The larger view includes some good details in the shadowed dunes that add a lot to the image.

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Comment posted by Ryan Shain on April 19, 2015 at 10:19 PM

Hi Stephen,

The image works so very well for me because of the diagonals leading my eye, the wonderful textures in the sand, and the light and shadow elements.The hazy background really highlights what is in the foreground, and this works really well in keeping me in the scene and exploring the image.

Truly beautiful photography

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on April 19, 2015 at 11:37 PM

Stephen: I love dunes as subjects. I love the light here and the play of shadows on the scene. Good vision, good photography. >=))>

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Comment posted by D.A. Edwards on April 20, 2015 at 12:03 PM

Very nice light here Stephen and the subject matter is pretty much my favorite! Welcome to NPN.

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Comment posted by Doug Koepsel on April 20, 2015 at 10:32 PM

Nice curves in the soft light. I like that you have cropped of the tops of the background mountains as that puts emphasis on the dunes. I might be inclined to clone out the photographer.

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on April 21, 2015 at 5:59 PM

Very nice!! I like the soft colors and the image has excellent depth to it. Beautiful.

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