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Panamint Dunes (Morning)

Death Valley National Park, California.

Death Valley National Park, California.
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NIKON D40X

settings

Aperture f/22.0 ISO 100 Shutter 10/250

upload_date

Jun, 2013

Views

1899

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+515

Awards

Featured

Superb Composition

+101

Top Choice

+51

Absolute Masterpiece

+38

Peer Award

+20

Outstanding Creativity

All Star

Exceptional Contrast

Jaw Dropping

Magnificent Capture

Superior Skill

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very nice

Wonderful shot with lovely natural side lighting picking out the dunes' contours. Congratulations.

Very nice classic view of amazing sand dunes. fantastic sanddrift layers and excellent light and shadow combination. Amazing nice clear blue sky as backdrop.....Brilliant capture. Congrats on the feature.

Awesome texture and contrast! Congratulations on your Feature!

Platinum

Fantastic image - love the textures of light and dark! Congrats on being featured!

Beautifyl shadowplay here Milo, must have been a tough shot, nicely done. Congrats today!

Beautiful capture that show excellent texture.Congrats!

Stunning capture..love the textures..congrats!!

PRO+

Wonderful light and texture! Congratulations on being featured.

Congrats!

PRO

makes me feel as if I am climbing this immense dune, wonderful shot, congrats!

Great composition and light, congrats on your feature!

Stunning shot, congratulations

Platinum

Great image. Congrats. - Jake

PRO+

Fantastic shot, Congratulations on your featured image..:~)

breathtaking and fantastic!

Interesting scene. Congrats...

c'est splendide

Nice work

Premium

Awesome!!

Excellant capture !

Beautiful

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Behind The Lens

Location

I captured this photograph in the remote Panamint Dunes, located in Death Valley National Park in California. I had spotted these dunes from a distance and thought it might be a good idea to spend a day or night out there.

Time

This shot was captured just before sunset. The contrast between the illuminated sand and the shadows is what made me shoot this scene.

Lighting

Dunes, of course, are all about the lighting. The fine particles of sand have a lot of shadowed hues and low lighting seems to really capture the beauty.

Equipment

Nikon D40x, 12-24mm Nikkor lens, a B+W circular polarizer, and a Quantaray tripod.

Inspiration

I love the play of light on the sand and watching the shadows grow longer/shorter as the Sun rises/sets.

Editing

Very little post-processing was done on this shot. Just some cropping and dust removal as I shot the scene with an F/22 aperture.

In my camera bag

When this photograph was made, I carried the Nikon D40x camera, a 12-24mm Nikkor lens, a 28-300mm Nikkor zoom lens, a B+W circular polarizer, and a Quantaray tripod.

Feedback

The best advice I can give to anyone wishing to capture beautiful landscapes is to just get out to your favorite wilderness and walk around. The beauty will just leap up at you and all you have to do is be there and click the shutter!!!

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Panamint Dunes (Morning)

Death Valley National Park, California.

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