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Great Sand Dunes

Great Sand Dunes

I took this photo with a telephoto lens to show the immense scale of the Great Sand Dunes. If you look closely you can see 4 hikers in the image....
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I took this photo with a telephoto lens to show the immense scale of the Great Sand Dunes. If you look closely you can see 4 hikers in the image.
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camera

NIKON D750

settings

settings

Aperture 6/1 ISO 100 Shutter 1/320 Focal Length 3800/10

upload_date

upload_date

Dec, 2016

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2630

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+708

Awards

Zenith Award

Creative Winter Award

Curator's Selection

Legendary Award

Contest Finalist in Spectacular Monochromes Photo Contest

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Contest Finalist in Image Of The Month Photo Contest Vol 17

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Peer Award

+262

Superb Composition

+60

Absolute Masterpiece

+51

Outstanding Creativity

+22

Top Choice

+21

Magnificent Capture

+2

All Star

Superior Skill

Genius

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Fabulous shot! I love the little people showing off the scale of the image. Well done.

Great capture, the people really make it interesting.

Platinum

Excellent!

I like the way your light captures the form of the dunes, and if I rotate it to the left ,it could be so many things... Simple and deeply satisfying image. Perfect!!!

Great shot, I love visiting this location for photos

Ultimate

Exeptional and dramatic lighting, well done and great work!

amazing picture

Love the tones and textures

Stunning photo and landscape

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