Death Valley, a photo from California, West

Photographer's Note

Hello all, another image from my trip to Death Valley.
The dunes are such a dramatic place to photograph. It changes daily, from the road they look small but when walking out onto them, they are expansive. They are an easy walk from the road.

©2015 Karen C. Abel All rights reserved

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No_One (4) 2015-06-15 9:17

Hi Karen,
I think this is phenomenal use of the light to create this visually stunning and atmospheric photo. Death valley, a good name as the sands curves in the forground are almost mesmerising and they lead into the blackness beyond. It's dramatic and very eye catching, brilliant photo.
Cheers
Noel

cornejo (61504) 2015-06-15 9:23

Hi Karen, Excellent photograph of this beautiful and interesting composition in Death Valley, very well captured in this beautiful image with good sharpness, light, color and quality. Great and interesting work well done, congratulations my friend. Thanks for sharing this beautiful work.

Good evening and happy week.
Best wishes from the south of Spain.
Angel.

rbassin (27472) 2015-06-15 10:14

Hello Karen,
Cette photo est splendide.
Les vaguelettes de sable avec la lumiиre forment un bon graphisme.
Trиs belle couleur
Amicalement
Roland

chrisnet (23062) 2015-06-15 11:26

Hello Karen,
I like this excellent graphism, these dunes are very impressive, good light and sharpness too, a very good shot.
Regards
Christian

dta (98848) 2015-06-15 12:02

Hello Karen ,
for sure , you've chosen the best moment to capture this dunes landscape . The lateral light provides wonderful contrasts . graphism and colors are amazing .
splendid !

delpeoples (60342) 2015-06-15 13:37

Gidday dear Karen

Of all the recent photos in the Gallery, this one really stood out. So first and foremost, congratulations, it's a stunning and beautifully executed photo. The play of light and shade is phenomenal and I love the choice of the vertical format. The low Point of View has exaggerated the depth and also given us a far more artistic view of these amazing dunes. Secondly, and I don't want this to sound condescending (I certainly don't mean to) but your photography has reached such a stage of excellence. I always look forward to viewing and critiquing it.

Thanks for sharing and I hope you have a lovely week
Lisa

poutpout (3538) 2015-06-15 14:26

Hello Karen
Awesome presentation..Lovely warm orange color..
Great play with the light and the shaded area
a natural wonder

Robert

emka (158932) 2015-06-15 15:19

Hello Karen,

Maybe a bit different colour but the shape of this dune is similar to the dunes of Namibia. beautiful wrincles of sand. really spectacular view with close up.

WArm regard s Malgo

mayjayne (7204) 2015-06-16 7:58

Hi Karen,

I have viewed many shots of the dunes, but this one is surely among the top shots. The perspective is cleverly chosen so that the graphism effect is showed off to its best effect with the play of light and shadow. Superb shot !

TFS,
May

CLODO (45118) 2015-06-20 8:02

Hi Karen

Hats off for this amazing pattern of sand with the low sun giving shadows and so the 3D feeling; sharpness overall, but I would have tried to get the sunlit triangle at top at 1/3 and not in the middle of the picture
Congratulations
CLODO

photoray (13981) 2015-06-28 16:47

Howdy Karen,

Attractive early morning or late afternoon view of the Mesquite Sand Dunes, enhancing the details of the flowing sand patterns with light and shadows. The vertical format allows for dominate foreground leading into the distant larger sand peak.

Well done,
Cheers,
Ray

fotka (9145) 2015-06-30 4:58

Hi Karen,
Wow, this is something special. Beautiful waves of sand with perfect light and shade. The gold color make eye-catching photo.
Kind regards,
Zbigniew

williewhistler (16606) 2015-07-01 11:39

Hello Karen,
your imaginative view point combined with good exposure settings has resulted in a technically excellent photograph.
The gorgeous textures and curves draw the eye along and through the oh so interesting landscape.A fabulous shot.
Warm regards Les.

adores (46979) 2015-07-02 11:12

Hi Karen!
Great shot, You framed the dunes really well! I like the low pov, the pattern and the textures of the sand. The soft light is just great!

Matyas (0) 2015-08-08 5:50

Hello Karen! Amazing landscape. Fantastic vertical format. Good shadowplay. Excellent lightness and colours. Marvelous sharpness and texture. Splendid work. Regards!

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claudeD (47754) 2015-09-23 12:15

Hello Karen,

wonderful view from Death Valley showing this amazing dunes under perfect colors and excellent sharpness. I like your picture here very much.TFS.

With regards from Luxembourg

JC

npecanhuk (79329) 2015-10-02 2:19

Hi Karen!
A wonderful picture of that unique place!
Special regards to the exposure, vertical format, chosen pov and composition!
TFS - congrats,
Cheers,
Neyvan

Rafer (0) 2015-10-19 10:06

Impresive and excellent my friend.....super shot....Greetings KarenЎЎЎ

aligooya (10) 2015-11-08 11:01

Just amazing! composition, color, contrast ...

eldancer1 (36343) 2015-11-17 7:33

Beautiful! I like the undisturbed sand formation, great lighting and the shadows created depth. Wonderful colors with good saturation. Very well done, tfs.

I've been thinking about going to Death Valley this winter, how far is this from Furnace Creek? Which direction?

abmdsudi (95869) 2016-01-16 20:38

Hi Karen
An alluring capture with lovely rich colours, subtle shadows and flowing shapes within the sand. Everything a good landscape photo needs to be, pin sharp, great lighting and leads the eye in brilliantly. There's nothing like the smoothness to awaken the artist-satisfying feeling looking at this - hard to imagine the true scale of this. Gorgeous shot, Congrats
Best wishes

macjake (98544) 2016-09-08 3:35

Hi Karen
so glad you posted this, it brings back great memories.
Isn't Death Valley an amazing place to visit!
so many photo opps here.

and you used the light/shadow combinations so well.
really like the contrasts, the lines, the forms, you created a fine piece of art here
cheers
Craig

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