windy dunes

this is a pretty simple layered composition of the big dunes north of maputo in mozambique. this was the morning of departure from the area following a couple of nights camping with friends and family. this morning, the southerly wind was howling across the dunes, bringing cool air from antartica - so at 20 deg centigrade - this was a chilly winter's day in mozambique. brrrr. the air was full of stuff - dust, sand - and creating textures and layers and highlights. this, by the way, is in full glorious technicolor but the stuff in the air made it almost perfectly duotoned.

Have a look at the L A R G E R version for details of those textures.

this'll be my last post for a few weeks - off for a road trip in mozambique, zimbabwe and south africa - taking in some scuba diving, the chimanimani mountains (from the mozambique side), the Great Zimbabwe Ruins, Gonarezhou and down for a couple of days' hiking in the Blyde River Canyon. Out on Sunday, back sometime in July!

Thanks for looking - let me know your thoughts, comments and critiques!

d700, 80-200mm, tripod, no filters but double processed single RAW file.