A Walk in the Clouds

Gallery: LandscapePosted March 30, 20131,170 views28 comments

The pastel purgatory of color between twilight and sunrise among the great sand dunes of Lencois Maranhenses. Brazil.

This is one of my favorite places on earth. The emptiness, the light, the warm tropical breeze, the soft sand under your feet, it is simply out of this world. Thanks for looking.

Mike

Comments

28 comments

Comment posted by Stan Rose on March 30, 2013 at 7:58 PM

Wow! Love it, Mike!

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on March 30, 2013 at 8:17 PM

I agree with Stan, Wow! What a wonderful look and feel this has. Really a beautiful and emotional image!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Matt Anderson on March 30, 2013 at 8:56 PM

Wow, what a beauty.
Magflippinriffic!

I'd rather look at this then the Ohio St. beating going on right now.

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Comment posted by Kane Engelbert on March 30, 2013 at 8:57 PM

Dreamscape. Michael, you are connecting with all with this one.

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Comment posted by Aaron Feinberg on March 30, 2013 at 9:21 PM

Love this place. Colors seem a bit much though...more in the sky than ground. Good to see you're still alive ;)

aF

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Comment posted by Jon Daining on March 30, 2013 at 9:34 PM

Beautiful image, Mike. This is a location I've wanted to travel to for a while. The blue in the left upper corner seems a bit dark while the saturation in the clouds is slightly stronger than I'd prefer. Never the less, this is still a wonderful image.

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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on March 30, 2013 at 9:37 PM

I'm going! This is beautiful Michael. What is better than dune and water?

What I do wish is that you posted a larger version.

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on March 30, 2013 at 10:44 PM

I saw the thumbnail and thought to myself, That's Mike Anderson. Beautiful form and color. love it!

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Comment posted by Ben Horne on March 30, 2013 at 11:33 PM

I knew this was yours the moment I saw the thumbnail. I really like the surreal light that is falling on the foreground sand, and also how it is reflected in the water. This is an absolutely fabulous location. It's great to see the shots you have taken here over the years, and I look forward to what you bring home in the future as well.

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Comment posted by Peter Coskun on March 31, 2013 at 3:20 AM

Absolutely brilliant. A real dreamscape. Can't say much more here, pretty much speechless.

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Comment posted by Hamed Musharbak on March 31, 2013 at 4:41 AM

one of your best indeed !!!

is this a heaven of earth

very striking

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on March 31, 2013 at 11:10 AM

Sublime light and color. An otherworldly and beautiful image.

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on March 31, 2013 at 11:35 AM

I didnt even notice the polarized sky until i saw this on FB--should be a fairly easy fix with selective color or gradient work. Sky colors are pretty strong, but this is a scene that can stand some strong color--so it's in bounds for me,

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Comment posted by Abdullaziz Bin Ali on March 31, 2013 at 11:35 AM

Well done mike

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Comment posted by Bill Reid on March 31, 2013 at 12:28 PM

Wonderful tones and colors in this Mike and great composition. Beautifully done.

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Comment posted by Chris Chamberlain on March 31, 2013 at 12:29 PM

Beautiful. This really makes me want to be there! I've never seen anyone else post images from here anywhere else. So it must be pretty lonesome out there(a good thing). Nice colors, but maybe a little intense for the serenity of the scene, in the sky?

Chris

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Comment posted by Sandipan Dutta on March 31, 2013 at 1:00 PM

Indeed it's out of the world !

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Comment posted by Ian Cameron on March 31, 2013 at 1:24 PM

Hi Mike

Outrageous. Many months ago I had a look through your portfolio of images at these dunes and I resolved that this is a place I would visit for myself taking as long as I need to get there and shoot. I have very few bucket list places to visit but this is one of them. Your image does nothing to dissuade me from going.

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Comment posted by Marc Adamus on March 31, 2013 at 1:43 PM

Lushious and silky smooth. What a place! I just met with a Brazilian photographer last week who said this was his favorite place on earth. Are we looking down on clouds or something in the distance?

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Comment posted by Sairam Sundaresan on March 31, 2013 at 5:42 PM

Wow! simply gorgeous Mike!

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Comment posted by Adam Smith on March 31, 2013 at 7:08 PM

Wonderful image and great use of lines and colors. I would have like personally for the sky to be just a little more on the lighter side. But at the same time, contradicting myself I also like it the way it is. But, this image is stellar. The emotions within the frame run thick. Very nicely done.

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Comment posted by Barry Ashenhurst on April 1, 2013 at 1:24 AM

Love the idea Mike but the colours look a bit Disney to me (and I orta know coz I've produced plenty of 'em). Run yhis through a Curves adjustment in Colour Mode and see what it tells you.

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Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on April 1, 2013 at 8:11 AM

Fantastic light - the sweeping curves of the sand look so inviting. The blues on the left look a bit too strong, maybe a polarizer? Some great abstracts must have been found with in the dunes and water interface.

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Comment posted by Shantikara Valuska on April 1, 2013 at 10:53 AM

Excellent image. Glad to see new work from you!

This must be a magical place.
Just a small thing, I also feel the polarized(?) sky on the left a bit strong.

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Comment posted by Wayne Willison on April 2, 2013 at 2:26 PM

Stunning.

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Comment posted by Anil Rao on April 3, 2013 at 10:08 AM

What a beauty Mike. This landscape is unlike anything I have seen and you have portrayed it in perfect fashion.

Your work is a real inspiration.

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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on April 3, 2013 at 11:11 PM

No really. I have looked into this place. I will be going!

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Comment posted by Gary McGhee on April 5, 2013 at 4:27 PM

An amazing landscape, love the photo.

Gary.

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