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Kalahari Dune Palette
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Kalahari Dune Palette

by Morkel Erasmus

Gallery: LandscapePosted June 28, 2015116 views7 comments

Been a while since I posted a scape here :)

I was cleaning up some images from our December 2014 trip to the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (Kalahari Desert).

I captured this "vertorama" (horizontal images stacked vertically for a panorama) from the window of my vehicle driving over the red dune fields late one afternoon as a storm was building up.

Techs:
Nikon D800
Nikkor 24-70mm f2.8 @ 24mm
Circular Polariser
f11 | 1/250 SS | ISO-720
Handheld - no getting out here, it's lion country...literally

Comments

7 comments
Comment posted by Eva McDermott on June 29, 2015 at 9:52 AM

The contrast between the Orange earth and blue sky is striking Morkel.  I also like the square format.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on June 29, 2015 at 12:31 PM

The orange ground vs stormy blue sky creates some fine drama, Morkel.  I agree with Eva about the square format.

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on June 29, 2015 at 2:35 PM

Great color contrast of the orange and blue and great clouds. Beautiful.

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Comment posted by gary phillips on June 29, 2015 at 3:13 PM

Reminds me of our red dirt here in S. Utah.  Of course we do not have the lions.sad  Very peaceful image image of a very wild place.

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Comment posted by Roel Wijtmans on June 29, 2015 at 4:01 PM

This photo gives me a bit of the creeps, and I'm not sure why. Maybe because the world seems to end at the piece of land in fornt of us? A very nice capture! The vibrance of the orange sand is very appealing.

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Comment posted by Jean C Cajolet on June 29, 2015 at 11:50 PM

I also like this contrast between the sky and this orange earth. The dark creates a kind of drama over this lion country. I like it.

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Comment posted by Morkel Erasmus on June 30, 2015 at 7:08 PM

Thanks for your comments, folks...

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