Stormy Sand Dunes Sunset

Was scrambling up above Blue Lake, Sierra Blanca, yesterday (tons of snow above 12K ft!) on my way out, noticed a big thunderstorm over the range headed SE, and figured i'd have a decent shot at great dunes lighting, so i headed up to the dunes lot and waited for the driving rain to quit. The cold east wind coming down from the mts was vicious, and it looked like i was out of luck since cloud debris was killing the sunlight. FInally, 15 minutes before sunset i got the lucky break. Here's the intro, comments welcome! On the first shot, i adjusted the WB in RAW, because as auto it looked too blue to me, in the second i left it as auto.

Here's #2, Medano creek was raging, was fun crossing it! #3 (my best shot?) ill post on ESS.

Stan,

I really like the second one. It might be nice if the people were not centered, but that is no big deal.

The first one is nice, but looks a little grainy/noisy and it makes it hard to differentiate between the image grain and the blowing sand.

Mel-