In a moment of temporary insanity i decided i needed some GSD shots in the midst of a hellacious windstorm, so i ran out to the Park on Wednesday. By mid-afternoon, the winds were blowing 70+ mph and the tour buses ran away, and i think i was the only one left in the park (my car was the only one i could see!) It was totally surreal as the cloud of sand slowly obliterated the mountains, and the sun slipped into a brown haze. I tried to celebrate the return of Medano Creek with a hike upstream, but after a half mile i threw in the towel as the winds were just too much. So i bushwacked up the Sangres to get out of the wind and get some views from above, then headed back down for the otherworldly sunset. Here's one from near sunset.
8) This isnt colorized or converted--just straight auto WB.
Thats all for now, still have a couple favs to process, i got a very brief bit of color at sunset.
Posted by Bill Pelzmann on April 30, 2010 at 2:54 AM
Great composition in #1. I love those ripples on Medano Creek.
Yep, Bill, but not much skin left on my face
My Mkii will need a good cleaning--about halfway through i got a friendly 'error message' informing me that it had malfunctioned (nice to be warned) and i had to clean out the lens contacts to get it working again!
These are all great Stan, very unique with the Sand storm lighting etc. I really like #1, look forward to seeing those few favs you're processing too .
Posted by Todd Caudle on April 30, 2010 at 9:48 AM
They're all great, but #6, #6, #6, #6, #6!!! WOW!!!
Posted by Jason Woerly on April 30, 2010 at 10:15 AM
Posted by Jesse Speer on April 30, 2010 at 11:18 AM
You just keep getting better and better. #1 is pretty special. (You might also look at a 4x5 crop, centering that shrub/glow.) This is a great set.
Great effort, again.
Posted by Joshua Hardin on April 30, 2010 at 11:34 AM
You're going to be using the blower brush to clean the sand out of your equipment for a while.
Looks like enduring that wind was worth it though. This is quite a unique set of dune images. #6 also caught my eye the most, but I'm really fond of #1 and #5 too. Sweet stuff.
#1 is my favorite, followed by #1, and #1 comes in third as well. Oh, did I mention I really like #1. Seriously, great comp on #1 with the ripples in the water echoing the ripples of the dunes, really super stuff, Stan.
Posted by Bill Brennan on April 30, 2010 at 12:50 PM
All great. Thanks for sharing the images and the conditions as they add drama to the images.
Bill Brennan
Posted by Pam Colander on April 30, 2010 at 1:46 PM
You know Stan, there are salons where you can get dermabrasion without trashing your gear. Besides the fact that you are crazy, good thinking to go...no footprints to worry about
Posted by Brian Jackson on April 30, 2010 at 1:56 PM
Doesn't look like a lot of fun, but looks like you came away with a few keepers.
Posted by Paul Wegemann on April 30, 2010 at 2:17 PM
You're a brave man for taking on those conditions, especially with camera gear. I love #1, Stan, especially that foreground. I've never seen a dunes view like #6. I really enjoy that image.
Posted by Todd Caudle on April 30, 2010 at 4:15 PM
Oh yeah, I like the way Pam thinks: No footprints! That's ingenious! Hey man, now that I'm looking at these on my desktop instead of my laptop, I'm still lovin' #6, but that first one takes on even more power for me. Same goes for #4.
Stan these are all very nice but the ripples in the first one takes the cake. But u
the last one is a very close second. Excellent work. Always love your dune shots!
A very good series!
I moan and whine about these Spring winds, but you just plowed straight ahead and captured a fine collection to add to your body of work from here. That's inspiring...
My favorites that warrant inclusion in the 'book' are the one you posted at ES&S and #7. The patterns there are just sublime.
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32 repliesThats all for now, still have a couple favs to process, i got a very brief bit of color at sunset.
Any paint left on your car ?
My Mkii will need a good cleaning--about halfway through i got a friendly 'error message' informing me that it had malfunctioned (nice to be warned) and i had to clean out the lens contacts to get it working again!
Great effort, again.
Looks like enduring that wind was worth it though. This is quite a unique set of dune images. #6 also caught my eye the most, but I'm really fond of #1 and #5 too. Sweet stuff.
Bill Brennan
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the last one is a very close second. Excellent work. Always love your dune shots!
I moan and whine about these Spring winds, but you just plowed straight ahead and captured a fine collection to add to your body of work from here. That's inspiring...
My favorites that warrant inclusion in the 'book' are the one you posted at ES&S and #7. The patterns there are just sublime.
That does look brutal!