Posted by Kane Engelbert on February 16, 2011 at 10:19 PM
This past Saturday, Koveh and I headed for the Dunes to find that magic light I keep talking about.
We had an absolute blast hiking to Star Dune for an evening shoot. That's a tough Dune to crack. We took our time and finally made the summit. We literally had zero wind for 2.5 hrs of just hanging out. It's not often you can leave your camera bag open for an evening photo shoot in the dunes.
We watched the clouds build up at the last second too. Then sunset!
I went mostly wide this trip, Koveh seemed to be shooting alot of 30-60mm, plus he got a lot more inovative with his stuff than I did, so I'm looking forward to seeing it. Maybe he will post......
Posted by Jody Grigg on February 16, 2011 at 10:27 PM
Very purdy looking Kane!
Posted by Bert Fukuda on February 16, 2011 at 10:39 PM
Pretty freaking sweet. We should plan an RMNP outing to the dunes.
Posted by Richard Olsen on February 16, 2011 at 11:03 PM
Awsome!
Posted by Jack Garrett on February 16, 2011 at 11:03 PM
I second that Bert...these are very nice Kane...love the colors and comps!
Posted by Todd Caudle on February 16, 2011 at 11:05 PM
Beeyoooteefull!
Posted by John Mumaw on February 16, 2011 at 11:08 PM
Superb composition and light! I love how the sand ridges lead (zoom?) my eye right to the mountains and that sweet sunset light.
Posted by Jack Garrett on February 16, 2011 at 11:40 PM
I second that Bert...these are very nice Kane...love the colors and comps!
Posted by Kurt Bowman on February 17, 2011 at 12:43 AM
Very, very sweet work Kane!
Posted by Doug Koepsel on February 17, 2011 at 9:39 AM
Kane, Very nice vantage, sunset colors and light on the sand. I like how the lines in the clouds and in the dunes funnel the eyes to the snowy peaks. If you wanted to get away from a 50/50 split, you could crop the top half of the sky and still have a great image. Either way this is nice
Posted by Lynn Scott on February 17, 2011 at 10:44 AM
I took a look around the rest of your site... If I'm out that way, I'll totally do Long's with you. Although I think the better sunrise pictures are from the Boulderfield. Perhaps two sunrises?
Posted by Don Grall on February 17, 2011 at 2:52 PM
What everybody else said! Really love the composition, and Ma Nature really cooperated big time for you with spectacular conditions!
Posted by Jeremy Kessler on February 17, 2011 at 8:29 PM
Fantastic!
Posted by Stan Rose on February 18, 2011 at 12:18 AM
I was just reading Koveh's 'landscape' post comments, wondering why it took so long to get to Star--well, now i know...you guys were taking some crazy 'scenic route'
Real pretty, Kane, i love the sky colors here. Not totally sold on the 50/50 comp, id prefer more sky/less sand here, but thats personal taste.
Posted by Jared Atencio on February 18, 2011 at 1:04 AM
Wow, awesome shot Kane! I prefer the opposite of Stan here, and like Doug's suggestion of taking the top 1/2 of the sky off, but like it as posted as well. Really terrific work here
Posted by Morris McClung on February 18, 2011 at 11:43 AM
Excellent comp, great light, and lovely color. Very well done!
Posted by Steve Robinson on February 19, 2011 at 2:08 PM
An absolutely gorgeous image!
Posted by Rene Pirolt on February 19, 2011 at 3:26 PM
Gorgeous shot, Kane. And I really like the comp.
Posted by Brian Jackson on February 22, 2011 at 6:01 PM
Great work. One of the best dune shots I've seen in a while.
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23 repliesWe had an absolute blast hiking to Star Dune for an evening shoot. That's a tough Dune to crack. We took our time and finally made the summit. We literally had zero wind for 2.5 hrs of just hanging out. It's not often you can leave your camera bag open for an evening photo shoot in the dunes.
We watched the clouds build up at the last second too.
I went mostly wide this trip, Koveh seemed to be shooting alot of 30-60mm, plus he got a lot more inovative with his stuff than I did, so I'm looking forward to seeing it. Maybe he will post......
Two vertical Zeiss 21mm images stitched.
http://www.kaephotography.com/photo/dune-2/ :
I'm with Bert about planning an RMNP outing to the dunes.
I took a look around the rest of your site... If I'm out that way, I'll totally do Long's with you. Although I think the better sunrise pictures are from the Boulderfield. Perhaps two sunrises?
Real pretty, Kane, i love the sky colors here. Not totally sold on the 50/50 comp, id prefer more sky/less sand here, but thats personal taste.