Sand Dunes

wfeller

Crokey

What an incredible landscape, I've always wanted to try and shoot desert-scapes. I know it's probably cliched but I wonder what this scene would have looked like a little later in the evening, maybe actually after twilight when the shadows wouldn't be too strong. You've probably done that already though with other photos if you live near the area! By the way, your hometown has one of the coolest names ever!

wfeller

Thanks Colin. The state is correct, the name is a variable--but no matter what I call it, it's always the Mojave Desert.

I shot this in 2008. It was a midday session and I had missed the short and early spring--about 2-3 weeks in late January. I've been waiting to see if I can hit it when it's right, but that's not happening this dry year. The low vegetation is dune evening primrose, which as you suspect, comes alive after the sun goes down. Maybe next year, or after next the next wet fall I'll spend a couple nights out there. Until then I'll probably do some dodging and burning to bring out the crazy curves I see in there and balance the image out.

Crokey

wfeller wrote: »

Thanks Colin. The state is correct, the name is a variable--but no matter what I call it, it's always the Mojave Desert.

I shot this in 2008. It was a midday session and I had missed the short and early spring--about 2-3 weeks in late January. I've been waiting to see if I can hit it when it's right, but that's not happening this dry year. The low vegetation is dune evening primrose, which as you suspect, comes alive after the sun goes down. Maybe next year, or after next the next wet fall I'll spend a couple nights out there. Until then I'll probably do some dodging and burning to bring out the crazy curves I see in there and balance the image out.

It's remarkable the winter across the world this year! We've had no snow in my part of Korea, this time last year I could walk out on the lakes whereas tomorrow it's going to be 10degrees celsius(about 50farenheit) and my mother tells me she's got bees in her garden back in Ireland

wfeller

Our high here in the Mojave Desert was probably about 50f. Very nice in the sun though. Freezes at night. The dog's water bucket had about 1/4 inch of ice (poor dogs). Not unusual though for this time of year. No snow in the mountains about 20 miles away where typically we'll have about 2-4ft. Dry. Very dry.