Canon 70-200mm
f/10, 1/80sec, ISO 250
I was only attending because I had missed the deadline to withdraw. I was considering quitting photography because I didn't feel the joy in creating something any more.
Fortunately, the workshop instructor believes in letting students go where they feel called, so he encouraged me to go off and shoot the dunes instead of attending one of the field sessions.
I headed off in the late afternoon with no expectations. As the light got lower, incredible shadows and shapes were created on the dunes. I took photo after photo, feeling a sense of exhilarating freedom as there was so much to create. I got my photography mojo back that afternoon, and this was one of my favorite captures.
I isolated this beautiful curve in the dunes to show the flowing shape and texture of the sand. Sand dunes are one of my favorite things to photograph because there is no obvious composition to capture; it is all that you can create with what is in front of you.
Winter in the Mesquite Flat Dunes is especially great to photograph because the low light creates long shadows and deep colors.
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