May 16, 2014

sand dunes -- Abbott's Lagoon, Point Reyes


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photo by Donald Kinney

Thump, thump, thump… One sure way to get blood coursing through a photographer's veins is to plop him or her down in the middle of an endless field of rippled sand dunes. Snap, snap, snap...



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photo by Donald Kinney

And although the dunes near Abbott's Lagoon at Point Reyes might not have as much variety, or be arranged in such dramatic hills as the dunes we might find in Death Valley or Oceano, their stripedness will do just fine for me.



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photo by Donald Kinney




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2 comments:

John @ Beans and I on the Loose said...

It takes the just right light to make dunes look great and you found it.

AphotoAday said...

Hi SINBAD'S DAD (John) -- yes indeed--that was late in the afternoon. I decided to not convert them to black and white because I wanted to retain their warmth.

 
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