The Waves

Uploaded: November 22, 2006 13:40:57

Description

This beautiful sea of sand lies again in Scenic Idaho...that offers Deserts like Bruneau Dunes, mountains like Sawtooths, lakes like Pend O'Reilly, Waterfalls like Shoshone Falls and Mesa Falls, craters and lava tubes like in Craters of the moon, farms like palouse.

On a family camping trip, I took a break in the evening to explore the tallest dune (490 ft). I took a diversion as the sun seemed to reach the horizon earlier than I thought. This place lies in the valley and sun sets early here. On the way I watched beetles crawling on the sand, rabbits playing in the bushes, met birds returning to their nests. I also observed and carefully avoided the countless tracks of beetles, coyotes, and rabbits and possibly snakes too. I came to the base of his smaller dune, where I was welcomed by this sea of sand. I was the only surfer there on these waves, along with a couple of bushes like the one I captured here.

I used the 16-35 mm lens on 20D. Tripod as low as possible. Used polarize

Comments

randy dannheim November 22, 2006

Lalit, this is incredible, just incredible. #561239

RC Fritz November 22, 2006

Fantastic Waves! Great image Lalit! #3616827

Janine Russell level-deluxe November 22, 2006

Lalit, excellent detail, lighting and DOF. #3617905

Lalit S. Deshmukh November 30, 2006

Thank you Randy, RC and Janine for looking and commenting on this photo. #3651507

Susan M. Hembree December 29, 2006

Wonderful, eye-leading photo, Lalit. A much deserved finalist! Congratulations! #3752296

Janine Russell level-deluxe December 29, 2006

Lalit, congratulations on your finalist. #3752555

Inge Johnsson December 29, 2006

Congrats! I've never been to Bruneau Dunes, but it looks fantastic. I guess it would be a long drive from Seattle where I live. Really good composition and lighting. #3753455

Kay E. Mahoney level-classic December 29, 2006

Congratulations on your finalist. Good luck in the next round. #3756416

Cathy M. Gromball December 29, 2006

Congratulations on this wonderful finalist, Lalit!

Cathy :) #3757772


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