Falling Skies

Namibia is like my second home - I've been there countless times andsimply love the country. When I went there for the first time, hardlyanyone had ever heard of it, let alone seen photographs of the surrealscenery. Now, many years later, it is one of the most popularlandscape photography destinations in Africa, there are Namibiapictures all over the internet, and for a large part I have myself toblame for it, bringing groups there every year. As a result, it'sbecoming increasingly more difficult to create something original atthis incredible place.

This year I got very lucky when the heavens decided to bring mesomething entirely different from the blue skies that I've become soused to. What you see here is very dense fog creeping over the dunes,about to fill the valley. The fog lasted for over an hour even aftersunrise, and it was the most magical hour I have ever spent there.

D3s, AF-S 14-24/2.8, 1/13 @ f/8, ISO 200, focus blend

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Very nice composition, the cracks lead me through the image to the dead trees and dunes. Very well done. 6

You are correct, this is quite different than most of the scenes I see from this dune field in Namibia.  I wonder if maybe a little contrast tweak for the FG and maybe a touch of a 1-3% gradient vignette might give this even a bit more dramatic punch.  Wonderful composition, exposure and presentation.  Cheers!  Chris

I have seen many photos of this scene with high color contrast, i.e. blue sky versus the red sand dune. This image certainly offers a different perspective and it is very beautiful. It may also be interesting to capture this scene during a sand storm but I don't think anyone wants to risk the camera in that situation :)

nice composition

Stunning colors, stunning composed. Well done!!

Wow , Amazing image

Original ... Other lights and tones, other than we're used to seeing in this magnificent setting.

 

Original also in the perspective and composition. It's a risky framing with the tree-centered, but it works really well.

 

I like the sinuous lines of the cracks in the foreground, as they are replicated by those formed by the trees in the median plane.

 

The low viewpoint work very well to give presence to the character tree.

 

Finally discuss the tonal succession of horizontal planes, soft and attractive.

 

Regards!

Fantastic place and beautiful photo.

Love the lonelyness and dramatic sky.

Fitts all very good together!

Molto bella!

So cold and yet so beautiful.

Regards AW

very nice shoot