2010: Wildscapes - Highly Commended
Floris van Breugel (zzzSpare)
Death Valley dunes
Sunrise bathes the Mesquite Sand Dunes in California's Death Valley National Park in pinks and oranges and creates the shadows that emphasize the wind-whipped dunescapes. To avoid any detail and a sense of scale, Floris stationed himself a good distance away, overlooking the valley, and used a telephoto lens. 'The sensual forms and ever-changing nature of sand dunes fascinate me more than any other landscape,' he says.
Canon 5D Mark II + 500mm lens + 1.4x teleconverter; 5 sec at f4; ISO 100; Gitzo tripod + Markins ballhead + Wimberley sidekick.
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