Sunrise Light on Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes

@WABIKOJA: Thanks Wabikoja, sometimes just a bit of a differenct perspective can make an overdone location fresh.

@Stefan: Hey Stefan, thanks for all your continued support. That light is honestly present for no more than 4-5 minutes, after that, it turns cold quickly.

@Marion: Good morning Marion, Death Valley has endless photo possibilities assuming one shoots under the correct light. On clear sky days, that is dawn/sunrise and sunset/dusk. After that it is slot canyons as the light gets too harsh. Hopefully one day (not in the summer) you can visit.

@Stéphane: Hi Stephane, that light is golden but it comes and goes quickly.

@Eleftheria: Hello my young friend - thank you for all of your nice comments - I hope all is well with you and your family.

@Sarah Schneider Photography: Hi Sarah - enough said - thank you!

@Anouk: Thank you Anouk.

@BoB: Thank you Bob.

@Sergei Z: Thanks Sergei. I once heard a famous professional glofer say: "golf is a game of luck, the more I practice the luckier I get." Isn't that true for most things in life! Thanks for writing in.

@Scott Schilling: Hi Scott, thanks for the comments - I was somewhat inspired by arial images of sand dunes in the Nambia desert by Art Wolfe. Obvioulsy I wasn't in a plane, but the elevation perspective certainly gave these dunes a different feel. Hope all is well with you.

@Ted: Thanks Ted. I stayed in Wales once with my family on vacation. We stayed in a tiny village called Dolognog if I recall. Beautiful area - lots of rolling green hills, trees, and plenty of sheep!

@Batkoï: Thank you Batkoi - please visit again.

@Yonatan: You make a great point Yonatan, and one of the reasons Gary and I selected this vantage point was to try to incorporate some foreground boulders into the frame to provide that sense of scale you talk about. Unfortunately, none of the compositions worked, thus I went for the pano. What I do like about the absence of any depth clues, is that the image becomes somewhat of an abstract, without the title, I'm not sure if one could immediately identify these as giant sand dunes. As the crow flys, we are probably about a mile away. Suffice it to say, if one were to park a bus in the middle of this image, it would appear no larger that any of the foliage.

@peter: Thanks Peter.

@Marie LC: Good morning Marie, this is one of the reasons I love photographing on the fringes of the day, with the sun low to the horizon the light skims. Five minutes after I made this image I was done shooting - the sun was too high and the warm color had drained from the light - it was time for breakfast. Hope all is well with you.

@john4jack: Thank you.

@Helma: Thanks you Helma.