Dunes in Motion

[Jon Buffington]

From a trip to GSDNP back in 2014. Never really shared any or many of these so I figured I would share a few. These are the color images, I was also shooting B&W film and converted a bunch of the digital to B&W as well. But for now, color. A test of wills if you wish, my bare legs were being sandblasted to a beet red and I was worried about the gear so no changing of lenses. I believe these were shot with a tamron 24-135 3.5-=5/6 lens that I have since sold (but a good performer of a lens) on a 5dmkii. Always hard to pick just one so I will let you be the judge from this series.

and one with a view back towards Medano Creek

 

[Darcy Grizzle]

That 5th one is amazing, not that they all aren't, but I love the way the sand is blowing and the shadows

 

[Jon Buffington]

That 5th one is amazing, not that they all aren't, but I love the way the sand is blowing and the shadows

Thank you Darcy for the feedback! Hard sometimes to pick my favorite as the whole experience was emotional. My wife elected not come back to the dunes this afternoon after our morning trekking around in them. However, I wanted good side lighting. The pain of being pelted by sand mixed with my awe of the beauty and isolation (alone on the dunes) made the experience otherworldly.

 

[AlanLichty]

I can almost feel the sting of those sand grains on my legs looking at these. Images #2 and #3 are the ones that demonstrate the most intriguing shapes and shadows to me but #1 and #4 are interesting in showing how the ripples are perpendicular to the wind direction. Nice set.

 

[Jon Buffington]

I can almost feel the sting of those sand grains on my legs looking at these. Images #2 and #3 are the ones that demonstrate the most intriguing shapes and shadows to me but #1 and #4 are interesting in showing how the ripples are perpendicular to the wind direction. Nice set.

Thank you Alan very much for the feedback

 

[Darcy Grizzle]

Thank you Darcy for the feedback! Hard sometimes to pick my favorite as the whole experience was emotional. My wife elected not come back to the dunes this afternoon after our morning trekking around in them. However, I wanted good side lighting. The pain of being pelted by sand mixed with my awe of the beauty and isolation (alone on the dunes) made the experience otherworldly.

You are welcome, reminds me of my dune riding on my quad....was so freaky when the sand moved as you were riding & I know the sand blast feeling well .

 

[Zeph]

Great set Jon...

 

[Raphael Sombrio]

Great! The first and the fourth image look very different to me, when usually the most photos about desert have sharp lines.

 

[BarryHamilton]

Very cool stuff. The 5th is really special!