Sunset at White Sands National Park
Aug 3, 2016 09:00:53 #
Aug 3, 2016 09:04:22 #
roxiemarty wrote:
White Sands is a very difficult photography challenge! But I keep going back at it every couple of years or so. The best times are after a rainstorm, sunrise or sunset. During the day, it is so hot and the light is just blinding and brutal!! I vowed never to return the first time I went there. But I have since discovered the deserts natural beauty. Here are a few from this past weeks effort.
This a very nice set. You did a good job capturing it....Rich
Aug 3, 2016 10:19:01 #
Very nice photos.....especially your #2 photo. Thanks for sharing.
Aug 3, 2016 10:24:00 #
Aug 3, 2016 11:01:22 #
RobertW
Loc: Breezy Point, New York
Spent eight years living in and around the deserts in the Middle East so I know what you achieved with these images!----Very well done and thx for posting pix of another desert condition----probably even harder to deal with with the pure white color!
Aug 3, 2016 11:03:39 #
Great set Roxie. Brings pleasant memories of when I was there. I'll have to move it up a couple of notches on my return visit list. Thanks for sharing. 
Aug 3, 2016 11:17:25 #
roxiemarty wrote:
White Sands is a very difficult photography challenge! But I keep going back at it every couple of years or so. The best times are after a rainstorm, sunrise or sunset. During the day, it is so hot and the light is just blinding and brutal!! I vowed never to return the first time I went there. But I have since discovered the deserts natural beauty. Here are a few from this past weeks effort.
you were up to the challenge roxie..love the compositions...looks like snow! where is white sands?
Aug 3, 2016 11:51:11 #
merrytexan wrote:
you were up to the challenge roxie..love the compositions...looks like snow! where is white sands?
White Sands National Monument, near Alamogordo, New Mexico. About 1 1/2 hours from El Paso, Texas. Thanks for the compliments. The largest deposits of gypsum sand in the world, it can be seen from outer space!
Aug 3, 2016 11:53:28 #
Turnings wrote:
Great set Roxie. Brings pleasant memories of when I was there. I'll have to move it up a couple of notches on my return visit list. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Turnings, I appreciate that.
Aug 3, 2016 11:54:23 #
RobertW wrote:
Spent eight years living in and around the deserts in the Middle East so I know what you achieved with these images!----Very well done and thx for posting pix of another desert condition----probably even harder to deal with with the pure white color!
Thanks Robert. I have grown to love the desert sometimes.
Aug 3, 2016 12:13:23 #
White sand is like white snow. I over expose by at least 1 EV. The white area viewed by a camera tries to turn it to dirty grey. The over exposure will allow better white and less blue. David
Aug 3, 2016 14:01:44 #
You handled the proble very well! Excellent set of images. I must get there one day.
Aug 3, 2016 15:06:29 #
roxiemarty wrote:
White Sands is a very difficult photography challenge! But I keep going back at it every couple of years or so. The best times are after a rainstorm, sunrise or sunset. During the day, it is so hot and the light is just blinding and brutal!! I vowed never to return the first time I went there. But I have since discovered the deserts natural beauty. Here are a few from this past weeks effort.
Fantastic images Roxie!!!
I can see what draws you back.
Aug 3, 2016 15:11:05 #
Manglesphoto wrote:
Fantastic images Roxie!!!
I can see what draws you back.
I can see what draws you back.
Thank you, the challenges of that one amazing shot keep us going back, right?
Aug 3, 2016 15:14:22 #
A very enjoyable and pleasing set of images Roxiemarty. I liked all of these, but have picked #6 as favorite because of the color and subdued light. Congrats on your efforts at getting great results in an environment that seems hostile to photography.
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