After living in Colorado since 1987 I FINALLY visited the Great Sand Dunes National Park near Alamosa, CO. I have been near the area several times hunting antelope but never thought to actually go there. What a dumb move on my part. Now that I am no longer a Colorado resident I thought it a good idea to visit when my brother invited me to go along to take photographs. It was far more than I expected and a beautiful place to visit.

Please feel free to make any comments good or bad as I took the opportunity to turn some photos into black and white from my Leica M10. I also took a roll of black and white film on my Leica M6 TTL but have not had that roll developed yet.

I found out that walking in sand dunes is not an easy task at 73. I had knelt down on one knee to take a photo and then when trying to get up I fell back down on my butt. I then had to get up on both knees and hold both cameras in one hand by the straps while pushing up with the free hand. I fell back down again before finally getting up on both feet and steady. My greatest fear was dropping the cameras into the sand. I was fortunate that only a small corner of one camera even touched the sand. I blew it off and all is well.

Dennis

After living in Colorado since 1987 I FINALLY visited the Great Sand Dunes National Park near Alamosa, CO. I have been near the area several times hunting antelope but never thought to actually go there. What a dumb move on my part. Now that I am no longer a Colorado resident I thought it a good idea to visit when my brother invited me to go along to take photographs. It was far more than I expected and a beautiful place to visit.

Please feel free to make any comments good or bad as I took the opportunity to turn some photos into black and white from my Leica M10. I also took a roll of black and white film on my Leica M6 TTL but have not had that roll developed yet.

I found out that walking in sand dunes is not an easy task at 73. I had knelt down on one knee to take a photo and then when trying to get up I fell back down on my butt. I then had to get up on both knees and hold both cameras in one hand by the straps while pushing up with the free hand. I fell back down again before finally getting up on both feet and steady. My greatest fear was dropping the cameras into the sand. I was fortunate that only a small corner of one camera even touched the sand. I blew it off and all is well.

Dennis

After living in Colorado since 1987 I FINALLY visited the Great Sand Dunes National Park near Alamosa, CO. I have been near the area several times hunting antelope but never thought to actually go there. What a dumb move on my part. Now that I am no longer a Colorado resident I thought it a good idea to visit when my brother invited me to go along to take photographs. It was far more than I expected and a beautiful place to visit.

Please feel free to make any comments good or bad as I took the opportunity to turn some photos into black and white from my Leica M10. I also took a roll of black and white film on my Leica M6 TTL but have not had that roll developed yet.

I found out that walking in sand dunes is not an easy task at 73. I had knelt down on one knee to take a photo and then when trying to get up I fell back down on my butt. I then had to get up on both knees and hold both cameras in one hand by the straps while pushing up with the free hand. I fell back down again before finally getting up on both feet and steady. My greatest fear was dropping the cameras into the sand. I was fortunate that only a small corner of one camera even touched the sand. I blew it off and all is well.

Dennis

After living in Colorado since 1987 I FINALLY visited the Great Sand Dunes National Park near Alamosa, CO. I have been near the area several times hunting antelope but never thought to actually go there. What a dumb move on my part. Now that I am no longer a Colorado resident I thought it a good idea to visit when my brother invited me to go along to take photographs. It was far more than I expected and a beautiful place to visit.

Please feel free to make any comments good or bad as I took the opportunity to turn some photos into black and white from my Leica M10. I also took a roll of black and white film on my Leica M6 TTL but have not had that roll developed yet.

I found out that walking in sand dunes is not an easy task at 73. I had knelt down on one knee to take a photo and then when trying to get up I fell back down on my butt. I then had to get up on both knees and hold both cameras in one hand by the straps while pushing up with the free hand. I fell back down again before finally getting up on both feet and steady. My greatest fear was dropping the cameras into the sand. I was fortunate that only a small corner of one camera even touched the sand. I blew it off and all is well.

Dennis