White Sands IX
And now for the colour images!
I plan to present these images in (approximate) order from early light until after sunset. We visited the park mornings and evenings over four days and on many of those days we had a pass that allowed us to stay after the park closed, so we got that lovely light after sunset, and only one day did we get to come in early to get light before sunrise. I'm taking the liberty of placing those morning and evening twilight images together near the end of this colour series. This order is not scientific - I did not look at capture times - but more about the feeling of the light as it changed throughout the day and which images I like together.
I'll start with another image of that lovely belly button feature and the dune in front of it. You can see that amazing texture of the dunes, emphasized by the early morning light.
White Sands National Park, New Mexico, USA.
Back in October, I took a trip to White Sands National Park in New Mexico, USA with my Flickr friend (and real friend!) Frank Loose. You can say all kinds of horrible things about social media - and you'd be right - but it can (and Flickr, in particular, can) be an amazing way to connect you with people with shared interests. Frank and I connected over ten years ago on Flickr and have become fast friends since then. We've been talking for years about doing a photo trip together and we finally did it in October this year when we travelled to New Mexico to photograph White Sands. If you'd like to read about our trip, you're welcome to check out my blog post about it.
White Sands National Park covers about a third of a huge dunefield between the San Andres and Sacramento Mountains in southern New Mexico. White Sands is a bit of a misnomer, as the dunes are actually made of gypsum, not sand, and though they are white in bright sunshine they can take on some amazing colours – from beige to pink to blue – depending on the light conditions. Frank and I photographed the dunes over four days of morning and evening visits and really came to love this magical place. I hope you enjoy this series of images (and do check out Frank’s beautiful work as well!).
If you'd like to see the whole series, in the order they are meant to be seen, take a look at my White Sands Album. If you prefer, you can just look at the colour images or just at the more experimental black and white images.
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White Sands IX
And now for the colour images!
I plan to present these images in (approximate) order from early light until after sunset. We visited the park mornings and evenings over four days and on many of those days we had a pass that allowed us to stay after the park closed, so we got that lovely light after sunset, and only one day did we get to come in early to get light before sunrise. I'm taking the liberty of placing those morning and evening twilight images together near the end of this colour series. This order is not scientific - I did not look at capture times - but more about the feeling of the light as it changed throughout the day and which images I like together.
I'll start with another image of that lovely belly button feature and the dune in front of it. You can see that amazing texture of the dunes, emphasized by the early morning light.
White Sands National Park, New Mexico, USA.
Back in October, I took a trip to White Sands National Park in New Mexico, USA with my Flickr friend (and real friend!) Frank Loose. You can say all kinds of horrible things about social media - and you'd be right - but it can (and Flickr, in particular, can) be an amazing way to connect you with people with shared interests. Frank and I connected over ten years ago on Flickr and have become fast friends since then. We've been talking for years about doing a photo trip together and we finally did it in October this year when we travelled to New Mexico to photograph White Sands. If you'd like to read about our trip, you're welcome to check out my blog post about it.
White Sands National Park covers about a third of a huge dunefield between the San Andres and Sacramento Mountains in southern New Mexico. White Sands is a bit of a misnomer, as the dunes are actually made of gypsum, not sand, and though they are white in bright sunshine they can take on some amazing colours – from beige to pink to blue – depending on the light conditions. Frank and I photographed the dunes over four days of morning and evening visits and really came to love this magical place. I hope you enjoy this series of images (and do check out Frank’s beautiful work as well!).
If you'd like to see the whole series, in the order they are meant to be seen, take a look at my White Sands Album. If you prefer, you can just look at the colour images or just at the more experimental black and white images.
Website | Blog | Instagram | YouTube