Two pics of the Bruneau sand dunes

[Idaho21]

Here are two pics that I took that I really liked. They were taken at the Bruneau sand dunes, in Bruneau, Idaho. These are the largest sand dunes in North America.

 

[DRoberts]

Really like #2...shows the true expanse of the dunes

 

[Braomius]

2 is great but doesn't seem as sharp as it could be

 

[Idaho21]

That is due to my el cheapo camera. I have a new camera on the way that I just purchased off of Ebay on Sunday.

 

[Harmony]

I like how you didn't set the horizon line right in the very middle of the picture... are the dunes really that lavender colour?

 

[Idaho21]

Just depending on the light, they can look almost white, gray, or near sunset, kind of lavender.

Here is the same pic, but with a Sepia filter applied. I think it looks pretty cool.

See edited pic below.

 

[LaFoto]

I like how you didn't set the horizon line right in the very middle of the picture...

"Didn't"?

I find the horizon quite centred in the second, and too much of a cloudless (i.e. non-descript) sky above. A slight shift of the camera to the bottom, including more dunes/sand and less sky would have made this photo better.

 

[Harmony]

Hmmmm. While it IS more centered that I would have done, I still do not think that it is a "throwaway". To achieve your look, cropping a bit off the sky would do.

 

[Idaho21]

Thanks for the advice guys.

How does this one look? Better?

 

[Harmony]

hmm. Really don't like the sepia/red overtone... you can't distinguish the sky from the sand. In fact, in the original colours, the colours are quite dull as well...