Dune Ridges As Far As the Eye Can See (Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve)

            A view looking to the northwest while on a hike to High Dune in Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve.  My thinking in composing this image was to capture that look across the many sand dune ridges going off to that distant horizon with the mountain peaks. Those ridges would be a layered look across this setting that would lead the eye to those mountains and blue skies above. I also liked how the more earth tones of the sand dunes were that complement and color contrast to the blues and greens present in the mountains and skies above.
   

Taken in: United States / Colorado / Liberty (show map)

Taken on: June 30, 2020

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Hike to High Dune

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Nikon D850

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Northern Sangre de Cristo Range

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Sand

Sand Dunes

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Southern Rocky Mountains

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Camera: Nikon D850, f/5.6, 1/1000 sec, 32mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D850
Lens:	24.0-120.0 mm f/4.0
Aperture:	f/5.6
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/1000)
Focal Length:	32mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Scene Capture Type:	Landscape
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	NIKON D850 Ver.1.11
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