Sepia Sanddunes Sunrise  by jyokota

Sepia Sanddunes Sunrise

We got up early to try to catch one last sunrise before heading to the airport, but the sun only gave us a moment of color before quickly becoming clouded over. No strong color, but softly rising colors. This crop heightened emphasis on the gently rolling dunes, taken on a 400mm zoom from the side of the road. See the larger context in Taffy's photo: http://365project.org/taffy/365/2015-01-25

Trying very hard to use only LR, but it's like processing with your hands and brains tied up and knowing what you want to achieve, but not having the tools to do so yet. Now that I see it posted on 365, I wish I had lightened up the vignetting a bit.
Such a delicious creamy colour.
January 25th, 2015  
Oh, a small thing... this processing. You were there and caught the image. That is the point. Such undulating curves and lines. The monotone color is lovely and serene.
January 25th, 2015  
Terrific interpretation. You can always open in pic monkey then save the adjusted version you fix in Lightroom. Just learned about this!
January 25th, 2015  
This is so beautiful! Love it! Fav!
January 25th, 2015  
Fantastic picture and perspective.
January 25th, 2015  
Congratulations on making the Trending Page. Well deserved.
January 25th, 2015  
Just fascinating.
January 25th, 2015  
this is very pretty! like the soft colors!
January 25th, 2015  
Have you looked at any of the Anthony Morganti tutorials on You tube. He made LR so easy for me to use. I am still working through his stuff. The sands remind me of vanilla whip. Maybe it's time for breakfast.
January 25th, 2015  
I agree with Joan @joansmor , the sand looks so smooth, it does look like something you would eat.
January 25th, 2015  
Just came from Taffy's page to see what you photographed. They are so different. I love this one. Looks like sand from the beach in color and layers. You did a great job on this one. FAV
January 26th, 2015  
Ken's been after me to travel to Death Valley with him, and seeing your photos an d Taffy's, I think I may have been wasting time not hitting the road immediately! This is gorgeous!
January 26th, 2015  
Love the soft coloured mounds that look like soft ice cream..............great the processing. I'm trying to learn LR as well, it is so different than PS!
FAV
January 27th, 2015  
@joansmor Joan thanks for the recommendation to Junko about checking out Anthony Morganti's LR tutorials on U-tube, I watched his first one video and I learned so much, looking forward to viewing the rest of his videos.
I've just started using LR this month and finding it complicated and yet so many people say they enjoy using it...........I'm not there yet!
January 27th, 2015  
@radiogirl Once I watched a few of his I got more comfortable. He has a way to develop landscapes that I wrote down and created a preset so I would have a starting point. My HDR affect ones are from his videos.
January 27th, 2015  
Sorry Junko for using your picture for our conversation.
January 27th, 2015  
@joansmor @radiogirl -- are you kidding for apologizing? I'm grateful for any and all tips, and when they are on my photo, it's easier to return to it again later! So THANKS!!
January 27th, 2015  
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