Critique Maspalomas Dunes

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Hi,

I was in Gran Canaria during the summer and took a visit to these dunes. I was pretty amazed by them, it looked like to Sahara desert! I had to choose between a colourful sky or nice shadows, went for the shadows.

[url=https://flic.kr/p/2hhTyma]Maspalomas Dunas by Thomas Green, on Flickr[/URL]

[url=https://flic.kr/p/2hbKh8r]Maspalomas Dunas by Thomas Green, on Flickr[/URL]

[url=https://flic.kr/p/2hkQNvv]Maspalomas Dunas Sunset by Thomas Green, on Flickr[/URL]

Comments and critique welcomed.

Thanks,

Tom
 
They are excellent dune photos, Tom, and the place looks much better than the Sahara where I was a couple of weeks ago.
 
TGphoto said:
Thank you! Oh really? I imagined it’d be miles of this.
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Probably if you can travel a long way. The bits we saw, about 40min into the desert in a 4WD, were littered with litter, pipes, vehicle tracks and camel faeces, water bottles and camps for tourists. :p

We also had torrential rain while we were there, and the desert doesn't 'come alive' like that nice Mr. Attenborough led us to believe. ;)
 
SFTPhotography said:
These are fantastic.

Something so evocative about sand dunes and blue skies. So much atmosphere here - you can sense the heat here. Glorious pictures
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Thanks very much!

ancient_mariner said:
Probably if you can travel a long way. The bits we saw, about 40min into the desert in a 4WD, were littered with litter, pipes, vehicle tracks and camel faeces, water bottles and camps for tourists. :p

We also had torrential rain while we were there, and the desert doesn't 'come alive' like that nice Mr. Attenborough led us to believe. ;)
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Ahhh that’s a shame, the expectation vs reality in that situation I guess!

Wayne Els said:
Great set, I like the first the most. Can I suggest you try a square crop on the last one losing a bit of the sky and some more off the bottom?
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Thank you! I hadn’t thought of doing that but I’ll take a look :)
 
I'd like to see the first in a contrasty, square format B&W image. I think focusing on the dune direct would make it a lot stronger. As they are, they're great images. Would have loved to have seen these myself!
 
YoshiK1 said:
I'd like to see the first in a contrasty, square format B&W image. I think focusing on the dune direct would make it a lot stronger. As they are, they're great images. Would have loved to have seen these myself!
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I think that may very well work actually. I’m going to try that when I get time to look at these again. Thanks!

smr said:
Lovely shots Tom, all of them.
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Thank you very much.

Bobsyeruncle said:
Brilliant shots
I like all of them.
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Thank you very much.
 
I think you chose right and did really well there - lovely, lovely images
 
I think you chose right and did really well there - lovely, lovely images
 
Yes, a very nice set, the first stands out for me too but they're all very good.
 
Very nice
 
These are awesome, a very good set of dune photos and I think you selected the right time to shoot them. That contrasty light creating the shadows and accentuating lead in lines, along with the blue/yellow colours just works here.
 
Craig_85 said:
These are awesome, a very good set of dune photos and I think you selected the right time to shoot them. That contrasty light creating the shadows and accentuating lead in lines, along with the blue/yellow colours just works here.
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Thank you! I think so to, the shadows definitely make them stronger.
 
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