Panorama of a dry Mendano creek in Great Sand Dunes National Park in the late autumn. Composite of three images taken with a Nikon D2xs camera and 17-35 mm f/2.8 lens (ISO 100, 17 mm, f/11, 1/80 sec). Raw images processed with Capture One Pro, Focus Magic and Photoshop CC. The B&W conversion was done in Capture One Pro.
Tag: Great Sand Dune National Park
Eight-Years Ago (03-November-2007) — Colorado
Colorado Autumn Road Trip: Great Sand Dunes National Park.
Panorama taken from the Visitor Center. It is composite of seven images taken with a Nikon D2xs camera and 17-35 mm f/2.8 lens (ISO 100, 35 mm, f/11, 1/125 sec). Raw images processed with Capture One Pro, and the composite panorama generated using AutoPano Giga Pro. The full panorama is 2554 x 16795 pixels (available as a 15″ x 112″ print). The individual images are shown as a slide show.
Six-Years Ago (10-May-2008) — Colorado
Gone to See America. May 2008 Colorado Road Trip. Day 1: Great Sand Dunes National Park.
Black-Billed Magpie in Medano Creek. Most of the year this creek is dry, but in the spring the snow melt from the nearby mountains keeps it flowing.
Five-Years Ago (03-November-2007) — Colorado
Autumn Road Trip in Colorado: Great Sand Dune National Park.
I drove from Boulder to southwestern Colorado to visit Alamosa National Wildlife Refuge. It was late in the season and very dry, so not many birds remained. I then traveled to Great Sand Dunes National Park. The sky was clear and blue. I took some panorama images of the sand dunes and the dry Medano creek bed. Most of the other folks visiting the park that day were there to climb and slide down the large sand dunes. I need to revisit both locations in the spring to see the migrating birds at the wildlife refuge, and to see Medano creek with water flowing.
- Great Sand Dunes Panorama taken from the Visitor Center. Composite of 7 images taken with a Nikon D2xs camera and 17-35 mm f/2.8 lens (ISO 100, 35 mm, f/11, 1/80 sec). Processed using DxO, AutoPano Giga, Photoshop CS5. 2.
- Walking to the dunes with sleds. Image taken with a Nikon D2xs camera and 200-400 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 100, 200 mm, f/5.6, 1/1000 sec).
- Walking to the dunes with sleds. Image taken with a Nikon D2xs camera and 200-400 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 100, 400 mm, f/5.6, 1/800 sec).
- Panorama of the dry Medano creek bed, sand dunes, and Crestone peaks. Composite of 3 images taken with a Nikon D2xs camera and 17-35 mm f/2.8 lens (ISO 100, 17 mm, f/11, 1/40 sec). Processed using DxO, AutoPano Giga, Photoshop CS5.