1806_0589 The Great Sand Hills - a photo on Flickriver

1806_0589 The Great Sand Hills

            It has been almost a year since I visited the Great Sand Hills. They are not far away, so there's really no excuse (other then the impossibility of being everywhere at once). Most of my landscapes from this area have some element to anchor the shot - an old tree in the foreground, a bunch of flowers, animal tracks - but in this case there is nothing except the ripple patterns on the dunes. That was an intentional choice by the photographer. The last thing I want to do is become formulaic in my shooting. So, a less specific view, something more challenging, perhaps, because no one feature stands out: it's possible to imagine the world going on and on. 

Well... it does. The sand hills, of course, end at a defined boundary (defined first by nature and later by us). I was with a friend that morning, at dawn, shooting for a client, and we were the only people present at that time and place. Everybody in the world was somewhere else. That doesn't seem possible! But I am grateful for it: for the solitude and the beauty, for a place where I can breathe and spend an entire morning never hearing the sound of an internal combustion engine.  

Photographed in the Great Sand Hills Ecological Reserve, near Sceptre, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission © 2018 James R. Page - all rights reserved.

Taken in: Canada / Saskatchewan / Johnsborough (show map)

Taken on: June 14, 2018

Tags:

landscape

sand dunes

sandy

hills

ripples

morning light

dawn

expansive

vast

shadows

light

beautiful

wow

pattern

nature

wild

prairie

Great Sand Hills

Ecological Reserve

near Sceptre

Saskatchewan

Canada

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Sets appears in: • Best 2018 • Sand, Mud, Earth more » • Dawn Light • Great Sand Hills, Saskatchewan « less

Groups appears in: • Beautiful Earth • Earth Images Nature Photography more » • WorldLandscapes « less

Camera: Nikon D800, f/22.0, 1/25 sec, 160mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D800
Lens:	70.0-200.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture:	f/22.0
Exposure Time:	0.04 sec (1/25)
Focal Length:	160mm
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Saturation:	High
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Macintosh)
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