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When I think of sand dunes and photography, I think black and white. The natural white environment coupled with shadow areas is just made for B/W interpretation. Here are my attempts to capture the beauty of White Sands National Park in this medium. Most are shot in hard light, but some are early or late in the day, some even approach high key. White Sands looks great in any wardrobe.

In late October, I made a trip to New Mexico to shoot the dunes at White Sands National Park. I hooked up with my close friend and photographer, Sandra Herber. www.flickr.com/photos/sandraherber/ We were at White Sands four days, made eight excursions into the dunes, hiked over 20 miles and shot close to 2,000 photos between us.

We are posting our images at the same time and it will be interesting to see how we handled being in the same locations together. For safety reasons and for the fun of it, we hiked the dunes together, sometimes pointing our lenses in the same direction, other times wandering apart. I am sure we got some similar shots, but it will be interesting to see those that are different as we each have our own way of looking at things, as well as having different focal length coverage. Then there is the processing aspect.

To say White Sands is magical is an understatement. As photographers, we talk about the light, emphasize the light, are critical about the light. The dunes at White Sands react in amazing ways to the change in light, offering different looks, revealing various personalities. It is this diversity of the dunes that I wanted to capture then, and present here now.

Tags: White Sands National Park New Mexico sand dunes dunes Black and White B/W Textures Frank Loose

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N 21 B 473 C 2 E Dec 1, 2023 F Feb 6, 2025

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This shadowy building sits surrounded by bright car parks, bust blocks of flats and shopping centres.

The sheer value of this unused real estate must be enormous. Over in Quarry Bay, there’s a large block of flats that is dark and grimy. As Michael and I looked across to it, we both noticed the sound of rushing water. Somewhere in that deserted block there’s a leak. It’s probably beyond repair but there wasn’t anything in the way of public signage about redevelopment. I wonder how much longer it’ll be left like this?

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I know, I know. Hong Kong, again! I’m not wealthy- I just keep spending all my money on going there. I don’t think they say ‘Fourth Times the Charm’ but this trip was just that - a success. For almost the entire time I kept my mental health issues at bay. It was a good trip. After three disasters - It is really nice to say that.

Tags: Black and white monochrome HDR High Dynamic Range Quarry Bay Hong Kong Island Hong Kong China city urban architecture flats apartments windows derelict decay abandoned wide angle night evening low light long exposure Sony A7r III Zeiss Loxia 21mm