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jayz

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« on: September 21, 2005, 10:40:33 am »

i'm thinking of going to the soutwest and wanted to specifcally goto places with sand dunes.
the one's i know of are monument valley, coral springs, wind sands and death valley.

are there other options?

I also wanted to know what are the usual exposure guidelines?
how do exposure guidelines differ for different locations like monumet valley, coral springs?
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Jonathan Wienke

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« Reply #1 on: September 21, 2005, 10:53:08 am »

Like anything else, proper exposure will vary depending on time of day and the direction you're shooting relative to the sun, etc. This may be helpful: Digital Exposure And Metering Strategies
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« Reply #2 on: September 21, 2005, 11:05:30 am »

I would suggest a good incident light meter.
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« Reply #3 on: September 21, 2005, 09:09:17 pm »

Great Sand Dunes National Monument might have a dune or two...

http://www.nps.gov/grsa/

If you aren't stuck on the SW, there are sand dunes along the Great Lakes shorelines, especially around the southern half of Lake Michigan.
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« Reply #4 on: September 22, 2005, 12:18:35 pm »

The Stovepipe Wells dunes in Death Valley are fine and easy to get to.  Also, more heavily visited and photographed than other dunes.  Watch out for cold rattle snakes in the morning light.  Closest I ever came to getting bit.

Try Eureka dunes, a new addition to Death Valley.  Eureka Dunes are accessable by most standard vehicles via the Death Valley/Big Pine Road.  From the Ubehebe Crater Road you must travel 44 miles of graded dirt to the dunes.  From the town of Big Pine there are 28 miles of paved road and 21 miles of graded dirt to the dunes.  The final 10 miles of both routes is the narrow South Eureka Road.  During inclement weather, all access to Eureka Dunes can be closed or limited.  No water, services or off road vehicles at the dunes.  A similar drive to the Race Track (no dunes) is near there and well worth the visit in the early am or evening hours.

The dunes in Panament and Saline Valleys are aslo good.  If you have a good 4x4, you can get to the Panament dunes from the Race Track.

Outside the southwest, the Oregon Dunes are fine and right on the coast.  There aer also plenty of off road vehicles.

White Sands in New Mexico are easy to get to, unbelievably white sand, and a fairly small area.  It isn't hard to see most of it in a day.
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« Reply #5 on: September 22, 2005, 01:10:58 pm »

From Chicago to Travers bay there are dunes a plenty on lake Michigan.

Off the top of my head there is Warren State park in Indianna, Silver lake and Great sleeping bear in Michigan are also two unique spots.  But it would be a great road trip to slide up the western shore of michigan and photograph dunes all the way.

http://www.nps.gov/slbe/ - one of my favorite national parks for good ole fun, you can do front flips down the face of the steep dunes until you can't stand up  At the shorefront facing the lake I believe its about 500ft of near vertical sand, a fun little hike.
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« Reply #6 on: September 22, 2005, 02:33:12 pm »

Great Sand Dunes National Park in Colorado is very large and interesting.

Here are links to images from the Great Sand Dunes on my web site.
http://www.creationswitness.com/Pages/thirsty.html
http://www.creationswitness.com/Pages/thirsts.html

I also enjoyed visiting Eureka dunes in Death Valley.

On exposure, I use a spot meter to ensure I don't overexpose the highlights.
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« Reply #7 on: September 22, 2005, 10:53:55 pm »

A couple other locations you might consider are White Sands in New Mexico or the dunes just west of Yuma, AZ, across the state line into CA.
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