NAMIBIA'S SAND DUNES

I am leading a photo tour right now in Namibia, and these images were taken over the last three days. Photographers come to this southwestern African country to photograph many things, but the orange sand dunes of Sossusvlei -- the largest in the world -- are at the top of the list for incredible subjects to shoot. In my on-line courses at Betterphoto.com, I stress graphic design and beautiful lines all the time, and that’s what these sand dunes are all about. At sunrise and sunset, they are incredible. There are so many dunes that you want to be everywhere at once to capture the stunning lighting and compositions. One morning we had lightning and thunder here which is quite unusual, and the sound of the thunder echoing off the dunes was almost surreal.

All of these pictures were taken with long lenses -- between a 200mm and a 500mm -- so I could crop tightly on the beautiful S-curves and C-curves.