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Great Sand Dunes

Started Jun 26, 2014 | Photos thread
Klarno
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Re: great series and a couple questions..

Brad Ross wrote:

Were you the only person there?,, I see no footprints, or are they quickly covered up by the blowing sands?

They're pretty quickly covered up with all the high winds. I saw some of my own footprints significantly dulled within half an hour, so I'd bet that in the dry season, most of the footprints are gonna be gone within the day. Most visitors don't go beyond the short dunes above the valley floor, and the furthest the rest go is the Star Dune, which is about 1.5 miles in.

If you were doing it over again, what is one thing that you might have changed, either equipment or time of day?

I didn't get too much mileage out of the 11-22, so I might have done something else instead-- such as the 14-54 (for its close focus ability) or possibly went with nothing but the E-M1 and 40-150. I might look into picking up the 12-50 for situations like this. One of these days I'd like to get a backcountry permit and camp in the dunes so I can catch the morning light.

Other than that, I just need to figure out a solution for my muscular lower back pain which I used to only get at work but now manifests when I'm doing things that I enjoy...

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