Nice pictures!  You need to get a SLR with a very wide lense if you
want to capture more of the surrounding landscape.  That said I would
love to visit that part of Colorado and do some hiking!

On Jul 20, 2:31 pm, [email protected] wrote:
> ENTS,WNTS,
>
>    The attached images reflect an infinitesimal fraction of dune moods and 
> patterns to which the eye is treated in a scene that unfolds each day from 
> dawn to dusk.  These are all images that were taken with my little iPhone 
> camera. 
>
> 1. S-BlendedEcosystems:  This image was taken at the edge of the dunes. The 
> unrelenting battle between sand and vegetation is featured here against the 
> backdrop of the massive 13,294-foot Mt. Herard. Clouds spill over Medano Pass 
> to heighten one viewscape.
>
> 2. S-Footprintsinthe Sand: All sand prints are ephemeral. One walks into and 
> out of the dunes, looking back to see the lingering trace of one's presence. 
> The physical manifestations of that presence pass to be replaced by others, 
> and so on. The only constant of the dunes is change.
>
> 3. S-LookingBack: When in the dunes, one's attention is drawn first to 
> micro-patterns then macro-patterns, and back. The boldness and expansiveness 
> of this extraordinary landscape first captures ones imagination, followed by 
> the heart, and then the soul. There is more here than can be absorbed in an 
> hour, day, year, or century. Some parts change in the blink of an eye. Other 
> parts seem eternal. 
>
> 4. S-Sandscapes:  There are no dull moments spent in dune wanderings. Sudden 
> changes brought by windy gusts; shifting patterns highlighted by the dancing 
> interplay of light and shadows; cresting a high dune to be confronted by a 
> still higher one; it all unfolds in an endless expanse. But there is a 
> constant. It is the ever bold backdrop of the lofty Sangre de Cristos. I 
> could never tire of the dunes. 
>
> Bob 
>
>  S-BlendedEcosystems.JPG
> 877KViewDownload
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>  S-FootprintsintheSand.jpg
> 85KViewDownload
>
>  S-LookingBack.jpg
> 72KViewDownload
>
>  S-Sandscapes.JPG
> 69KViewDownload
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