And the wind blew
Carlo Blow – Canon 5D, 16-35mm at 18mm. f/8, 1/30th sec, ISO 50, 6.59am mid winter
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midzing
amazing shot Mel,,, love everything about this,,, well done
Steve Chapple
Love the feel here. Lines leading me around into the timber with the shadow and light spot on!
Steven Agius
Excellent, great comp, textures and lighting Mel.
Kitsmumma
Love the abstract qualities to this Mel and the gorgeous tones. Nice work.
Caroline Gorka
Very nice Mel ! You have reatined the grainyness of the sand spendidly …
Natsky
This is ssso willdd! Love the movement, hard shadows, texture & lighting. Brilliant.
David Robinson
lovely composition! great textures in the wood and the patterns in the sand are fantastic!
lightsmith
beautiful. love the lines and the contrast. the composition is perfect – the whole view spirals you to the dead tree!
shanghaiwu
oh and let it blow/this is a wonderful image
Tom Gomez
Wow, I can almost feel the sand between my toes. Wonderful detail …
Globalphotos
Wonderful tones here and I love the comp :)
Karen Cook
Those ripples are just amazing!! Looks fantastic large!
butchart
poetry…. all i can think to say about this…. beautiful visual poetry,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, bravo…...........b
salsbells69
Sensational Mel..really great angle and comp. The ripples caught on the right angle..just a wonderful image perfectly processed. Well done.
Belinda Leopold
WOW!!!!!
thelotuspress
moody—lovely textures & shadows, draws the eye in
Paul Louis Vil...
Stunning imagery and color! :D
Robyn Lakeman
Wow love the patterns in the sand. Beautiful image Mel.
Faith Hunter
Gorgeous tones and shift in contrast and lovely composition!
terryjohn2
Fabulous light and contrast, great pic Mel
dougie1
beaurifull!
Rich Gale
this is wonderful mel, its the shadows and textures that make it, very well done Rich.
Sharon Hammond
Love the detail in the sand ripples
Per E. Gunnarsen
I love the colours and details
Travis Easton
Classic texture shot Mel
Judi Corrigan
Wonderful image Mel, love the light refleciton
John Pitman
Lovely texture and the sand patterns are magic. Mel
Kazzoom IPA
lovely shot Mel
RhondaR
Brilliant shot.
solareclips~Ju...
WOW! Beautiful comp, and what great textures as well as movement!!!
betha
Wonderful shot. The sand and shadows make such a great composition.
Miron Abramovici
Spendid!
Miron Abramovici
Splendid!
Jim Robertson
Double splendid :))
Great shot Mel.
Karl Schlemmer
Fantastic Mel. Love the texture and contrast. :-)
Julie Thomas
stunning tones and lines, great shot!!!
Garry Schlatter
The mastery of shadows and light, great shot Mel
reflexio
Love the detail, one of your best.
Squealia
Lovely indeed :O)
JLDunn
Amazing sand texture! Love those golden ripples!
Aurora Pintore
very beautiful !!!!!!
Susan Grissom
Wonderful work! You have an amazing eye
Patricia Montg...
Stunning texture and contrast – beautiful image!
Arlene Zapata
Fantastic energy, light + very rich tones…
lex7
You are such a master at texture… the lines in this are fantastic.. the tones are even better.. I love the light as well. Great composition. Wow..as always
savosave
fantastic shot Mel
funkyfacestudio
oh I love the light, shadows and textures ! so cool !
Jacky
Just about perfect:)
cdwork
Beautiful natural lines and tones
Megan Martin
Incredible shot! lovely detail!
Sean Farragher
beautiful
Jeff Burns
There is so much to this photo its amazing Mel the detail and lines are intense.
Beautiful
Walter Quirtmair
Great textures and shadows, excellent image!
gaylene
wow – amazing. So beautiful and graceful. Love the ripples and the “lip ” of the dead tree – is simply beautiful. I thought it was the wind blowing the sand into the shape but I read earlier comments that it was a tree.
mausue
Beautiful light, texture, shadows and tones in this image. Just want to run my hand through the sand. Wonderful capture. An image I could come back to look at again and again something inspiring about it :)
Paul Milburn
hi Mel..the bronze and black work really well…I like the new contrast lately as well
Catherine Davis
Wow, Mel, I love this the patterns and lines are great as are the tones!
owlspook
love the texture and flowing form contrasted with the edginess of the log .. very nice (smile)
helmutk
Great work spectacular
jlynn
Wow,, Incredible image!!!!
Rhana Griffin
6.59am mid winter
Mental… (shakes her head)
John Edwards
A wonderful image with great composition
ANNETTE HAGGER
love this image, excellent work
velveteagle
Great capture and placement Mel..
Michelle Whennan
A stunning driftwood shot – awesome
screamqueen
great work!
Jane Keats
I don’t know what to say, except wow I love it!
Patricia L. Ba...
Beautiful tones and composition, Mel.
KathyT
Excellent lighting on the ripples and wood and wonderful composition.
Annnie
amazing
PPV247
Lighting, texture and compositiion. Has it all. Great image.
micmac
Amazing and brilliant!!!
sbphotography
Awesome lines and texture Mel!
amberafternoon
Absolutely Gorgeous! Love your work!!!
Joanne Bradley
Congratulations Mel, a stunning image!
sunsetgirl
neat! I love all the lines and ripples on this! They help to create shadows!
Hollie Nass
WOW WOW WOW
lightsmith
And FEATURED on the home page – Yay!!!!!!
solareclips~Ju...
Look at you on the Home Page of RB!!!! Congrats Mel!
Tollwut
GREAT SHOT!
Sarah Bentvelzen
beautiful shot. great work!
Marguerite Foxon
well worth being on the home page. Great shot. Very evocative.
josiem
wow! incredible capture!!!
~ Selle
congratulations on another home page feature! Nice to see real talent recognised ;)
SdeVarax
oh mel the perspective is simply stunning, love the lines and movement
andrew cowell
gorgeous abstract
Anne Vis
Fantastic shot, Mel!
Casey Herman
You’re quite some photographer, Mel!