Sundown Madigan Line Simpson Desert
Desert sands turn a firey red as the sun sets in the Simpson Desert. A fragile environment.
Taken on Fuji S2 Pro
Sundown Madigan Line Simpson Desert belongs to the following groups:
Minimalist Landscapes and Shifting Sands Available for sale asGreeting Cards, Matted Prints, Laminated Prints, Mounted Prints, Canvas Prints, Framed Prints and Posters

Mel Brackstone
What a fabulous sight, Joe! One day I’d love to see this with my own eyes!
Craig Shillington
Mmmmmmmmmm Gorgeous Joe!!! Wow, you have really seen some beautiful stuff mate!! I hope to do the same someday!! Thank you so much for sharing these with us. :) :)
Andrew Bosman
Sure is RED! Good stuff Joe.
rock
OOOOOOOOOOH love this one Joe
Joe Mortelliti
Glad you enjoyed it:-)
Melinda Kerr
That’s fantastic.
Belinda Leopold
What colour and form!!!!
Damian
That’s an impressive colour – from the thumbnail I’d assumed Photoshop work. V.cool.
Eliza Henderson
Wow….great colour!
Sacha Fernandez
Superb colour!
KathyT
Amazing colour!
Read through your profile – you’ve had some wonderful adventures. All the best with setting up your special vehicle so you can do some more. Looking forward to the resulting pics!
Basia McAuley
The colours and texture is brilliant. Love all your work!
Darren Stones
Joe, this is a special place from the look of it. The wavy lines in the brilliantly coloured sand look superb. Stunning. Cheers.
Rita H. Ireland
What more can I say, but just awesome shot’s you take..
Jen Cannella
What an amazing sight. It’s so beautiful it’s hard to believe it’s real, Wonderful to wake up in the morning to this shot, Thank you for sharing it!
micmac
Fantastic colors,light and composition,beautiful shot.Congrats for the home page.
Rebecca Krawczyk
Beautiful; I love the colors.
KCphoto
Amazing color! :)K
Alessandro Pinto
fantastic colors.. and what amazing place must be !!!
Dutton
wow… colors, texture… amazing.
funkyfacestudio
Wow this is amazing !!!
Cornelia Togea
drop dead gorgeous!
Paul Tait
Fabulous colours – deserves to make it to the home page.
Rajdev D
never seen such beautiful mini sandunes
chriso
What wondeful red colour you’ve captured here. Love the texture of the dunes and sparse vegetation that you’ve highlighted. A great Aussie outback shot.
jerry alcantara
wow! cant find a words for this amazing photo
Tracy King
Just stunning
Michael Eyssens
great photo joe
elisab
Beautiful color of the sand. You did a great job.
Pavlina
WOW, BEAUTIFUL
Patricia L. Ba...
Such a wonderful shot. Amazing.
david campbell
wow
Lauren Tierney
Wonderful colours. You’re very lucky to have been able to go to a place like that!
shanghaiwu
another of your brilliant photographs
brilliant you
bigrock88
Hi Joe,
another of your sensational shots being featured, well done.
Hope you are in good health old mate.
Cheers Ronald
gracelouise
Oh how pretty
Cindy Cooperider
Beautiful color and framing – the contrast of the grass is spot on. Nicely done!
AnnaMarie
This is simply beautiful!
Lacey Vieyra
Beautiful is all i can say!
Murdo Anderson
brilliant!
Naturegirl
I LOVE THIS…. Hot and sexy….
Steve Sass
amazing shot. Well done!
geoff curtis
Fantastic shot Joe.
Marinella Owens
beautiful!!!!! www.marinella-art.ch
robert murray
wow! another great shot love the ripples in the sand it reminds me of a painting I did very similar to this photo
LavenderMoon
Without question, one of the more amazing sights I have ever seen. Thank you…
barnsis
Amazing colors and patterns. looks like something painted by an artist.
Virginia McGowan
fabulous Joe.
shanghaiwu
brilliant colour/just want to reach out and touch those grasses/a memory of wonder
Kathryn Potempski
what a great photo,all the technical stuff ticked off ,fantastic composition congrats Jo amazing color
~ Ademac
Now that ir red!!!...............great capture.
AlexMac
WOW!!!!! brilliant red :0)
Wendy Slee
brilliant! so very “aussie”.....
SNik
incredible textures and colors!
JimFilmer
beautiful colours Joe, and great repeating patterns
Zaldy Infante
rich and bold… great work!!
poupoune
magic!!!!
Garret
Wow, is that photoshoped, that is really good!
linaji
SIMPLY STUNNING.. FOR REAL STUFF IN NATURE.. WOW
Steve Chapple
Really like the power and vibrancy in this.
BlackLemonz
very vivid, excellent
Chris Clark
brilliant image Joe, love the richness of the colours
Keiran Lusk
A stunning image Joe. From someone who lives in the desert, I really enjoy this magical capture of the sand dune country. Beautiful work :-)
Linda Ridpath
its so red!!!! its almost unreal, love it!!!
Gali Kogan
Is it real color?? it`s AMAZING!!!! :)
Aimelle
gorgeous reds ! it’s blowing my eyes… beautiful sight
Brendan Schoon
WOW, wonderful red color!! Amazing composition!! Very well done. Brendan
Lazarita Betan...
I love your sense of color
ltruskett
Georgeous work….........such intense colour…......such a knockout image.
Rita H. Ireland
Oh my just love it!
linda858100
fabulous ,merry christmas
Rosina Lamberti
Wonderful capture!! :D
Kelly J
Stunning capture – love the colours!
Joe Mortelliti replied
Appreciate you having a look Kelly
cieloverde
Preciosa ….Que colores !!!!
Joe Mortelliti replied
The colours change throught the day ceil
STEPHEN GEORGIOU
deep man I love it!
Joe Mortelliti replied
Certainly was “deep” in the middle of nowhere :-)Thanks
Richard Cassar
Lovely shot mate. Well captured! One of the beautiful images this country has to offer.
Joe Mortelliti replied
Thanks Richard, it was great being out there:-)
Louise Robinson
Breathtaking!
Joe Mortelliti replied
Thanks for taking a look Louise:-)
ratscat
fantastic colour to the shot
Joe Mortelliti replied
Was awesome to be there and see it ratscat,thanks for commenting
Alan Findlater
excellent work well done
Joe Mortelliti replied
Thanks Alan for commenting
Eva and Klaus ...
Oh boy, this is a fantastic capture! Instant fav!!!
Joe Mortelliti replied
Thanks for fav it Eva,I’m pleased you liked it
John Shortt-Smith
Great stuff Joe; good on you for getting to exactly, precisely, where you took that photo from!
Joe Mortelliti replied
Thanks John, certainly can’t locate it again with a GPS:-)
mariarty
Stunning shot.
Joe Mortelliti replied
Thanks for taking a look maria
Sue Nueckel
Beautiful strong colours!! Love this ♥
Joe Mortelliti replied
Thanks for commenting a number of images and fav Sue
annalisa56
Congratulations for your feautured…this is excellent !!!
Scott d'Almeida
outstanding’
Steven Sandner
Beautiful creation!
Joe Mortelliti replied
Thanks forcommenting Steven
DigitalFox
This is almost (but only almost) unbelievable – I admire your patience while waiting for this short time when the sunlight is just right to create this miracle!
Joe Mortelliti replied
Yes just majic conditions and only meters from my tent door,..as for patience… only took 14 days of cross country travel, no tracks … this is a wilderness area of 178,000 sq km’s,thanks Fox
Vicki Ferrari
Another WOW! This is spectacular… brilliant….
And you use a Fuji S2 – that is similar to the Nikon isn’t it? From what I have seen of those FUJI cameras, they are pretty good.
Did you do any post processing on this image, bar basic editing? Do you shoot RAW or JPG? All your photos are amazing, from what I have seen….
Look forward to seeing more, Joe…
Joe Mortelliti replied
Yes Vicki the camera is a Nikon,with Fuji software and ccd.I shoot with Fuji S2 and S3.Most images have had no or a little tweaking…I shoot JPEG and have had some hundereds published for calendars etc,
The dynamic range in the S3 is around 10 stops, so get the exp right with bracketing and little PS is required.
Thanks for so many views and comments:-)
Larry Trupp
Outstanding work my friend
Joe Mortelliti replied
Thanks very much Larry…an outstanding place in OZ:-)
chloemay
Brilliant image Joe
cheers
Joe Mortelliti replied
Thanks for taking a look and commenting:-)
Marilyn Harris
Stunning! Friends have recently done the Simpson! Amazing place! :o)
Joe Mortelliti replied
Amazing what’s to be seen in a desert,thanks
Cool Designs
pretty colors
Joe Mortelliti replied
Thanks Cool,
These red desert colours change throughout the day.
bubblehex08
Well, I put you on my watchlist to see more pictures like this one! Very very beautiful!
Joe Mortelliti replied
Thanks hex,
Hope to get mobile again before long:-)
Rick Fin
Stunning Joe! =)
Joe Mortelliti replied
Thanks Rick, a stunning place to visit.
Jan Timmons
Good to see this on the homepage today, Joe. Well deserved. Great shot.
Joe Mortelliti replied
Thanks Jan:-)
Rosalie Dale IPA
Congrats on the Home Page Feature Joe – 5 July 09
Joe Mortelliti replied
Hi Rosalie,
A nice surprise, thanks:-)
Ritva Ikonen
Amazing image! Congratulations on the Home Page Feature!
Joe Mortelliti replied
Thanks for taking the time to say hi:-)
shanghaiwu
BRILLIANT on HOMEPAGE of REDBUBBLE
Joe Mortelliti replied
Appreciate your acknowledgement,a warm thanks:-)
Sharon Brady
Absolutly Stunning shot!! Love the colour and there is defiantly a story hidden somewhere there!! Aw :( lol now i want to start writing screenplays again! :DHAHAHA
Colleen Farrell
Gorgeous! Congratulations on your homepage feature.
Ornella
like colours ♥
napalama
the best of the best
Christeen Thor...
amazing photo!!! love the colours!!!!
Jessica Jenney
Congratulations on your stunning homepage feature!!!
3XEternity
Beautiful!
Hans Goepel
Beautiful Australien color ! Congratulations on your homepage Joe.
Sanne Thijs
congrats on the homepagefeature

Joe Mortelliti replied
Thanks Sanne,
I like that you pasted in the page for the record:-)
Peter Davidson
Classic!
Joe Mortelliti replied
Thanks Peter,
I have been visiting your critique group a bit lately,appreciate the comment.
Gavin J Hawley
Stunningly stunning, what more can be said. Well done.
Joe Mortelliti replied
Thanks for saying so Gavin,twice:-)
PhotoAvenue
Stunning work, perfectly done!
Joe Mortelliti replied
Thanks for looking again:-)
Alana Ranney
Wow! Lovely!
Joe Mortelliti replied
Thanks Alana, appreciate you looking and commenting
Lyn Evans
What a beautiful capture.
Joe Mortelliti replied
Thanks Lyn:-)
Tama Blough
Please consider submitting this and similar works to my new group Minimalist Landscapes. Thanks!
Joe Mortelliti replied
Thanks Tama,
I will have a look:-)
JennyMac
Oh I love this red… gorgeous! : )
Joe Mortelliti replied
Thanks again,yes the sands are SO red at sunset:-)
Lois Bryan
what a screamingly amazing, amazing image!!!!!!!! Just … mind-blowing!!!! LOVE IT!!!!!!
Joe Mortelliti replied
How cool to blow your mind:-)..thanks for the enthusiastic comments Lois
Neophytos
What a fabulous image of a fantastic place ,and how lucky for you to see it ..NICE one Joe !
Joe Mortelliti replied
Thanks Neo, took a bit of planning to get there,this shot is about midway within the178,000 sq km’s of this desert.
Arrowman
This is superb work !!

Joe Mortelliti replied
Thanks for the flashing image, glad you liked it :-)
Tania Palermo
holy cow! what color. glad we could all see it through you.
Joe Mortelliti replied
Love your reaction:-)
Stephen Colquitt
POP! Those reds are just wonderful!
Joe Mortelliti replied
Thanks,Sunset out there in this red desert can be spectacular
salsbells69
Beautiful Joe,. Would love to see this in the outback australia group!
Joe Mortelliti replied
Thanks bells, so would I but have used up my 20 spots long ago:-)
salsbells69
WHats an extra one then? Lol
Joe Mortelliti replied
Put in a good word for me then:
)...the group has blanked out my tick box so I can’t be that cheeky and add another…only had a couple of hundred to go too:)salsbells69
Thats a fair point. Us moderators cant keep track. A quick way to do it is unjoin and re join. I will be sending a BM soon to all in the group to clear out the images and have new ones in..or old ones as the case maybe but we need a clean up in there. A good time to start Joe!
Michael Matthews
That colour is amazing & I love the wind patterns. Thanks for the listing.
Joe Mortelliti replied
Thanks for looking Michael, an awesome experience too.
SimoneYvette
Just wild! Love those colours! Beautiful photo!
Joe Mortelliti replied
Thanks Simone, appreciate the visit
ega39
I love the bright colors,beautiful
Joe Mortelliti replied
The desert is vibrant:-)
starBellyDesign
Gorgeous capture and colors :0)
Joe Mortelliti replied
Thank you star:-)
stelo
Beautiful shot and great light. I love it :)
Joe Mortelliti replied
Thanks again stelo
Carole Russell
Amazing shot – love that colour!
Joe Mortelliti replied
Thanks Carole, the desert has some stunning effects
shanghaiwu 1 day ago
LOVE all your images
but just checked this out and looks brilliant framed

Joe Mortelliti replied 1 day ago
Do agree looks good framed:-)
Edyta Pelc 1 day ago
Amazing colour! Love it!
Joe Mortelliti replied 1 day ago
Thanks again:-)
Robyn Carter 1 day ago
Fantastic comp and colour :) Love it ;)
Joe Mortelliti replied 1 day ago
Thanks Robyn:-)
gabriellehope 1 day ago
Now, that is RED, great shot.
Joe Mortelliti replied 1 day ago
Those desert sands change colour throughout the day,thanks