Ethereal Unexpected Beauty
by Rebecca Herranen
Title
Ethereal Unexpected Beauty
Artist
Rebecca Herranen
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Photographing White Sands National Monument has always been beyond unique, but in 2020 like just about everything else, this time was really different. I was so upset when we arrived, the landscape was absolutely blanketed with smoke courtesy of the worst California fire season in modern history. We only had one evening there and we came just so that I could photograph White Sands one more time. What I had wanted most was to capture the sun setting over these pristine white sand dunes.
I sat in the sand high atop a tall white dune facing the sunset. It was quiet, and thankfully the heat of the summer day had cooled down. It was ethereal. The colors began to develop into variations of purple, orange and pink. Through the smoke the colors were so soft. It was gorgeous. This image perfectly captures the beauty in some strange sort of way. Out of such loss came this beautiful scene 100s of miles away in another state altogether.
Awarded 2nd Place in Desert Landscapes
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December 5th, 2020
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Comments (167)
Nancy Carol Photography
Well done! Excellent and thank you for sharing with us your wonderful work of art that has been proudly presented on the Home Page of the group, 'ART FOR PASSION - PASSION FOR ART'. If you wish, you may archive it permanently or promote it further in the Discussions Tabs titled, "Oct Nov Dec 2022 Features."
John Hughes
Congratulations, your wonderful image has been featured on the Homepage of the Photography Only Group, please feel free to add it as a permanent record to the Discussion Thread for Featured Images.
Taphath Foose
Beautiful image, Rebecca!!! CONGRATULATIONS, your work is featured in "Your Best Work"! I invite you to place it in the group's "Featured Image Archive" discussion thread and any other thread that is fitting!! 😊
Jenny Revitz Soper
CONGRATULATIONS! It is my great pleasure to FEATURE your artwork on the homepage of The Artists Group, 9/13/2022! You are invited to post it in the Group's Features Discussion thread for posterity or any other thread that fits!
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