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What a beautiful photo, the colour and contrast is very good.
What I might change is cropping a bit of the bottom part of the photo, there is quite a lot going on there in the form of lines that distract a bit from the main line in the image. Not sure about it, but maybe worth a try.
We don’t usually get to see these dunes with any background other than more dunes. This gives a different perspective that works very well. The light is perfect and the sweep of the dune make this comp a winner for sure. Nice work.
One of the great combos in nature - warm, golden light striking sand dunes… Beautiful image.
I would agree with other comments that the background works beautifully here; giving the dune context of location. And even though there’s beautiful light in the background as well, there is a clear separation with the dune and no conflict for me.
Just the right amount of shadow detail I think.
My only thought might be to crop a little off the bottom, say to eliminate the darker, perpendicular line at the bottom. I dunno, this is pretty dang good as presented from a comp perspective… so the crop suggestion is really just an alternate thought.
