# Pleistocene Sand **URL:** \ **Category:** Image Critiques\ **Tags:** landscape\ **Created:** [April 1, 2022, 11:25pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/pleistocene-sand/27670 "2022-04-01T23:25:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Don\_Jacobson](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/don_jacobson/32/3170_2.png) [@Don\_Jacobson](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Don_Jacobson)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2022, 11:25pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/pleistocene-sand/27670/1 "2022-04-01T23:25:32Z")
![Pleistocene Sand](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/c/0/c0e374c6f363b58d68595fadb0fae376118a5619.jpeg) About a year ago, my wife and I were escaping COVID by hiking on a virtually deserted beach. I wasn’t really looking for photographs. The high overcast was good light and I discovered that in may places the top sand dunes had been blown away revealing a much older sand formation. ### Specific Feedback Requested Any comments are appreciated ### Technical Details Is this a composite: No Canon R5, 24-105mm at 77mm, 1/125 sec, f/16, iso 250 ###### ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Pelzmann](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/a5b964/32.png) [@Bill\_Pelzmann](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Bill_Pelzmann)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2022, 7:13am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/pleistocene-sand/27670/2 "2022-04-02T07:13:59Z")
I’m glad you had your camera along. I love the deformation pattern. ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_McDermott](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/eva_mcdermott/32/240_2.png) [@Eva\_McDermott](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Eva_McDermott)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2022, 10:49am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/pleistocene-sand/27670/3 "2022-04-02T10:49:22Z")
Fantastic abstract Don. Only a suggestion, but cropping the lower fuzzy edge would place more focus on sharp details in the upper section. I love images like this. ---
**Author:** ![Mario\_Cornacchione](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/mario_cornacchione/32/26649_2.png) [@Mario\_Cornacchione](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Mario_Cornacchione)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2022, 2:29pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/pleistocene-sand/27670/4 "2022-04-02T14:29:23Z")
Very cool abstract! Particularly like the tonal variation. ---
**Author:** ![David\_Bostock](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/david_bostock/32/34921_2.png) [@David\_Bostock](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/David_Bostock)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2022, 3:11pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/pleistocene-sand/27670/5 "2022-04-02T15:11:23Z")
This is just so cool, Don. Glad you had your camera there to catch this. I really like the overall effect of the sloping lines against the semi vertical crevices. The brown monochromes looks great too. I see what @Eva_McDermott mentions on the lower part, but wonder if cropping might lose a bit of the sense of transition. Either way, an excellent image. ---
**Author:** ![Lon\_Overacker](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/lon_overacker/32/10929_2.png) [@Lon\_Overacker](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Lon_Overacker)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2022, 3:14am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/pleistocene-sand/27670/6 "2022-04-04T03:14:38Z")
Don, This is quite ‘other-worldly’ - so unique - what a terrific find and capture. It’s actually quite the mind-bender as well. Really, no other words to describe - and of course you have a distinct advantage having viewed this with your own eyes - All we have is our imaginations… I’ve got nothing to suggest, other that I tried real had to flip, twist and turn the orientation… but given the complete abstract nature of this - there is no orientation that works better than another. Wonderful nature image, thanks for sharing. Lon ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Nevesely](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/tom_nevesely/32/75980_2.png) [@Tom\_Nevesely](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Tom_Nevesely)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2022, 3:27pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/pleistocene-sand/27670/7 "2022-04-04T15:27:27Z")
This is an outstanding image and I love the metallic look it has! ---
**Author:** ![Chris\_Baird](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/chris_baird/32/72124_2.png) [@Chris\_Baird](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Chris_Baird)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2022, 8:29pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/pleistocene-sand/27670/8 "2022-04-04T20:29:30Z")
What fantastic lines and textures. A real find. I, too, wonder about a crop of the dark at the bottom, but not sure how it would affect the photo on the whole. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Jacobson](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/don_jacobson/32/3170_2.png) [@Don\_Jacobson](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Don_Jacobson)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2022, 8:41pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/pleistocene-sand/27670/9 "2022-04-11T20:41:40Z")
Thank you for your comments. I have another image that crops from the top and bottom and I did not like it nearly as much as the one posted,