Rolling Mesquite Dunes of Death Valley

The Mesquite sand dunes in Death Valley, California, are quite the sight. I really enjoyed my time there wondering around these dunes in the heat. It really is hard to walk around in these dunes. The sand is always sliding out from beneath your feet, and it takes so much more energy just to get around. It’s super fun, though. 

My steps went like this to process this photo.

1. First pass on color with Lightroom.

2. Topaz Denoise.

3. Photoshop – Sharpening with the High Pass filter and dust cleanup.

4. Back to Lightroom, where I did my second pass on color.