Tuesday, 1st September 2009
Pinnacles Desert
by Romain Baluteaud
The Pinnacles Desert is located in the Nambung National Park, near to the town of Cervantes in Western Australia. The Pinnacles are limestone formations. The view of the Pinnacles is absolutely amazing, especially during sunrise and sunset.
Equipment: Pentax K200D with Sigma 10-20
Romain Baluteaud
I started photography around 18 months ago when I was living in India. Still a beginner in photography I try to improve my knowledge and techniques. I have the opportunity to travel a lot in several places around the world. My travels are all the time a good opportunity to realise new photos.
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Pinnacles Desert by Romain Baluteaud was photo of the day on Tuesday, 1st September 2009. It is tagged Australia, Deserts. You can leave a comment below.
18 Comments
Leslie Parsley
So unlike anything I’ve seen here in the deserts of the U.S. Is your sand kind of yellowish like that? I viewed your other photos as well. Good eye all around.
Anurag
Mustard color of the sand is unique.
su
What an unusual place, I have never seen shots of this before, love the colours you have captured.
Pauline Jones
What size are the pinnacles? There is no sense of scale.
Marie Dunphy Harding
The golden sand looks striking against that beautiful sky.
wanda krack
What an interestening sounding place. The colors of the sky and the contrasting desert are nice. Good luck to you with your photographs.
Renee
very neat shot!
Rajib Singha
Congrats!
Kirk Jordan
I too, am looking for some sense of scale; Are these just a few meters high, or the size of a multistory building? They look like the Easter Islands heads, after thousands of years more erosion.
Mesquite
Is the sand really that yellow? I have been to many deserts but never seen a large area of exclusively bright yellow sand.
mike
Nice sky background also there.
Romain Baluteaud
The pinnacles can reach 4 meters high, even if the majority of them are smaller. The one captured was I think around 2.5 meters.
And yes the sand is really yellow.
justjack
Great shot. For those who haven’t been there, this desert is not too far from the ocean and yes the sand is that colour. The sandstone formations are roughly about 1.5 metres high with some bigger and some smaller. It is a very surreal place especially at dawn and dusk with long shadows being cast across the sand.
Laurie
Excellent shot of a mysterious place!
Wonderful contrast in colors, textures, and shapes.
Malta Photography
great natural image. Its very well balanced the heat of the land with the cold air of the skies in blue.
Katherine Lee Strassburg
This is a lovely shot, but your commentary leaves me wanting more. Where’s the sunrise/sunset shot? I’d like to see this with really dramatic lighting.
I LOVE deserts–born in Las Vegas…….
Renee
very beautiful sky!
Deborah Flowers
Divine Scenic shot!