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The Kumtag (28)
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![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 106 W: 1 N: 148]](http://i1.trekearth.com/misc/g-n-g.gif) (493) | The second of my uploaded photos of this part of China, however adjusted according to your previous critiques of a different photo in the same area.
Copied and pasted from previous entry:
"Within walking distance of Dunhuang town centre are some enormous sand dunes at the start of the Kumtag Desert, most notable of which is Mingsha Shan, or 'Echoing Sand Mountain' in English which is renowned for the sound it makes when you slide down it. They say it sounds like thunder and at first I was sceptical, however they really aren't lying! At first it starts quietly, but as you slide further down it the sound really booms to the point where it's almost disconcerting!
This picture was not taken from Mingsha Shan, but was taken from another dune some 5km away which also shares the same characteristics. It looked close to the top of the biggest dune, but even with a bunch of young, fit and healthy guys the ascent took over 1 hour. Walking on dunes really isn't as easy as it looks!"
I always take all my photos with very little contrast or saturation, and adjust them after. In this photo, the contrast and saturation have been increased, brightness reduced, and individual RGB curves adjusted. I then added an un-sharp mask as the image was looking very noisy due to increasing the contrast. Not much I didn't change really!
See workshop posting for the original image
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