Dune crests at sunrise

Edge lighting is one of the most dramatic and effective types of natural light. This was sunrise on the dunes in Lencois Maranhenses, Brazil. Using my post-processing skills, I added a lot of contrast, clarity, and vibrance to make the landscape more impactful. I wanted to emphasize the telephoto compression -- I took this composition with a 365mm focal length -- but that meant depth of field was an issue. To insure each of the dune crests were sharp, which was essential, as well as the sky, I used a lens aperture of f/22. My other settings were 1/250 and 500 ISO. Unlike the other shots of this place in which I used a drone, this picture was taken as I stood on the top of a large dune.