Andrew Luyten's photos with the keyword: Namib

Dawn ballooning near Swakopmund - inside the envelope

Dawn ballooning near Swakopmund - hoping for no strong gusts

Dawn ballooning near Swakopmund - coming in to land

Chase vehicles

Dawn ballooning near Swakopmund - dangerous work!

Dawn ballooning near Swakopmund, Namibia

Sesriem gorge at sunset

Sossusvlei

Moonset at Sesriem camp

Sunset at Sesriem camp

Sossusvlei

Dead Vlei, Namibia. These Acacias are hundreds of years old when presumably there was some water here. Fly to this location (Requires Google Earth ) +++ replaced with a larger version +++

To me these trees seem a little like they are doing a spot of Tai Chi or perhaps dancing. I was going for a deliberately flat look here, to try and convey a little of how it felt to be out there under the harsh sun. So I went for a wall of orange sand behind the trees standing on a strip of pale pan floor. It wasn't too hard to avoid shadows! Looking again I am wondering if it might benefit from a slight crop on the right and top.

Deadvlei

Detail of pan floor near Sossusvlei

Dawn light near Dune 45

Dune ridges at dawn. Namib desert, Namibia.