Outer Banks Jockeys Ridge State Park - Swept Away Metal Print

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Outer Banks Jockeys Ridge State Park - Swept Away

The Outer Banks has so many landscapes to photograph, and Jockeys Ridge State Park has plenty of potential. Located in Nags Head on the Outer Banks, Jockeys Ridge is the tallest natural sand dune in the eastern US. There was a nasty storm front moving through with 60mph winds when I shot this photograph, which revealed these awesome patterns in the deeper layers of sand that are normally covered by a thick layer of soft sand and not visible. Looks like Mother Nature's topographical map!

I wish I'd have done a better job shooting this, but it was nearly impossible to think and function while being hammered with flying sand that filled my eyes the second I opened them. The exposure only shows the heaviest flying sand near the ground, but it was bad even at 6 foot (I shot this from about 1.5ft off the ground). While the picture doesn't give a true sense of the amount of flying sand, these were easily the worst conditi...

Dave Allen is an internationally published outdoor landscape photographer who is based in Asheville, NC. His work has been featured in television and print media by clients such as The Discovery Channel, Disney, Outdoor Photographer Magazine, National Geographic, Backpacker Magazine, and many more. Winner of the prestigious Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition and voted "Best Photographer" by Blue Ridge Country Magazine's popular reader's poll, Dave's landscape images showcase the natural beauty of the southern Appalachians with a strong visual impact that is instantly recognizable. Much of his portfolio of fine art landscape photography is centered around the stunningly beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of Western NC, the Great...