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AUSTRALIAN PHOTOGRAPHY + DIGITAL SEPTEMBER 2015Darran Leal
In one of the driest and most barren
regions on the planet Darran Leal
discovered some amazing scenes,
including an abandoned ship!I
love shooting in deserts. They’re
so wild and creatively clean, yet
challenging from the conception
of the image to its completion.
Then you have the actual environmental
issues. I’ve experienced everything
in deserts; sand, dust, heat, sub-zero
cold – even snow! I’ve woken up after
a blustery night completely covered in
sand. I dusted myself off, my camera bag
protected by an outer bag, and I was off
again to shoot new images. Namibia’s
Sossusvlei region, the Sahara, Death
Valley, Mongolia, and the Australian
outback offer some of my favourite
deserts. And you shouldn’t forget the
polar deserts!desert
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