Windcut dune ridge — Ashglint Studio

Reference frame: pale sand ridge under an open sky — photo by ST33VO, CC BY

Make a wind-carved dune ridge

I took the low raking light and the knife-edge crest from your reference frame and pushed it across a run of dune ridges, trading grain, haze and scale until each pass reads like late afternoon.

Rippled dune crest under low sun — photo by Knowles Gallery, CC BY

Steep dune ridge split into light and shadow — photo by Monica Guy, CC BY

Wind ripples running down a wide dune field — photo by qgil, CC BY-SA

Soft dune shoulder in warm afternoon light — photo by D-Stanley, CC BY