The weather was relatively mild. It was hot to be sure, but not unbearably so. There was wind, yes, but it was not too strong. There was some sun, there were some clouds. It was a good day. We had a cornucopia of small scenes to shoot at different locations around the dunes today, so we were somewhat flexible with what, where, and when things needed to be done.
And we got it all with no trouble. Everything went great. Well, one of the scenes got blaued for a few minutes. We were all standing in a flat area surrounded by huge clean dunes, talking and surveying the scene, lining up our shots and placement of actors on the panorama before us when a dune buggy leapt over the top of one of our main dunes. None of us said a thing as he weaved down our pristine dune, across the flat and up our other dune. Then he disappeared. It was too perfect. Out of all the space around us, they picked the only two dunes we wanted to use.
Oh well. We quickly found a comparable shot and finished up lickety-split. Wrapped around sunset, had a good dinner and went to bed under a clear starry sky. A good day.
Photo Addendum - Short-Fuze, Hawk and Bronze ponder the situation while Barfly rests with his favorite parasol.
