Photographer's Note
My first post from a trip to see the Nabataeans Tombs at Madain Saleh in the northern part of Saudi Arabia.
The pictured tomb is Qasr Farid, the most famous one.
A wonderful trip, without comparison the most interesting and beautiful place I have seen here in KSA.
The area around AL-Ula is also much more green than what I have seen previous here, a lot of plantations, and not only the usual date palms, here they had olives and citrus trees as well.
And then of course these amazing tombs, the Nabataeans were the same people who built the famous tombs in Petra, Jordan 2000 years ago.
delic, Gierlinski, Waylim, I_WanderingSoul, Angshu marcou esta nota como útil
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Kris_Luxenhofer
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(752) 2008-11-16 5:48
Hello Harry!
What a great sharpnes, I guess this is the great 40D and the right L Lense! I love the combo of these two things. :-)
The colors of your image are very intensive and the POV is great chosen.
Ver nice sky, too.
You´ve chosen the right camera :-)
Have an ice sunday,
Kris
delic
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(6735) 2008-11-16 5:50
No idea they had something like this in KSA. Surprised they have kept it intact. I like the pov that juxtaposes the tomb and the distant jagged peaks. Contrast with the blue sky is also nice. Regards,
Hakan
PixelTerror
(0) 2008-11-16 7:35
Salaam Harry,
Wow that a warm/cold contrast that rocks, an amazing and remote place you present us, and even there's nobody next to these tombs to give scale I can imaging they must be huuuge, superb image !
Have a nice day JY
Gierlinski
(948) 2008-11-16 10:51
I like it Harry, very much.
Your composition is clear and pute. I like the colours and good quality.
Well done,
Kind regards,
Michal
brandstaetter
(15915) 2008-11-16 11:21
Hi Harry,
an interesting place.. also the mountains in the background look spectacular, they are very well included.
Compliments, Christian
aadilj
(18102) 2008-11-17 1:35
Hi harry, I didnt know whether to chppse from the state-of-the-art Dubai skylines that you have posted or this fabulously rich natural terrain though after a while I settled for this. The capture is marvellous and superbly handled with such striking tones and hues
testmaniac
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(13508) 2008-11-17 6:00
Hi Harry,very interesting place and great shot! Perfect photo quality and attractive colors.
TFS
Phil
Waylim
(25436) 2008-11-17 18:43
Harry,
Wow, It really looks like Monument Valley and many parts of Utah landscape. if not for the structure carved out of this gigantic rock I would have for sure think it's somewhere in Utah. Fantastic blue sky, contrasting so well against these red rocks. Once again, not many of us can see such a sight with our own eyes, Thanks for bright it to us. Amazing structure within the rock with good detail and texture. Good idea to include some of the background landscape to show us the surrounding. It also gives some depth to the image and more interesting composition. Thanks again for showing this rarely seen place.
Way
toto
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(0) 2008-11-17 21:34
Bonjour,
belle photo de ce building qui fait bien partie de votre série, celui ci creusé il y a très longtemps dans les rochers.
Bonne idée après votre série de buildings des villes.
Jolies couleurs, bel effet, photo très plaisante a visionner.
Amitiés Thomas
I_WanderingSoul
(686) 2008-11-18 2:21
Hello harry!
Amazing contrast. The architecture is very interesting.
Very well composed shot.
Cheers,Neelima.
CaesarP
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(3924) 2008-11-20 2:37
Hello Harry,
another great piece of art,
ubelivable quality, pov, subject and mood.
Just a great poster.
Hat off.
Regards caesar
Angshu
(56760) 2008-11-23 20:03
Hello Harry
This is amazing! Superb colours, sharpness & technicalities. The framing is excellent. But that's not all, it's about this place, which I had no idea at all. I really appreciate your post & note. Excellent post!
Regards
Angshu
Photo Information
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Copyright: harry hansen (abulafia)
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(4900) - Genre: Lugares
- Medium: Cor
- Date Taken: 2008-11-13
- Categories: Arquitectura, Arte, Momento Decisivo
- Camera: Canon EOS 40D, Canon EF 17-40 F4 L, UV Filter
- Details: Tripod: Yes
- Versão da Foto: Versão Original
- Tema(s): My own GCC favorites [view contributor(s)]
- Date Submitted: 2008-11-16 5:44
Discussions
- To delic: Yes it was a wonderful surprise (1)
by abulafia, last updated 2008-11-16 06:17 - To Kris_Luxenhofer: yes Im pretty happy myself (2)
by abulafia, last updated 2008-11-17 09:06
