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Photographer’s Note

Day II

Before leaving to the desert, you figure it out, you desire it. It's quite easy (especially if you've been there before) :
> perfect dunes looking like the skin of a laying body...
> camels riding in the middle of nowhere...
> impropable lights...
> loneliness and silence...

Then you arrive and it's here, in front of you. And you discover the icons are real !

ChristianS, huynt, Tue, alvaraalto, weswang, aloyho, PJE, pari_ali, ruisc_pt has marked this note useful

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rosaline (0) 2005-11-19 3:56

Stephane
Been to Libya myself but not this far into the desert. Nice light. Morning or late afternoon? The camel off center adds a nice touch to the composition. Lovely copper colouring. This is wonderful stuff!

Aubrey

tinamunk3 (6390) 2005-11-19 4:16

Hi Stephane,

What a beautiful image. The shapes of the sanddunes, the camel, the colours.....just amazing.

Nice shot!!

:) Tina

Hanssie (9133) 2005-11-19 4:29

Nice shot with the smooth sand, colours and light are very nice and the camel is the perfect detail. I only would crop a lot of sky...

ballyna (1689) 2005-11-19 4:34

stephane,
there seems a lack of sharpness on camel but so pretty curves of sand;beautiful colors and light&shadow.
regards

papagolf21 (57015) 2005-11-19 4:46

Bonjour Stéphane,
Regardez le désert au petit matin et mourrez, si vous pouvez !
[Gertrude Bell]
Ce n'est pas très bien, Stéphane, de nous montrer une telle prise de vue, une envie irrésistible de tout abandonner pour aller s'enivrer de cet univers silencieux.
Très belle prise de vue.
Admiration !
Amitiés.
Philippe

gilbriones2002 (930) 2005-11-19 4:52 [Comment]

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ChristianS (2997) 2005-11-19 5:02

Hi Stephane,
Desert is my favourite kind of landscape and this picture is no exception. Nice composition with the dromedary in the foreground and the huge dunes in the background. The warm colours against the blue sky are superb. Well done!

Regards

Didi (36674) 2005-11-19 7:08

Bonjour Stéphane
Je ne savais pas que la Lybie s'ouvrait au tourisme.
Le désert je l'ai connu en Egypte mais à l'époque je ne pouvais pas me permettre de posséder un appareil photo.
Tout est gravé dans ma mémoire.
Le dromadaire ici en point fort est parfaitement positionné dans la composition.

xavshot (63345) 2005-11-19 8:28

Bonjur Stephane,
j'aime beaucoup l'assoication du dromadaire et des dunes (mêmes courbes, mêmes couleurs).
C'est superbe
Bravo
Xavier

onmax (843) 2005-11-19 8:36

Hola Stephane, excelente imagen, gusta mucho.
Tiene buen encuadre, muchas lineas, colores intensos, detalles, y 3 horizontes bien marcados.Buena luz ambiente.
Saludos desde Argentina.

ONMAX

huynt (5077) 2005-11-19 8:37

Hi stephan
Voila. Differnet a Mui Ne. This is really dersert with a camel. It is great shot. Well done.

andrebonavita (0) 2005-11-19 9:21

Good photo Stephane, but to me is so equal! The ground the dunes and the camel to me are the same colors!

I think a more blue sky will made a better contrast.

Have you ride a camel? it's look funny!

I made a work shop about the sky.

Regarss
Andre

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Tue (25608) 2005-11-19 9:31

Bonjour Stéphane,
Indeed a real desert picture and a very beautiful one too. I like the wonderful warm colours and the great shapes of the dunes. The quite low POV is also well chosen, good work!
Hilsner,
Lars

yannick (1469) 2005-11-19 9:55

En termes d'icone, celle ci est effectivement remarquable. On identifie le lieu au premier coup d'oeil. Dommage que la partie la plus éclairée du chameau soient ses entraves, sinon il se dégage réellement un sentiment d'espace et de liberté de la photo.
Yannick

feather (50560) 2005-11-19 10:12

This is a wonderful image with the strong light/shade contrasts. The camel is well-placed compositionally. I didn't think it could be improved but the WS is first rate.
Kath

john_c (24635) 2005-11-19 10:14

Hi Stephane,
As per your note, you seem to have captured the quintessential shot of the desert. I love the tones and hues here, as well as the texture of the dunes. The camel looks to be a youngster and rather curious. Great shadow effects on the dunes. This is first rate. A real keeper.
John

alvaraalto (5305) 2005-11-19 10:23

Hi Stephane,
After switching sometimes with the WS I think I prefer the original. The contrast between the blue of the sky and the sand is more beautiful, but I like the mysterious mood of this one too.
groet Rob

Graal (59126) 2005-11-19 10:56

Hi Stephane,
interesting view from the desert. Good composition and colours. Camel is in good place. I like it a lot.
Rgs, Aleksander

jmdaoudal (82) 2005-11-19 12:45

C'est d'un grande beauté et la photo est très bonne, colorée, veloutée et avec cete exposition parfaite.
Il y a des bosses partout.
Bravo
jean Michel

Fis2 (46713) 2005-11-19 15:02

Bonjour Stephane!
Beautiful place! Interesting composition and colours. Good light and frame. Camel pleases me.
Regards
Krzysztof

AmiBe (6042) 2005-11-19 17:05

Hello Stephane,
j'aime beaucoup comme les courbes des dunes sont mises en valeur par cette superbe lumière rasante.
Ce genre d'image me fait toujours rêver, je ne sais pas trop pourquoi... Peut-être pour l'impression de liberté qu'elle procure ?
Bien vu

aloyho (6109) 2005-11-20 2:47

Hi Stephane,
The desert is always an interesting place to see as it shows the true form of mother earth. I like the good and well placed shadows that you are able to show here. They create interesting movement. The camel helped to emphasized the mood and atmosphere. Great shot!! Regards.

weswang (18223) 2005-11-20 3:29

Hi Stéphane, An amazing capture of the same colored ground, mountain, and the camel. It is interesting to see the shadow by the sunlight. Nice contrast against the sky. A well taken picture.

PJE (19575) 2005-11-20 17:53

What an amaziing sight with this ccamel beside a sand drift. The low light really looks amazing in this photo. The poor camel is thristy. Do you have enough water! i sure hope so.

paolino (1024) 2005-11-21 13:18

Hi Stephane,
a new beautiful shot from you. I like very much the (sunset?)light over the desert.
A good work
Paolo

ukasz (799) 2005-11-24 14:42

hi, great shot, incredible colours of thr dunes and pretty shadows, the camel struggling against the wind brings life to this desert scenery. good comoposition :)
greetings
ukasz

Guntram (6) 2005-11-30 15:57

Salut Stepan,
a wonderful shot, perfect exposure and composition! Very, ver beautiful light and shadows in the sand ... perfect!
Greetings
Guntram

pnphan (3900) 2005-12-02 5:25

wow, must be nice being here, the scene is so amazing Stephane

jbweasle (9294) 2005-12-11 14:51

Hi Stephane, somehow I had missed this desert pic when you first posted it. It is of course a classic view of the two most iconic images of the desert. The light on the dunes is fabulous - it's at just the right angle to really show the ripples of the sand.

Runs (1072) 2006-01-18 15:22

Salut Stéphane,

Cette série Lybienne est vraiment passionnante. J'ai parcouru quelques-unes des photos de ce carnet de voyage un peu dans le désordre mais cette fois ci, je m'y tiens, je vais tout revoir dans l'ordre !

Quoi qu'il en soit, cette photo est superbe, les dunes sont parfaites et le chameau est bien net. J'aime bien le premier plan flou et irrégulier qui donne une bonne profondeur à la composition.

Cordialement, François

Amandine (1026) 2006-05-21 13:43

Cette photo là est vraiment très bien aussi, les contrastes très forts refletent la lumière de la fin du jour, la composition, esttrès bonne, le dromadaire ajoute vraiment quelque chose, le paysage, aussi magnifique qu'il soit, aurait été un peu monotone sinon.

capthaddock (28640) 2006-05-22 11:43

Amazing, just what I imagine the sahara to be, all the elemnts are perfect, and a spectacular low light

Emmie76 (2009) 2006-05-27 18:46

Bonsoir Stephane,
Je voulais refaire un petit tour virtuel dans le Sahara alors j'ai trouvé que c'était une bonne idée de parcourir à nouveau tes photos.
Je m'arrête sur celle-ci car j'aimerais bien, pour ma prochaine fois dans le Sahara, faire une rando chamelière.
Et toi, quelle est ta prochaine destination ?
Bon weekend,
Emma

pari_ali (425) 2006-11-20 18:21

Beautiful colours especially the camel and the dunes almost the same colour and the dunes are so lovely like lovingly carressed by the wind into that shape.

ruisc_pt (6213) 2007-03-03 16:37

Great colour of the sun reflected sand.
The camel seem to be of san too...
A desert sky but ..what a shape!
TFS Stephane.

mikeo (12117) 2007-08-24 13:14

For a camel - 2 points:)
Photo is perfect, so incredible sharpeness and colours!
Just superb!
Aga

berber (9) 2008-03-13 2:36

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very very nice photooooooooo
cheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet
u made me crazy?