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Water in Dead Vlei


Water in Dead Vlei
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Copyright: Dionys Moser (Dionys) Silver Note Writer [C: 0 W: 0 N: 18] (335)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-05
Categories: Nature
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): TRIPLE WOW !!!, Favorites - landscapes 02, Afrique, mes préférées, Places I want to visit [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2007-08-14 3:07
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Favorites: 6 [view]
Points: 44
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I visited the Dead Vlei in Namibia minimum 90 times, but this day I will never forget! Water all over!
The sky was reflecting on the wet sand and the wastersurface reflected the trees.
It was a dream! Short after 11 am the water was away. The sun dried the place...

Have a look at TrekNature... there are more photos about Namibia and that place.
http://www.treknature.com/gallery/Africa/Namibia/photo125993.htm

More on my Websites in my galery:
http://www.fotoreisen.ch/4images/index.php
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I've seen many great pictures of this fantastic place, but this is one of the best. The reflection on the water adds the extra to this one. The shadows crossing the frame is perfect.

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  • karn Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 24 W: 0 N: 22] (476)
  • [2007-08-14 3:16]

Hi Dionys
Wow!! Very beautiful Dionys Good lighting, composition and very nice captured.
Regards,Karn

Hi Dionys,

Yes, I really should go to this place one day. The shots I see of it are just amazing! And this is a very nice one too. I'm wondering how much rain the place gets - and as such I'm wondering how lucky you were to get a shot of a reflection!
The reflection is very nice, but what I like even more is the diagonal in the background of the shadow. Very well composed. I'm only not totally convinced by the white line in the frame. Maybe the blueish tone of parts of the foreground would fit well there.
Thanks for sharing!

Greetings, Dennis

Stunning shot, I cannot help but feel inspired! Thanks for sharing.

Hi Dionys,

wonderful graphical shot, perfectly fit for square format, well done!

Take care, Ivana

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  • kiks Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 593 W: 108 N: 466] (3504)
  • [2007-08-14 3:33]

I like the grafics of this image. What a luck to get a reflection image at the desert! realy a very dramatic image.
TFS
KIks

This is an excellent shot. Great composition , great colors and contrast. A photograph to remember.
Thanks for sharing!

Hi Dionys, this one is a ebautiful image that will not go away from my emmory like the water did with the sun. The colours are sharp and the overall composition is an abslute beauty. Wish you'll give us more such images.

Hello Dionys,
very nice picture and composition. I like the colors and the shadow very much.
tfs
atilgan

Hello Dionys!
Beautiful light and colours. That blue water fits the orange perfectly. The composition is very good. That line dividing the wall sun/shadow is great because it leads us to the tree.
Good job. Take care

Hi Dionys,
excellent colours
wonderful light and reflection
perfect
congrats

Great picture of that petrificated tree and great mirror effect too. Has to be curious to find water in this place of the world.
Very well done,
Jean-Claude

Hello Dionys,
Very artistic image....
It has been captured in very good moment.
So sun light, reflection and silhouettes are great.
Regards,
Selen

Greetings Dionys. A stunning shot you have here. The light and shadow, the silhouetted dead tree, the reflection, and the remarkable colours. I like the square format for this. The background is superb, with that strong diagonal shadow and the sunlit hill/dune or whatever it is. Really lovely photo.
Regards,
Andrew

Hi Dionys
Fantastic photo!, really great composition and colours. Wondering about your gear, any filter for this photo?

I have to tell you though, that the location is incorrect, Dead Vlei is in the south of Namibia, in Hardap, Sossusvlei. This is one place I must visit before I die
TFS
Jorge

This is stunning, Dionys. Graphic elements in nature always fascinate me. It is rather difficult to figure out what the bg is, which makes the shot even more interesting. Well done.
Fusun

Dionys,

this is great photo with excellent colors and quality. I like the POV and your work.

Well done,
Dragan

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  • gramma Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 514 W: 94 N: 608] (3449)
  • [2007-08-14 14:12]

Hi Dionys,

Very nice picture, reflection is absolutly beautiful ! Namibia is definitively a country to take wonderful pictures. Congratulations !

Christophe

Very special picture andf moody scene Dionys, the light is incredible, beautiful light, very well composed !

Hi Dionys,
Absolutely beautiful composition of light, shadow and reflection. Dead tree is well placed too.
Dead Vlei belongs to region of Hardap, not Omusati.
Kari

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  • jmdias Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1304 W: 181 N: 1664] (6986)
  • [2007-08-19 14:25]

dionys

I saw many pictures of this place, most of them are impressive, this one is a masterpiece. TFS

Jorge

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  • mporta Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 193 W: 80 N: 404] (2472)
  • [2007-09-02 15:04]

Hi Dionys
You witnessed a very rare event, the water laying down on a very arid place.
And i'm happy you was the exactly that day, so we can see such a beautiful and unusual sight of Dead Vlei.
TFS. Keep on posting beautiful pictures
Matteo

Entre ombre et lumière, la silhouette de cet arbre pétrifié par le temps se détachent merveilleusement bien de l'arrière plan.
Une hymne à la beauté!
BoisBarb

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