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Photographer’s Note

A shot of the Dead Sea from on of the hotel of the Jordanian coast. We had to chose an hotel since it is really important to have a shower after your bath so you don't get burnt by the heavily salted sea. It looks like that in Jordan, you can find a spot to have a swim only in the north part of the Dead Sea.

As you can guess, the Sea was named after the fact that no animal can live in that dangerous atmosphere.

The funny thing about having a swim here is that the salty water feels strange. You feel as if you had spread oil all over your body in fact. Anothe funny thing is that you need you passport since you will have to drive several military check points to reach that location from Amman or Madaba.

To get there, we followed a nice narrow road from the Nebo Mount (where Moise is burried) down to the Dead Sea. The panorama over the Dead Sea, Palestine and Israel was absolutely incredible.

Resized, levels adjusted, USM applied.

Elric, alejandroguzman, digi-mom, jarkko has marked this note useful

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pilpel-adom (3016) 2005-10-10 16:56

Hey Steven! Thats an original one, as I have never been to Jordan to see the sunsets behind the Mountain of Yehuda and Shomron...I only saw the sunrises over the Edom mountains of Jordan...
:)
Nice shot
Chen

jocasta007 (0) 2005-10-10 17:09

there's nothing dead about this image, it's alive with color and vibrancy!!! good capture!

toni_al (15476) 2005-10-10 18:20

Salut Steven
D'habitude je n'aime pas le plein centre, mais je dois avouer que ici ça fonctionne plutôt bien
Amitiés
@+ Toni

Elric (560) 2005-10-10 20:36

Your photo has given a heratbeat to the Dead sea! Beautiful warm colours and a very nice frame. Really interesting note! Good work!

vapours (7913) 2005-10-10 21:41

Great shot and nice colouring.

Just love the size of the sun :)

Cormac (26455) 2005-10-10 22:20

The golden colour in this shot is overwhelming. The sun in the frame really emphasizes to me the heat and brightness. Great texture in the reflection off the water. Well done!

nicole80 (2162) 2005-10-11 15:25

Salut Steven,
Bravo pour cette photo au couleurs bien chaleureuses et prise d'un peu plus haut que
la mienne publiée il y a quelques temps.
C'est une visite interessante effectivement que de voir la Mer Morte en fin d'après midi parce qu'il peut faire plus de 50° en journée !
Félicitations pour tes cadrages originaux en Jordanie !
Amitiés,
Nicole

rabdelnoor (2973) 2005-10-15 18:05

Hi Steven,
Very good technique to get such excellent result on this shot. It looks so peaceful with these intense golden colours. Hard to believe this a very inospit place.
Best regards,
Ricardo

alejandroguzman (4672) 2005-10-18 1:50

Hola Steven:

Impresionante atardecer.
Capturaste colores magnificos, super calidos, un sol en potencia con sus rayos muy bien reflejados en el mar. Una maravilla de foto.

abrazos
alejandro

THAR (3291) 2005-10-25 3:58

C'est un grand classique qui fait toujours rêver, le coucher de soleil!

iGirl (1223) 2006-01-16 16:34

Wow, magnificent! I just love the softness of the sky in contrast to the texture of the water!

royh (577) 2006-01-16 16:36

Beautiful golden view. I must say the level-adjustment turned out perfectly. I like the composition with the sun in the center..

schobi (185) 2006-04-07 6:41

Hey Steven! Wonderful shot of the sunset - so "warm" colours!
Regards, Bernhard

ciec (1081) 2006-04-07 6:48

I like tjis one very much.
The sun right in the middle tells us that it was a hot day and that you look out for a cooler evening.
I also have a question. Can you explain what 'USM applied' means. I see that you use it almost on all your pictures.

jbonvini (162) 2006-05-30 15:04

Well done! Show ! Gongratulations.João

Photo Information

Copyright: Steven Le Vourc'h (Curioso) (9119)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-09-23
Categories: Nature
Camera: Canon EOS 20D, Canon 17-40/4L USM, Digital RAW, Hama Circular Polarizer 77 mm
Exposure: f/8, 1/1000 seconds
More Photo Info: view
Map: view
Photo Version: Original Version
Travelogue: 9 DAYS TO DISCOVER JORDAN
Date Submitted: 2005-10-10 16:43
Favorites: 1 [view]