Erg Chebbi Photo | TrekEarth

Photographer’s Note

In East Morocco, the Sahara Desert presents the Erg Chebbi, a region of impressive sand dunes, sculpted into amazing forms by the desert wind.

The dune in the background of this pictures is 600 ft high and some quarter or a mile from the camera. The dune in the foreground is some 100m away. I took the picture at midday.

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BlaiseCendrars (0) 2005-12-06 17:06

Lovely shot Lee!

Colours and pov excellent. The ridge is wonderful.

Chris

photovolos (931) 2005-12-06 17:08

Wonderful composition with only two colours!! Excellent work!

John

DownUnder (1177) 2005-12-06 17:15

I love the combination of colours they look very complementary. It looks as it is from a different world and unreal :) Well done.

DiaAzul (1365) 2005-12-06 17:17

There is always something quite magical about pictures of sand dunes. Though the basic material - a grain of sand - is the same, there seems to be any number of permutations and combinations that can be whipped up in the way of structures to be captured on film. Instantly recognisable, but also infinitely different.

I like the way that you have captured the perspective here. Without the note though I would never have appreciated the immense scales involved. Though the picture is very strong (and perfect) as it has been shot, if you did want to relate the scale in picture, then some reference (people, camels, etc..) may have added an extra dimension - though could be considered hackneyed.

maurazos (0) 2005-12-06 17:42

Great and impressive dual-colored image. I just see that there's a bit of noise in the image, maybe to have scanned the original slide. Regards.

Yamada (2309) 2005-12-06 17:54

Great shot. very simple composition but very powerfull colorsetting. A lust for the eye. Indeed there is just a little bit noise in the sky, but it's not of the anoying kind :)
Anyway, I wanted to try and correct it with neatimage and see how that would turn out. See workshop. Anyway, great job!

Ann75 (0) 2005-12-06 18:46

Wonderful photo, Lee! I love how you captured those dunes. The colors are great and the contrast with the sky is wonderful. Great composition, well done!

Ann

zeca (20026) 2005-12-06 21:19

Almost nothing! But too much!
Zeca

schobi (185) 2005-12-07 2:28

Hello Lee! Very beautiful colours in the foto - an excellent contrast! Perfect done, best regards - Schobi

gelor (3224) 2005-12-07 3:00

Bonjour Lee,
Une image très graphique avec deux belles couleurs. Beau travail ! Merci pour le partage. Gérard

falves (1403) 2005-12-07 4:24

Hi Lee,
So simple and powerful composition. An outstanding contrast between the yellow sand and the very blue sky. Clear lines. Very clean photo.
Well done
Fred

pnugroho (57) 2005-12-07 4:55

i like the sand pattern.
the gold color of the sand and the blue of sky matches perfectly.

nice composition!

iliannak (768) 2005-12-07 5:36

simple amazing !!!!!
many TFS :o)
ili

deud (1841) 2005-12-10 4:17

excellent pov. great contrasting strong colors! nice forms and lines of sand. tfs

f2000 (21) 2006-04-12 10:54

Come on- admit it! Its a painting! But I like it...

rafalzurawel (229) 2006-10-27 9:01

Hi Lee,
Amazing shot.

Colors, comp and POV.

Congratulation!
Rafal

LSH (174) 2006-10-27 9:29

Allo Lee,

Il s'agit d'une image suréaliste. Félicitations!

LS

rajhema (1867) 2007-06-29 11:30

A little grainy but unimaginable colors Lee. What a marvelous place to be. it must be very hot there right ? Yellow and blue came vibrantly

TFS
Rajesh

andywo (2999) 2007-11-09 2:28

Hi Lee
Wonderful shot, very nice colours and perfect composition.
Many thanks for sharing!
Best regards
Andrzej

WichardGraas (336) 2008-06-11 3:26

Wow it looks like some abstract painting! Very well done! TFS!

Photo Information

Copyright: Lee Ridley (Foulplay) (138)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 1999-11-00
Categories: Nature
Camera: Nikon f80, Nikkor AF 28-105mm f=1:3.5-4.5D, Sensia 100, Polarizing Filter
Exposure: f/22, 1/90 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Desert, Graphics / Graphisme 1 [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2005-12-06 16:57
Favorites: 7 [view]