Glimpse through, a photo from Kebili, South

Photographer's Note

With the fall approaching, and the more pleasant weather with it, tourists start go tresspass the desert in searching for adventures or solitude. Imagine their surprise, when instead of a vast, silent, unpopulated, untouched by man place, they come across these miles-long lines and dozing machines?!? They probably are regreting the trip. I can see why...

These lines are required by the seismic exploration for Oil and Gas, and are crucial for finding it. These opened accesses are used by big and heavy specialised vehicles, called vibrators. They crawl in the remotest places of the world.

The dunes will gain their normal outlook in a several month's time, due to the strong winter winds in Sahara. We do not touch the gravel surface.

Added some grains, overlay blending, and increased contrast to facilitate your glimpse.

mauricet, delkoo, Charo, jhm, avene, saylan-cb has marked this note useful

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polpo56 (15146) 2008-09-19 14:02

Hi Asparuh,
an interesting framing, with a good job on the focus.
It seems to see a landscape trought a misty glass.
Ciao
Ludo

XOTAELE (476) 2008-09-20 14:24

Interesante imagen y comentario.
Excelente colorido.
Saludos, JL.

delkoo (68) 2008-09-21 7:12

hi asparuh
A fine composition making good use of the blurred branchs as foreground, showing the enormous scar left by the machine.

best regards
didier

batalay (41261) 2008-09-25 19:19

Hello Asparuh,

This is a very dramatic and artistic shot. Thanks for the explanation of how you produced it. Good camera, good technique, and very fine photographer.

Warm regards,

Bulent

Charo (51290) 2008-09-28 15:47

Hello Asparuh,
The tree in the foreground blur gives the image a very strange and original. POV wonderful and good colors.
Best regards,
Charo

avene (12675) 2008-09-29 20:30

interesting photo, Asparuh, at first it feels very abstrast, like a detail of those famous Moroccan shawls. I like a lot the warm orange and golden tones, they work very well to illustrate the beauty of the desert. the waves of the sand dunes create a dreamy mood, while the heavy vehicle creates a strong contrast.

best,
Kristine

zmey (7335) 2008-10-07 7:33

hello asparuh
i'm not sure about that blurred fir-tree framing (just a slight feeling of 'too much'), but the content is interesting and informative for me. good explanation in the note too.

regards,
kristaps

saylan-cb (12738) 2008-10-27 1:12