Sand freedom, a photo from Abu Dhabi, West

Photographer's Note

Just sand desert, it's impossible to add something to this. Moving from Ras al Khaimah to Al Ain I drove up from a main road to the deep sands, stoped and turned off the engine. One word is the most silence and tranquile place in the whole word is in Unated Emirates among hundereds and hundreds dunes which have rather intriguing forms sometimes. Nobody and nothing is there apart from the blue sky above the head and the yellow sand under the feet.

Postprocessing: just a bit levels correction and blur on the sky. Hope you enjoy that. Thanks for your critique and regards.

grafu, benkrut, dt2chow, letoun2, capthaddock has marked this note useful

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drfireman (180) 2005-10-27 16:41

Hello Denis.. Very good photo.. Yellow and blue very bueiutufull contrast

mrcrow (3993) 2005-10-27 16:44

absolutely beautiful..was it hot..
its a very 'moon scape' type shot..
you can be fooled by the short distance to the horizon
cheers

venus (748) 2005-10-27 17:03

Beutiful colour. Quiet and warm photo. Very nice,
Thanks for sharing

grafu (2241) 2005-10-27 17:10

hello Denis.
very nice place. color composition is excellent. you had perfect light for this shot.
regards, pawel.

letoun2 (168) 2005-10-27 17:15

Wow It's marvelous. The blue and gold colors are captiving. Nice shoot.
Raph

DiaAzul (1403) 2005-10-27 17:29

There are a number of thoughts which go through my mind whilst looking at this picture. The first is that it is a shame that there is so much computer generated imagery around these days as it takes away some of the mystique of this photograph. The unusually morphic shapes and ripples in the sand contrasted against a featureless blue sky provides a very strong and vivid image.

The second thought is to wonder whether it would be possible to make more of the ripples in the sand and some of the finer textured features. Perhaps by getting closer to the surface it would be possible to show the texture of the sand within the context of the overall landscape. Just a couple of ideas to throw around and vary the position and included detail.

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Tias (0) 2005-10-27 18:58

Denis,
two fantastic colors in this picture! I like the turqoize color of the sky!
Can you please place a photo of the original photo? I'm anxious of the original photo, how you changed it by level correction and blur on the sky.
thanks beforehand!
Mathias

LeToun (0) 2005-10-28 2:40

cette image est techniquement belle mais il manque quelque chose pour la dynamiser. c'est dommage.

Francois

dt2chow (83) 2005-10-28 2:41

Beautiful contrasting colours and lovely details in the sand. Is the sky real? Simple yet impactful. Thanks for sharing.

ALSOM (6616) 2005-11-02 4:37 [Comment]

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Willyb (39) 2005-11-08 13:06

Very well balanced with respect to the land mass - the colours are what caught my attention in the first place - great contrast!

gebala (0) 2005-11-09 13:02

hello, beauty is this photo, great colours, exellent point of view like on desert this is the best;) well done, rgs

vincent24 (9060) 2005-12-30 16:11

Hello Denis,
A great one for the texture of sand so well rendered,ther's a feeling of space and purity,nice quality for a scan,i'am amazed by your galery every pictures coming from a different country!
i wish you nice travels for 2006..
vincent

capthaddock (28790) 2006-01-12 10:18

Hi Denis - the emptiness and symmetry is very interesting, makes it look like a mountain, great catch, coincidentally I'm going there next month, I want to drive too, but I hear the locals drive very bad, if I rent a car I will keep this road in mind.

joeydrops (2659) 2006-01-18 3:45

Hi Denis,
Wonderful shot! The colours are great and I like the texture and terrain of the sand desert. Lovely details. Well done!
Claudia

Cruize (0) 2006-02-03 4:33

Another nice one Denis...simple yet very impressive. Love the colours and your title is fitting...well done.

cheers
Vernon

vagabondtravels (6511) 2006-02-17 4:25

Excellent landscape. Great colors and textures.

vodomerka (257) 2006-03-27 6:23

sharp photo, amazing colors and texture of dunes :)
nice place. thanks for sharing! Fil

NataliaR (0) 2006-03-27 6:51

Hi Denis! Amazing shot!
I love the contrast of colours!

Well done!
Natalia

yusff23 (470) 2006-06-13 16:59

Hi Denis ,whata beautiful sandune with nice warm colours!!I really love this colour .
As you say ,it's impossible to add something .So this is very simple but very impressive and attractive picture.
Best regards ,Yusuke

Hormon_Manyer (374) 2006-11-25 11:51

Like a scene from a computer game. Brilliant, artistic, but I'm not sure it's real enough. Nevermind, I love this photo.

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Jimmy19457 (0) 2007-11-11 11:11

Enjoy it a lot, thanks Denis.