The Harmony

Gallery: LandscapePosted January 30, 2012834 views21 comments

From AlAin Desert, in a windy day, Blended 9 exposures with various focuses to combine them together and achieve this huge depth of field.
Well, this image was taken during the Landscape course with Marc Adamus here in the United Arab Emirates.

Here is a coverage of the course we had in the Emirates with Marc Adamus .. Unfortunately, it is in Arabic but you can enjoy the pictures

http://www.abinali.com/abinali/show_thread.php?nid=227&i=0&act=0

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Canon 1Ds Mark III, Canon 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS
Al-Ain , United Arab Emirates

Comments

21 comments

Comment posted by Michael J Greene, on January 30, 2012 at 12:28 PM

Your comp is pretty solid and the processing looks good except for what appears to be some ghosting above the top of the highest dune (maybe its just blowing sand.) Feels a little tight on the right side and I think the foreground textures could have been reduced to 1/3 of the frame with the triangle lining up in the corner. Overall, pretty sweet and the pictures from your workshop are awesome.

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Comment posted by John Fan on January 30, 2012 at 12:32 PM

Truly amazing place. I have never seen desert so pink.

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Comment posted by Hamed Musharbak on January 30, 2012 at 12:43 PM

perfect

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on January 30, 2012 at 1:34 PM

very nice. the lines of the sand dunes lead smoothly through the image and the blowing sand adds mood and impact.

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Comment posted by Gary McGhee on January 30, 2012 at 2:58 PM

Composition looks great Abdullaziz, I really like the diagonals in the foreground.

Gary.

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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on January 30, 2012 at 4:56 PM

Very dreamy here. Love the shot. Love the diagonals and left to right reading.

I too see some ghosting.

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Comment posted by Basil Greber on January 30, 2012 at 5:11 PM

Excellent! Love the blowing sand. Really well done!

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Comment posted by Scott Miller on January 30, 2012 at 5:14 PM

I love the wind and the gradual loss of visibility as your eye heads off in to the distance.

The gallery from the workshop was fun to look at too. I think you got Marc to pose for more images of himself that he has had taken in probably 2 years. :)

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Comment posted by Youssef Ismail on January 30, 2012 at 8:11 PM

I love the high key tones in this. Gives the image a great arid feel to it.

I also love the workshop photos and the text, I can read Arabic.

I especially like the guys walking in the sand barefoot, so typically Bedouin, I love it.

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on January 30, 2012 at 10:07 PM

Love the feel of the blowing wind Abdullaziz. Great light and atmosphere.

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Comment posted by Vance Gese on January 30, 2012 at 10:56 PM

Love the lines and textures of your image, and how you have rendered the blowing sand. The light has a wonderful, luminous quality that is very appealing. Outstanding.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on January 31, 2012 at 9:07 AM

Wonderful conditions for photography . . . well at leas the light. I like the sense of the dunes as dynamic shapes that this photo implies.

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Comment posted by Rick Goldwasser on January 31, 2012 at 10:13 AM

I like the soft, dreamy quality that the blowing sand creates with the diffused light, very nice!

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Comment posted by Anil Rao on January 31, 2012 at 11:24 AM

A very strong composition and I just love the tones that you have presented, especially how things gradually fade away into the distance. A really nice job on this one, Abdullaziz.

And, thanks for sharing the pictures from the workshop. Looks like it was a great event.

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Comment posted by Joseph Campisi on January 31, 2012 at 3:35 PM

Love the soft pinks and dreamy feel Abdullaziz...very nice!

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Comment posted by James Fougère on January 31, 2012 at 3:38 PM

Nice dune image! I am sure it was a great experience hanging with Marc in the UAE

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Comment posted by David Edwards on February 1, 2012 at 4:19 AM

Wow, that wind sure was blowing! Wonderful capture Abdullaziz. The light catching the haze of sand creates an atmosphere of mystery and romance. Something about the desert that is very seductive and beautiful.

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Comment posted by Abdullaziz Bin Ali on February 1, 2012 at 5:04 AM

Thank you all

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on February 1, 2012 at 8:23 PM

Real nice, Abdullaziz! I really like the depth and nice bright feel to this.

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Comment posted by Paul Gasior on February 2, 2012 at 3:45 PM

Very cool picture
Looks like another planet

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Comment posted by Zack Clothier on February 2, 2012 at 9:19 PM

Wonderful scene, I might even try to push the highlights on the sand a little further. There appears to be some banding issues in the sky, hard to tell at this size. Could just be from the blowing sand.

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