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Running on empty
Posted on April 30, 2015
On one of the weekend photography courses I attended in Abu Dhabi, we were let loose to look for something ‘quirky’. I saw the word “Empty’ written next to a manhole cover.
So I put my wallet underneath the sign and took this picture.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Motion
Posted on April 27, 2015
Ah, the jet-ski: the noisy scourge of the Abu Dhabi beach. At least this one had the good grace to be a red foreground object.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Blur
Posted on April 4, 2015
This image was taken as part of an assignment on a ‘Beginners’ photography course I took in Abu Dhabi. The technique involves mounting a camera with a zoom lens on a tripod, setting a long exposure and then rotating the zoom while taking the picture. Obviously it works best at night, as here, and it does provide some vey arresting, Matrix-like images.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Wall
Posted on March 14, 2015
This is a detail from one of the underpasses – each individually designed – that are dotted along the Corniche in Abu Dhabi.
Posted as a response to this week’s Photo Challenge.
Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Construction
Posted on February 13, 2015
‘The Landmark’ is – or was – the tallest building in Abu Dhabi. Here it is under construction, pushing up through an early morning fog.
Posted in response to Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge
Weekly Photo Challenge: Depth
Posted on January 31, 2015
Not the most original take on this week’s challenge, but an attractive image nonetheless. Taken at the Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi.
Serenity
Posted on January 17, 2015
Calm, peaceful and untroubled? Oh yes.
This photograph was taken at the resort hotel on Sir Bani Yas in Abu Dhabi. We were just about the only guests there (it hadn’t been open for very long), which just added to the tranquility.
I particularly like the additional elements of serenity in the foreground: the infinity pool, what could almost be a Zen garden, the reflection and the curves.
Posted in response to WordPress’ Weekly Photo Challenge: Serenity.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Warmth
Posted on December 29, 2014
“Warmth” certainly gives plenty of scope for interpretation.
Below is one take on it: an image from a few years ago of a very small and very warm grandson surrounded by very warm colours in a children’s playground in Abu Dhabi (it was October: trust me, it was warm).
For a completely different take on “warmth”, here is my contribution on this topic for last month’s ‘Photography 101’ challenge.
Photography 101: Architecture
Posted on November 18, 2014
A view of – a small part of – the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi.
In ‘real’ life, of course, this would be shimmering white marble (topped with gold) against a clear blue sky.
Photography 101: Mystery
Posted on November 14, 2014
Q: What lies in the blackness to which the eye is irresistibly drawn?
A: The basement. This was taken (with a Blackberry) leaning over the emergency stairwell on the 23rd floor of my old office building in Abu Dhabi.
The idea of depth – and therefore mystery – depends crucially on the sunlight shining in through the glass exterior from the right, producing the shadows on the stairs on that side and the highlights on the metalwork on the left.
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