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Photography by theonlydeadheadinthehameau
Weekly Photo Challenge: Perspective
Posted on March 12, 2014
This is the building in Abu Dhabi where I used to work…
…fortunately, not as a window cleaner.
(Happily, they now have proper cradles for the job)
Weekly Photo Challenge: Threes
Posted on February 26, 2014
The Sheikh Zayed (Grand) Mosque in Abu Dhabi is a strong competitor for one of the modern wonders of the world. There are many photographs from there that I could have included for this challenge, but I finally chose these three pictures of one of the many huge chandeliers in the main prayer room.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Juxtaposition
Posted on January 28, 2014
A palm tree reflected in the blue plate glass windows of the Bainunah Hilton on Abu Dhabi’s Corniche.
The double bluff is that the palm tree is actually a mobile phone mast.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Community
Posted on December 14, 2013
Community? Well, it’s a broad brief, to be sure. I suppose ‘community of interest’ would qualify as an example, and if these guys don’t have a shared interest – and mutual trust – then I don’t know who does.
[National Day celebrations in Abu Dhabi; also illustrates one of the advantages of living on the twelfth floor]
Weekly Photo Challenge: Let There Be Light!
Posted on November 30, 2013
Can’t imagine it would be much of a photo without light (unless perhaps you were using a D4), but there you go. Here are a couple of images captured at a fireworks display in Abu Dhabi:
Weekly Photo Challenge: Unexpected
Posted on November 23, 2013
Wasn’t expecting to encounter these gentlemen in the foyer of a smart hotel in Abu Dhabi:
Weekly Photo Challenge: Infinite
Posted on October 12, 2013
A long exposure , the turn of a zoom lens and there you are rushing headlong into infinity.
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