Posted on November 27, 2023
The Emirate of Dubai isn’t just the city itself – that’s probably the least attractive part of it – but quite a lot of empty desert and mountainous terrain, like this at the old Hatta Fort Hotel.

Lens-Artists Challenge: Empty Spaces
Category: Landscape Tagged: bush, Desert, Empty Space, Hatta, Lens-Artists, Night, Rocks
Posted on April 24, 2017
It’s good to have The Girl That Dreams Awake back and resuming her 52 Weeks Photo Challenge with the theme of ‘Empty Space’.
I do believe that sometimes less is more, and it isn’t always necessary to fill the frame with your subject.
And I particularly enjoy photographing fireworks: like snowflakes, every one is different. Some are best viewed in ‘full frame’, but with some thoughtful cropping a lot of empty space can enhance an image, as in this example.
It’s a rocket that was part of last year’s Fête Nationale display in our local village. However, with a little imagination you could also see it as a picture of a sunrise, taken from outer (and therefore empty) space.

52 Weeks Photo Challenge: Week 31 – Empty Space
Category: Abstract Tagged: 52 Weeks, 52Weeks, Abstract, Empty Space, Fireworks, Negative Space, Sunrise