View from the Highlands, Wadi Mousa, Jordan

@bluechameleon: Thanks kindly Blue! I am learning my way around with this camera and every new location i learn something new... if not of photography and the process in adequately capturing what i am seeing, then certainly about the local lore of the people, and also a good deal about myself! :) Thanks again!!

@Laurent: Merci Laurent -- i agree with you! The Nabataeans certainly allowed the natural beauty of this area to inspire their amazing handiwork!! :) Thanks again!

@hugo poon: Thanks Hugo! Cheers mate -- I almost didn't ask to pull over... eventhough i probably would have gone crazy if i had passed up on this chance to capture the entire area. So glad the quick stop paid off. I pretty much held myself against the moderate breeze and snapped shot after shot -- turning a few degrees each time to capture the 200 some degrees that made up the entire view. :)

@Daily Phototherapy: Thank you kindly mate -- I still have so much to learn, and i need to get used to traveling with a tripod -- have an aversion to it, even though i love the clarity of pictures taken with a tripod! :) but i guess i will learn one of these days! :)

@Mike: Thanks Mike! I will certainly post it at some time in the near future! :) Cheers mate!

@Shun: hehe... lucky for me i don't have a girlfriend -- it would be quite hard for me to do what i do if i had one! :) i certainly wouldn't be able to just take off as i do! :)

@Michael Skorulski: Thanks Michael!! :)

@saeed: Thanks Saeed! Cheers mate!

@Marie Le Corre: yes, i do agree! the colors are so striking! :)

@paulski: Cheers mate -- yes the more i look at this pic, the more surreal it gets! i was only on the ledge briefly... makes me wonder how it would look in person if i had been able to stand there gazing for a good amount of time!! :)

@gbe: Cheers Grant!

@Condemna: Thanks mate! I think that soft focus is human error... :) I was standing on the ledge of a cliff to take this picture and there were some random gusts of wind. I braced myself (and held my breath) but i don't think i was perfectly still... So i think the dreamy feeling you speak of is a slight blurring at the last second. But let me know if you think otherwise! ;)

@Twelvebit: Cheers mate! :)

@Florence: Thanks Flo! At first i wasn't sure if i liked it in b/w... but now i have decided i do like the tonality and textures the b/w can produce. :)

@Ekaputra Tupamahu: Thank you Ekaputra! :)

@Riccardo: Hello Riccardo and thank you! Good night to you! :)

@Alun Lambert: Cheers Alun!

@Observing: Thanks much Mike! :)

@Graham Russon: Cheers Graham!

@yiannis krikis: Cheers mate! Thanks much!

@Linerberry: Thank you kindly Linerberry! Cheers.

@Thomas Griffioen: Thanks Thomas! :)

@Stu: Thanks Stu! I am in full agreement! Cheers! :D

@eddy: Cheers Eddy, Thanks!

@Rhys: Cheers Rhys!

@Stephen Phillips: Cheers Stephen! :) Have been quite busy so may not post for the next day or so... but will be back in the game by week's end!

@Ron: Cheers Ron! Kudos to you for such a brilliant series you have running -- such lighting, color and composition! it's simply breathtaking! :)

@danthro: cheers mate! and yes -- lucky for me there are a million places i still want to go! next up: french guiana and suriname (and maybe guyana -- just to make it complete!) 5 months and counting down -- wish me godspeed! :)

@akarui: Cheers Mate!! But i actually didn't do anything! :) I didn't post today, so this is still left from the previous day... *wink* :P

@akarui: :) yep -- this is the same one i am talking about... but i moved it from a back-posted position to this recent date. (it would seem most people don't look too far back!) I did re-crop and re-size though! :)

@shoti: Cheers mate -- cracking good shot yours was today! :)

@fcofont: Cheers mate - thank you kindly! :)

@Andrew Gould: Thanks Andrew and yes I agree, the photo is quite soft but i believe this is either due to the dust in the air or slight movement due to wind and human error -- I did a fair crop too... wanting to bring the triangular bluff closer to the viewer in order to 'ground' the pic more. Still, this leaves most of the closest landmarks at over a mile away - with much of the central view at 5 plus miles (estimated)... I've learned my lesson, for these types of distant and vast landscape shots i need a tripod! :)

@Takeshin: Thanks mate! Yes -- unfortunately i don't think the distance downhill translated so well... it was a very long way down and steep too -- those close bluffs are at least a mile away... so they are massive!! Cheers!

@Scotfot: Cheers mate! :)

@Jrask: Cheers Mate! I agree with your description! Beautiful desolation is exactly what it is! Thanks! :)

@Stephen Skok: Thanks Stephen, much appreciated! Although i do enjoy much of the b/w photography i see of others, i myself tend to produce mostly color images -- as i do love the vibrant essence that color adds to a composition. I am interested however by your comment regarding the aspect ratio -- something i never think about -- what about the aspect ratio intrigues you? was this ratio an older type of format? (i just cropped the photo a bit to suit my fancy...!) :) Many thanks, and awaiting your response! :)

@Rui Borges: hehe... well, as a matter of fact... yes! :) but don't worry, there are more mars pics to come!

@pedro alexandre: Thanks mate -- yes quite dry! This desert stretches from the Gulf Sea to the Mediterranean! But such beautiful colors of sand it has! So picturesque -- no green foliage needed! :)

@jean-sebastien: Cheers mate -- yes the view was unbelievable! I just wish i had had more time to contemplate and take in the scenery -- i took this and a few other pics and we left... so i only had 5 minutes max to enjoy the view. Oh well, sometimes 5 minutes has to be enough! :)