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Falling Light Over Red Sands, Wadi Rum, Jordan
Posted by dj.tigersprout (New York City, United States) on 21 September 2009 in Landscape & Rural and Portfolio.
as my bedouin guide was prepping the jeep, i ventured a good ways further into the middle of a dry lake-bed to capture this beautifully intriguing violet foreground shadow as it stretched for nearly an eternity to the horizon -- where it suddenly brightened, rising from the red and yellow sands into dusty brilliant yellowish light!! i simply couldn't believe it -- i had never come across a lighting scheme such as this -- such difference between light and shade and shadow (warm and cool colors), but so perfectly balanced -- so wonderfully beautiful! i took advantage of my guide's distraction to savor the amazingly exotic setting -- and snap a few shots for proof!
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Monique from Koh Samui, Thailand
Beautifully composed photo and I like the way the light goes from dark in the foreground to the beautiful ligth above the hills!
21 Sep 2009 5:14am
@Monique: thanks Monique!! :)
@Yvonne Simons: thanks Yvonne!! :)
Linerberry from Sumner, Christchurch, New Zealand
Stunning mate, simply stunning!!!
21 Sep 2009 6:43am
@Linerberry: thanks Liners!! have a great weekend!
@Marion: thanks Marion!! hope your computer crash gets fixed soon!! ;)
Paco Díaz from Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Great light for this combination of colors, a fantastic shot in a fantastic place.
21 Sep 2009 7:18am
@Paco Díaz: thanks amigo!! gracias a ti!! :)
@dan: merci dan!!
kerfendal from Paris, France
when did you came back from the moon, an other great landscape, indeed !
21 Sep 2009 12:18pm
@kerfendal: thanks mate!
bluechameleon from Vancouver, Canada
Wow...there is an amazing mystery felt here in this frame. So quiet and desolate, rich with that Jordan-red that I have come to know and love. Your landscapes are so deep Jaycee...I love this!
21 Sep 2009 12:37pm
@bluechameleon: thanks very much BC!!! :) x
Steve Rice from Olympia, United States
Subtle and gorgeous! Love this delicate beauty.
21 Sep 2009 3:48pm
@Steve Rice: thanks Steve!
Howard F. from South Pasadena, Calif., United States
The only place I've been to is Death Valley, but I prefer the warm color of your desert. That paprika color is just so striking against a mild sky. Nice capture.
21 Sep 2009 6:34pm
@Howard F.: it was so amazing indeed -- i HAVE to go back!!! :) cheers mate!
Aurore from Paris, France
You've catchecd a wonderful horizon and mysterious path... light in the background is stunning. A magical atmosphere... Love it !!
21 Sep 2009 6:50pm
manel from Girona, Spain
Realmente el efecto de esta combinación de colores es algo asombroso.
21 Sep 2009 7:06pm
@manel: muchas gracias amigo! :)
Steven from Chicagoland, United States
A beautiful perspective that provides A LOT of depth to this capture. I love how the ranges become more and more subtle in the distance. I first thought I was looking at snow-covered desert sand. Egads! Must be my realization that Winter is on its way.
21 Sep 2009 7:07pm
@Steven: lol -- yes, and it is sad, it feels like winter just ended!! :( oh well -- i do love winter too!! it just seems to stay around longer... :P
dobbino from Cape Town, South Africa
Beautiful contrasts - I'm looking forward to seeing what you capture when you come and visit this country! I have a vague feeling you will find things never photographed before!
21 Sep 2009 7:33pm
@dobbino: thanks very much Rob -- i would LOVE to get down there -- one of the places that is very near the top of my list... hopefully i am much more global in 2010!!! :)
Emilio Garcia from Pleasanton, United States
An absolute gorgeous landscape with stunning colors, shades and light. That is an area of the world that I would certainly like to visit. Great work!
21 Sep 2009 8:36pm
@Emilio Garcia: thanks Emilio!!! Jordan is certainly not to be missed -- if you can help it!!! ;)
Betsy Barron from Chester Springs, PA, United States
great muted colors here - so much to look at
21 Sep 2009 9:09pm
@Betsy Barron: thanks very much Betsy!
@john4jack: cheers mate!!
Elaine- from Canada
it's true, it looks AZUUUUURE, how lovely jaycee!!!! you are sooooooo amazing my darling, xoxoxoxoxox!!!
21 Sep 2009 11:47pm
@Elaine-: thanks darling! kisses to you! xoxox
John Maslowski from Dallas, PA, United States
Another amazing landscape composition, you manage to capture a surreal mood and feeling in these images with unique landscape colors and tones. So otherworldly, really love it!
22 Sep 2009 1:47am
@John Maslowski: thanks heaps John -- one of my first impressions on arriving in Wadi Rum was that Salvador Dali had been painting these landscapes all along... and no one else seemed to realize they really existed!!! ;)
peter from new york, United States
great colors in this shot mate! sorry i've been slacking on the posts lately, been really busy with my new job. we should meet up soon when my schedule frees up : )
22 Sep 2009 2:49am
@peter: thanks mate and no worries!! yes call me when you have more free time! :)
10Fraction from Rennes, France
magnificent road to nowhere DJ, I love to integrate such pathways in picture because they lead the eyes toward the horizon
22 Sep 2009 4:16am
callemie from Belgium
yes indeed a wonderful shot I should try it fotr my lessons hihihii
btw it 's a 4 year course about photography and we do all kind off stuff
i'm learning!!!!!!
tomorrow you'll see my first assignment hihi
22 Sep 2009 5:42am
Brian Chen from Seattle, Venezuela
Such a beautiful scene here. In the back of my mind I am thinking "boy would it be fun to take my subby and tear up the flats" =)
22 Sep 2009 7:59am
@Brian Chen: THAT was a perfect response -- the bedouin drive crazy all over this terrain in 4x4 jeeps... it can be quite thrilling indeed! ;)
@Ian Bramham: thanks Ian!! i finally submitted to 1x -- now i am in wait with my fingers crossed!! ;)
Daryl Johnson from Farnham, United Kingdom
What a place... this was on a TV documentary over here recently.
22 Sep 2009 9:30am
@Daryl Johnson: thanks mate! wow -- would have loved to see what areas they covered!! :)
k@ from Paris, France
Love the details in such subtles layers in the backdrop, and that red sand you made us discover is each time a marvel to admire !
22 Sep 2009 12:26pm
@k@: thanks darling!!! sorry for the late reply!! hope you are well!! :) x
Karthik from Chennai, India
DJ this is beautiful. Lovely details and awesome lighting.
22 Sep 2009 1:56pm
@Karthik: thanks mate!
Michael Rawluk from Williams Lake, BC, Canada
As with everyone else, I love the light. And it is a super composition.
22 Sep 2009 2:11pm
@Michael Rawluk: thank you Michael!!
shoti from Everywhere in the, Philippines
beautiful layers of landscape on the background! the colors that go around the frame are exciting!
22 Sep 2009 2:15pm
@shoti: cheers mate!
@zOOm: :)
MARIANA from Waterloo, Canada
Stunning landscape . Colors and light are majestic :))
22 Sep 2009 3:57pm
@MARIANA: thanks Mariana!!
Laurent from Lyon, France
Again and again, What a landscape!!
The sky is so pure and A like how the background hills are jus like shadows
22 Sep 2009 6:40pm
@Laurent: thanks Laurent! yes -- i imagined all sorts of creatures when looking at this landscape... it was fantastic!
@grouser: cheers mate!
Graham Russon from Cape Town, South Africa
wonderful shot, beautiful colours and lighting
22 Sep 2009 7:16pm
@Graham Russon: thanks Graham!! ;)
Stephen Phillips from San Francisco, United States
You captured the magic very well, Jaycee. One can feel your excitement - even in this most subdued light.
22 Sep 2009 10:08pm
@Stephen Phillips: cheers Stephen!!
Andrew Gould from Sydney, Australia
Love the variation in those somber tones, especially those on the horizon. Funny that although I'm forever cropping large areas of plain sky in my shots, I find this open space very effective here. You've made me do a rethink!
22 Sep 2009 10:51pm
@Andrew Gould: thanks Andrew! yes -- not sure why but i certainly don't mind a bit of sky in my compositions... guess its because that is what i see when i stand someplace -- looking. this is the view that i have - so i aim to bring that back to the viewer!! :) cheers to you!
grant from kansas city, United States
the light is amazing. you've caught it well.
22 Sep 2009 11:08pm
@grant: cheers Grant!
akarui from Kagoshima, Japan
Very nice view on the desert. The sand in the foreground brings us to the hills where there is a beautiful light.
23 Sep 2009 1:52am
@akarui: thanks Olivier!! ;)
Fliss from Melbourne Beach, United States
One country I would love to visit but will never get to... I will have to live through you on this one...
23 Sep 2009 2:03am
@Fliss: thanks Fliss! i am publishing a book in a few months -- it should have all my shots of Wadi Rum... one of my FAVORITE places on this planet!!! :) x
Mike from Lichfield, United Kingdom
The purples are amazing. I've been thinking how I'd have framed the shot, probably placed the horizon higher in the frame concentrating on the foreground with the track leading in more from the left. But then I'd have missed the beauty and simplicity of that gorgeous sky. I love the different tones of the different hills in the distance. Lovely work yet again.
23 Sep 2009 7:37am
@Mike: thanks heaps Mike!! i think the sky was allocated such a large percentage, because that was what was really viewing -- vast land and vast sky... the two made the whole shot -- and my whole experience at that moment!! cheers to you!!!
Ivar from Indianapolis, United States
Sheer beauty, light is great, as is the picture
23 Sep 2009 11:19am
@Ivar: thanks Ivar!
@Seb!: merci a toi, Seb!!! :)
Richard Irwin from Belper, United Kingdom
I do love to see these far away spectacular desert landscapes, terrific.
23 Sep 2009 8:46pm
@Richard Irwin: thanks Richard!! :)
Ian Bramham from Manchester, United Kingdom
Well done on submitting your first image to 1x dj!.....although I haven't submitted very many there up to now, my own success rate is only about 50% and the rejection can be frustrating at times. Don't let it get you down if all your photos don't get accepted straight away.
24 Sep 2009 7:54am
Fabienne from Quelque part ou ailleurs, France
I love this country, the desert of Wadi Rum and Petra, and your shot is gorgeous !
25 Sep 2009 5:52am
Twelvebit from Victoria, United States
Like the road at the end of Quantum of Solace.
7 Oct 2009 4:01am
@Twelvebit: thanks much mate -- i love how you often reference movies -- its a beautiful metaphor!
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