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Awesome colours. Congratulations for this find
24 Aug 2009 5:18am
@Calusarus: thanks mate!
Brilliant image! Wonderful composition and red tones... Bravo!!!
24 Aug 2009 5:40am
@beanow: thanks very much Bea!! :)
What a strange place, DJ. Like from a 70s SF-movie. Great!
24 Aug 2009 6:03am
@Mirko Herzner: thanks Mirko -- yes, all of Jordan was like being on Tatooine!! it was a living Star Wars movie set!! i am quite sure they took inspiration from places such as these! :)
this is so amazing! Unbelievable in fact, this red sand is unbelievable! Your landscapes are gorgeous
24 Aug 2009 6:05am
@10Fraction: thanks very much mate!! the vast red and yellow hued lands of Jordania are a waking dream! cheers to you!! :)
Lovely to see you dj:-)
Wow what stunning shades of fiery red....quite amazing...beautifully shot!!!
24 Aug 2009 6:09am
@Linerberry: hello Liners!!! :) are you back from your OS trip? hope you enjoyed the faabulous time away!! thanks and speak soon! x
amazing and fantastic photo, my friend! did you apply a filter or somethig? It's very sf style.
24 Aug 2009 6:49am
@Paco Díaz: thanks Paco!! no filters -- although i did do some color correction as the hue was a bit off. :)
@akarui: thanks Olivier!
@Mags: thanks Mags!
Incredible bloddy desert !!! amazing colors here ;-))
24 Aug 2009 10:43am
@Seb!: Merci as toi Seb!!! :)
@Seb!: lol -- thanks Seb!! :)
Unbelievable colour. This is such a majestic view.
24 Aug 2009 11:46am
@dobbino: thanks Rob! i am not as satisfied with this color though -- unlike the rest of my Wadi Rum shots -- the red is a bit off from what it should be -- even with color correction. but no matter, i still love the sense of vast space... to be there, one small human, vulnerable in so many ways, and in so much endless desert was simply incredible!! :)
Such a strange and fascinating view!! Is there life on Mars?
24 Aug 2009 11:48am
@Giovanni: lol -- thanks Giovanni!! welcome back from vacation! i hope it was excellent? :) and yes -- i personally do believe there is life on Mars... we just haven't found it yet! ;)
Wow..this is great. Almost strange looking. The color of the sand is amazing.
24 Aug 2009 1:35pm
@Cricket-Tammy: thanks Tammy!! Jordan was a strange and hauntingly beautiful place!! so big, seemingly never ending!! i felt like i was living withing '1001 Arabian Nights'... (!) :)
This is awesome! Holy crap, how did you do this?
24 Aug 2009 2:33pm
@PD: lol, thanks mate -- and not to degrade the act of capturing photos -- but really, all i did was scout for my pov, and then 'point and shoot'. :)
@Zaluska: thank you for the visit and comment Zaluksa! :)
I just can't believe this ! You're back with even a more gorgeous red sand ! Full of life in the veins of your photo ! I stay stuck to this pure beauty*
24 Aug 2009 4:34pm
@k@: thanks Karine!! red sand is truly one of the highlights of things i have seen in my life -- just a hop skip and a jump from Istanbul... you would never forget the trip!!! :)
Wow ... that red sand looks really awesome! You've got that red soil also over here, I see it when they are chopping all those beautiful trees to make room for another resort :( No trees to be cut in this lovely out of space desert ... fantastic capture!
24 Aug 2009 4:46pm
@Monique: thanks Monique! yes -- isn't it sad about how many trees are being cut... but what a surprise that the soil in Thailand is also quite red!! :) well if the worst happens and most of the trees there are cut down, 100 or more years from now, there might at least be gorgeous red sand dunes... (nothing to smile about knowing the forest is dying, of course)
Have never seen sand like that. Love the big rocks on the right. And fog always is magical for me.
24 Aug 2009 5:35pm
@john4jack: thanks mate!! :) that 'fog' is actually the beginnings of what turned out to a HUGE sandstorm that covered most of Jordan and Israel for 2 days!!! we managed to escape to the south before it really got started. then from across the red sea in lower Israel hours later, we watched it gain towering heights as it swept north and eastwards... good thing we went for the tour and photoshoot first thing in the morning!!! :)
This is like the tomato festival in Italy but on Mars. Incredible landscape, totally out of this world!
24 Aug 2009 5:56pm
@Howard F.: thanks Howard -- yes, it was completely out of this world... i certainly didn't want to come back!! :P
@rem_la: merci a toi, Rem!! :)
Wow, awesome stuff. when did you go to mars again?
24 Aug 2009 7:07pm
@Graham Russon: thanks mate!! was supposed to go back this year -- didn't make it -- this was pulled from the archives of unprocessed shots from my 2008 trip! :) cheers!
Whoa! that kind of sand can wreak havoc with photographic equipment (no matter how well sealed).
24 Aug 2009 7:19pm
@john4jack: cheers mate! yes -- it is true -- very fine particles indeed, especially in the air when the wind blows! i didn't change my lens the whole trip and luckily didn't have any problems! :)
Blood land, love your tones, your word ...
many thanks for all your nice coms, Jaycee !!!
24 Aug 2009 7:23pm
@marianne: thanks Marianne!! hope all is well for you in France!! :)
That is a fabulous image. The color is spectacular. Good thing you avoided the sandstorm.
24 Aug 2009 7:46pm
@Steve Rice: thanks Steve!! :)
Muy buena, dj. Gran composición con enorme contraste de colores.
24 Aug 2009 8:31pm
@manel: Gracias Manel!!! :)
@callemie: hello and thanks Callemie!! :) i will catch up with your blog this evening when i get home!! :) xxx
Oh, this is just so beautiful. It's hard to believe that it is real...I'm in awe!
24 Aug 2009 9:23pm
@bluechameleon: it was breath-taking for sure!!! i really want to go back! :) thanks BC!
Amazing color !!! Blood'sv color... A landscape... full of life ! Thank a lot for this shot you share with us !
24 Aug 2009 9:31pm
@Aurore: no worries -- thanks Aurore!!! :)
@Veronelle: thanks Veronelle!! :)
that is unbelievable!!!! is the sand REALLY that color??? that makes it worth travelling aye? :) looks like mars!! what an incredible shot jaycee, i'm amazed!!!! xoxoxox
24 Aug 2009 10:13pm
@Elaine-: yes yes yes! red red red -- and orange and yellow too -- of course, they have tan and white in some places also... so much sand, so many colors! so divine! :) xoxox
Definitely a fascinating image dj. I've never seen anything like it. Absolutely an amazing capture, beautiful beyond words. Excellent job, like another world or planet.
25 Aug 2009 12:03am
@John Maslowski: thanks heaps John!!
Absolutely amazing... how breathtaking and stunning... only seeing is believing!!! Thanks for sharing such wonderful capture Jaycee! Have a great day great week m8!:-)
25 Aug 2009 12:32am
@hugo poon: thanks Hugo!! a great week to you too!! :)
OOOOOO!!!!! Where is this? It's simple and yet beautiful. Or simply beautiful!
25 Aug 2009 12:55am
@willow: thanks Willow! southern jordan, the wadi rum desert!! :)
Like I am walking on Mars! GREAT! , memsmerizing and totally 7-Eleven slushie genius!!!
25 Aug 2009 1:15am
@Ken: hehe -- ooh i LOVE 7-11 SLUSHIES!!! yes!! :) thanks Kenny!
this can't be real! unbelievable! are you on mars? hehe kidding terrific shot JC! soo surreal!
25 Aug 2009 1:39am
@shoti: thanks mate!
Magnificent shooting in this desert land !
Beautiful wild landscape, the colors are phenomenal !
Excellent presentation !
25 Aug 2009 2:22am
@One: thanks Leone!! hope you are well!!
Wow! Amazing colour! Fantastic composition and feel to this image! Well done
25 Aug 2009 4:47am
@Magda: thanks Magda!! :)
Never seen that before... quite amazing!
25 Aug 2009 5:49am
@Daryl Johnson: cheers mate!
@Mike: thanks Mike!! :)
@Sriram: hello and thanks for the visit and comment!! :)
@Zing: thanks Zing, but that is dust in the sky!! :)
@Eleftheria: thank you! :)
@ManuelaR: thanks Manuela!!!
Puede ser que estemos en Marte, da la casualidad que anoche se podia ver en el cielo.
Saludos.
25 Aug 2009 12:16pm
@Alex: muchas gracias Alex!!! :)
Wow! What a stunning capture! Had you not told us through your title, I would have thought this was bloody-looking water with its fluid formations and ripples.
25 Aug 2009 12:41pm
@Steven: hey mate! yes -- parts of Wadi-Rum were so blood red! :) cheers!
@MARIANA: thanks Mariana!! :)
Welcome to Mars. That is so beautiful.
25 Aug 2009 4:00pm
@Michael Rawluk ht: thanks Michael!! :)
wow - RED!!! I was just thinking the other day that Machu Picchu and Jordan (esp. Petra) are on my wish list... lovely surreal shot. I like the way the texture of the sand in the foreground yields to the mist in the distance.
25 Aug 2009 5:09pm
@baobab: YES! Petra is a MUST! -- and then you must also see Jerash and Wadi Rum & then Aqaba to the south on the Red Sea!!! :) make sure you go!!!
An unreal landscape... a question obsesses me: is the color of the sand faithfull to what you saw on the spot or is it quite saturated? Great job anyway...
25 Aug 2009 5:17pm
@Jeremie: hey mate -- thanks! actually it is as close as i can get it to what it was like to be there -- the tint here is a little off... needs to be a bit darker and more red and less orange -- but i did a bit of color correction to no real avail... still -- it is close enough! :)
@peter: thanks Peter!! :) hey -- i think it is time for some drinks, no? ;)
@jamesy: thanks heaps Deb!!! :) x
Heavens, Jaycee - this is magnificent. I must confess that when you post unusual scenes such as this - I miss your descriptive narrative - you are so good at what you write. I know the big apple has you busy, but still...
25 Aug 2009 11:32pm
@Stephen Phillips: hehe -- lol, yes i should have written something i think as well -- ok next time! :) thanks Stephen!!! hope all is good with you! :)
@Brino: yes indeed Brino!! :) thanks!
@grouser: thanks mate!!! :)
Wow, awesome striking red sand... dig it, and looks a bit omnious too.
26 Aug 2009 11:30am
@Ivar: thanks heaps Ivar!! yes, it was very surreal... and a little ominous when i thought of how far i was from anything i knew... :)
@Kenton: thanks Kenton! :)
@Richard Irwin: hello mate, thanks! and yes -- indeed it is!! :)
Great color! It looks like from another planet!
26 Aug 2009 10:36pm
@Luis Rodrigues: hello luis!! thanks for the visit and comment! yes -- jordan was certainly another planet!!! if you get the chance to go -- please do! you will not regret it! thanks again! :)
this is stunning. it seems to be from a different world.
27 Aug 2009 2:36am
@grant: thanks mate! it is a world i cannot wait to get back to! 'complete otherness' sums it up well!! :)
Breathtaking...beautiful...the color is amazing! Great work!
27 Aug 2009 2:54am
@Pavan Kaul: thanks very much for the visit and comment!! :)
@Hooman: thanks mate!! this is Wadi Rum desert in Southern Jordan!! cheers to you!! :)
Hello Jayce from Iceland... its really a wonderful country but weather is not always very good... but 4 sunny days in Greenland, splendid... and a lot of pictures of course... see you again in 2 or 3 days, come back in France tomorrow...
27 Aug 2009 5:59pm
@Evelyne Dubos: GREAT to hear from you Evelyne!! and from Iceland too! :) sorry the weather hasn't been cooperating... i find the weather in winter to be best! can't wait to see the AMAZING photos i know you will have from both countries!!! until then!! :)
Hi, Jay... Incredible unreal landscape and colors... looks like a set for a SF movie.
27 Aug 2009 8:49pm
@Francesc B.: thanks mate!!! :) cheers to you! hope all is well!
So alien, so out of this world. Great image.
28 Aug 2009 6:47am
@Luis A. De Jesus R.: hello and thanks Luis!! :)
Wow! Out of this world shot! looks like mars i suppose :)
28 Aug 2009 2:30pm
@ishm: thanks mate -- yes, very mars -- or even better -- very Tatooine!! :)
Excellent work! The colors are just extraordinary and your composition maximizes their impact. Makes me want to go to Jordan.
29 Aug 2009 7:43pm
That's Mars, isn't it? Awesome shot, mate!
29 Aug 2009 10:12pm
Oops, just see that we are already through with Mars (and Tatooine)! Fabulous shot, nonetheless!!!
29 Aug 2009 10:13pm
Hello Jayce, i'm back, my eyes and memory cards... :-) full of the mother nature's wonders. And my first picture is on line... :-))
30 Aug 2009 12:38pm
As some have commented, it is other worldly.
3 Sep 2009 8:41pm
Never been to Jordon, but to Israel many times - my next trip over, I'll need to go seek out these sands: this is a fantastic image.
8 Sep 2009 3:39am
Your sots are really impressive.
this one but others also !
14 Sep 2009 8:01pm
A martian landscape on earth. That is what it looks like. Gorgeous colors and tones.
21 Sep 2009 8:39pm
Sigh... one more! Too good! Envy you! Literally out of this world, Mars perhaps
25 Sep 2009 1:45am
Canon EOS REBEL XT
1/50 second
F/5.6
ISO 100
18 mm