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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!

Canon EOS REBEL XT 1/80 second F/7.1 ISO 100 30 mm

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Canon EOS REBEL XT
1/80 second
F/7.1
ISO 100
30 mm

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