I have been lucky to have had a window with spectacular views whilst in Dubai. Sadly it isn’t often pristine and there’s not much I can do about that being very high up in the sky. Few shots are taken directly outwards, reflection and sand streaks stop you getting a good photo.
So I often take photos through the little gap to the left and the right. The window opens outwards at an angle for 8 inches. That’s enough to get my lens through to get shots of whatever may be interesting. I will say I do have the camera strap securely around my neck whilst leaning out, I would not want to have any dropping accidents from this height!
Some window shots over the last year…
The window that opens with a very small gap…
Overlooking the Palm. Taken with iPhone, hand outside the window…
Yellow skies over the Palm…
To the right, on tip toes, I can just get the Burj Al Arab hotel in a shot…
Sometimes you get lucky with firework shots…
And at other times balloons…
And at sunset too…
Dubai morning mist over the Marina…
Just after sunrise…
Spectacular night skies over the Marina…
Catching the sun going down beyond the Marina. The structure is a Ferris wheel, I hear it’s to be the world’s largest…
Rays from above…
Zooming into a sunset…
Last night, after a rainy day some wisps of cloud curling around the tops of the towers…
Travels in the Middle East and beyond 
So very different from the shots I took from my company’s office on the 33rd floor of the World Trade Centre (the highest occupied floor) in the early 1980s! It was the tallest building in the Emirate at the time – by a long way.
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Thanks, Keith, I expect at that time your view was of the desert, some small houses and you could probably see a long way. Funnily enough, I was passing WTC yesterday and commented that WTC now looks like old-fashioned architecture amidst the curving, bending buildings that WTC is now surrounded by. I hope they were happy days for you!
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Five brilliant years, Vicky. I was involved (in an air-conditioned office) in the original contruction of the harbour at Jebel Ali.
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Spectacular and wonderful photos!
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Amazing!!
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Fabulous collection! What views — and at all times and in all weathers. How different the same view looks! The variety is exciting and energetic. Thanks for sharing!
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You get some marvelous views and wonderful photos! I especially like the morning mist photo.
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