Tag Archives: photography

Oct 24 2016

Monday Window: 24/10/16

High rise buildings in Dubai can go up to 163 floors ( Think Burj Khalifa, currently the tallest building in the world, until the next one is built, probably in Dubai) but mainly tend to be around 40 stories.  Continue reading →

Oct 23 2016

Weekly Photo Challenge: Shine (2)…

A window in the Gold souk in Deira, Dubai shining with the glint of gold. Traditional designs in this jewelry shop, shining in all their opulent splendor.

 

Shine

Oct 22 2016

Weekly Photo Challenge: Shine…

The Burj Khalifa, Dubai is currently the tallest building in the world.

Another such structure is forecast in this city of extremes to go higher, but it’s still in the planning stage.

Burj Khalifa dominates the Dubai skyline and just on occasions when the atmosphere is clearer and the sun is the right position and you have your camera in the car and get lucky going over a bridge or at a traffic light ( I have to add here  “as a passenger “in case you are thinking I’m snapping as I’m driving) you can just catch this massive Eye of Dubai shining over the city… I haven’t seen Frodo or Gollum here yet, but nothing would surprise me !

Safa Park view of Burj Khalifa…

 

Difference in height…

 

Just shining in the sun…

Shine

Oct 21 2016

Skywatch Friday: 21/10/16

It’s that time of year again in the Middle East.

The temperatures are going down, humidity is slowly decreasing, a few clouds appearing in the sky now and intense colours in the sunsets.

Winter is on its way, lovely….

Linking with Skywatch Friday

Oct 20 2016

Thursday Doors: 20/10/16

Last week I posted some older-style traditional Emirati doors from Dibba on the UAE’s East coast for Thursday Doors.

This week, here’s some modern ones from the same area on UAE’s East coast.  Continue reading →

Oct 17 2016

Monday Window: 17/10/16

Driving through Fujeirah, on the UAE coast on Saturday, I spotted a bank building with a pleasing design arrangement of windows.  Continue reading →

Oct 15 2016

Weekly Photo Challenge: Local…

When I read the intro to the challenge this week, I spent a while thinking which shot in my photo library could be considered “Local” and encompass my locality and also would fit this challenge.

I failed to come up with a solid background. Continue reading →

Oct 13 2016

Thursday Doors: 13/10/16

Dibba is a port town on the east coast of the United Arab Emirates. This large natural harbor on the east coast of the northern Emirates has been an important site of maritime trade and settlement since the pre-Islamic era.  Continue reading →

Oct 8 2016

Weekly Photo Challenge: H2O

When I think of water, my first thought is of the water in our oceans.

The oceans cover 71 percent of the Earth’s surface and contain 97 percent of the Earth’s water. Less than 1 percent of the Earth’s water is fresh water  and 2-3 percent is contained in glaciers and ice caps. The oceans contain 99 percent of the living space on the planet.

(information from the Oceanic institute)

H2O

Oct 3 2016

Monday Window: 3/10/16

 

Dubai creek can be crossed by using the “Abra” service. The cost is 1 dirham, (27 cents). A 10-minute ride to cross the creek and so much to look at.  Continue reading →

Sep 30 2016

Skywatch Friday: 30/9/16

It must be Autumn, there’s a cloud or two in the sky… Crossing the Huqf, Oman, September 2016.

Linking with Skywatch Friday, pop over and check out some sky today…Desert, photography, Oman

Sep 29 2016

Thursday Doors: 28/9/16

 

Back in Oman, heading down through the vast and empty wastes of the centre towards Ras Madrakah, where the Gulf of Oman turns into the Southern Oman coastline, occasionally you come across a place that makes you wonder why it exists? What made it be given a name? Why is it there?  Continue reading →

Sep 27 2016

Garden Challenge September: Flower Portrait

For her September Garden Challenge, Jude, at “the earth laughs in flowers” asks us to ” showcase a flower that you are particularly fond of or one that is unusual”  Continue reading →

Sep 26 2016

Monday Window: 25/9/16

This week it’s spot the window!

Close by my Cyprus home is the village of Lemba, home to the unique Cyprus College of Art.

The founder, Stass Paraskos , a prominent Cypriot artist, together with fellow artists and students decorated the boundary of the college with many avant-garde works, creating a sculpture wall over 25 years.  Continue reading →

Sep 23 2016

Skywatch Friday: 23/9/16

A cloudless, sunset sky in the desolate wilderness of central Oman. Hundreds of miles of empty space, land and sky alike, just vivid colour, as the sun allows the day to turn into night….

Sep 22 2016

Thursday Doors: 22/9/16

Last week I was back in Oman and spent some time in Muscat. Hot and humid at this time of year, packed into space amidst foothills of the surrounding mountains, nevertheless, the city has great charm.  Continue reading →