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Desert Patterns

© Morteza Safataj

Desert Patterns

Uploaded: October 08, 2007

Description

Mesr desert is near Mesr village located in Isfahan province in Iran.
I chose the last hours of the day because of ideal angle of the light and using soft lights of the sun and interesting long shadows.
Because of that I had a short time to photograph the desert.I had chosen best locations and I knew what locations I should photograph. Soft lights on the sands in this desert scape helped me to compose the best composition. curves and Desert patterns in the desert helped those lights as well.
I usually use F/8, F/11, F/16 for my landscape shots( I'm not gonna lose sharpness) it depends on DOF and the situations the shots would have, like movements and etc, in this case I wanted
long exposure as possible as I could to capture movement dunes in the air and I had to choose smallest aperture F/32 with 0.8s SS, unfortunately when I composed this view there was no strong wind I mean it was stopped.
Location:
Mesr Village, Isfahan province, Iran, 2007.10.2

Comments

Joan Powell October 08, 2007

Outstanding image !!! #756880

Lynne Morris October 08, 2007

This is stunning Morteza, the lighting, colours and pov are fantastic! #4898989

Tiia Vissak October 08, 2007

Great colors & composition! #4899013

Clair Dunn October 08, 2007

Morteza --
Wonderful image -- I love how the light spills out of the bowl and runs down the incline.
Thank you. (And if you are learning as you say, you might want to look at the work of Art Wolfe--another landscape photographer.
#4899221

Pat French October 08, 2007

Absolutely riveting. The highlight of the sun on the ridges in the shadowed edge define the entire shot. WOW! #4899254

Amy Weiss October 08, 2007

Absolutely gorgeous, Morteza... #4899261

Jeff Robinson level-deluxe October 08, 2007

This is Outstanding work Marteza! Jeff #4899999

Morteza Safataj October 08, 2007

Thanks All for the kind comments.
Clair, Art Wolfe is one of my favorite photographers,I'm learning many things from him, Thank you. #4900150

Clair Dunn October 09, 2007

Morteza --
I love the north--the Arctic, Labrador, etc. and a few years ago I was browsing a garage sale and stumbled across a fantastic signed picture of an iceberg. Of course I bought it with a bunch of other stuff for $5. Stared at for a few days and decided it had to be somebody famous. Looked up the name and discovered Art Wolfe. It's a 10 x 14 and simply amazing.
#4901384

RC Fritz November 26, 2007

Congratulations! #5127982

randy dannheim November 27, 2007

Morteza, congratulation on this magnificant dunes image. You might check out our new
BP club: Arid Lands and Deserts Photography club. #5139561

Evy Johansen level-classic November 27, 2007

How very beautiful!! Big congratulations on your beautiful win, Morteza! #5140118

Autum Rhoades November 28, 2007

Congrats Morteza on your 1st place win! #5141213

Cliff & Patti Smith level-classic November 28, 2007

Gorgeous! Congratulations on your well deserved win! #5143985

Datha Y. Thompson November 28, 2007

BEAUTIFUL!!! Congratulations Morteza!! :0) #5145248

RC Fritz November 29, 2007

Congratulations on your Fantastic Winner! #5147799

Kerry Drager November 30, 2007

Hi Morteza,
Congratulations on your well-deserved winner! I love photographing sand dunes, and your image is really terrific!!
Kerry #5152472

Bill Wyatt November 30, 2007

Beautiful lines and textures! Congratulations my friend! #5152531

Mary Clarke December 01, 2007

Congratulations on this winner Morteza #5157182

Bill Houghton December 04, 2007

This is a beautiful photo Morteza. Wonderful work. Congratulations on a job well done. I hope you have a great day. Bill

Check out my website at:

Bill Houghton Photography
#5166528

November 09, 2009

Congratulations Daash Morteza!
Reine
#8116612

Harvey A. Ravitch April 29, 2016

Fantastic use of light , texture and composition.. Truly fantastic Capture! #11467330

Teresa Burnett level-classic April 29, 2016

Huge Congratulations, Morteza, on the beautiful Winner, ATEP and POTD!! #11467344

Richard M. Waas May 02, 2016

Congrats on a well deserved POTD!! #11469592

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