Tags:   CALLE Segovia SONY SPAIN SKY Houses Casa village Pueblo Sony αlphα SHADOWS windows puerta door casas town adoquinado paved rural country pizarra Street

© All Rights Reserved

Well, if I need to be 100% honest; this place is not exactly at Wadi Rum. It is rather 40 minutes drive from Wadi Rum. Our local Bedouin friend Saleh keep on reminding that to me. Avisekh; please understand it is not in Wadi Rum, it is Jebel Kharaz. Completely different place. 😇

This image is kind of fresh from the oven. I just came back from Jordan last week. Due to the recent conflict between Israel and Iran, the region is now hot and my 4 hours flight turned into a 30 hours fight coming back. But the memories of Jordan is still fantastic. Yes it is becoming a bit more crowded than expected. Yes some people would still like to get some more bucks out of you.

However, it still have amazing places, lovely people, delicious food and historic culture. Overall it was really special experience. As good as how we felt in our 2017 trip.

Tell me in how many places people would invite for a dinner if you ask them for direction while they are having a BBQ. And when you are shy and politely excuse yourselves, few packed BBQ chicken comes in a plate. Amazing gesture. I have never seen this in my all these time of travelling

Now coming back to this picture. Wadi Rum is a popular place in Jordan and now a days due to many camps have been build all around the wadi, there are lots of tourists. But thank god; there are only few travellers. This rock arch gets busy. I mean really busy if you think of its remote location. You would see 20 people crawling around it all day long. Not really an expected situation in such remote location. But social media made this place famous.

However, there are not many who can avoid the temptation of a cozy bed, hot shower and good food. On top, so far the mobile phones don't do that well after the sun goes down. Thank god. So just before sunset, everyone left. So I had this place for me during the best light. Sunset, Night and Sunrise. So I have no complain about this being crowded. Anyway; I wouldn't have taken a single picture of it during the harsh sunlight.

Saleh being a local, he knows all these places from childhood. So he found a lovely location nearby for our camping. It was windy, so we needed a place that is not completely exposed. We had to cook, so we needed to stay a bit away from the exact location to not flood it with light. And he found exactly that. 5 Minutes walking from here and hidden between high rocks. And his wife made delicious fresh local meal. We had a large tent, sleeping mats and thick blankets. Plus we slept on soft sand. So I wouldn't say our experience was any way less luxury that any of those permanent luxury camps.

But we had the experience that Lieutenant T. E. Lawrence had 100 years back and that can't be found in any of those permanent camps.

After dinner Saleh helped me setting up the camp on this rock bridge. As it was super windy we added some large rocks inside near the poles of the tent so that it doesn't move much. I illuminated it with my trusted red torch. And wow, it was beautiful.

I know some of your would like to know the technical details. So here are they. But more than this image; the experience of being there is more important for me. I just had a debate on Facebook where I said that I don't think much of post processing when I am close to nature as being out is like a therapy to me and I don't want to bother my head about what I will do with that picture on a computer. Seems people disagree to that, but I guess everyone approaches things differently. I started photography to document my travel and adventure and not other way around. Unfortunately it seems many people now pick up the camera only because they need fame in social media. What a pity. I am glad that I started all these before the craziness social media.

Anyway; let's come back to the image.

Foreground -
H-Alpha Modified Nikon D850
Sigma 14MM F1.8 Art
F4, ISO 400 230 Seconds
2 images stacked for a bit better signal to noise ratio

Sky (captured just from in front of the arch from the open area carefully keeping the alignment in mind) -
H-Alpha Modified Nikon D850
Nikon 20MM F1.8
F2.8, ISO 800, 2 Minutes
The stars were slightly out of focus intentionally to have a thicker trail and no gap. Kept 1 second delay between two images.
360 Images stacked in photoshop using 100 image set and incremental opacity method.
Later the trail was taken into Affinity Pro 2 to add 3% radial blur.

Later the foreground and trail have been blended with simple selection tool and layer mask in photoshop.

If you have already read till here; you might be interested in watching a short film that we have compiled about our experience at the Kingdom of Time. Click here to get amazed with the beauty of this special place.

Please have a look at my website www.avisekhphotography.com for all my recent works.

Have a nice weekend.

Hope you will enjoy the picture.

Any suggestions or criticisms are always welcome.

Tags:   jordan wadi rum jebel kharaz middle east desert landscape rock arch arabian dream intimate with nature dark sky dark night star trail www.avisekhphotography.com nikon d850 sigma sigma 14mm f1.8 art nikon d850 rrs really right stuff tripod

© All Rights Reserved

#42 ( Explored)
Cropped version with 300 mm lens!!
Thanks Flickr and to all for the likes and appreciations

The Tailed Jay butterfly (Graphium agamemnon) is a striking species found in South and Southeast Asia. Its vibrant colors and elongated tail-like extensions make it easily recognizable. The wings are primarily black with light green bands and spots, while the tails are thin and elongated. These butterflies are known for their graceful flight and are often found in forested areas, gardens, and parks.

They typically feed on nectar from flowers and play a role in pollination. The Tailed Jay undergoes a complete metamorphosis, transitioning from egg to larva (caterpillar) to pupa (chrysalis) before emerging as a beautiful adult butterfly.

in the comments section I am getting some really awesome comments to lift me up
I would say we are nothing in terms of nature beauty and their variation .my role is really insignificant in portraying the beautiful creatures of nature!💚

Tags:   tailed-jay-butterfly 70mm-300mm Nikkor closeup in explore explore explored

© All Rights Reserved

Whodini - Big Mouth
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBwQdKq9wRs

Location:Barcelona

Leica Elmarit-R 180 f4 adapted to Nikon F mount by technician.
lens-db.com/leitz-wetzlar-elmar-r-180mm-f4-1976/

Tags:   Art arte artist artistic Barcelona color colors creative Europe experiment EXPERIMENTS experimental explore FreeArt graffiti Grafiti Grafitti manual manualfocus nikon RejectedBy Spain street streetart Leica RollingStones Jagger LIPS lipstick

© All Rights Reserved

Sunrise seascape with clouds at Bombo Beach, KIama on the South Coast of NSW, Australia

Tags:   Bombo sand nature water new south wales sea nsw beach ocean inlet scenic outdoors cove holidays sunrise rocky Bombo Beach aerial South Coast rocks daytime views scenery landscape travel tourism Kiama australia sky seascape coastal coast clouds seaside

© All Rights Reserved