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River and rapids in Jahra?

I was checking out the Desert Biking Club of Kuwait website and spotted two pictures which looked strange. One of the pictures is above while the other below, is that a river in Jahra?

Update: Below is a picture of this “river” taken by Ammar Alothman

45 replies on “River and rapids in Jahra?”

I would also like to know if that was sarcasm, as I am pretty sure it is. 34 rivers ? north pole right across the corner too right ๐Ÿ˜›

if this was really in Kuwait, someone pick me up and lets go biking already.

The rivers are sewage streams and the lakes are oil lakes.

I’d like to know the coordinates of the bird sanctuary to do some birdwatching…tis the season. (Hopefully I won’t have to watch birds getting shot out of the sky.)

I’ve seen some pictures taken by a Kuwaiti photographer that has some water bodies and green areas. I think his name is Ammar Al Othman or similar. I’ll update you if I find his photostream.

Yeah Patrick, for some reason the majority of Kuwaiti and other GCC photographers that I’ve seen seem to have a bizarre fascination with ugly, unrealistic HDR (or otherwise photoshopped) photos. Judging by the comments I read on flickr, people actually like that shit! Beats me.

Great saturation treatment on that third picture!
Like everything else, photography evolves, and not everyone is into the classics.

Nael:

Classics? This has nothing to do with being a photographer purist, but there are limits to how far you can go with over saturation before the photo looks ‘plastic’.

But different strokes for different folks eh?

there were rivers in kuwait ( near iraq)

but they all dried up in the 40’s

source : some kind of history book about kuwait

I dont think people are actually allowed in there. Its protected for the wildlife. Otherwise would you really think it will look like this if open to public. Doubt it.

https://www.focusmagazine.org/Articles/pishonriver.htm

“A scientist from Boston University, Farouk El-Baz, taking clues from alluvial deposits in Kuwait, carefully examined satellite photos of the Arabian peninsula. There he spotted the unmistakable signs of a river channel cutting across the desert. Originating in the Hijaz Mountains near Medina and the Cradle of Gold, the ancient waterway, currently concealed beneath sand dunes, runs northeast to Kuwait. Dubbed the Kuwait River by its modern discoverer, it once joined the Tigris and Euphrates at the head of the Persian Gulf. Then because of climate changes, it dried up, the archaeologists say, sometime between 3500-2000 B. C”

G, it’s a place called Jedailiyat ุงู„ุฌุฏูŠู„ูŠุงุช. Just look up the Arabic name on YouTube and you’ll find quite a few videos showing the place and how to get to it.

Nael, maybe the photo we’re referring to doesn’t *clearly* demonstrate my point, but see this: https://www.flickr.com/photos/khalid-almasoud/4986303272/ — would you call that ‘evolution’ of photography? In my opinion (you, too, are entitled to your own opinion, obviously), both of these photos (the one in this post and the one on flickr) are misrepresneations of the places they were taken at.

I bet most people in the comments who seem desperate to go to Jedailiyat may change their minds once they see some YouTube videos of the place, because it’s nothing like pictured here.

I certainly do call that an evolution in photography, Do you think anyone would be able to take and render a photo with that end result 25 years ago for example? I think not.

Misinterpretations or not, almost every picture that we see in our daily lives, especially in advertisements are rendered. So you see it in pictures of models, food, products and why not places?

I agree that it’s somewhat “tricking” people to think of something that actually isn’t, but at the end of the day, it’s up to the individual to do his/her homework to differentiate between what is real or not.

@yha and @Patrick..
It is not mis-representation. It is just an interpretation of what the photographer wants to capture and present. It is up to the viewer to determine whether the photo is good or not. Some will like it and some won’t. You can’t take a picture that is pleasing to all.
I obviously don’t know @yha’s work but I certainly know Patrick’s.

Is Patrick fooling people with this picture?
https://www.flickr.com/photos/iembrace/3748431973/

Why was the picture not posted with accurate colors instead of creating an artificial vignetting and monochrome color?

Beautifull .. who would have thought that the place where all the mall stalker boys came from hid such beauty in Kuwait. I’d really love to see the place in person… Directions from any one would be very appreciated

It better be a secret, dont want cigg. butts, charcoal leftovers, pistachio peels etc. littered all around this place like most of our beaches…

Mis-representation? I think there’s a misunderstanding. I was just pointing out his saturation levels were off the charts, I didn’t mean that he was mis-representing the area. Any sane person can tell that there’s no way colors are like that in real life.

And Nael:

25 years ago, you could take a photo like that with similar, but better results. Because it was analogue cameras and not digital, the colors wouldn’t have come out so saturated, but colorful in a positive way.

The only way this is evolutionary is the fact that it’s digital, and he was able to make the saturation levels up by clicking and dragging a button. (which isn’t a bad thing, he just dragged a bit too much).

According to one of the guys shown in the photos, the place is in Jahra.

If you plan to visit the area, be sure you have gas mask with you since area stinks badly.

The river is really a sewage where all the s*** flushed down in the toilets in the city are floating…

Have a nice trip!

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