Captured the photo below on my way back from Abduliyah this morning. I was driving along the 604 when I spotted a pack of camels crossing in the distance in front of some kind of plant in the backdrop. Any other day it might have looked normal but this morning with the mist (or most likely smog) it looked like something out of the National Geographic so I quickly drove off the road and slamed my brakes. I got out of the car ran to the trunk, got my Nikon D800 out, put on my 80-200mm f/2.8 lens and then ran back to the front of the car so I could quickly get some shots before the camels walked further away from the plant. I managed to get around 6 or 8 shots but right now I like the one above the most. I didn’t retouch it at all just cropped in a lot (thank you Nikon for all 36 megapixels).
25 replies on “Camels in the mist”
Nice one
Nice shot 🙂
Mark: This is one of your BEST shot. i always tell myself i should keep my D550 in my car but never did so.
I think it actually looks better with the 1:1 crop
https://distilleryimage5.s3.amazonaws.com/dd6c0c9afb1211e1b46022000a1e9de2_7.jpg
just swapped the photo with the 1:1 crop.
btw I never have my Nikon D800 with me, it’s just not practical and it’s too hot to always leave in the car plus expensive if someone breaks in and steals it. I just had it by chance this morning since I was doing a tagalong with K’s Path the night before and just caught this on my way back home around 6:30am. If I was driving a bit faster or a bit slower I would have definitely missed the shot. I got lucky.
Yay!! you finally got to use the 10,000 $$ camera equipment. Now no one can complain you take photos with your Iphone. lol.
lol
That’s the first thing I thought lol
lol
Nice one Mark!
Gorillas would’ve been cooler =)
He wasn’t anywhere near the corniche maybe next time.
+1000
cool pic. Would be awesome if you put a link to a hi-def version. Would love to use this on the ipad or something!
Sweet… awesome click.
Superb shot!
I’ve never heard of “Abduliyah”? Where’s this place?
Outstanding shot. Just thought you might be interested to know that a group of camels is usually referred to as a herd, caravan or train. I was a little disappointed not to find an image of a pack of Camel brand cigarettes crossing the desert in this post 😛
Sorry I’m l. 2 hours of sleep. Will fix it once I get home
Try posting on 500px.
reminds me of star wars imperial AT-AT walker.
nice!
this would be a perfect scene for a hollywood movie in the middle east!
Great shot!
This is 500px quality.
Mind posting a full resolution link for this picture? Would make a great wallpaper!
reminded me of https://500px.com/photo/9021838