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Dahab Red Beauty


Dahab Red Beauty
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Copyright: Hans Spruijt (GreenBaron) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3155 W: 799 N: 9730] (38817)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2004-06-18
Categories: Daily Life, Nature, Mood
Camera: Minolta Z1
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Theme(s): Egypt 2004 [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2006-11-29 14:34
Viewed: 807
Points: 28
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Dahab red beauty…

The picture these beautiful red flowers it too during a holiday break Dahab in the Egyptian Sinai desert. The hotel were I stayed was almost abandoned hotel with a great Pool and direct access to the Gulf of Aqaba. In this wonderful water world I went scuba diving for the first time in my live, an unforgettable event. It took about at least hundred kilos of lead to get me down! But after I was down under water, breathing via all kind of nasty breather equipment the under water world was Gorgeous! Meeting beautiful fishes, saw wonderful coral and even encountered a water turtle. But anyhow this great red flower I had to pass every time I come from or the pool or the sea. So I took this shot to remember the Sinai isn’t desert without colours!

PS-talk:
Just cropped and removed some nuisance in the left lower corner with the clone tool (No not a 2CV car John T !)

Gulf of Aqaba
The Gulf of Aqaba, in Israel known as the Gulf of Eilat. (Arabic: خليج العقبة; transliterated: Khalyj al-'Aqabah), (Hebrew: מפרץ אילת, transliterated: Mifratz Eilat) is a large gulf of the Red Sea. It is located to the east of the Sinai peninsula and west of the Arabian mainland. Egypt, Israel, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia all have coastlines on the Gulf of Aqaba.
The Gulf of Aqaba is one of two gulfs created by the Sinai Peninsula's bifurcation of the northern Red Sea, the Gulf of Suez lying to the west of the Sinai Peninsula and the Gulf of Aqaba lying to its east. The Gulf of Aqaba measures 24 km at its widest point and stretches some 160 km north from the Straits of Tiran to a point where the border of Israel meets the borders of Egypt and Jordan. At this northern end of the Gulf are three important cities: Taba in Egypt, Eilat in Israel, and Aqaba in Jordan. All three cities serve both as strategically important commercial ports and as popular resort destinations for tourists seeking to enjoy the warm climate of the region.
The Gulf of Aqaba, like the coastal waters of the Red Sea, is one of the world's premier sites for snorkeling and scuba diving. The area is especially rich in coral and other marine biodiversity and contains a number of underwater wrecks, some accidental shipwrecks, others vessels deliberately sunk in an effort to provide a habitat for marine organisms and bolster the local dive tourism industry.
Geologically, the Gulf of Aqaba is an integral part of the Great Rift Valley that runs from East Africa through the Red Sea and northwards towards the rift valley containing the Dead Sea.
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Lovely colourful capture!

~Take care!~
mArtynas

Hi, Hans,
Really colourful and exciting photo, I like it that you chose to put the big red flower in the foreground!
I know that frame is a matter of personal choice, but I think I prefer your other type of frames instead of this one with fading effects. But that is just my opinion.
Regards, Evgenia

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  • limba3 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1112 W: 430 N: 391] (10929)
  • [2006-11-29 17:51]

Hi Hans
In the beautiful place you were in Dahab. Nicely you composed the photograph.
Anna

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  • jan515 Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2512 W: 48 N: 2993] (14124)
  • [2006-11-29 18:35]

Hello Hans,
This picture felled me very especially - mainly because of the good formation with the interesting colors. A large scenery in a wonderful sharp picture.
Regards my friend.
Janusz

I've been diving for years, also in Eilat... a real tropical and beautiful image, thanx, M, (*_*)

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  • Shogun Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 868 W: 52 N: 416] (10108)
  • [2006-11-30 4:10]

hi Hans. very nice colors and capture.
excellent DOF plus the framing. well done. Tfs

Shogun

Beautiful capture. Very colorful flowers. Cool frame.
TFS.
Pierre
:) later

Hello Hans, nice clor of flowers here. Tree and frame look great on them. :) Vandana

great shot my dear friend Hans... i like so much the new frame style here... congratulations by this and for the excellent image... TFS...

Very beautiful tree! Would LOVE to have one in my yard! Excellent shot, nicely saturated! Excellent!
B-)
Linda
pt

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  • Janone Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3362 W: 86 N: 2730] (18045)
  • [2006-11-30 13:36]
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Hallo Hans.
Beautiful presented photo. The red coloured flower makes the picture.
Isn't fantastic below 'sealevel'?
I was in 1983/4 more than one year working on a small island (Zirku island) in the Persian Gulf near Abu Dhabi. Daily we went for snorkeling. The biggest Aquarium ever seen.!
Jan

Hi Hans!
Extra colours of flowers.Very good composition.
Regards.
Cezar

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  • SaraT Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 165 W: 0 N: 217] (1155)
  • [2006-12-01 16:01]
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very nice
love the frame
nice wonderful colors
sara

Hello ans !

Pretty amazing DOF here> Lovely catch !I am not sure whether the horizon is OK, or the palmtree is growing like that . Nevertheless, a pretty nice image.
Bravo!
Robert

Hello Hans!!
Nice to see you again,good colors and very strong.
I like the flower in contrast to the palm behind.
It is a good post card.
Well framed and detailed.
Regards and hope to see you again :)

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