Nice Photos.

Nice Shot Julian. The sea has this magical ability of making one's soul clean and calm

Regards...

Call it 2 and a dot.

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Originally posted by Flame:
The first two sea shots are from Sharm El-Sheikh. We were on a boat trip to dive the Dunraven wreck. The sunrise picture of the beach was taken at the Obhur Lagoon i Jeddah city here in Saudi Arabia. The last shot is of a historical building in old Dariiya which is the predecessor to Riyadh, the current capital of Saudi.

Flame,

Very nice pictures. On your next trip to Sharem you can try Dahab in the Sinai which is a bit more secluded and has great diving sites as well.

Haim

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Originally posted by Sandy8:
A couple from an MX race on the weekend...

... I didn't know MX racers have the cutest groupies.

Trapeze:

Derwent Water & Catbells, Lake District -

Painted Lady -

quote:

Originally posted by Flame:
Don't miss out on diving Peter! It would be fun to arrange a forum diving trip to Sharm

Regards...

I'd better have a word with Roger Poll then! Frank F used to be big in diving too in years gone by.......

Maybe we could persuade the Polarbear into the water too, so long as there are plenty of fish!

Kind regards,

Peter

Haim;
Thanks for the compliment. Every time I go to Sharm I plan to visit Dahab and then cancel out for some reason. Maybe next time. Are you on Flickr, by the way?

Peter;
I would be too dangeous to take PB diving with us as they'd be no more fish left for the divers to see

Regards...

Fair point!

I was visiting Syria last month, particularly the city of Aleppo. Here are a few shots that I captured.

This is Aleppo's Citadel. The previous picture is from within one of the chambers.

Maybe this has a touch of photojournalism to it. The taxi I hired wandered off into an old underprivileged neighborhood and we came infront of this house. The children, despite the poor socioeconomic situation were pulsing with life and joy. I had to take a shot that showed the contrast of the spirit to the environment.

quote:

Originally posted by Flame:
Haim;
Thanks for the compliment. Every time I go to Sharm I plan to visit Dahab and then cancel out for some reason. Maybe next time. Are you on Flickr, by the way?

Regards...

In the old days, before the Sinai peninsula was returned to Egypt, we used to take diving trips all along its eastern coast from Eilat in the north to Sharem in the south. In those days they had no hotels and we would camp on the beaches and do two to three dives a day. Some sites did not have access roads and we had to carry our tanks and weights a couple of KMs in the sands. When we were lucky we would encounter a Bedouain and load all the stuff on his camel...

Your pictures from Syria have a great sense of time and place and the light is just beautiful.
I have a flickr but I hardly travel these days and most of my photography is from around here. Let me know if you are interested (hronen@comcast.net).

Regards,

Haim

All cool Haim. I added you on flickr. What you describe regarding Sharm is similar to what is currently taking place on the Saudi side of the straits of Aqaba. Not sure if it is for me though

Regards...

Flickr

Some pictures from the weekend (amongst others).

Oh, and yes, there was a bit of a theme going on.

Went to the swimming pool with some friends today and I managed to take an OK portrait.

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Sorry about the last two, trying to get the hang of it, and obviously failing!

Currents:

Love the colors and detail off the wall. The orange in particular is lovely.

Balancing life



Thanks, Maher.

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