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Subject: [Leica] A mosque in Dubhai
From: daveenglish at icloud.com (David English)
Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2013 08:43:22 -0800
References: <7902D537-A264-49ED-B586-2AD12DE526A7@icloud.com> <EA4C520D-4D10-425E-B70B-C3E2FE2EFBB5@frozenlight.eu> <5104EF47.1040208@gmail.com>

that's true. Most of the city is recently designed and engineered, not a lot 
of character. We photographers gravitate towards the more authentic.
Thanks for looking.
David

On Jan 27, 2013, at 1:11 AM, Michiel Fokkema <michiel.fokkema at gmail.com> 
wrote:

> A small piece of Dubai is interesting for photographers as you and I. it's 
> where the fishmarket is and some souks. Also the harbour is very nice. 
> It's called Deira and you can walk it in a few hours. The rest of Dubai is 
> fake.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Michiel
> 
> On 27-1-2013 8:48, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>> Definitely looks different from the Dubai we see in commercials on CNN. I 
>> don't see myself ever visiting there, but if I did I would be much more 
>> interested in the Dubai in your picture than the one in the commercials.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Nathan
>> 
>> Nathan Wajsman
>> Alicante, Spain
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>> Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/
>> 
>> YNWA
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Jan 26, 2013, at 8:22 PM, David English wrote:
>> 
>>> I had a stop-over in Dubhai going to India so I hired a taxi driver to 
>>> take me around the place so I could shoot some pictures. This shot was 
>>> from a ferry crossing the Creek, a canal like body of water dividing the 
>>> city.
>>> I learned from a local that the rectangular structures on top of the 
>>> mosque are their means of gathering any breezes that may occur in that 
>>> desert enviornment.
>>> David
>>> 
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Mrdavidenglish/Dubhai.jpg.html
>>> 
>>> Leica M9 with the 28mm Elmarit M
>>> 
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