Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/01/27

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Subject: [Leica] A mosque in Dubhai
From: michiel.fokkema at gmail.com (Michiel Fokkema)
Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2013 10:11:35 +0100
References: <7902D537-A264-49ED-B586-2AD12DE526A7@icloud.com> <EA4C520D-4D10-425E-B70B-C3E2FE2EFBB5@frozenlight.eu>

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.
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> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
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> YNWA
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> On Jan 26, 2013, at 8:22 PM, David English wrote:
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>> 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
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>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Mrdavidenglish/Dubhai.jpg.html
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