The Sahara @ Erg Zaher, Morocco
By now you probably figured that I love desert landscape. Fact is that; I like all kind of landscapes; but it happed to be the case that in recent past I have visited more desert landscapes than anything else. What fascinates me about desert is that even thought it feels and sounds like a hostile landscape; it is still stunningly beautiful at the right time of the day and it is still capable of sustaining life. In search of another such beautiful location we ended up in Erg Zaher of the southern Moroccan Sahara.
Of course Morocco is more than the desert. It has an extremely versatile landscape and culture. With lash green north, beautiful sea side covering Mediterranean of the north as well as Atlantic of the west, the high Atlas mountain that gets snow in winter and the Sahara at the south. It is impossible to visit Morocco in one trip. So we covered some of the important locations that we felt would be interesting for us on this visit. We will definitely come back to explore what we have missed. But already it was an stunning experience.
Now about this image. As expected; you need to go to the desert and stay in remote locations to capture such images. The desert of Morocco had became extremely popular holiday destination. So mass tourism is definitely something that you need to avoid if you want such locations. So no permanent camps. We did exactly the same. We went out camping in the desert with a local guide who knew the desert very well and took up to spectacular locations with footstep free sand.
As always; I was up early in the morning to capture this image. I wish I could have some objects to show the vastness of the desert; but as it was sunrise; I was alone there and there was no way I would have walked around and break those pristine sand structure. So to isolate the scene I used the 70 200 and zoomed in a bit to get the lines of the dune with the light and shade of the rising sun with the fireball itself come out of the horizon to spready the ray of life over the blue planet.
Click here to experience how I experienced Morocco. This is a short film covering our journey through this beautiful country.
Please have a look at my website www.avisekhphotography.com for all my recent works.
Have a nice weekend.
Hope you will enjoy the picture.
Any suggestions or criticisms are always welcome.
The Sahara @ Erg Zaher, Morocco
By now you probably figured that I love desert landscape. Fact is that; I like all kind of landscapes; but it happed to be the case that in recent past I have visited more desert landscapes than anything else. What fascinates me about desert is that even thought it feels and sounds like a hostile landscape; it is still stunningly beautiful at the right time of the day and it is still capable of sustaining life. In search of another such beautiful location we ended up in Erg Zaher of the southern Moroccan Sahara.
Of course Morocco is more than the desert. It has an extremely versatile landscape and culture. With lash green north, beautiful sea side covering Mediterranean of the north as well as Atlantic of the west, the high Atlas mountain that gets snow in winter and the Sahara at the south. It is impossible to visit Morocco in one trip. So we covered some of the important locations that we felt would be interesting for us on this visit. We will definitely come back to explore what we have missed. But already it was an stunning experience.
Now about this image. As expected; you need to go to the desert and stay in remote locations to capture such images. The desert of Morocco had became extremely popular holiday destination. So mass tourism is definitely something that you need to avoid if you want such locations. So no permanent camps. We did exactly the same. We went out camping in the desert with a local guide who knew the desert very well and took up to spectacular locations with footstep free sand.
As always; I was up early in the morning to capture this image. I wish I could have some objects to show the vastness of the desert; but as it was sunrise; I was alone there and there was no way I would have walked around and break those pristine sand structure. So to isolate the scene I used the 70 200 and zoomed in a bit to get the lines of the dune with the light and shade of the rising sun with the fireball itself come out of the horizon to spready the ray of life over the blue planet.
Click here to experience how I experienced Morocco. This is a short film covering our journey through this beautiful country.
Please have a look at my website www.avisekhphotography.com for all my recent works.
Have a nice weekend.
Hope you will enjoy the picture.
Any suggestions or criticisms are always welcome.