Arabian Peninsula - UAE/Abu Dhabi - 51 - Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque - Stained glass windows
Aug 10, 2020 12:38:01 #
michaelsinger wrote:
just amazing
Thank you Michael for dropping in on my long-going tour of the Arabian peninsula and your kind comment. Did you manage to see the earlier episodes, mainly over in Oman. If not and this is your first visit, I invite you to have a look at the earlier postings (you will need plenty of time as there are some 50 postings). Easy to do, just click on my name (weberwest) behind my avatar, then click on the figure behind "# of topics posted", and the entire listing is there. Thanks again for visiting!
Aug 10, 2020 12:45:26 #
RobertW
Loc: Breezy Point, New York
My pics from the Mosque aren’t in the same league as yours Joe, so I’ll be saving these
as a better reminder of a great time in my life!! I don’t care if the State dep’t has a notation
“Arabist” next to my Passport renewal File, I’ll never forget the jarring beauty I found everywhere
in the Gulf. Yes, there are dark places too, but these type places (the Mosque) outweigh the bad
parts. Thanks for your great series, and I have gone into the extended sources you referred me too
as well————Enjoy whatever time you have left there!!
as a better reminder of a great time in my life!! I don’t care if the State dep’t has a notation
“Arabist” next to my Passport renewal File, I’ll never forget the jarring beauty I found everywhere
in the Gulf. Yes, there are dark places too, but these type places (the Mosque) outweigh the bad
parts. Thanks for your great series, and I have gone into the extended sources you referred me too
as well————Enjoy whatever time you have left there!!
Aug 10, 2020 12:46:34 #
old johnnie wrote:
Joe - I’ve been following your travelogue and amazing pictures with great interest, having travelled frequently to many of the cities from the late 1970s thru early 2000s. The size and scale of “post oil boom” opulence is almost unbelievable and regrettably, some of the old neighborhoods have been demolished. Thank you!
Thank you very much Johnnie for following my travelogue and taking the time to write a comment - this means very much to me, especially if it comes from an old hand from these lands! I myself have spent a lot of time out in Asia as well, but most of it in the Far East and in South East Asia, where I lived for 8 years and frequently went and still do go back. I am totally with you as to the almost unimaginable changes that come to that region, and to all that has been lost in this process. I could see that particularly well in Dubai, which I will start to cover tomorrow for some 10 days. I loved the old Dubai in the early '80s and find that the new glitzy part is practically "dehumanized" with nary a soul in the streets. Luckily in Dubai, there is still "The Creek" with Bur Dubai on one side and Deira on the other and plenty of old Arab-town action in both parts and on the water - enjoy these upcoming posts, they will bring back the old memories to you! - Thanks again for taking the time to write your comment!
Aug 10, 2020 12:48:08 #
Earnest Botello wrote:
Excellent series, Joe.
Thank you very much Earnest, good to see you visiting again! Joe
Aug 10, 2020 12:52:47 #
RobertW wrote:
My pics from the Mosque aren’t in the same league ... (show quote)
Thank you Robert for staying with the tour to your "former haunts" and your kind comment - I am happy to hear that you looked at my photo-website for additional coverage.
Aug 10, 2020 16:08:36 #
Aug 10, 2020 17:47:04 #
Very intriguing and interesting photographs, Joe. Very nicely done.
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weberwest wrote:
Here we come into the photographers "candy st... (show quote)
Aug 10, 2020 18:12:47 #
rmalarz wrote:
Very intriguing and interesting photographs, Joe. Very nicely done.
--Bob
--Bob
Thank you Bob, I very much appreciate your kind words. Joe
Aug 10, 2020 19:31:45 #
These are things I will never see in person. Beautiful images, thanks for sharing.
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Aug 10, 2020 19:53:05 #
Bill_de wrote:
These are things I will never see in person. Beautiful images, thanks for sharing.
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Thank you Bill for looking in on this presentation and your kind words. I am glad I could show you something off the beaten track and that you like these shots! Joe
Aug 10, 2020 20:16:53 #
Aug 10, 2020 20:25:21 #
weberwest wrote:
Here we come into the photographers "candy st... (show quote)
Joe, No. 8 lights my fire. Has the feeling of a fine art capture.
Aug 10, 2020 20:26:35 #
John from gpwmi wrote:
Beautiful art and beautifully photographed, Joe.
Thank you very much John for your encouraging words, I am happy to hear that you like the art as well as me take on it. Joe
Aug 10, 2020 20:28:33 #
katu41 wrote:
Joe, No. 8 lights my fire. Has the feeling of a fine art capture.
Thank you George, I like that one too for its intense structures - did you do a double download to see the endless details in the glass?
Aug 10, 2020 20:31:20 #
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