bertloomis Loc: Fort Worth, Texas

Quite impressive. The geology is other worldly!

weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

Thank you Mark, I am happy to hear that you like these shots. Yes, Patagonia has some of the most wonderful landscapes I have ever seen, we have been around a lot in many parts of the world, but the splendor of Patagonia (and especially the Torres del Paine NP, the Perito Moreno Glacier and the Bariloche area with the Lago Nahuel Huapi) - as well as the totally different combination of Namibia/South Africa is something to behold. Unfortunately, my Patagonia trip was way back in 2006, when I was just switching from film to digital, and I have never really properly worked on these pictures. I started seriously working on my pictures in 2011 after I retired and vowed to work on and document each trip in chrono order before going on. The idea was to go back and work on the older pictures whenever I am up-to-date with my current work. Doesn't seem to work very well, as we are traveling too much, I am presently working on a set of albums from a trip to the North European Plains (NL-D-PL) taken in the fall of 2016, so I got a lot of catch-up work to do before I can go back. Luckily in a way, the Covid-19 induced travel stops help me to work on my mountain of backlog, so if this lasts looooong enough, I might be able to work on the old stuff (like 3 years or so.... - but hopefully not). Oh, to answer you question - I shot these pictures with my D610 totally taking advantage of the excellent electronics, settings on Automatic - seems to have worked reasonably well.

weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

Thank you very much Bert for looking in on our ongoing tour of this wonderful place, with definitely another geological structure. We are getting close to the end of the Oman coverage, but I will continue yet with coverage from the neighboring United Arab Emirates with the cities of Abu Dhabi and Dubai over the coming weeks.

In case you just found this set and would like to see more of this fascinating place, I invite you to look back at my earlier postings. In case you are unaware of how to access these efficiently: Click on my name (weberwest) beside my avatar which will bring you to my profile. Click on the figure behind number of topics posted and the entire sequence of posts will open up. It would be best to go to the beginning with post 1 of the Arabian Peninsula series, as I provide an introduction there as well as a couple of maps. I will not be offended if you don't feel like digging into this series, but thought to make you aware of it. Joe

Bubalola Loc: Big Apple, NY

Another interesting segment, Joe!

weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

Thank you very much Eugene, I am happy you found this set interesting!

David in Dallas Loc: Dallas, Texas, USA

Really, really fine! I liked them all. The blue rocks were evident, especially in #7 with the goat.

weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

Thank you David, I am happy that you like all of these. And yes, the blue rocks are well visible in #7, but also in #9 with the small river water section.

craigart14

All beautiful,but 3 and 6 are superb compositions.

weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

Thank you very much for your kind comment, I very much appreciate them. I am glad to hear that you like #3 and 6, for me it is very hard to make these selections amount my favorite "children", and remember I shot all of these out of a moving car!

Mary Kelley Loc: San Diego, CA

Great set of unusual photos! Although it sounds like several other UHH members have also made this trip, it is still an exotic route. It's amazing how sharp your photos are despite being taken while moving on the bumpy road. You must have set the speed pretty high. Can you tell more about the trip--why it was taken, etc.? It seems there may be an interesting story.

weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

Thank you Mary for looking into my ongoing travelogue on Oman and the Arabian Peninsula. I am happy that you found these pictures interesting and took the effort to write a comment - much appreciated. Actually, it looks that one other UHH member did this particular mountain trip within Oman quite some years ago when he was working out there in the area, and another couple of people might have visited some parts of Oman - it is not exactly a country on the normal travel routes, but it has picked up some interest in the past few years.

I don't know whether you have followed the tour for the entire time or whether you just stumbled onto this particular episode. If you have not seen the other parts, you might be interested to go back and have a look at the entire series, it is lengthy but it covers a wide array of areas within the country: from the coast to the sand dunes, castles and market places in the interior to now the mountains. It would be best to start at the very beginning with episode 1, where I give an introduction as well as present some maps. If you look back to earlier posts in this particular episode, I have given twice already the info on how to get most efficiently to the entire list of posts - and I very much encourage you to take the time and immerse yourself into the land I am portraying.

The reason I took this trip? Very simple, it is there and I haven't been there yet and, having traveled pretty extensively throughout my whole life, I still try to find new places to explore and loose ends to tie up. I had visited the neighboring Emirates some 30+ years before and Oman was a potentially fascinating place I wanted to see with my own eyes - and that definitely worked out as hoped for.

Let me know if you have any further questions and I hope you find the past presentations interesting - and there are still about 3 weeks of presentations coming, but mainly over in the United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi and Dubai to be specific, a very different world from the laid back environment in Oman! Enjoy! Joe

topcat Loc: Alameda, CA

Very nice, thanks for the trip

Umnak Loc: Mount Vernon, Wa.

Wow Joe, what wonderful depth and great captures! Yet another, great set from your trip!
Rob

weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

Thank you very much topcat for looking into one of the earlier segments - this was actually the most popular of all segments I posted of this trip. In the meantime, we have moved on, left Oman and are now over in the capital city of the United Arab Emirates, having a look at their rather interesting mosque, I posted the second set from there today, in case you want to have a look at it. I am happy to see that you are following on this series!

weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

Hi Rob - thanks a lot for your kind comment and for keeping to look in on this part of the series. Very interesting that I just had another viewer look at the same segment and sending a comment virtually seconds before you did! I have actually wondered for a long time, how people still find these older posts and maybe you can sort of clear up this question? Do you go back to my list of topics posted and from there pick the posts, or how to you get to them? I know that since you are working, you have to go back and catch up whenever you have the time. The reason I am asking is that this just happened a couple of days ago also on another earlier post, where suddenly two new comments surfaced - they are always very welcome, but I just wonder how this so happens.

BTW, I have posted this morning my new set, now over in Abu Dhabi, with a mini-series in their fantastic, modern mosque. I would help me to hopefully get into the digest if I would have some more viewers and comments there, so if you have the time, I would very much appreciate it to see a comment from you - thanks a million! Joe