India - Camel and his rider in Thar - the Great Indian Desert at Sunset
The Thar Desert (Hindi: थार मरुधर) , also known as the Great Indian Desert, is a large, arid region in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent. With an area of more than 200,000 km2 (77,000 sq. mi.), it is the world's 9th largest subtropical desert. It lies mostly in the Indian state of Rajasthan, and extends into the southern portion of Haryana and Punjab states and into northern Gujarat state. In Pakistan, the desert covers eastern Sindh province and the southeastern portion of Pakistan's Punjab province. The Cholistan Desert adjoins the Thar desert spreading into Pakistani Punjab province.
I nearly missed taking this photo as I had slightly tight agenda and was planing to go to Kashmir as well. However weather forecast was not good and the constant political instability made me change my plans and stay bit longer in Rajastan - which is not a bad solution. I therefore had more time to go for sunset to Thar desert to capture one of these iconic shots. Capturing this however was not as easy as I hoped for as the amount of people, camels, sellers etc was huge (and it is nearly end of the season!!) I managed however to capture man and a camel against the sun as I was hoping for.
Model: Canon EOS 5D Mark II; Lens’s focal length: 70.00 - 200.00 mm; Focal length: 127.00 mm; Aperture: 8.0, Exposure time: 1/400 s, ISO: 250
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juntos ( MOSTLY OFF) (26 months ago | reply)
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Sjoerdcanon (26 months ago | reply)
I pick this photograph to be on the cover of National Geographic
National Geographic: Are You Good Enough?
Buddy's Joy (26 months ago | reply)
EXCEPTIONAL AMAZING PHENOMINAL MAGNIFICANT
inspirationation!
Toi-Vido (26 months ago | reply)
Really beautiful picture
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Aramix (26 months ago | reply)
Wonderful shot!!!!
Raymond Larose (26 months ago | reply)
Nice warm colors to accent the silhouette!
benspics.com (26 months ago | reply)
instant fav
stunning shot
MY RED BOOK (26 months ago | reply)
Nice colours.
In the exactly moment.
Perfect.
Satyaki Basu (26 months ago | reply)
stunning
Iris_x2002 (26 months ago | reply)
superb view-the sun is fantastic
~ Floydian ~ (26 months ago | reply)
Ohhhhhhhh........classic, but very beautiful my dear Lucie.....very lovely work, great timing, colour and light.
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The Patriot 1776 (26 months ago | reply)
Wonderful !
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Sandro Gambin (26 months ago | reply)
Just Perfect !!!!!
raxman (26 months ago | reply)
Very nice
ACOU_REVIVE (26 months ago | reply)
wonderful shot!
mikaztro (26 months ago | reply)
Wonderful!!!
Photography Sajjad Tufail ( in KL ) (26 months ago | reply)
absolutely Stunning shot!
HUSSAIN AL-ABDUL AL-HAMEED (26 months ago | reply)
Cool shot
Sh@dows (26 months ago | reply)
simply superb.hats off to you my friend..
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Amateur Aravind (26 months ago | reply)
Brilliant!
tobey308 (26 months ago | reply)
perfect silhouette!
ouToFfocuS. (26 months ago | reply)
awesome shot...
klaus53 (26 months ago | reply)
- really excellent! :)
Eric Rousset (26 months ago | reply)
So beautiful silhouettes, luv that orange
Federico Senesi (26 months ago | reply)
Perfect!!! Beautiful orange tone!!!
Fabiana Gauto Photography (26 months ago | reply)
really brilliant! amazing colours!
siempresam (26 months ago | reply)
I pick this photograph to be on the cover of National Geographic
National Geographic: Are You Good Enough?
leakylightbucket (26 months ago | reply)
Amazing capture! So much to learn from you, you are a rockstar!
Chris Waikiki (26 months ago | reply)
very good work!
lhepburn (26 months ago | reply)
I pick this photograph to be on the cover of National Geographic
National Geographic: Are You Good Enough?
Simply lovely!
@ires (26 months ago | reply)
perfect!!!
MMP - Enigma (26 months ago | reply)
Beautiful shot
alexandros9 (26 months ago | reply)
awesome shot!
* onda * (26 months ago | reply)
The light that I love!!!
zeca br (26 months ago | reply)
Excellent !!! Congratulations...
Joe Rainbow (26 months ago | reply)
A classic. Super shot Lucie.
ganesha09 (26 months ago | reply)
Absolutely spectacular! Love everything about this!
Daily Grind Photography (26 months ago | reply)
awesome shot!
biker.dyna (26 months ago | reply)
Wonderful shot!!!!
macg5555 (26 months ago | reply)
una genial silueta, buena y llamativa foto
edleckert (26 months ago | reply)
Perfect execution!
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Ga clicker (26 months ago | reply)
awesome shot......
- Ariful H Bhuiyan - (26 months ago | reply)
simply mindblowing...
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Jón Óskar. (26 months ago | reply)
Excellent shot!
Steve Rosset (26 months ago | reply)
A stunning desert capture. Beautiful silhouette.
violinconcertono3 (26 months ago | reply)
wonderful shot
Andy Watson1 (26 months ago | reply)
Amazing Shot!