A Journey through the Middle East (Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Israel)

Reverb

Hi everyone,

I got back recently from a month trek through the middle east and thought I'd share a few photos (the full gallery is www.alexdimson.com/mideast).

These photos are the first I have done with lightroom so I would especially be curious to hear your thoughts about the postprocessing methodology but I'd love to hear any other thoughts as well. Thanks!

1) Desert Hike (Syria)


2) Mosque at Sunset (Jordan)


3) Leaving the Dome of the Rock (Israel)



4) Sinai Sunrise (Egypt)


5) Wadi Rum Desert (Jordan)

coscorrosa

Awesome! A great set of a region that I don't see a lot of photographs from. My favorite is #2, love the foreground and background silhouettes and the location of the sun.

thapamd

Wow! These and the images of the entire gallery are nothing short of GORGEOUS! From the people shots, to the ruins, to the beach scenes...all fabulous. I urge those of you looking at this post to please visit the link Alex provides...I promise you won't be disappointed.

So Alex, you just started using Lightroom, huh? I've been doing it for a few years...Is there any advice YOU can give ME, perhaps?

coscorrosa

thapamd wrote:

Wow! These and the images of the entire gallery are nothing short of GORGEOUS! From the people shots, to the ruins, to the beach scenes...all fabulous. I urge those of you looking at this post to please visit the link Alex provides...I promise you won't be disappointed.

So Alex, you just started using Lightroom, huh? I've been doing it for a few years...Is there any advice YOU can give ME, perhaps?

Just checked out the gallery and you're right, there's a lot of just fabulous stuff in there. Wow, what a trip!

Marc Muench

Reverb wrote:

5) Wadi Rum Desert (Jordan)

Wonderful images and not over cookedthumb

Was it difficult to get to the Wadi Rum Desert?

dlplumer

Beautiful images. #4 is my favorite; I love the layers and the soft tones.

Tee Why

Like that second shot.

David_S85

Reverb, those shots bring back memories of 1979 when I visited those same 4 countries plus Greece on the way back. Thanks for showing us your favorite views from your trip.

This thread is ripe for expanding (adding stories behind the pics, and more shots) into a Journeys forum thread - just a suggestion.

Awais Yaqub

Amazing Amazing !!!
waiting for more

Reverb

Marc Muench wrote:

Wonderful images and not over cookedthumb

Was it difficult to get to the Wadi Rum Desert?

Thanks so much for the compliment Marc. It means a lot having taken a look at your website.

Getting to Wadi Rum wasn't hard at all. I came from Aqaba in South Jordan and there are numerous ways (bus/service taxi etc.) to get to the visitor centre and back (1.5 hour drive if I recall). The visitor centre runs jeep/camel tours for quite cheap and there are ways to get a tour in Aqaba as well. I was just dissapointed that I only had a few hours at midday at the site and so wasn't able to get too far into the desert. It actually is probably the place I would most like to revisit. I think it could be a mystical place at night. They are ways to camp with the bedouins which actually could be very interested and less touristy then it sounds. Highly recommended and my photos especially do not do that location justice.

Marc Muench

Reverb wrote:

It actually is probably the place I would most like to revisit. I think it could be a mystical place at night.

Thank you for the info. I agree it would be a great place to spend some time. It has always reminded me of Monument Valley in Arizona.

Reverb

That is actually a great suggestion. I'll try to do that once I've overcome a bit of a work crunch.

Thanks for all the compliments!

David_S85 wrote:

Reverb, those shots bring back memories of 1979 when I visited those same 4 countries plus Greece on the way back. Thanks for showing us your favorite views from your trip.

This thread is ripe for expanding (adding stories behind the pics, and more shots) into a Journeys forum thread - just a suggestion.

schmoo

Holy moly what a fantastic set from a beautiful place! I do hope you get to go back and camp with the bedouins... what stories you could share and show us

annnna8888

A great collection of photos! Love the diversity. Post more!

Ana

Reverb

OK by request and because I think it will probably be a week or two before I get to post anything in the journeys forum I'll throw a fee more up there:

1)

1) The Temple of Hatepshut


2) Waiting for the Call to Prayer



3) Ancient Guardian



4) Bustling Market



5) Towers of Yemliko

David_S85

You're making me want to go back there.