The Great Taklamakan, a photo from Xinjiang, West

Photographer's Note

Also taken during the 2005 cross Taklamakan-Kuruktag expedition, in the hinterland of Taklamakan, the projected shadow of clouds and the dunes on the great desert that stretching to the horizon leave in my mind for so long...the impression is so powerful that I can still smell the sandy blowing wind......the appearance of life (our team) made the composition even better (well from my point of view, at least)...

A bit more about the Taklamkan:
Its name has the meaning of "the sea of death" and/or "He who goes in never comes out"...however, quite a few expedition, surveying, geological and archaeological projects had been done in these area (and there are alot going on! especially in the lopnur lake region). The ancient silk road also went across it and left us lots of puzzles to solve. There are lots of ancient civilization sites located in the desert, which are invaluable treasure of our great earth, check out my photo for one of these...

kittyhawk, cobraphil8, marjan, imrek, quetzal, noir, quino, shal, Andre-H oznaczył to zdjęcie jeko użyteczne

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ebruardil (461) 2006-04-29 5:10

Very good composition and POV. It must be enjoyable being there, walking in this great desert... TFS

kittyhawk (1802) 2006-04-29 5:22

Nice photo, the people in this bring the dessert in to perspective and makes the dunes look like they stretch out to the end of the world so to speak. Very nice photo, thank you for sharing.

- Halgeir

ben4321 (9875) 2006-04-29 5:23

Great composition. It was a good idea to exclude the sky and the figures give scale to this vast landscape.
I seem to remember that Taklamakan means "He who goes in doesn't come out." Is that right?

vapours (8264) 2006-04-29 5:52

Such great scenery, just love the effect of those sand dunes, and the size of the people compared to the rest of the landscape.

Stan (2770) 2006-04-29 6:04

Bonjour Fan,
Beautiful shot! Great light and colours. Well done!
Best regards
Serge

tjanze (5674) 2006-04-29 6:08

Hi Fan!
Wow!Amazing composition.I like huge space and people-ants.Light and colors are fantastic.
Bravo!

cobraphil8 (84) 2006-04-29 6:13

A landscape like one dreams to see some more often, a fanstastic crossing where one can return to essence, to put the good questions.
Superb composition, cheer
good WE
Philippe

thor68 (5586) 2006-04-29 6:22

wow, what an amazing shot!
the pattern of the sand and the light
are unique, and just look how small the people are!
superb job & take care, thor.

marjan (7) 2006-04-29 6:38

Hi Fan, excelent shot. I admire this motve. wobndeful colours and POV. In dis POV we can see how small and halpless are people. excelent explanation. TFS
Marjan

talatbay (2428) 2006-04-29 10:13

Excellent frame.
Composition affect me, and colours too.
Perfect work.
Congratulations
Talat

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quetzal (3665) 2006-04-29 13:48

Splendid picture with excellent composition and beautiful and pastel-colored dunes.
I like very much.
Regards
Jean-Louis

lewiz (1297) 2006-04-29 15:08

Outstanding.

yoelb (117) 2006-04-29 16:15

wow!
wonderful pic.
I love the dark line with figures in the front,and the bright wrinkled sand in the background.
tfs.

Yoel

imrek (4) 2006-04-30 5:33

Hi Fan,
very splendid shot...excellent light and good composition...and really nice colours...impressive image quality!!! Well done!!!
regards,
imre

rozy975 (3047) 2006-05-01 6:05

Excellent!
I love your composition.
Beautiful colors.
Well done!

lucinka (9976) 2006-05-01 13:31

Fan, I simply love desert and always wanted to visit Taklamakan. Your photo is great reminder of this fantastic place with great compostion. It was very good idea to include those people in your photo to give much better feeling for scale and size. Well seen and captured. L.

mbasil (2129) 2006-05-01 15:37 [Comment]

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krakus (1581) 2006-05-04 0:53

great composition by including foreground dune

noir (260) 2006-05-26 22:15

Hello Fan Ng!
The wave pattern of this desert is great!
I can imagine the HUGE, EMPTY, DRY atomspher.
Thank you for sharing.

quino (693) 2006-11-01 10:20

Absolutely wonderful. Thanks for sharing

sabine04 (429) 2006-11-22 7:27

amazing photo but it seems to be a fotomontage as I can hardly imagine you staying that far away from your group only to take a picture... ?

Sabine

sadeik (3282) 2006-11-30 18:48

Another place to visit like silk in a breeze

Simon

shal (944) 2007-01-31 23:51

Oh this is Brilliant my friend :)
Simple but yet a very strong composition and framing,
this should be printed on 20/30 and put up on an exhibition :)
Cheers :D

agrin (108) 2007-07-01 12:43 [Comment]