Other Side of Life iii, a photo from Dubai, West

Photographer's Note

This is the last posting of this series of photos, which depicts the world which is just on the other side of the stone pier, over-looking Jumeirah Beach and the Burj Al Arab Hotel. If you view my three previous postings from this day, you will see that I had included some lobster nets positioned on the stone pier with the famous 7-star hotal as a backdrop. In this image I am now standing in the small fishing harbour, which is hidden by the wall of sand and stone pier at the end of Jumeirah beach. Thses are the men who spend hours making new lobster nets which will be used to catch the delicious sea food......maybe the lobsters are even used to feed the rich, youngry tourists who enjoy the hospitality of the up-market hotel not far from where they sit.

zmey, trekks, cherryripe, pboehringer, Dpbours, raphaelhcm ha contrassegnato questa nota come utile

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zmey (7335) 2007-12-14 7:56

hello, grant

a very interesting idea and a well composed shot. nice light and colors too. however, i am not sure, the photo is getting your story across. the whole scene just looks to jolly (due to colors and light) for the message you are telling. i cannot put my finger on a way to fix that. desaturating, using a lower POV and maybe accentuating the texture of the traps could be some possibilities to explore. hope yo do not mind my nitpicking here.

otherwise, a great shot and nice scene to share with us here.

TFS
kristaps

trekks (14348) 2007-12-14 8:39

Hi Grant,

Interesting shot, and the main subject here is still the architecture, without which this view is simply just plain ordinary.

I find that you have particularly captured the net quite well, as it is another interesting element. Well done. TFS

cheers, bill

brandstaetter (15915) 2007-12-14 9:13

Hi Grant,
I like the contrast between tradition and the modern appearance of the hotel. Tells us much.
Cheers from Austria, chris

Morac (27725) 2007-12-14 11:10

Hello Grant
Beautiful photograph and thank you for this respect for these men who work for the rich person tourists.
Marc

cherryripe (21033) 2007-12-14 11:56

Hi Grant
What a contrast between these fisherman and their surrounds and the famous hotel. The composition is really interesting and the sharpness really good.
Regards
Nikki

Dpbours (222) 2007-12-14 15:18

Hello Grant,

I do really like the atmosphere you have captured. Right now it's really becoming a series :-). Well, I surely recognized it immediately as being yours. Which is something good by the way ;-).

Have a good weekend!
Dennis

smash2707 (3320) 2007-12-14 19:38

Good contrast for a great composition. Very original shot. Regards, Yvonne

pboehringer (770) 2007-12-14 20:09

Grant,
a fantastic shot of this most famous and modern building of Dubai with some local ancient colorit with the fisherman certainly doing something their ancestors did for centuries.
Cheers, Peter

Graal (103040) 2007-12-16 0:52

Hi Grant,
an interesting scene and fine quality of photo. Good note. I like it.
Gr., Aleksander

mondele (823) 2007-12-19 4:37

Salut Grant,
Une photographie bien cadrée avec une lumière naturelle qui nous montre la fabrication de casiers à langoustines (ou nasses) à Dubai avec, en arrière plan, ce splendide hotel de luxe qu'est le "Burj Al Arab". Je ne connaissais pas, c'est une découverte, merci.
Philippe

donluicu (24741) 2007-12-28 7:24

hi Grant
very clever framing here...
love the opposition of style between Bur al Arab Hotel and the traditional fishermaen work

regards

raphaelhcm (792) 2009-04-28 2:36

Hey Grant,
Thanks for all your pictures from Dubai which allow me to discover this part of the world, unknown from my eyes....
This picture is very interesting between tradition and modernity.... with beautiful light.
Thanks again,

Raphael