Here’s another piece of Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque in Muscat, Oman. Those guys really do know how to pack detail, pattern, and texture without overloading the eye.
While we were in Oman I had the Hasselblad H5D with me to play with. It was huge, heavy and a bunch of fun. Here’s one of the shots I captured while seeing what it could do as far as dynamic range goes.
If you ever find yourself in Muscat, Oman and need a light (or trumpet???) you know where to go!
The Grand Mosque was such an amazing place to explore but it took on an extra level of awesome when it got to the night… not only was the heat much more bearable, the reflections really kicked in!
When we were in Muscat I went out exploring along the beach with my camera for a while as sunset approached. It was a comfortable 70f/20c as it doesn’t really get cold there in January… or at all. From what I remember it doesn’t really rain there either. I sort of get what that’s like having lived in Texas, but it feels like a whole different world compared to NZ with its ever-changing weather!
One day we went out “dune bashing” which basically means taking a truck and going as fast and dangerously as possible while scaring the shit out of everybody inside. It was fun for a while, but then I think my kids and I had quite enough… so it was time to go back to the nice, calm beach.
This is a very nice little video (open the link to see the full frame of the video).
They were studying color… the school principal brought in some glasses that allowed this youngster see color for the very first time from aww
I’m really looking forward to getting back to Oman to explore it some more. I absolutely loved it while I was there. Sometimes, one might expect (if you watch the news that tries to scare you all the time) that countries in the middle east don’t have the nicest people. Well, it’s just not true. And, when it comes to Oman, they might just be tied for the nicest people in the world with Japan!
Prepare for mind blowage as you check out this website to check the size of one country versus others.
I was allowed to stay at this beautiful mosque after closing. This is one of the security guys that was helping to show me around. He was incredibly cool and nice. At the end, we got along so well, that we became Instagram buddies and remain so until this day! 🙂
Here’s a little video I made while we were in Oman!
I can’t wait to go back to Oman! I’ve been to many many countries, and I can say that the people in Oman were amongst the nicest people I’ve met in my entire life. I’ve also noticed that the nicer the people in a culture, the more they are happy with you taking photos. This is not that surprising of a corollary, but an important one to note.
By the way, this is not a picture of MY family in Oman.
