The Sands Of Time
by Marsel van Oosten
This was shot in a diamond mining ghost town near the Namibian coast during this year's Namibia workshop. The town was abandoned in 1956 and the desert has been reclaiming its territory ever since.
Nikon D2X, AF-S 24-70/2.8, 1/4 @ f/16, ISO 100, tripod
Comments
13 commentsNo, I didn't. I prefered to shoot it like this, because I wanted an asymmetrical composition, because I wanted to include quite a lot of the dark foreground to make the room in the background stand out more, and because with a vertical composition I would have had to include some of the sand in the foreground that was in the shade and not very interesting in terms of texture. Hope that explains my choice.
Thanks for you comments!
Wayne
It must be a dream to see places like this. Of course this image is again amazing as the warm earth tones really work here with a bit of nostalgia.
David M. Cobb