Egypt photos - Large images

SteveOBHave · 13 Oct 2008 at 16:21

I took around 1200 photos during the trip and these are some of the ones from my first day there. I'll post a few more as I get through them. I suspect it's going to take a while.

1. The Giza Pyramids.

2. The Great Pyramid of Giza, also called Khufu's Pyramid or the Pyramid of Khufu, and Pyramid of Cheops.

3. This friendly chap offered to pose for a photo for me - for a small donation of course... This is taken in front of the Pyramid in Saqqara.

4. Peering down a dim alley way in Cairo whilst looking for a restaurant - This shot appealed to me and is representative of many back streets in Cairo.

5. A photo from the top floor in the Ramses Hilton in Cairo over the Nile River. The Bar at the top was called the Windows of the World

ruffneck · 13 Oct 2008 at 16:47

stunning

muttclugg · 13 Oct 2008 at 17:09

Nice pictures. I love 1 & 2. I was in Luxor at the end of September, thought it was a fascinating country if a little hot.

D.P. · 13 Oct 2008 at 17:16

Nice.

In # 2 did you use a polariser on a ultra wide angle lens?
I don't like the severe blue top right, and I think the distortion has flattened the pyramid too much with the large blue sky above making it oook very small. If you use a UWA lens get very close to the subject and be very careful with distortion

apeZ · 13 Oct 2008 at 17:35

Love #1 and #3

Clowned · 13 Oct 2008 at 17:48

#1 doesnt do it for me, but #2 #3 certainly are stunning

Went to egypt many years ago myself!

Look forward to seeing a few more

SteveOBHave · 13 Oct 2008 at 17:51

D.P. said:
Nice.

In # 2 did you use a polariser on a ultra wide angle lens?
I don't like the severe blue top right, and I think the distortion has flattened the pyramid too much with the large blue sky above making it oook very small. If you use a UWA lens get very close to the subject and be very careful with distortion

It was shot with a Sigma 10-20mm with a Cokin P series ND Grad filter over the front. The vertical 'compression' is due to looking straight up the edge of the pyramid and unless I want to start clipping off the sides and potentially the bottom of the photo I don't want to get any closer. By nature a wide angle lens is going to suffer from barrel distortion. I'm relying on the people in the photo to provide a scale reference.

I do see what you mean tho and I guess there is some personal preference in it - I quite like the effect but I have done a re-edit just for you

Cheers for the kind comments guys!

dirtybeatfreak · 13 Oct 2008 at 18:26

stunning pics mate, even with the blown out sun

SteveOBHave · 13 Oct 2008 at 18:28

alangelluk said:
stunning pics mate, even with the blown out sun

meh - you show me how to get a properly exposed sun on a clear day without welding goggles and I'll apologise for it

Thank you for the comment

SteveOBHave · 13 Oct 2008 at 20:42

More.

6. Egyptian Town

7. Ibis in flight

8. Sunrise

9. Boat Man

10. Dragon Fly

SteveOBHave · 13 Oct 2008 at 20:46

11. Dune

12. Sunrise over the Nile

13. The Nile Breeze - We floated down the Nile in this for 3 days - it was brilliant.

14. Pillar at the temple to Sobak - The Crocodile God

15. Pyramids at Saqqara - These are the oldest Pyramids in Egypt

SteveOBHave · 15 Oct 2008 at 14:31

16. From the Windows of the World - Ramses Hilton - Cairo

17. Menkaure's Pyramid - Giza

18. Me and my Fiancee - Khafre's Pyramid - Giza

19. Stepped Pyramid at Saqqara - Pyramid of Djoser

SteveOBHave · 15 Oct 2008 at 15:38

Writing about the trip on my blog as well - feel free to read

http://www.stevetenhave.blogspot.com/

Banish · 15 Oct 2008 at 17:16

nice pics them mate

PinkFloyd · 15 Oct 2008 at 17:34

Looks fantastic. I'd really like to visit Egypt some day.

SteveOBHave · 15 Oct 2008 at 17:38

Thanks guys - it's an amazing place - just be ready to be miles out of your comfort zone.

jaybee · 15 Oct 2008 at 17:42

Nice shots there. I like the third one posted the best. How much post processing have you done on most of these shots?

SteveOBHave · 15 Oct 2008 at 18:16

Very little - they're mostly shot with the Sigma 10-20mm and a Cokin P ND Grad filter on the front. It's quite a hard filter - I really need to buy a softer one. Pretty much the only processing is done in Lightroom with slight exposure tweeks, upping the saturation a little and contrast.

The first one has the most processing on it I think. Mostly because the light was really harsh but very oddly coloured - Quite yellow and hazy.

Cheers for the kind comments.

Cyclone · 15 Oct 2008 at 20:05

Brilliant pictures.

Love the 1st. Makes you realise how big these pyramid's are/were.

Doohickey · 16 Oct 2008 at 00:37

Great composition of your pictures