Wahat al Karama
Opposite the Sheikh Zayed Mosque in Abu Dhabi is the Wahat al Karama, a memorial to the country's soldiers. The central square is determined by a flat wate...
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Opposite the Sheikh Zayed Mosque in Abu Dhabi is the Wahat al Karama, a memorial to the country's soldiers. The central square is determined by a flat water surface, in which the large mosque is reflected
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Canon EOS 5D Mark IV
Aperture f/8 ISO 100 Shutter 1/250 Focal Length 32/1 
Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, AE
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Opposite the Sheikh Zayed Mosque in Abu Dhabi is the Wahat al Karama, a memorial to the country's soldiers. The central square is determined by a flat water surface, in which the large mosque is reflectedTime
It's a sunset in December when the sun sets right behind the mosqueLighting
The sky was covered in dust (probably sand from the ubiquitous desert) but otherwise cloudless. Therefore there was no spectacular sunset and no classic red coloring of the horizon. I got to this place quite early because I wanted the position ekakt in the middle of the mosque. Actually, I was waiting for the blue hour and while I was waiting I took a few pictures out of sheer boredomEquipment
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV with a Canon EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens and a tripodInspiration
Reflections are one of my favorite subjects in photography and on all of my trips I look for places where you can create reflections of landscapes, animals or architecture in the waterEditing
In order to do justice to the backlight situation with the bright sky and the mosque lying in the shade, I made a bracketing series and merged the individual images in post-processing with Aurora HDR from Skylum. Then I chose a slightly warmer shadeIn my camera bag
First and foremost, I photograph landscapes. I have two lenses in my backpack for this genre: the Canon EF 16-35mm f/4L IS USM and the Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM. Various ND and GND filters as well as a tripod are of course always included. If the way to the photo spot is not too long or too difficult, I also like to take the Tamron 70-300mm 1: 4-5.6 SP Di VC USM with me for detailed shots. Occasionally I do astrophotography with the Sigma 14mm f/1.8 DG HSM Art but this thing is so heavy that it is only taken for that special occasion. My second big passion is wildlife photography. Here I have the Tamron SP 150-600mm F / 5-6.3 Di VC USD G2 (also very heavy and therefore not always in the backpack) for the larger and more abrasive specimens and the Tamron SP 90mm 1: 2.8 Di Macro 1:1 VC USD for the tiny ones For indoor photography and other occasions where you need an ultra-wide angle, I recently added another heavyweight - the Sigma 12-24mm f / 4 DG HSM Art, which is not always included due to the weight. I use all those lenses with my Canon EOS 5D Mark IV My newest toy is a drone: the dji Mavic 2 pro for unusual perspectives, abstractions and a view over the fogFeedback
If you are in Abu Dhabi, go to Wahat al Karama square in the evening. Even if it is not possible to photograph a sunset due to the weather and the time of year, the visit is worthwhile because of the illumination of the mosque at blue hour. The water layer on the square is so thin that reflections are almost always possible
