A journey of patience led Florian to this image, as it took many scouting trips to identify this spot, and even more visits to the location to finally find clear skies adorned by clouds, while a pair of oryx were engaging in their territorial rivalry. The resulting photograph is meant to represent both the confrontation of the animals, but also the contrast of harsh urban shapes of Dubai, with the natural soft outlines of the dunes of the UAE desert.

A journey of patience led Florian to this image, as it took many scouting trips to identify this spot, and even more visits to the location to finally find clear skies adorned by clouds, while a pair of oryx were engaging in their territorial rivalry. The resulting photograph is meant to represent both the confrontation of the animals, but also the contrast of harsh urban shapes of Dubai, with the natural soft outlines of the dunes of the UAE desert.

In its minimal approach, this image shows one of Dubai’s most famous buildings with our celestial companion as the sunset casts a pink hue into the sky. Taken from a several kilometers away, it’s a real photograph that plays with proportions, creating an unusual perspective of a familiar subject.

When people think of Dubai, they often only see glitzy cityscapes and sandy deserts – rarely are mountainous landscapes the first thing on someone’s mind. However, the UAE is home to beautiful rock formations in the Hajar mountain range, lined with Wadis carrying water throughout the rainy season, and feeding greenery left and right of the valleys. This image is part of the “Timeblend Dubai” series, showcasing how day to night flow into each other by merging multiple photos taken at different times of the day into a single continuous transition that is not normally evident to the human observer.