NAMIBIA : DEAD VLEI FOREST Photo Gallery by Fred Relaix at pbase.com

NAMIBIA : DEAD VLEI FOREST

Dead Vlei is an old salt pan named for its eery dead appearance in the Namib desert which had no water since the river changed its course. The old acacias died 500 years ago, but as there is no humidy in this place, they did not rotten, forming a dead forest.

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Bartosz Kotulski		03-Oct-2008 12:29
absolute amazing gallery. love colors here Bartosz

Robert Marcsa		20-Jan-2008 15:09
Excellent gallery, Grat! .... voted!

GeneWard		23-Sep-2007 22:55
I really like these photos. Very poetic, haunting

Guest		23-Sep-2007 22:01
wow what a great gallery, great work, wel done. (V)

Xavi Barneda		22-Sep-2007 10:39
Nice galley of a wonderful place! v!

Guest		22-Sep-2007 09:18
Nice gallery ... and nice place to visit ...http://www.pbase.com/verheyph/deadvlei :-)

Licaga		21-Sep-2007 07:37
excellent shots well done. V see you

Al Swanson		20-Sep-2007 20:34
Fantastic gallery - wonderful colors.

Guest		20-Sep-2007 15:44
Fantastic gallery! very eery and beautiful.

harjinder singh khalsa		20-Sep-2007 15:28
nice keeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep it uppppppppppppppppppppppp

Guest		20-Sep-2007 10:47
beautiful pics

Jean-Marc MICHEL		20-Sep-2007 04:57
Belle gallerie dans ce desert de Nambibie. On peut voir sur tes photos que les arbres ne sont plus en vie comme tu l' expliques et que le desert a pris le dessus sur la forêt suite sans doute à la déforestation et au changement du cour de la rivière... Beaucoup de pays sont concernés par ce problème dans le monde mais personne ne fait rien... Tu as mon vote. Sincères salutations. Jean-Marc.

Guest		17-Sep-2007 18:45
really great gallery Sigma does really great job! Regards Maki

Emad Omar		16-Sep-2007 21:28
Wonderful gallery

William Hartshorn		27-Jul-2007 06:32
Haunting......but beautiful as well...Great Gallery!! Must have been a great experience! ~V~

Guest		17-Jun-2007 09:10
Good study of this fascinating aspect of nature.

Peter Haanschoten		15-Jun-2007 15:24
Nice gallery we have been at the same place ;-) it's really magic there you can see some picture at my gallery Africa maybe you remember some other spots Peter.

Milan Vogrin		15-Jun-2007 06:23
Well done!

Guest		14-Jun-2007 19:12
A photographic education, and very beautiful too. Amazing photos.

Patrick Bold		14-Jun-2007 14:01
10 out of 10! Beautiful gallery. V

veraferia		13-Jun-2007 22:54
Wonderful images and interesting information!

Guest		13-Jun-2007 16:22
Amazing images gmv

PauloCGama		13-Jun-2007 14:59
stunning gallery! thanks for sharing. cheers

Guest		12-Jun-2007 23:22
What an amzing, unique place and superb captures. V!

Guest		12-Jun-2007 17:28
Fred, votre gallerie de Namibie est tout à fait spectaculaire ! Mon vote et bravo ! Vincent.

Guest		10-Jun-2007 15:27
Beautiful Gallery, Fred....An Amazing Place!! V

Gus Rosenfeld		10-Jun-2007 10:35
Great work with a hauntingly beautiful subject. The images are composed with challenge, imagination and artfully executed. Even in the more complex compositions, it has a minimalist affect; perhaps, due to its dehydrated starvation. So far, my favorite seems to be - IMG_1834redux.jpg -. Regards - g

Dan Chusid		08-Jun-2007 06:10
Nice place...but not to live!

Guest		07-Jun-2007 14:10
Abeautiful collection Fred with fine composition, V

Sal		06-Jun-2007 21:29
Fred: Great job! 3 main colours; blue, orange and white + the blacks and grays. Thank you for sharing and teaching. This is unique. CONGRATS.

Johan Gerrits		06-Jun-2007 20:57
Fantastic serie of excellent shots of this surrealistic landscape Fred, I hate that I didn't took the time to make such a great reportage of this beautiful place which will disappear maybe 5-10 years. BigVV

Yves Rubin		06-Jun-2007 17:40
Lucky you1 This is becoming a very popular place to visit, along with the dunes. Would love to be there some day.

Guest		06-Jun-2007 11:47
Nice shots. Must admit I'm surprised that this forest hasn't disappeared to camp fires etc over the years.

Guest		05-Jun-2007 19:41
Remarkable - like a set of tortured souls.

dancy		05-Jun-2007 15:51
Agree! Simple, but effective and great.

bardha		05-Jun-2007 15:36
so awsome :D

Guest		05-Jun-2007 07:56
What a great gallery of work. So simple, so sparse, so beautiful , so effective. Well done! Big V.

Eric Herbelin		05-Jun-2007 07:24
Great work!

inti		05-Jun-2007 06:31
This looks a very interesting but inhospitable place Fred.. I wonder how many other places will be heading this way in the coming years.. great pictures - & thought provoking. regards Rob

Xavi Barneda		04-Jun-2007 19:23
Wonderful pictures of an incredible place V!

Sylvie Vanderperre		04-Jun-2007 16:39
I vote for this gallery - Your work is excellent

blizzard		04-Jun-2007 12:04
a brillinat gallery every one is excellent composition color datail all excellent v

krunal		04-Jun-2007 09:30
2gud gallery vote

Maxim Popykin		04-Jun-2007 08:04
incredible place & photos, SUPERB! Huge vote Fred

Guest		04-Jun-2007 05:47
Superb gallery. V

Aloha Diao Lavina		04-Jun-2007 04:18
Eerie and intriguing. V

Guest		03-Jun-2007 18:35
One of the best gallery see I months, every photo is a National Geographic valuable one ;)

Zane Paxton		03-Jun-2007 17:14
Wonderful gallery Fred. I particularly like the title image as it "Tells a story" more completely. Many very interesting compositions; well done!

regi olbrechts		03-Jun-2007 16:25
Spectaculair Fred. Very nice compositions, super tone and light. Very Delicate. Parfois cela me fait penser a Salvador Dhali! Bravo!!

Guest		03-Jun-2007 01:30
Awe-inspiring gallery.

silvia marmori		02-Jun-2007 22:52
weird place.. superbly captured.. how you used shadows, the angles to shoot.. excellent! V

Shimon Levkovich		02-Jun-2007 21:12
Beautiful images here in this gallery.

Raymond		02-Jun-2007 19:38
Such an unknown place for most of us... how did you end up there ? The images are stunning and out of nothing... came beauty. Beautiful

Zolt�n Balogh		02-Jun-2007 11:50
Very nice gallery, congratulations!

Charles Lasnier		02-Jun-2007 08:49
Stark and haunting. Very good.

Guest		02-Jun-2007 07:35
Really graet gallery!

Rosemarie Kusserow		02-Jun-2007 06:47
You shot this beautiful place on a wonderful and artistically way Fred, it was a plesure again to view at your works, thanks for sharing, best regards, Rosemarie :o)

Giancarlo Guzzardi		02-Jun-2007 06:26
beautiful work... a way in order to photograph the "empty one"

LC Goh		02-Jun-2007 02:33
looks very hot there, but images are great. Love it. V

Federico D'Inc�		01-Jun-2007 23:30
Some great images here Fred ....you seem to travem alot ....big V ! ciao

monica memoli		01-Jun-2007 22:33
Great gallery. thanks for sharing. v

Marni J. Bradford		01-Jun-2007 21:59
Fascinating subject and very well-composed photos. V

Jola Dziubinska		01-Jun-2007 21:42
Very abstract like forms, excellent lighting and tonality. Fantastic gallery, Fred. Vote.

Ken Zaret		01-Jun-2007 20:59
Fantastic job Fred, you really made great use of the place. Beautiful, spare images. V.

Sheena Woodhead		01-Jun-2007 20:52
What an amazing place. Excellent use of light and composition. V

Apostolos Tikopoulos		01-Jun-2007 20:42
Great collection Fred. Thanks for sharing. V.

Hans Novak		01-Jun-2007 20:40
E X C E L L E N T ! Hans - Vienna

Tomasz Dziubinski - Photography		01-Jun-2007 20:25
Excellent and fascinating gallery :)

Maryvonne Q.		01-Jun-2007 20:00
Wonderful Gallery Fred, very different from your last one but equally stunning. v Maryvonne

Guest		01-Jun-2007 19:42
wonderful work Fred

Richard Chu		01-Jun-2007 19:34
Very unusual landscape. Nicely done. Thanks for sharing.

Jeroen Bosman		01-Jun-2007 19:23
Hi Fred, this is a very fine study of this area of outstanding beauty. I am looking forward to see more of your Namibia travels.... Best, Jeroen

Eric Pouhier		01-Jun-2007 19:20
Bravo Fred C'est très beau, plein d'emotion, très beau ...

Michael Weinberg		01-Jun-2007 18:52
Hi Fred. This gallery is great..... great sharpness and details and very fine and rich color tones. Your photos have inspired me to take a chance and buy the 17-55. I received it on Wednesday, and tomorrow I will be shooting a wedding with it. We shall see what happens. Thanks for getting back to me AND your very good work. All my best, Michael.

Guest		01-Jun-2007 18:37
Thanks for sharing. Excellent landscape gallery ! V.

Guest		01-Jun-2007 18:30
Wow this is a wonderful gallery, so well done, Thank you for the journey, my huge ~V~

Guest		01-Jun-2007 17:12
Fred: This is an amazing gallery. Thanks for sharing it. -V- Ciao, Giancarlo

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