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21-FEB-2015

Monkey quest: Rocks and 'hills'

We took a day trip with a group of friends out to this area, which I think was east of Riyadh, to see monkeys, probably baboons, which somebody had seen there before in large numbers. Unfortunately we didn’t encounter any wildlife, but had a nice time visiting and driving around in search of the elusive critters.

Similar view to another I posted, but in a different direction with slightly different landscape in the distance.

First place in the embassy photo contest, posted earlier:


Nikon D810 ,Nikkor AF-S 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
1/160s f/9.0 at 70.0mm iso100 hide exif
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Date/Time21-Feb-2015 16:44:40
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Focal Length70 mm
Exposure Time1/159 sec
Aperturef/9
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larose forest photos04-Sep-2015 11:51
Difficult to imagine that there are actually monkeys living in that dry and barren appearing area. Marvelous capture! V
Julie Oldfield04-Sep-2015 02:47
The desert is so beautiful.
Carol Rollins03-Sep-2015 14:32
Excellent composition with superb tones and textures.
marie-jose wolff03-Sep-2015 08:58
the undulating hills is beautiful! V
Patrick Goossens03-Sep-2015 07:58
Love that upper part of the electicity pole just emerging behind the rocks
Gerard Koehl03-Sep-2015 06:03
Joli paysage. V
joseantonio03-Sep-2015 04:10
agree with Gill. Hard ro believe anyone could live there.V
Gill Kopy03-Sep-2015 00:35
My goodness - such a barren land - hard to imagine monkeys, or anything else, surviving here !!! V
globalgadabout02-Sep-2015 23:16
excellent shot of this arid terrain...with this place so dry, perhaps the monkeys had gone back to town for a banana split..
Jim Coffman02-Sep-2015 22:38
This desolated area really has its own beauty! Very nice image,Helen!