18th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Altered Images
Luster Peninsula

The mixed feelings between being a city lover and having wonderful memories of the desert are known only by those who live and grow up in its vastness. I am one of the people who lived in this atmosphere since childhood. This place is the beginning of my art photography. Also, I have learned the beauty of season differences between tough summer and spring winter which give desert a luster. I decided to translate these mixed feelings into this picture in a way that could express how I feel. For this particular shot, I used two different of my original Raw files with different exposures and blended together. Both shots were taken with wide angle lens at 1/250s with ISO 100 between f5.6 and f11.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 11.2019
Date Uploaded: 11.2020
Photo Location: Doha, Qatar
Camera: Canon EOS 6D
Copyright: © Hani Nakib