Dubai Water Canal Timelapse

I have created this 20 second timelapse video of the Dubai Water Canal one morning after sunrise. This is composed of 509 shots processed in Adobe Lightroom and then rendered into a video in Adobe Photoshop. For more high quality photography, you're welcome to visit my Facebook page: www.facebook.com/photoshamaa

For the Photography Fans

If you are a photography fan and like cityscape, landscape, or wildlife genres in particular, you are welcome to like my new Facebook photography page on: www.facebook.com/photoshamaa

In this page, I post photos I've taken in Dubai and elsewhere. Below are a few samples posted on the page. I also post tips and tricks from photography experts, as well as daily inspirations from many well-known photographers.

All photos in my Facebook page are mine unless otherwise mentioned. You are welcome to like, share and comment. Please do not use my photos for commercial purposes without contacting me. 

Hamlet the Poet

This is my translation of  Nizar Qabbani's poem "Hamlet the Poet". 

Hamlet the Poet

To be, or not to be… a woman

That is the question.
 
To be my favourite woman,
 
My spoiled Turkish kitten,
 
My sun, oh thou art my sun.
 
To be a blissful hand on my forehead,
 
To be a star in my next life… that is the question.
 
To be it all, or lose it all: I am just as barbaric when in love.
 
To be everything a drop of dew, carried on a blossoming flower, represents.
 
To be my blue notebook,
 
My papers,
 
My mental ink.
 
To be, albeit, a word
 
Looking for its essence in my lips.
 
To be a girl blossoming in my hands.
 
That is the question.
 
Oh my beautiful nymph sent to me by the sea,
 
Oh my brutal sound of drumming,
 
Will you ever comprehend me?
 
I may have misinterpreted my thoughts,
 
I might have fallen in your love with blindfolded eyes,
 
I may well have blown balance with madness,
 
Because I only love with madness.
 
Therefore, take me as me, otherwise reject me.

A Moment that Was

A split of a second brings all the difference.

At one rational moment, the power of brain overwhelms,

but still tiny adolescent stings send shivers 

across the physical atoms and electrons. 

These rare moments, 

transport us to nearby pasts,

where sweetness was once recognized,

and where truthfulness felt genuine.

Alas though, they get affluent times of interruptions

declaring them “lawless and punishable.”

Still the tingling moments creep in, unknowingly,

searching for sensical meanings

of how destinies were meant to be. 

They’re all “unintended wisdoms,”

acquired without notice, without desire. 

For a moment, the transportation seems pleasant

calling all the passion that was. 

Only for a moment. 

Dubai Marina at Night

Dubai Marina at Night, a set on Flickr.

A collection of photos I've taken of beautiful lights and reflections of Dubai Marina at night.

Dubai in my Camera

Dubai in my Camera, a set on Flickr.

Upon a Different Train

The hissing is secret. 

The whispering takes stage behind the scenes.  

Lips moving, shamelessly, to declare,

lawlessness in its ugliest forms. 

The laughs are exchanged, 

to determine an aforethought deception. 

And in the end, 

A hurt faithfulness decides to depart

upon a different train, 

to reclaim and regain.