Morocco - Travel Photography, Landscape Prints

Barbeque at Djemma El Fna

Tom — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 14:32:43 +0000

During the evening, a swarm of food stalls set up within the town square of Marrakech to cater for locals and tourists alike - a great place to eat cheaply and soak up the atmosphere. The busiest stalls were the smokiest; serving up flame-grilled brochettes.

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Fishermen

Tom — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 14:42:32 +0000

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Gate to the Royal Palace

Tom — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 14:50:28 +0000

The famous golden doors to the Royal Palace in Fez, no public allowed. While tourists could happily snap away at this angle, about 50 metres to the left, photography is not allowed, and the guards were quite vigilant in chasing people away if their lens strayed too far. I doubt that it's possible to stop everyone given the thousands of tourists that pass by every year.

I used a Singh Ray Gold N Blue polarizer for this shot, in order to colour the reflections of the door, and enhance the gold tones.

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Goat Heads

Tom — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 14:37:33 +0000

A small roadside tagine stall serves up a gruesome display to accompany lunch.

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Hamman

Tom — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 14:53:49 +0000

A Hamman is a public Moroccan steam bath for relaxation, massages and other therapies. This particular pool is located in the depths of the new Hassan II Mosque, Casablanca. Construction was completed in 1993, but no-one has been allowed to bathe yet.

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Hassan II Mosque

Tom — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 14:39:28 +0000

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Lions of the Atlas

Tom — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 14:56:35 +0000

Football is the national sporting obsession of Morocco. In the afternoon hordes of enthusiastic fans descend on the beach at the coastal town of Essaouira. Soon after makeshift pitches spring up wherever there is space, and rowdy competition ensues.

I wanted to create a relaxed Sunday-afternoon mood with this photo. To emphasise this in post processing, I pushed the brightness higher for a high-key image, and applied a gentle gaussian blur layer, which creates a similar effect to a diffusion filter. Overall this gives the image a muted, dreamy effect.

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Lush Fields

Tom — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 14:51:39 +0000

This lake lies between the city of Fez and the ruins of Volubilis in Morocco. The Moroccan countryside was surprisingly fertile and green. I was experimenting with the Singh Ray Gold N Blue polarizer, which gives the sky a surreal appearance.

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Magic Pool

Tom — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 14:44:01 +0000

An old temple in Fes, Morocco. When standing at one end of the pool, there was magic at work which made the bottom appear deep at the other end, and progressively shallower towards the viewer. The situation would reverse when walking to the other side, which was unusual as the pool had a flat bottom.

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Market Cooks

Tom — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 14:45:12 +0000

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