Qatar National Day - Photos From Parade

Unknown Raver
By Unknown Raver

Hi All. Been a while since I posted anything on QL ( some of you might remember the photos I posted of the FINA diving finals earlier this year) . Here are some photos I took today at the corniche. Hope you all like them. If you want to see lots more, you can visit my website at www.unknownraver.smugmug.com ------ Happy National Day Qatar

By [email protected]• 20 Dec 2009 12:21
roseesocta@yahoo.com

THANKS FOR THE PICTURE I CRAB SOME..

By bawaqar• 19 Dec 2009 12:43
bawaqar

Great

By Unknown Raver• 19 Dec 2009 10:50
Unknown Raver

Guys, thank you very much really for your kind comments above. I am truly grateful for what has been written.

Now to answer your questions :

1- Ahhhhhhh the Mirage. I love that plane. The shot was taken during the final pass to end the parade. It was the lowest the Mirage flew yesterday. I was standing about 200 meters away from the Emiri stand, so the Mirage was pretty much directly overhead. Actually I saw it coming very early when it was still over the water so I had time to track it with my camera early on. I fired off around 10 shots in a row during the time it was over my head. For the technically minded, the camera used is Nikon D700 with the 70-200mm f2.8 lens, fitted with the 1.7x teleconverter, giving a max focal length of 340mm. Shutter speed was 1/6400, aperture was f4.8 and ISO was 640.

2- A few enquiries above about more photos. There are plenty more. If you read my initial post, I did mention my web address where you can see all the shots that I have taken. So far I have posted 44 photos but there is still more to come. I should be done by tomorrow. Yes there are more photos of the flying display, including the helicopters.

That web address again is www.unknownraver.smugmug.com . Look under "Events".

By anonymous• 19 Dec 2009 08:47
anonymous

Significances of the prayers.

Fajar – increases the complexion or noor,

Zohar – increases Income,

Asar – Improves health,

Maghrib – good future 4 u r children,

Esha – peaceful sleep.

By marie_2• 19 Dec 2009 07:52
marie_2

thank you, do you have some more from the air exhibition please?

...listen to the sound of silence....

By pearl of qatar• 19 Dec 2009 07:37
pearl of qatar

Great photos. Thanks for sharing them!

By yousri• 19 Dec 2009 03:57
yousri

Really, how did you captured mirage?

"Think 100 times before you take a decision, But once that decision is taken, stand by it as one man" - Muhammad Ali Jinnah

By bawaqar• 19 Dec 2009 00:10
bawaqar

Hi, How did u capture the pic of Mirage plane ?

By every_mothers_nightmare• 18 Dec 2009 23:44
Rating: 4/5
every_mothers_nightmare

Beautifull shots..... the best ever National day pics posted on QL so far.

Aana free, jaana free,

Pakde gaye tho khana free.

By dayo• 18 Dec 2009 23:38
dayo

great shots,couldn't make it to corniche i wish u have more.

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