Dubai
The creek, the marina and a morning walk · December 2025 to January 2026
Two weeks in Dubai over the New Year, with a small camera and no plan. I kept ending up at the water: the creek in grey midday haze, the marina from a boat with the sun going down behind it, a wooden deck where the gulls come in at dusk.
There are no tigers here, but the habits are the same — go where the water is, wait for the light, and photograph whatever turns up. On the last morning that was a black cat on a pavement, washing itself in the first sun.
The creek in midday haze · 26 December, 12:21 pm
The bridge · 26 December, 12:40 pm
Sitting at the water’s edge · 26 December, 12:40 pm
Camels resting in the park · 2 January, 5:37 pm
The Museum of the Future after dark · 2 January, 6:26 pm
The skyline from the boat · 3 January, 3:24 pm
Atlantis, The Palm · 3 January, 4:44 pm
Into the sun · 3 January, 4:52 pm
A yacht heading out · 3 January, 5:00 pm
The marina towers · 3 January, 5:04 pm
The same towers, closer · 3 January, 5:12 pm
Evening traffic on the water · 3 January, 5:13 pm
Back at the mooring · 3 January, 5:30 pm
Gulls over the creek · 5 January, 4:46 pm
One gull · 5 January, 4:48 pm
Gulls on the water · 5 January, 4:50 pm
From the deck · 5 January, 4:50 pm
Shadow of a railing · 8 January, 8:03 am
The morning walk · 8 January, 8:20 am
Railings and their shadows · 8 January, 8:23 am
A black cat in the first sun · 8 January, 8:28 am
The cat and a passer-by · 8 January, 8:28 am
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