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The Kingdom of Bahrain is a desert state and it comes as no surprise that the sun tends to shine.  So you would expect some great sunsets but the best late evening, or early morning, displays happen when there are some clouds in the sky to bounce the light around.   The shot below was taken on Monday evening and there wasn't a cloud in the sky.  The resulting sunset was 'OK' but nothing to get excited about. However this evening's sunset was a good one as there was some cloud cover as can be seen in the shot at the top of the page.  The result was a beautiful sunburst through the clouds. Both images were taken on the Fujifilm X-T1 and the Fujinon XF50-140mm f2.8 lens. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PLEASE SUPPORT THIS BLOG BY VISITING THE ADVERTISERS ON THIS PAGE By clicking on the adverts you are helping support this blog - thank you. ------------------...

It's back to the Middle East for the final foray for the FIA World Endurance Championship before the Christmas break.  After transiting through Doha airport on the way to somewhere else on several occasions, I finally get to see something else of Qatar. We are here for the FIA Awards Gala where this evening Anthony Davidson, Sébastien Buemi, Marcel Fässler, Benoit Treluyer, Andre Lotterer, Neel Jani, Marc Lieb, Romain Dumas, Gianmaria Bruni, Toni Vilander, Toyota and Ferrari will collect their trophies from the FIA alongside the winners from F1, WRC and WTCC.  I arrived in the early hours of this morning so I took the opportunity to get up and have a wander round the complex to find my bearings before this evening's ceremony, which is being held in the St Regis Hotel.  I am staying across the road in the Intercontinental Hotel, which has a private beach across the bay from Doha. I will be taking pictures of our champions this evening so check back tomorrow for ...