Frederic

I hope they came in peace !!

congrats @Tareq Al Turq !!

Thanks to all of you for joining us last night on our night-time photography session ! @Shaker@Quresh Pajero@Stan Hassett@Morshedi@Simon Dawood@Tareq Al Turq@munkybizness We met up around 7PM, deflated a bit, and headed out into the Faqa terrain, where a tiny old farmhouse surrounded by some nice ghaf trees could serve as our subject. Soon everyone scattered and found their preferred spots to practice their camera skills and i loved the fact that it was so quiet and all of us were just taking in the surroundings and magnificent night sky. There was quite a bit of light pollution from the East unfortunately, not sure what the reason was, but we made the best of it, and the weather was cool and there was a gentle breeze. I love these evenings not just for messing around with the camera, but just for meeting up with likeminded people and enjoying the scenery. Please share your photos good and bad here on the topic and add the camera settings you used for that photo, as this helps us to better understand and study the optimal settings. See you all soon again !

@munkybiznessif you are interested in joining, you are welcome to come anytime you like. As we are only 5-10 mins away from the main road, you can give me a call at 0 5 6 5 0 4 2 6 3 2 and i can collect you from the main road.

The Nissan Patrol Y62 is a lot bigger than the Prado. In the mountains the Patrol is indeed very large and heavy. I would vote for the Prado as it's plenty powerful and has good stock ground clearance. The lack of a rear diff-lock is really not a big thing, and only a "nice to have" during self recovery in sand.

@Ashok chaturvedi i have added you to the session. See you tonight !

Oh cool !! Fuji boys in the house !

Shaker Quresh Pajero Mario Cornejo - Nikon D850 with a 24-70mm f/2.8 lens. Gaurav - Nikon D750 with 28-300 mm f3.5 lens Mohamad Anwer Anoop Nair sri ganesh Stan Hassett - Canon 77D with an 18-135mm f/3.5 lens munkybizness - Fujifilm X-E1 with 35mm f/1.4 + 18-55mm f/2.8 Morshedi Simon Dawood - Fujifilm S5 Pro Tareq Al Turq Frederic - Canon 5D mk2 with 14mm f2.8 lens

Hi @Tareq Al Turq@Simon Dawood which camera are you bringing ? I’m preparing a list of Nikon and Canon owners to see who can team up and share tips with each other.

The gentle breeze this morning invited us into the Murquab dunes, and we happily obliged. With a small yet very capable convoy we easily digested the multiple technical areas we came across, with only a handful of refusals and stucks. I had my eyes set on some large long range dunes nearby Lisaili towards the end, but at one point my car started overheating very quickly and when I stopped and @Dodi Syahdar came to the rescue we noticed the coolant was all gone. Quickly Dodi his friend found the culprit which was a loose heater core hose. Took us some time to bypass the heater core and refill the radiator but after that time was running out and we had to head to the exit. @Adam James you did great as SL today ! @Anirudh Dayma and @Yogesh Chaudhary rocking their Pajeros brilliantly, @Zubair with his new FJ toy driving effortlessly, @Jonny90 gliding the Super Safari through its natural habitat, all the while @Dodi Syahdar was everywhere to help out where needed. @Alex Hollands and his roaring Wrangler, and @Ashok chaturvedi surfing in the back of the convoy. A coherent team ! Thank you all for joining today, I promise next time we’ll be spending extra time on the long range dunes !

@Simon Dawood I have added you to the session