The Master of the Desert - a photo on Flickriver

            This golden beast with scorpion-like tail rules his realm of sand. Not the biggest of dragon kind, but size matters not in harsh environments like desert. Velocity matters, so those dragons can run and fly really fast.

Actually I thought I'd never be able to take a picture like this, because there are no deserts in metropolis, obviously. Well, last week I was going to the store and I've seen a HUGE piles of sand with no fences around. I don't know how tall it is, a few floors tall, I guess, I felt really tiny when I stood at the base of it (but I'm smol myself).

I postponed all further plans for that day, though my plans were urgent, and rushed home to take the dragon with me and go back to that miraculous sand mountain. The bus didn't show up for quite a long time and I was extremely worried that the sun will set soon and it will be too dark (the day was also cloudy). But I arrived exactly at that beautiful short time on the sunset when the light is absolutely magical, and the sun has graced me by coming out from behind the clouds. :D I'm really proud of this picture!

I did thought about maybe taking more pictures with the minifigures, but when I checked the mountain the first time, I realised the sand grain is too big (not like on a beach) and dirty and it probably would not look well with the minifigures. Also I was afraid to spend too much time by taking them out of the boxes and missing the rare bus.

So I took only the dragon - of course, it should be the dragon! After all, it's the Year of the Dragon! ;) And I would like to have a picture for all my pet dragons from LEGO sets one day. For most of them I took at least one picture in previous years, so I'm thinking about those who has never appeared in my pictures before.

Taken on: April 13, 2024

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Camera: NIKON COOLPIX B700, f/4.2, 1/100 sec, 11.6mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	NIKON COOLPIX B700
Aperture:	f/4.2
Exposure Time:	0.01 sec (1/100)
Focal Length:	11.6mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS5.1 Windows
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