Portrait of a saker (hurr) ... Type:unstretched canvas

Portrait of a saker (hurr) ... Type:unstretched canvasPortrait of a saker (hurr) falcon with its prey, a MacQueen's Bustard (houbara), in the sands surrounding Al Ain. A saker falcon, belonging to Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party, stands on a MacQueen's Bustard in a patch of sand littered with small pebbles. The falcon holds its wings out from its body in order to maintain its balance on the bustard and shield its prey from other predators. Due to the nature of these images, prints will

View of a boat in the Marshes

outside Qasr Al Hosn fort in Abu Dhabi

View of a badan

the rest of Wilfred Thesiger's party ride camels across sands

A few sprigs of dry grass lie in the sand

with giant groundsel in the foreground

A large dune cross-crossed with sand ridges rises from low slopes in the foreground into a high crest in the far distance

In the distance beyond a vast rocky plain spreads out below a far mountain

In the background a second

holding on to a rope [the camel is entirely outside the frame]

In the background is a tree and two standing camels

The falconer also has a wikar (block) for the falcon tucked under his arm