Portrait of a peregrine falcon ... George Dixon Aked

Portrait of a peregrine falcon ... George Dixon AkedPortrait of a peregrine falcon (shahin) with its prey, a MacQueen's Bustard (houbara), in the sands surrounding Al Ain. A peregrine falcon, belonging to Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party, wrestles with its quarry, a MacQueen's Bustard. The peregrine stands with its wings spread wide and its talons clasped on the back of the bustard. It is biting the bustard's neck. Feathers and a few sprigs of dry grass lie in the sand. Due to the

In the background blankets dry on a wall that is connected to a round stone tower in the central background

Part of the Potala Palace showing the corner of the Dalai Lama's quarters seen from the Eastern Courtyard or Deyang Shar

Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan sitting in front of a tent with Tahnun bin Muhammad and two boys

View flat terrain

View of a crowd of people at Suq al Sabt market below Jabal Mana'

Behind him a tree grows

flat roofed stone buildings

Two tied bundles of mats sit in the foreground in front of trunks

A crowd of onlookers watch the photographer

View of volcanic country in the region between the cities of At Taif and Qalat Bishah

stand around Furai well

his face turned towards the foreground