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

Portrait of a saker (hurr) ... Type:unstretched canvasPortrait of a saker (hurr) falcon belonging to Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party in the sands surrounding Al Ain. A saker falcon perches on a mangalah (cuff) on on a falconer's arm (only the man's arm and knee are inside the frame). The mangalah is made of cloth and edged with leather. A sand dune fills the background. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they

View of a boom (large boat

At the centre two men stand on the lee side of the low dune

The falcon is looking towards the left

Two of the riders at the centre carry peregrine falcons on their arms

One of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's retainers smoking a pipe

Water fills the foreground

and its head faces directly forward

Side view of a boom

behind another tree

View of rooftops and a rooftop shelter in the city of Abha

faces forward

with a snow-capped mountain in the distance