Pearl image shines in Gulf Times Instagram Contest

Canadian expat Emile Hendrik, 47, is the winner of Gulf Times Instagram Contest-VI.

The stunning aerial view of Pearl Qatar was the most liked among the 20 pictures included in the contest.

Hendrik, a professional pilot who has so far logged 17,000 hours of flying time, took the picture while leaving Qatar on a holiday trip.

“The day I took this photo I was leaving Qatar on a personal holiday and as I looked out the window with my usual enthusiastic amazement, I saw this great photo opportunity as well as many others that day,” he says.

Hendrik loves to share unforgettable things he sees while travelling and has won a few accolades for photos published in travel/ adventure magazines.

Flying airplanes since 1986, Hendrik has been a resident of Qatar since February 2003.

Contest VII

The 7th competition in the series starts today. Send in your photos shot in Qatar to tellus@gulf-times.com

Selected pictures will be posted on the Gulf Times Instagram account, with the name of the photographer mentioned.

The picture that gets the maximum number of likes and comments during a seven day period will be declared the winner.

A like will get the picture one mark and a comment will fetch 2 marks.

The winning picture will be published in the Gulf Times print edition as well as on the web edition of Gulf Times, along with a short bio of the photographer.