I was shooting with my photo buddies Eugene and Henz; took this on the way back to the car, the place isn’t really ideal for this kind of shot but great light nonetheless. Gear: Canon 7D + Sigma 8-16mm Settings: f10 | 1/160 | ISO 100 Post process: 3 exposures DRI’d Dodging and burning Curves adjustments Cheers! /Mike
Location like these are probably the last place anyone would like to take pictures of, but for photographers… it’s like paradise 🙂 Or maybe it’s just me… Anyway, this place is always fun to shoot, quiet and peaceful. Gear: Canon 7D + Sigma 8-16mm Settings: f10 | 1/30 | ISO 100 Post process: 3 Exposures DRI Color balance adjustments Curves adjustments Dodging and burning Cheers! /Mike
Taken at Madinat Jumeirah after our early shoot at the beach with the Burj Al Arab. I haven’t used my fisheye lens in a while so I decided to get some fun with it 🙂 Gear: Canon 7D + Sigma 10mm f2.8 Settings: f8.0 | 1/50 | ISO 100 Post process: 2 exposures blended (DRI) Curves adjustments Dodging and burning Cheers! /Mike
Another early wake up shoot, this time at the Burj Al Arab. This is the most famous landmark in Dubai until the Burj Khalifa came along. This seven star hotel is still an architecture marvel 🙂 Gear: Canon 7D + Sigma 8-16mm Settings: f8.0 | 30 secs. | ISO 100 Post process: 3 exposures (DRI) Enhanced the sky to get a more dramatic look using blending modes Curves adjustments Dodging and burning Cheers! /Mike
There’s some heavy sand storm (when I took this shot) in Dubai. I took this shot on my way home from the office using my Sony NEX-5. Yes, our office is located in the middle of the desert. Gear: Sony Alpha NEX-5 + 16mm f2.8 Settings: f4.5 | 1/30 | ISO 400 | HDR Mode Post processing: Curves adjustments Dodge & Burn Cheers! /Mike
The tallest building on Earth… Burj Khalifa in classic black and white tones 🙂 Settings: f8.0 | 30 secs. | ISO 100 Post process: 2 exposures blended together (DRI) Converted to B/W using BW adjustment layer in PS Dodging and burning Curves adjustments Cheers! /Mike
Took this shot on the way back to the parking lot. I just saw this traffic lights and I thought that it would be a good foreground with the Burj Khalifa. Gear: Canon 7D + Sigma 8-16mm Settings: f8 | 1/15 | ISO 125 Post process: 2 exposures DRI’d Curves adjustments Channel mixer adjustments for color toning Applied a square crop
This is one of my favorite shots among all the photos I took recently. Timing is really a big key when taking photos like this. You cannot really predict when is the best time to take a picture, you just go there and pray for the best. This was shot at dawn, just before the sun rises. It’s really challenging to take a picture of the Burj Khalifa, simply because it’s very tall. I mean, it’s not the tallest building […]
Another early morning shoot, this time for a cityscape. I am slowly realizing the advantages of shooting early, I think I am preferring sunrise now than sunset. There are a lot of advantages in the morning at least here in Dubai; first of all I get a lot of good clouds in the morning, less haze, almost no people walking around and I get to do a lot more during the rest of the day. I think those are fairly […]
Taken from Al Aqah Fujairah. This was my first shot just before the sunrise. I like the cold and relax feel of it. Makes me want to go back in there. If it was not 2 hours away, I would like to visit this place more frequently. Gear: Canon 7D + Tokina 11-16 f2.8 Settings: f13 | 2 sec. | ISO 100 Post process: 2 exposure blending (DRI) Curves adjustments Dodging and burning Vibrance and Saturation adjustments Cheers! Mike