Another one from Fujairah. The sun was already fully up a this point. I used my ND1000x BW ND filter to get the smoke effect on the water. I haven’t used this filter as much as I would want to because, I haven’t done a lot of seascapes here in Dubai. Another use for this filter would be for the clouds movement, to get them into a blur, which is not very applicable here in Dubai since clouds here are […]
Another angle from the Villa we stayed in during the new year. Really an amazing place. I hope one day, we can visit the place again 🙂 Gear: Canon 7D + Tokina 11-16 f2.8 Settings: f9.0 | 13 secs. | ISO 100 Post process: 3 exposures DRI Curves adjustments Hue and saturation adjustments Dodging and burning Cheers!
This is how it looks inside that shed I took a picture of on Day 228. Really cool place to just relax and drink some pinacoladas while watching sunset 🙂 Gear: Canon 7D + Tokina 11-16 Settings: f7.1 | 1/40 | ISO 100 Post process: 3 exposures blending Hue and saturation adjustments Curves adjustments Dodging and burning Take care everyone! /Mike
Taken from Crystal Cove Island in Boracay. This place have nice caves and plenty of good scenery to enjoy. Gear: Canon 7D + Tokina 11-16 f2.8 Settings: f8.0 | 1/25 | ISO 100 Post process: 3 exposures blending (DRI) Multiple curves adjustments Dodging and burning Color balance adjustment Cheers! /Mike
Taken from Boracay; This is Crystal Cove Island, really nice place to chill and photograph. I really miss this place now… This is the first DRI that I did using my Wacom Intuos 4, it is surprisingly very accurate compared to the previous one I’m using. It took me some time to go into details, but I think its worth it. Gear: Canon 7D + Tokina 11-16 f2.8 Settings: f7.1 | 1/25 | ISO 100 Post process: Exposure Blending using […]
I took this shot on my vacation to Philippines. This is Boracay Island. It’s a fantastic place to chill and enjoy a nice beach. Gear: Canon 7D + Tokina 11-16 f2.8 Settings: f8.0 | 1/60 | ISO 100 Post process: DRI’d 3 exposure Curves adjustments Hue and saturation adjustments Dodging and burning Cheers! Mike
Ok, a lot of you probably thought I gave up on my 365 Project, well, I didn’t. It’s been really busy at work and the weather is becoming more and more unbearable. Anyway, I hope I’ll be able to catch up. This was taken inside the Madinat Jumeirah Souq. Gear: Canon 7D + Tokina 11-16 f2.8 Settings: f2.8 | 1/15 | ISO 2500 Post process: Merged 3 exposures in Photoshop Tonemapped in Photomatix Adjusted curves to get the tones I […]
This was taken at DIFC station. You can see this place just right after you get out of the Dubai Metro Station. Gear: Canon 7D + Tokina 11-16 f2.8 Settings: f6.3 | 1/50 | ISO 100 Post processing: Used Photoshop to merge 3 exposures Tonemapped in Photomatix Cleaned up in Photoshop Adjusted curves TGIF! /Mike
This was taken from Dubai Marina near Dubai Marina Mall. Really good place to take pictures 😀 Gear: Canon 7D + Tamron 18-270mm VC Settings: f6.3 | 1/4 | ISO 3200 Post process: DRI’d from 3 exposures Dodging and burning Corrected perspective and distortions Applied some noise reduction Weekend ya’y! /Mike
Here’s another shot from a different angle of the newest mall in Dubai, Mirdif City Center. I saw this lady with her 2 kids posing so I took the shot as well, this is one of my test shots that turned out well 🙂 Gear: Canon 7D + Tokina 11-16 f2.8 Settings: 7.1 | 1/500 | ISO 100 Post process: Stacked and merged in Photoshop CS5 Tonemapped in Photomatix Cleaned in Photoshop CS5 Dodging and burning Colorized the sky to […]