Taken in the Hatta Desert. This part is quite rocky, I went here with my friend Jason and Nino and find something to shoot. Again, removing the colors and purely working with mono tones. Gear: Canon 450D + Sigma 10-20mm Settings: f8.0 | 1/40 | ISO 100 Post processing: Manually blended 3 exposures using DRI Applied black and white adjustment layer and adjust the sliders Dodging and burning Have a nice day ahead! /Mike
This was taken in Hatta – Oman Road… I wanted to experiment with black and white, recently I don’t feel like processing in color. BTW, I just got myself a new LCD monitor an HP LP3065 30″ Wide color gamut monitor and it is huuuuge! Probably, my eyes is getting tired too much color in this massive display 🙂 Gear: Canon 450D + Sigma 10-20mm Settings: f8.0 | 1/25 | ISO 100 Post processing: 3 exposures combined using DRI Applied […]
The Burj Khalifa, known to be Burj Dubai for years. This time I tried muting the colors in attempt to make my subject stand out better. This is also my attempt to make a vertical panorama, some calls it vertorama. Gear: Canon 7D + Sigma 10-20mm Settings: f8.0 | 1/320 | ISO 100 Post process: Photomerged in Photoshop using 5 photos of vertical-panoramic shots (hand held) Tried correcting the perspective to straighten the Burj Khalifa (aka Burj Dubai) Used the […]
I was looking for a future home since my office has been relocated in the middle of the desert which is really far from where I stay. I visited this hotel apartment which is really awesome and I would really love to live in a full furnished apartment which is 15 minutes away from the office. This picture was taken at the balcony overlooking the Emirates road. Gear: Lumix LX3 Settings: f2.8 | 1/100 | ISO 80 Post process: Dodging […]
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 […]
Taken from Golden Tulip Hotel at Abu Dhabi. Gear: Canon 7D + Tokina 11-16 f2.8 Settings: f4.5 | 1/20 | ISO 160 Post process: Combined 2 exposures using DRI Adjusted hue and saturation Dodging and burning Applied vignette TGIF! /Mike
This was taken at Dubai Festival City using my point and shoot camera LX3 with its built in “HDR” mode. This is one of the malls here in Dubai and like pretty much everywhere here in Dubai right now, it is celebrating FIFA 2010 games which is still on going. Gear: Lumix LX3 Settings: f2.0 | 1/30 | ISO 400 (High Dynamic Scene Mode) Post process: Mild dodging and burning Curves adjustments Cheers! /Mike
I saw this two buildings and even with an 11mm UWA lens, they don’t fit on my frame. I decided to go under them and try to frame it as symmetrical as I can. No cropping here. I think I took 4 shots and this was the most symmetrical one. Gears: Canon 7D + Tokina 11-16 f2.8 Settings: f7.1 | 1/125 | ISO 100 Post processing: Dodging and burning Hue and saturation adjustements Curves adjustments to balance out the exposure […]
Taken at the beach using my fisheye lens. I really like this lens, it gives you a whole new different perspective! Gears: Canon 7D + Sigma 10mm f2.8 Settings: f8.0 | 1/20 | ISO 120 Post process: Dodging and burning Curves adjustments to correct exposure Cheers! /Mike
Another Dubai Metro shot 😀 Gear: Canon 7D + Tokina 11-16 f2.8 Settings: f7.1 | 1/50 | ISO 100 Post processing: DRI’d 3 exposures Dodging and burning Curves adjustments Hue and saturation adjustments Cheers! /Mike