Macro photography is probably one if not the hardest type of photography for me. So I give a lot of credits to macro photographers, they really deserve it. It requires a lot of patience and technique to master this area of photography. I am always fascinated with macro photography and this is me trying one… Gear: Canon 7 D + Tamron 90mm f2.8 Settings: f4.5 | 1/160 | ISO 640 Post processing: Cropped the image to square format Adjusted vibrance […]
I have been into seascapes lately, here’s another one. This particular one was taken from Fujairah, one of the seven emirates here in the UAE. Gear: Canon 7D + Sigma 10-20 + ND8 Settings: f11 | 0.4 | ISO 100 Post processing: Enhanced the sky to get a dramatic sunset Used curves to correct the exposure on certain areas Applied sharpening adjusted hue and saturation Cheers! /Mike
I was at the beach around noon time, walking around finding some angles to shoot. Luckily nature decided to give me clouds today 🙂 Here you go, another Burj Khalifa shot together with the other Dubai skylines 🙂 Gear: Canon 7D + Tokina 11-16 Settings: f14 | 1/320 | ISO 100 Post process: Dodging and burning Adjusted curves settings to give me more sky details Adjusted hue and saturation Cheers! /Mike
Taken from Jumeirah Beach, Dubai. The railings fascinated me, I wanted to create small frames and the railings just did that for me. Gear: Canon 7D + Sigma 10-20mm Settings: f11 | 1/800 | ISO100 Post process: Under exposed the picture using curves Enhanced the sky to create a dramatic look Dodging and burning Blending modes to get more details and texture Happy weekend! /Mike
Street photography is not really my thing; I am not comfortable shooting on busy streets. And because of that, I am missing out on things; street photography offers a different kind of images, it captures “life” of people and a lot more… Just trying out different things, which is what 365 is all about anyways. Gear: Canon 7D + Tamron 18-270mm f2.8 Settings: f8.0 | 1/15 | ISO 3200 Post processing: Used different blending modes to expand the tonal range […]
Got this one on my way home; Today was cloudy and there were sprinkles of rain. This is the transition of weather towards summer here in Dubai. Gear: Canon 7D + Tokina 11-16 f2.8 Settings: f4.5 | 1/30 | ISO 100 Post process: Used 3 exposures and blended them together manually (DRI) Dodging and burning Adjusted contrast Applied some blending modes One more day to go before weekend! /Mike
Today, nothing fancy, just a normal simple photograph. This is Dubai Internet City, you can see Canon, Microsoft and Siemens building right next to each other. This is usually where I have my short break or lunch, sitting on the bench and just munching my subway sandwich or just passing time. Gear: Canon 7D + Sigma 10-20mm Settings: f11 | 1/50 | ISO 100 Post process: Used different curves settings Applied some sharpening Adjusted vibrance and saturation Cheers! /Mike
Haven’t been doing water shots lately… I wanted an up-close and personal shot of the water this time; I also wanted to get the angle where the water is actually flowing. Shot this inside the bathtub 🙂 I don’t think I can use my 7D on this shot so I opted for my LX3. Gear: Lumix LX3 + 580exii Settings: f2.8 | 1/200 | ISO 80 Strobist info: 580exii + Lumiquest softbox III @ 1/64 power, placed on top right […]
This was taken at Fujairah, Al Aqa beach. This is a little further away from the beach resorts on that area. It’s really a great place to shoot, the only problem I have with this place is the distance to Dubai, it takes around 2.5 hours to drive. Gear: Canon 7D + Sigma 10-20mm + ND8 Filter Settings: f8.0 | 2.5 secs | ISO 100 Post processing: Adjusted curves to get details from the sky Applied sharpening since its very […]
This is my 100th picture for my 365 project. I have posted 100 pictures everyday since January 1st of 2010 😀 I am a fan of color, you can see that on rest of my 365 Project, however on this picture, I wanted a muted look. I processed it in dual tone. Just an experiment and playing around with muted colors. This was taken at high noon around 1pm or something, it just appeared dark because of my 10-stop B+W […]