I wanted to portray how “cold” the place was, I am not referring to the temperature, I am referring to the ‘feel’ that this place gave me. Nobody lives in this part of Ras Al Khaimah anymore, I don’t exactly know what happened here… I like how the light shines from the sky, it gives me a feeling of hope for this place. OK, enough drama. Need to hit the bed now 🙂 Gear: Canon 7D + Sigma 10-20mm Settings: […]
Taken with my point and shoot camera, Lumix LX3. I haven’t used this cam for quite a while now, but, whenever I needed its service, it never let me down 🙂 Taken around 3am today, after partying at The Rooftop Bar at Madinat Jumeirah. On this picture it is on the left side, on the roof top of the closed bar called Trilogy. Took this on the way to the parking area which is across the road. Gear: Lumix LX3 […]
Today, I wanted to try a cross processed look. Mixture of green and yellow. This was taken at Dubai International Finance Center (DIFC). Gear: Canon 7D + Tokina 11-16 f2.8 Settings: f8.0 | 1/160 | ISO100 Post Processing: Dodged and burned Adjusted contrast and saturation Applied two color filters, green and yellow then blended it together Ye’y its weekend! /Mike
This is going to be quick, since I am posting this from Second Cup coffee shop here in Bur Dubai. I just got this shot a few minutes ago from Heritage Village. It looks liked an old unfinished boat or could also probably be a wrecked boat, I am not sure. Just a quick shot as well, since I don’t want to get too much attention from the people around the place, since I am using a tripod. Anyway, here’s […]
This is a “breath taking” shot… Like literally! This place was one of the stinkiest place I have ever been. I have to hold my breath and shoot. But, in the picture, I have to say, it smells pretty darn good 🙂 Places like this are always good to shot, simply because they are interesting and they are in a very good location. Gear: Canon 7D + Sigma 10mm Settings: f11 | 1/100 | ISO 100 Post processing: Selective contrast […]
It’s confirmed, we are moving to our new location around May. After six years of working at this place, I will surely miss it. Gear: Canon 7D + Sigma 10mm f2.8 Settings: f5.0 | 1/125 | ISO 100 Post processing: Stacked and manually blended 3 exposures using blending modes and layer masking Dodging and burning applied on selected parts Added a vignette Cheers! /Mike
This was taken under the Dubai Metro, Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Station. Trying my new multiple exposure digital blending post processing. It’s the start of the week here, back to work! Anyways, that’s pretty much it for me. Gear: Canon 7D + Tokina 11-16 f2.8 Setings: f7.1 | 1/320 | ISO 100 Post processing: Opened 3 exposures in Photoshop CS4 in layers Manual digital blending for the exposures (technique known as DRI) Dodging and burning on some parts Cheers! […]
This was taken at Dubai Marina, on the way to Barasti bar, which is a bar/club located at the beach. Really nice place. Lately, I’m practicing different post processing techniques for multiple exposures. This particular picture is from 3 exposures which I blended manually. Gear: Canon 7D + Sigma 10mm f2.8 Settings: f5.0 | 1/25 | ISO100 Post process: Opened 3 exposures in layers with Photoshop CS4 Manually blended them Dodged and burned on some parts Selective sharpening and noise […]
I’m trying to widen my repertoire of subjects and like everything in photography, lighting is the key. I’m still learning, I don’t think I’m going to stop learning. Learning is fun 🙂 Anyway, weekend is upon me 🙂 I couldn’t be happier 😀 Gear: Canon 7D + EF 100mm f2.8 Settings: f3.2 | 1/200 | ISO 100 Strobist: Canon 580exii + shoot through umbrella @ 1/4 power on camera left (main light) Canon 430exii @ 1/32 power on camera right […]
Today, there’s a boat show in Dubai; according to their website, this is the biggest boat show in the Middle East. I didn’t really went inside the boat show event, because I don’t want to pay, plain and simple. 🙂 Anyway, there was a free Dubai Water Taxi that takes you from the parking lot to the Marina side where the boat show is being hosted. That boat ride was free! That’s the best thing! This was taken near the […]