You need patience and lots and lots of it. Add a dependable macro lens, a ring flash adapter, a flash gun and most importantly a very cooperative insect model! wheew! that’s the recipe of a successful 1:1 macro shot (at least that’s from my experience). To be honest, this is my first 1:1 macro shot, because I have all the above ingredients for some time, except for the cooperative model, but today… it came! Just when I needed it the […]
I’m starting to feeling it… It’s not easy but in a way its good because you learn to push yourself to your limits. Today is day 3; I was in the office the whole day doing the stuff that I do pretty much all week and there I was, on my cubicle thinking of day 3. I really couldn’t think of anything to shoot when you are answering e-mails at work. Until it’s 6pm and it’s time go home. This […]
This is day 2. This is an old Mosque in Ras Al Khaimah, UAE. This project forces you to go out and experiment. It is exciting in a way, but I have 363 more pictures to go! Here’s how I took it: Gear: Canon 7D + Sigma 10-20 Settings: f8.0 | -3,0,+3 exposure bracketing Post processing : Aligned and tone mapped in Photomatix Cleaned up in Photoshop CS4 (Curves, dodge & burn, contrast) Added texture and made the texture white […]
I have to do a 365 🙂 There are plentiful of reasons why I wanted to do a 365 Project. To those who are not familiar with 365, it means that I have to take a picture (and post one) everyday for the whole year, so that would be 365 pictures before 2011 kicks in. Let me go back to why I wanted to do a 365 project; here are my main reasons: 1) Ignite more creativity 2) Challenge myself […]
Taken from our balcony at Christmas day. What’s so special about this roundabout on Christmas day? Nothing. That’s Christmas for you here in the Middle East. Well, at least we celebrated in our new flat; had some grilled chickens, pork liempo, carbonara, mixed buttered veggies, leche flan and some chocolate mousse. How I took this shot: Settings: f9.0 | 30 secs | single exposure (no hdr) Gear: Canon 7D + Sigma 10-20 + Manfrotto Tripod Post processing: Adjusted contrast Sharpened […]
Here you go, the tallest building on Earth. It is not easy to take a picture of this building because it is surrounded by water and the only way you can shoot this (front angle) is on a very crowded small bridge. With a wide angle lens and proper point of view, this my photo interpretation of Burj Dubai. wiki: Burj Dubai ("Dubai Tower") is a super tall skyscraper under construction in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and is the tallest […]
This is really a nice 5 star hotel. If you think it already looks good, well, you should see how it looks at night! wiki: The ‘The Address Downtown Burj Dubai’ is a super tall skyscraper rising 306 meters (1,004 feet) alongside the Dubai Mall, the Old Town, and the Burj Dubai Lake in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. This hotel and residential tower contains a total of 63 floors. The tower is another supertall structure in the massive development named […]
Another one from Jazirat Al Hamra in Ras Al Khaima, UAE. This is an abandoned village, also referred to as “ghost town”, according to locals there, it was an old fisherman’s village. I really have no idea whatsoever on what this room was before they abandoned the place. All I know is that, those 3 windows caught my attention. Here’s how I took it: Settings: f8 | 3 bracketed shots 2EV +/- @ 20mm Gear: Canon 7D + Sigma 10-20mm […]
A closer look at the Kalesa. I asked the Kutsero’s (Kalesa Driver) permission on this shot. Taken weeks ago on my vacation from Manila. Hope you like it. How I took this shot: Gears: Canon 7D + Sigma 10-20mm, hand held Settings: f9.0 | 1/100 | 3 shots (AEB) Post process: 3 Images, aligned, converted and tone mapped in Photomatix Cleaned in Photoshop CS4 Anyway, thanks for your time! /Mike
Another angle of the Manila Cathedral Sometimes when we look back on our school days, there are things that we wish that we could have done better or at least paid more attention to. For me, that’s my history class. Well, good thing about history is that it doesn’t change (unless further discoveries will be made), so it’s still not too late to learn more about it. I like what they said from the manilacathedral.org : The story of the […]