You have been the greatest aunt… Where ever you might be right now, I wish you well. I’m happy that your suffering is done, but I’m sad that I’m not going to see you when I go back home. I know you are in a better place right now. You have been the best aunt to us all, you will always be in my heart… forever. May God bless your soul.
This is Dubai Marina. Home of the rich folks with boats 🙂 These were during the early testing of Canon 7D. (I still haven’t read the manual yet at this time.) How I took this shot: Settings: f8.0 | 25 secs. Gears: Canon EOS 7D Sigma 10-20mm Manfrotto 055XProB Manfrotto 468MGRC2 Ballhead Post Processing: Photoshop Curves Digital blending for the blown highlights Have a nice weekend 🙂 /Mike
From the same set of my Canon EOS 7D nature test. This is from the other side of the beach How I took this shot: Settings: F11.0 | 0.8 secs Gears: Canon EOS 7D Sigma 10-20mm Fader ND (ND2 to ND400 Variable ND Filter) Manfrotto 055XProB Manfrotto 468MGRC2 Ballhead Post processing: Adjusted curves and contrast Thanks for viewing. /Mike
Taken the same day as my previous post. Fujairah, is indeed amazing. We didn’t get clouds, we had a very overcast day… it’s even hazy at times. But you know what, this place is still a beauty, look at it! Shot details: 10mm | f11.0 | 30 sec. Gears: Canon EOS 7D Sigma 10-20mm Fader ND (ND2 to ND400 Variable ND Filter) Manfrotto 055XProB Manfrotto 468MGRC2 Ballhead Post processing: Again, JPEG opened in ACR, adjusted clarity and vibrance (hopefully Adobe […]
For those who have read my Canon EOS 7D review (found here), I haven’t tried the Canon 7D on nature shots yet, so last Saturday I did. Me and my friends Jason and Nino went to Fujairah, its around 2 hrs drive from Dubai. I came there to test 2 things, first, my new 7D and second the Fader ND filter. I’ll talk about Fader ND on my future blog post, I had some issues with it. I got splashed […]
Another shot from Fujairah. This was taken from Miramar Beach Resort. Woke up at 5am to have a glimpse of sunrise. My lens fogged up heavily… mainly because of the temperature and humidity. How I took this shot: Gears: Canon XSi (450D) + Sigma 10-20mm Manfrotto 055XProB Manfrotto 468MGRC2 Ballhead Post processing: Took 3 bracketed shot from ACR; merge as HDR to Photoshop Saved as tiff file and tone mapped in Photomatix Opened in Photoshop again to adjust the colors […]
This is Fujairah. One of the 7 emirates here in UAE. This particular photo was shot from a beach resort, during sunrise. I hate waking up too early but if this is what I see everytime I wake up… then its worth it. How I took this shot: Gears: Canon XSi (450D) + Sigma 10-20mm Manfrotto 055XProB Manfrotto 468MGRC2 Ballhead Post processing: Took 3 bracketed shot from ACR; merge as HDR to Photoshop Saved as tiff file and tone mapped […]
This was taken from a the road going towards Hatta pools. Although we didn’t reached the pools since its getting dark and this road doesn’t have any lights. So we decided to go back before it goes totally pitch dark. How I took this shot: Gears: Canon 450D Sigma 10-20mm + Marumi CPL Post processing: Took 3 shots, bracketed using AEB feature of the camera. I used 2 stops +/-. Processed it using Adobe Camera raw 5.5 Opened the 3 […]
Hatta is a gateway… it really is. Hatta is around an hour to an hour and a half of travel from Dubai. It is a known place for people who wants to have off road adventures. Wiki says: Hatta is a town (which includes a reconstructed heritage village by the same name) in the Hatta mountains in the north of the emirate of Dubai, UAE. Hatta is about 115 km (71 mi) east of Dubai City. Because of its altitude, Hatta has […]
When I first started photography around February of this year, I captured anything around me. I try to shoot whenever I travel to places here in the UAE. Traveling being the first and shooting as the second. However, it came to a point when I was running of out subjects, then it occurred to me that I have to take my photography to the next level, I decided to travel for the sole purpose of shooting. And to get some […]