It’s been a long time since my last post, that is because I’m on my annual vacation 🙂 This was taken in front of our house in the Philippines. On this picture is my brother Richmond. This is a very impromptu shoot, no planning, no concepts; we just thought of having a fun shoot and went for it. I didn’t bring any lighting gear with me, this was just a 580exii speedlite with a white bond paper tied to it […]
This kind of light happens right after the sunset; the sky will have blue and orange mixed and it creates this wonderful color of light. The sky last like this for only 5 minutes and after that, its gone. Gear: Canon 450D + Sigma 10-20mm Settings: f8.0 | 10 secs | ISO 100 Post processing: Combined 3 exposures using DRI Dodging and burning Curves adjustment for dynamic range Color balance adjustments for the road and railings to correct white balance […]
This is the view from the balcony of the room I’m staying at Miramar Beach Resort in Fujairah. Gear: Canon 450D + Tamron 18-270mm VC Settings: f8.0 | 1/80 | ISO 100 Post process: Digital blending of 3 exposures using DRI Curves adjustments to remove the ‘haze’ Dodging and burning Adjusted vibrance and saturation Thanks for following 😀 /Mike
This was taken on the way to Hatta Pools (although we never reached there). This is outskirts of the desert, really dry and full of twigs. I found this cut tree and I thought it convey something interesting. Anyway, I took 3 shots and this was the one I like best. Gear: Canon 450D + Sigma 10-20mm Settings: f8.0 | 1/15 | ISO 100 Post process: This is a two exposure shot; I blended the -2EV exposure for the sky […]
When I saw this picture, I really want to go in there and sit while watching the sun rise…. This was taken at Fujairah; Oh I can’t wait for my vacation! Which is due next week! Most probably I won’t be able to post for 2 weeks but after that, I’ll have tons of pictures to share. Gear: Canon 450D + Sigma 10-20mm Settings: f8.0 | 1/80 | ISO 100 Post processing: This is a single exposure shot and adjusted […]
This is my friend’s car (Jason’s), I know its not a 4×4 but this is what we use when we went off-roading to Hatta 🙂 Gear: Canon 450D + Sigma 10-20mm Settings: f8.0 | 1/40 | ISO 100 Post process: Merged 3 exposure using DRI Adjusted curves settings for the exposure Dodging and burning Cheers! /Mike
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 […]