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 […]
This is the creek near the old Souk in Deira, souk (or Souq) means market in Arabic. In this souk you can find varieties of Arabic apparels and accessories; you can also find lots of middle eastern spices and lots of other things. The boats that you see are Dubai Water Taxis, they can take you from Deira to Bur Dubai and back. Deira is a part of Dubai which is not so glamorous, it is often considered as less […]
Another shot from Jumeirah Beach, overlooking some of the most famous Dubai landmarks, Burj Khalifa and Emirates Towers to name a few. Gear: Canon 7D + Sigma 10-20mm Settings: f11 | 1/60 | ISO 100 Post processing: Applied some perspective correction Enhanced the sky for a dramatic look Used curves to underexpose the image Used different curves settings to adjust exposure Dodging and burning It’s weekend again! /Mike
This is Jumeirah beach. Summer is slowly creeping back to Dubai, before I know it, it’s already 50 Celsius outside… I intentionally underexposed this picture to get deeper tonal range and textures. Gear: Canon 7D + Sigma 10-20mm Settings: f11 | 1/500 | ISO 100 Post processing: Applied different curves settings to different areas of the picture Applied a general curves setting to make the picture darker Dodging and burning Applied some sharpening Cheers! /Mike
On my way home today, I saw a nice formation of clouds and some quite strong wind. So I decided to go for a long exposure. I waited for the blue hour to set in and started shooting. For those who are following my blog, you would know that this was taken from our balcony 😀 Gear: Canon 7D + Tokina 11-16 f2.8 Settings: f8.0 | 20 secs. | ISO 100 Post process: Single exposure but I have two white […]