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Tag : Al Aqa

365 Project : Day 101

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 […]

Fujairah Beach | Canon 7D

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

Fujairah Al Aqah with Canon 7D

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 […]

Nature with Canon 7D

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 […]

Fujairah – Sunrise

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 […]

Fujairah – Beach Resort

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 […]