Another early wake up shoot, this time at the Burj Al Arab. This is the most famous landmark in Dubai until the Burj Khalifa came along. This seven star hotel is still an architecture marvel 🙂 Gear: Canon 7D + Sigma 8-16mm Settings: f8.0 | 30 secs. | ISO 100 Post process: 3 exposures (DRI) Enhanced the sky to get a more dramatic look using blending modes Curves adjustments Dodging and burning Cheers! /Mike
There’s some heavy sand storm (when I took this shot) in Dubai. I took this shot on my way home from the office using my Sony NEX-5. Yes, our office is located in the middle of the desert. Gear: Sony Alpha NEX-5 + 16mm f2.8 Settings: f4.5 | 1/30 | ISO 400 | HDR Mode Post processing: Curves adjustments Dodge & Burn Cheers! /Mike
The tallest building on Earth… Burj Khalifa in classic black and white tones 🙂 Settings: f8.0 | 30 secs. | ISO 100 Post process: 2 exposures blended together (DRI) Converted to B/W using BW adjustment layer in PS Dodging and burning Curves adjustments Cheers! /Mike
Took this shot on the way back to the parking lot. I just saw this traffic lights and I thought that it would be a good foreground with the Burj Khalifa. Gear: Canon 7D + Sigma 8-16mm Settings: f8 | 1/15 | ISO 125 Post process: 2 exposures DRI’d Curves adjustments Channel mixer adjustments for color toning Applied a square crop
This is one of my favorite shots among all the photos I took recently. Timing is really a big key when taking photos like this. You cannot really predict when is the best time to take a picture, you just go there and pray for the best. This was shot at dawn, just before the sun rises. It’s really challenging to take a picture of the Burj Khalifa, simply because it’s very tall. I mean, it’s not the tallest building […]
Another early morning shoot, this time for a cityscape. I am slowly realizing the advantages of shooting early, I think I am preferring sunrise now than sunset. There are a lot of advantages in the morning at least here in Dubai; first of all I get a lot of good clouds in the morning, less haze, almost no people walking around and I get to do a lot more during the rest of the day. I think those are fairly […]