Taken from Dubai Internet City. There’s a lot more to this place, I just need to find more time and go to some other areas. Anyway, this will do for now 
Gear: Canon 7D + Tokina 11-16 f2.8
Settings: f5.0 | 1/20 | ISO 125
Post process:
- Blended 3 exposures manually (DRI)
- Dodging and burning
- Adjusted hue and saturation
- Added vignette
Wohooo! It’s weekend!
/Mike
Trying out textures again with one of my favorite places to shoot, the abandoned village in Ras Al Khaimah.
Gear: Canon 7D + Sigma 10-20mm
Settings: f8.0 | 1/15 | ISO 100
Post process:
- Combined 3 exposures (DRI)
- Dodging and burning
- Applied some perspective correction and crop the image
- Applied the rough texture
- Applied the broken texture
- Applied sharpening
What d’ya know, weekend is coming!
/Mike
This is how the Madinat Jumeirah Souk looks like at night. Lots of people hanging out, walking around and just relaxing. Didn’t have any tripod so I have to hand hold the camera with a high ISO, but the big aperture of the Tokina (f2.8) really helps and even at f2.8, this lens is sharp
Gear: Canon 7D + Tokina 11-16 f2.8
Settings: f2.8 | 0.5 | ISO 1,000
Post processing:
- Combined 3 exposures manually using digital blending (DRI)
- Adjusted color balance
- Adjusted contrast and selective noise reduction
Cheers!
/Mike
The Burj Al Arab (“Tower of the Arabs”, also known as “Arab Sail”). The construction of Burj Al Arab began in 1994. It was built to resemble the sail of a dhow, a type of Arabian vessel. The Burj Al Arab stands on an artificial island 280 m (920 ft) out from Jumeirah beach, and is connected to the mainland by a private curving bridge.
Gear: Canon 7D + Tokina 11-16 f2.8
Settings: f8.0 | 1/40 | ISO 100
Post processing:
- Dodging and burning
- Adjusted the exposure using curves
- Adjusted hue and saturation
- Added a very light vignette
Cheers!
/Mike
This was taken from Madinat Jumeirah Souk, it is the largest resort in Dubai, designed like old Arabia spread across over 40 hectares of landscapes and gardens. Madinat Jumeirah is the new city of Arabia in Dubai; the resort is Arabian-styled featuring UAE architecture and design. There’s a few bars here and some night clubs which are fully packed every weekend.
Gear: Canon 7D + Tokina 11-16 f2.8
Settings: f8.0 | 1/20 | ISO 160
Post process:
- Dodging and burning
- Adjusted exposure using different curves settings
- Adjusted hue and saturation
- Applied vignette
Happy mothers day to my mom and all mothers out there!
/Mike
The Burj Al Arab, consistently voted the world’s most luxurious hotel. One of the three 7-star hotels in the world. It is the second tallest building in the world that is used exclusively as a hotel. Before the Burj Khalifa, this hotel is the most iconic structure in Dubai.
Gear: Canon 7D + Tokina 11-16
Settings: f8.0 | 1/25 | ISO 200
Post processing:
- Digital Blending of 3 exposures using CS5 (DRI)
- Adjusted contrast per color channel
- Used different curves settings
- Dodging and burning
Cheers!
/Mike
Taken from Madinat Jumeirah Souq. I have a shot of this same location around 1 year back; this was taken around sunset where the sky is really nice.
This is also the first time I am using Photoshop CS5 and so far so good 
Gear: Canon 7D + Tokina 11-16 f2.8
Settings: f5.0 | 1/15 | ISO 500
Post Processing:
- Selected the 3 exposures and “Merge to HDR Pro” using Photoshop CS5 (very impressive and realistic)
- Adjusted contrast
- Dodging and burning
- Sharpening
Nice weekend!
/Mike
Taken a while ago at Madinat Jumeirah, Mina A’Salam hotel; overlooking one of the most famous buildings/hotels in the Middle East, the Burj Al Arab, the only 7 star hotel in the country and first 7 star hotel in the world.
Gear: Canon 7D + Tokina 11-16 f2.8
Settings: f8.0 | 1/30 |ISO 200
Post processing:
- Open 3 exposures and layered them in photoshop
- Manually blend them (DRI)
- Dodging and burning
- Hue and Saturation
- Vignette
Happy weekend!!!
/Mike
This flower is very common back in the Philippines, it is called Gumamela, or Hibiscus in English. Not only it’s very pretty but it is medicinal as well. Gumamela flowers are used as an expectorant in bronchitis, for general coughs, and as a refrigerant drink in fevers just to name a few of its uses.
Gear: Canon 7D + Tamron 90mm f2.8
Settings: f4.5 | 1/250 | ISO 100
Post process:
- Adjusted contrast
- Applied vignette
Weekend, almost at there…
/Mike
I probably posted these buildings more than a few times, I just like how they look I just have to experiment with what foreground I have to match it with
Gear: Canon 7D + Tokina 11-16 f2.9
Settings: f14 | 1/200 | ISO 100
Post process:
- Enhanced the sky to get more cloud texture
- Applied different curve settings
- Adjusted hue and saturation
- Dodging and burning
Cheers!
/Mike
