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 and burning to give depth on the image
- Corrected the perspective
- adjusted curves
Cheers!
/Mike
Ok, a lot of you probably thought I gave up on my 365 Project, well, I didn’t. It’s been really busy at work and the weather is becoming more and more unbearable. Anyway, I hope I’ll be able to catch up. This was taken inside the Madinat Jumeirah Souq.
Gear: Canon 7D + Tokina 11-16 f2.8
Settings: f2.8 | 1/15 | ISO 2500
Post process:
- Merged 3 exposures in Photoshop
- Tonemapped in Photomatix
- Adjusted curves to get the tones I want
- Burning on the edges to create a vignette
Thanks!
/Mike
Taken from Mina A Salam hotel, one of the hotels in Madinat Jumeirah. Always a nice view 
Gear: Canon 7D + Tokina 11-16 f2.8
Settings: f8.0 | 1/20 | ISO 100
Post process:
3 exposures blended using DRI
- Dodging and burning
- Adjusted tones using curves
- Adjusted vibrance
Cheers!
/Mike
Sunsets are really amazing, it gives so much color and depth to any photograph. Using my trusty LX3 on this one
Gear: Lumix LX3
Settings: f2.8 | 1/400 | ISO 100
Post process:
- Dodging and burning
- Adjusted tones using curves
- Adjusted vibrance and saturation
TGI Friday!
/Mike
This hotel has been photographed so many times. Everyone who went to Dubai will sure have a picture of the Burj Al Arab. I wanted it to have a more surreal look, thus post processed accordingly.
Gear: Canon 7D + Tokina 11-16 f2.8
Settings: f8.0 | 1/25 | ISO 320
Post process:
- DRI’d from 3 exposures
- Adjusted color channels to have a bleached look
- Adjusted contrast via curves
I can smell weekend!!!
/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
This building needs no introduction, The Burj Khalifa, formerly known as Burj Dubai. I know, I already have a shot like this, but this one has a different backdrop This one had a sunset view 
Anyway, to those who doesn’t know, Burj Khalifa is currently the tallest building on Earth, if you want to know the specifics, then google is your friend.
Gear: Canon 7D + Sigma 10-20
Settings: f9.0 | 1/160 | ISO 100
Post processing:
- Applied some perspective correction
- Adjusted exposure using different curves settings
- Adjusted contrast and tones of the building
- Enhanced the sky to get a dramatic sunset
- Applied some selective sharpening
Ye’y it’s weekend!
/Mike
This is one of the newest mall around… Mirdif City Center. Taken a few hours ago. I kind of like this mall, because there’s a lot of photography related stores and its less than 10 minutes drive from my place
Haven’t done an HDR image in a while, and I thought this particular image will work better in HDR.
Gear: Canon 7D + Sigma 10mm f2.8
Settings: f7.1 |1/80 | ISO 100 (+-2EV AEB)
Post process:
- Aligned and merged to HDR using Photoshop CS4
- Tonemapped in Photomatix
- Adjusted further in Photoshop
- Adjusted Hue & Saturation selectively
- Applied sharpening
- Dodging and burning
Take care everyone
/Mike
