This was taken from Dubai Marina near Dubai Marina Mall. Really good place to take pictures 
Gear: Canon 7D + Tamron 18-270mm VC
Settings: f6.3 | 1/4 | ISO 3200
Post process:
- DRI’d from 3 exposures
- Dodging and burning
- Corrected perspective and distortions
- Applied some noise reduction
Weekend ya’y!
/Mike
This is one of the places I like to shoot; simply because they just let me be. Very photographer-friendly (so far). This was taken at Dubai Marina, right next to Marina Mall. Nice place to just relax and sip coffee (or tea whichever suits you).
Gear: Canon 7D + Sigma 10-20mm
Settings: f8 | 30 secs. /ISO 100
Post process:
- Dodging and burning
- Digital blending and masking from an underexposed shot (DRI)
- Adjusted exposure using curves
- Applied sharpening and noise reduction
See you!
/Mike
This is from the other side of Dubai Marina, near the Dubai Marina Mall. Good place to shoot…
Gear: Canon 7D + Tamron 18-270mm VC
Settings: f6.3 | 1/25 | ISO 2500
Post processing:
- Combined 3 exposures, digital blending (DRI)
- Dodging and burning
- Sharpened and applied noise reduction
Happy Easter!
/Mike
Today, I purchased a yacht! It’s the one on the right, the one with “DP 2735″! Isn’t she wonderful?
All I can say is that…
…Yeah right! Happy April fools day everyone!
Gear: Canon 7D + Sigma 10mm f2.8
Settings: f5.0 | 1/15 | ISO 320
Post processing:
- Dodged and burned
- Applied different curves settings on different areas
- Blended another brighter exposure to get some details on the foreground (DRI)
- Applied some noise reduction
Have a nice day!
/Mike
This is Dubai Marina. This is were the rich folks with boats hang out 
Nothing much to say here…
Gear: Canon 7D + Sigma 10mm f2.8
Settings: f5.0 | 1/15 | ISO 320
Post processing:
- Blended two exposures manually (DRI)
- Dodging and burning
- Adjusted contrast and vibrance
Thanks!
/Mike
This is Barasti Bar. This bar is located at the beach, near Mina Siyahi Hotel in Dubai. This place is quite famous, I think, anyone who visited Dubai (and likes to party) would definitely know the place They a restaurant and a grilled buffet as well and at night, there is a live DJ that plays mostly electronic music. Really nice place to just chill and hang out.
Gear: Canon 7D + Sigma 10mm f2.8
Settings: f3.5 | 1.5 | ISO 200
Post processing:
- Some dodging and burning to bring out some details
- Played with the contrast
- Selective sharpening
Cheers!
/Mike
As far as I know, this is a floating restaurant. This boat is just opposite the Barasti Bar. Not much story to tell here, since I’ve never been inside that boat, maybe next time
Gear: Canon 7D + Sigma 24-70 f2.8 HSM
Settings: f4.0 | 0.4 | ISO 800
Post processing:
- Dodging and burning on some areas
- Increased contrast
Cheers!
/Mike
Today, there’s a boat show in Dubai; according to their website, this is the biggest boat show in the Middle East. I didn’t really went inside the boat show event, because I don’t want to pay, plain and simple. Anyway, there was a free Dubai Water Taxi that takes you from the parking lot to the Marina side where the boat show is being hosted. That boat ride was free! That’s the best thing! This was taken near the actual boat show, you can see the lights from the left side.
Gear: Canon 7D + Sigma 10mm f2.8
Settings: f5.0 | 1/15 | ISO 320
Post processing:
- This image came from 3 exposures, which I blended manually in Photoshop; It is a technique called DRI (Dynamic Range Increase)
- Adjusted contrast and saturation
- Applied some mild noise reduction and a touch of sharpening
I can’t believe it’s weekend again!
/Mike
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I have to do a 365
There are plentiful of reasons why I wanted to do a 365 Project. To those who are not familiar with 365, it means that I have to take a picture (and post one) everyday for the whole year, so that would be 365 pictures before 2011 kicks in.
Let me go back to why I wanted to do a 365 project; here are my main reasons:
1) Ignite more creativity
2) Challenge myself
3) Not only to become a better photographer but also to become a better visionary if you will. In other words, I want to see beyond the pictures that I am taking and express it how I see it.
Now let’s talk about the picture
During New Year’s eve, I don’t really want to lug around and party carrying my 7D and bunch of lenses… So I carry with me the next best thing (at least to me!) my Lumix LX3!
How I took it:
Gear: Lumix LX3
Settings: f2.0 | 6 seconds | ISO 80 | Dynamic Film Mode | I hold it against a railing , surprisingly it took me only 2 attempts to get a good shot, despite of a lot of people shouting and dancing
Post Processing:
- This is a single exposure in JPG and processed in ACR (nothing really much since the Dyamic film mode of LX3 is pretty good)
- Very minor cleanup with Photoshop CS4 (levels)
Here is another shot of mine taken with LX3 :
Click to view the large size
This was the same day I took the Dubai Marina picture I posted before. Taken during sunset.
Dubai Marina is a great place to shoot, a lot of interesting subjects and not a lot of security guards that freaks out everytime they see a tripod.
Here is how I took this shot:
Settings: f6.4 | 1/25 | -3,0,+3 AEB
Gears:
Canon 7D + Tamron 18-270mm VC
Post processing:
- Stacked and aligned from Photomatix
- Digital blending in Photoshop, resized and watermarked.
Thanks for viewing.
/Mike
