It’s confirmed, we are moving to our new location around May. After six years of working at this place, I will surely miss it.
Gear: Canon 7D + Sigma 10mm f2.8
Settings: f5.0 | 1/125 | ISO 100
Post processing:
- Stacked and manually blended 3 exposures using blending modes and layer masking
- Dodging and burning applied on selected parts
- Added a vignette
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
This is the Dragon fountain, right in front of Dragon Mart located at International City, Dubai.
Lately, there’s been a lot of work in the office… I can already foresee the difficulty on my 365; But, that’s fine, I’m looking at it as a challenge. Time to think some new ideas for the coming days
Gear: Canon 7D + Sigma 10mm f2.8 Fisheye
Settings: f8.0 | 3.2 secs | ISO 100
Post processing:
- Changed the white balance to tungsten to give that blue hour look
- Dodging and burning
- Applied some sharpening
Here’s another shot from a different angle:
“The fastest way to succeed is to double your rate of failure.” – Thomas J. Watson, President and founder of IBM.
I think what he wants to say is that, failure always precedes success. When we fail, it only means we are trying, and if we double the rate of our failures, then it only means we are really trying hard to achieve success, which eventually will be the end result of all our efforts. Anyway, I took this on my way home, this is the IBM building in Dubai Internet city.
Gear: Canon 7D + Sigma 10mm f2.8 fisheye
Settings: f8.0 | 1/200 | ISO 100 (AEB 3 exposures)
Post processing:
- Stacked and tone mapped using Photomatix
- Performed manual tone mapping using Photoshop CS4 for a more natural look
Cheers!
/Mike
This is our office building in Dubai Internet City. It’s a cool looking building if you ask me
The weatherman predicted rains the entire week, although it didn’t rain till now but, maybe later. Sky is gray and cloudy, it does really looks like it’s going to rain. I took shots of this building many times but I don’t like how it looks, until now, the fisheye lens gave me the look I was looking for
Gear: Canon 7D + Sigma 10mm f2.8 fisheye
Settings: f8 | 1/40 | ISO 100 (+/-2 EV AEB)
Post processing:
- Generate HDR image using Photomatix
- Cleanup in Photoshop
- Applied sharpening & noise reduction
Y’ey! I have done 2 months of my 365
/Mike
This is a video card inside an oven that looks like having a techno party?!? Confused? Yeah, me too! That is what 3 1/2 hours of traffic can do to you.
Tonight’s traffic was one of the worst traffic for me in a long time… It rained heavily and as usual, the streets are flooded… That I assume was the cause of traffic, but, on my 3 1/2 hour drive home, I didn’t see any flood ?!? Still confused? Same here.
Anyway, this technique is often times called “dragging the shutter”. I needed more ambient light to penetrate inside the oven so it can be properly exposed, thus requiring a longer shutter speed.
I need to get some sleep now
Gear: Canon 7D + Sigma 10mm f2.8 fisheye
Settings: f10 | 3.2 seconds | ISO 200
Strobist info:
580exii + blue gel zoomed at 105mm @ 1/16 power
430exii + LumiQuest FXtra w/ red gel zoomed at 105mm @ 1/16 power
Trigger: Canon 7D’s built in trigger
Post processing:
- Increased dark areas by using levels
- Applied sharpening
- Little bit of dodging and burning
Cheers!
/Mike
This is Mall of the Emirates on a Thursday. 2 days left before the shopping festival comes to an end.
Just having some fun time with the fisheye lens. It really does give you a different outlook of the world
Wow, it’s weekend again! Cool!
Gear: Canon 7D + Sigma 10mm f2.8
Settings: f4.0 | 1/20 | ISO 640
Post processing:
- Dodging and burning
- Increased vibrance and saturation
- Applied sharpening & noise reduction
Happy weekend!
/Mike
