This was just a lucky shot. We were on the spot to get the citiscape shot, and were already slowly packing our stuff, when the moon rose from behind the buildings. So of course we had to stay longer and get few photos of it :)
This is a HDR from 5 exposures created in Oloneo Photoengine, then blended with original exposures in Photoshop. The moon is form an underexposed version of the -2Ev exposure (it was really bright :))
The Dubai Marina gives so many great views. Especially if you manage to get a little higher up, so you can get a much wider view. Same with this shot. I was just lucky that my friends knew someone who lived in the area on a higher floor, and we were allowed to occupy the balcony for a while to take few shots :)
This is a HDR created from 5 exposures in Oloneo Photoengine, finished in Photoshop. Taken around 11pm.
When one get up very high, it’s really great to start by taking very wide views. But once those are done, I like to get out my 70-200 lens and start zooming on parts of the scenery. Same for this one, where I zoomed in onto this little square with this lovely fountain in the middle. The whole composition is around the fountain, that’s why I also positioned it in the middle of the photo.
This is a HDR from 5 exposures, created in Oloneo Photoengine and finished in Photoshop.
I took mostly evening and night time photos in Dubai. Mostly because the sun during the day is quite strong there, really not fit for any photography (and I also don’t like to run around a city in direct sunlight and high temperatures). But as I was staying right in the Dubai Marina, i went out few time to get few photos. This one was taken from one of the bridges there, right after lunch.
This is a panorama from two tiles, taken with a 9 stop ND filter. Each tile from 5 exposures, combined in Oloneo Photoengine.
A very classic view of Dubai, but you know me, if there is a bridge, I can’t skip it :) Of course I had to go under it to get few photos. Probably should have gone with a longer exposure, just to make the water more blurred. Actually the bottom part in this image is a single exposure, while the top one is a HDR. I had to do this because there was so much movement in the water, which created this crazy wavy light reflection in it.
This is a HDR from 6 exposure, created in Oloneo Photoengine, finished in Photoshop.
