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United Arab Emirates

The United Arab Emirates is a country located in the Middle East, known for its luxurious lifestyle, modern architecture, and stunning landscapes. The country is a perfect destination for photography enthusiasts, with its diverse range of locations that offer unique and breathtaking views. From the towering skyscrapers of Dubai to the serene deserts of Abu Dhabi, the UAE has something for every photographer. The country is also home to some of the world's most iconic landmarks, such as the Burj Khalifa, the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, and the Palm Jumeirah.

Photography regions of United Arab Emirates

Photography of United Arab Emirates

Rush Hour
View from Shangri La Hotel terrace
by Daniel Cheong

For a change, I decided to freeze the cars instead of having the usual light trails :)

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Dubai Skyline Dusk
Dubai skyline from Dubai Creek Harbour
by Jiri Hajek

Dubai Creek Harbour is one of the best spots to watch the magnificent Dubai Skyline.

Photo Tips: There's a plenty of space along the waterfront for you and your tripod. In case you want to include some of the foreground objects, which is definitely a nice option too, you'll have to cope with a lot of people, particularly in the afternoon.

It's a location worth to visit both for sunrise and sunset. You'll need a moderate telephoto, particularly if you want to stitch several photos to a panorama.

Getting there: Drive to the Dubai Creek Harbour, there's plenty of underground parking and walk just about 300m then.

Dubai Marina 3
Dubai Marina
by Adelheid Smitt

A third photo of the Dubai Marina shot at 6:43 pm, from Palm Jumeirah.

Tranquility
Dubai Skyline with Marasi Dr Bridge
by Daniel Cheong

'L' for the best view in LARGE

Another clear and relatively cool (25 C) evening in Dubai, it is such a treat to go out shooting these days! I already had two shots from that vantage point, but never had a blue hour one.

A little break in my latest B&W series, this one really deserved to be shown in glorious colors! :)

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In the Heat of the Burj
Burj Al Arab
by Daniel Cheong

Explored #85. Thanks!

Taken during a photo walk with my buddy Rajesh who had a short stop over in Dubai on his way back to Singapore.

Processed from a single RAW, no HDR, no Digital Blending. A rarity in my photostream!

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Skyline from Emirates Palace Fountain
by Frank Voigtländer

Hotel Emirates Palace, Etihad Towers

Light Vortex
Dubai Downtown and Burj Khalifa
by Daniel Cheong

Vertorama & Digital Blending 12 exposures used to create this shot: 3 for the top, 3 for the bottom, 6 for the light trails.

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Skyline from Emirates Palace Fountain
by Frank Voigtländer

Etihad Towers (links) und Hotel Khalidiya Palace Rayhaan (rechts)

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Hotel Khalidiya Palace Rayhaan
by Frank Voigtländer

Hotel Khalidiya Palace Rayhaan

Electric Blue
Marina
by Daniel Cheong

An old spot revisited with my D800 & Nikkor 14-24mm :)

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Welcome to the Dubai Marina Show!
Dubai Marina from Horizon Tower
by Daniel Cheong

There is a little story behind this shot. As usual, a buddy and I were trying to make our way (illegally) to the roof top of a building. Usual strategy, enter the building, go to the elevator, (I use the 'phone call' trick, i.e. walking with my phone, pretending to be on a call with the friend I am visiting upstairs).

Well, we managed to get to 48th floor on the roof top (which also had an accessible helipad). Unfortunately the view was not great, all the downward view obstructed by a huge ledge. But we still decided to setup the tripods and start shooting.

After 10 minutes, we heard some noise, and saw light coming off the staircase, a security guard was coming up! Little adrenaline rush, we tried to run and avoid the guy, but he managed to catch us... Well, I offered him a financial compensation for the trouble, which he accepted.

But then, he started telling us that there was a place on the 21st floor near the machines room with a great view, so we went there, and indeed the view was awesome, never shot before as far as I know. So here it is! It was definitely worth to pay a bribe!

D800 + Nikkor 14-24mm Vertical Panorama, Digital Blending.

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View from The Top - The Veins of Dubai
View from Burj Khalifa
by Daniel Cheong

Well, I finally made it to the 124th floor of the Burj Khalifa (a.k.a Burj Dubai), thanks to my wife for queueing over 1 hour last week to get the tickets for today!

It's not a cheap ride (around 20 euros), but it is damn fast (60 seconds for 124 floors!). You barely feel a thing, except a slight discomfort in the ears like in a plane.

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Glowing Dubai
Dubai Skyline with Marasi Dr Bridge
by Jiri Hajek

I got lucky for this photograph. First, there were low clouds flying around Dubai skyscrapers, which is far from a common thing in Dubai. And then a ship entered into my long exposure and lit the bridge from below. Really enjoyed this place!

Dubai Marina
Dubai Marina
by Adelheid Smitt

The Dubai marina at Blue Hour with the well known Infinity Tower in the centre. Stitched from 3 vertical images.

Burj Khalifa
Burj Khalifa
by Daniel Cheong

Shot with the Fuji X-E1 & Fujinon 14mm.

An awesome compact camera with DSLR image quality!

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The Burj on Ice!
Burj Al Arab
by Daniel Cheong

A long exposure shot of the Burj Al Arab at the blue hour was still missing on my stream, so here it is! I had to 'sneak' into the private beach of another famous hotel nearby to take this shot ;-)

Digital blending, 5 exposures, light painting with layer masks and paintbrush. All exposures pre-processed with ACR.

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Sheikh Zayed mosque in Abu Dhabi (explored)
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque - corridors
by Adelheid Smitt

Visiting this magnificent mosque was definitely one of the hoghlights of my trip to the United Arab Emirates. I was allowed to photograph everywhere I wanted as the Sheikh himself had decided on a photographic competition.

Sunrise on Cloud City
Dubai Downtown from Index Tower
by Daniel Cheong

A thick layer of fog covering Dubai on the morning of Feb 22nd. Shot from the 77th floor of a residential building (Index Tower).

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Silent Invasion
View from Cayan Tower
by Daniel Cheong

Panorama shot with the Nikkor 24mm PC-E Tilt Shift, hence avoiding the usual UWA lens distortion found in the many photos shot from that vantage point.

Full resolution: 84 Mpix.

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Dubai Marina Yatch Club :: DRI Panorama
Marina
by Daniel Cheong

STOLEN PHOTOS - FINAL UPDATE: I just received a mail from Yahoo saying that my request is not processed because they claim I did not put a valid phone number (which is totally nonsense, I did put my number in Dubai - are they expecting a US number???). So the thief removed the photos not because of Yahoo but only because of you, my dear "Internet Mob Friends"! ;-)

Explored #90.

LARGE View (Contacts only - sorry). I sincerely apologize to the flickr members who regularly visit my stream but are not in my contacts list. I will gradually add them to my contacts list.

Was in a panoramic mood today, so here it is! This panorama is composed of 6 exposures, each pano exposure is a digital blending of 5 exposures (shot in portrait mode with my Tokina 11-16mm). Total number of exposures processed: 30, each of the RAW shots processed with Adobe Camera Raw for the White Balance and also the Vibrance setting. About 2 hours of total processing. Original size of the panorama: 38 Megapixels.

Ideally, I would have shot the boats and the flag at high ISO and high shutter speed (to freeze the movement), but I felt I was a bit pushing too much! ;-)

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Luminocity
Dubai Downtown from Index Tower
by Daniel Cheong

Shot from the 77th floor of the Index Tower in Dubai.

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Transportation
Dubai from Emirates Car Park
by Daniel Cheong

The Dubai Terminal 3 Airport and the Dubai Metro.

D800 & Nikkor 14-24mm 9 exposures Digital Blending (out of 77 I took during 30 minutes) 4 exposures for the whole landscape f/8 ISO 100 2 exposures for the light trails f/22 ISO 100 2 exposures for the trains f/2.8 ISO 2000 1 exposure for the arriving plane f/2.8 ISO 2000

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Palm Island Blues
Dubai from Princess Tower
by Daniel Cheong

The Palm Jumeirah Island in the morning blue hour, shot from the 85th floor of the Princess Tower in Dubai Marina

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Two Eras
Umm Suqeim 3 Central Mosque
by Daniel Cheong

Same world, different eras...When tradition meets modern...On the foreground a Mosque, and on the far end the high tech Burj Al Arab and Jumeirah Beach Hotel.

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Abu Dhabi3
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
by Frank Voigtländer

Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi

Top View
View from Burj Khalifa
by Jiri Hajek

Early morning view from the 124th floor platform of Burj Khalifa. It can get pretty crowded there, so not easy to find your spot. Also, the glass was fogged from outside and the empty space between the glass and railings is very limited, so not easy to position a camera. Anyway, got this as a memory from this insanely tall building.

Cryogenic Dubai
View from Burj Khalifa
by Daniel Cheong

Early morning fog shot from the 76th floor of Burj Khalifa in Dubai.

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Emirate, Nähe Oase Liwa
Liwa desert road
by Frank Voigtländer

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The Palace Hotel
Walkway to Burj Khalifa
by Daniel Cheong

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A shot from my archives, which I somehow forgot to post. Here is the Palace Hotel in the so-called 'Old Town Dubai', and as a bonus, the world's tallest tower in the background. Thanks to my flickr buddy arfromqatar who was staying in this hotel and who made that shot possible (as usual we had some issues with the security guard).

This is a digitally blended Vertorama.

This shot is dedicated to A Parisian Woman in KL for her great testimonial. Thanks again V! :-)

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Liwa Dunes
by Frank Voigtländer

Emirate, in der Nähe der Oase Liwa

Reaching The Clouds
View from Sky View Tower (The Address)
by Daniel Cheong

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A few low clouds that evening, wrapped around the top of Burj Khalifa. This is a 180 Megapixels panorama shot with the Nikon D850 and Nikkor 19mm Tilt Shift (5x2 pano)

Fluidity
Dubai Downtown from Index Tower
by Daniel Cheong

Long exposure using the Lucroit Filer holder for my Nikkor 14-24mm, and a ND400 HiTech filter. Surely gives a very smooth texture to the fog.

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Dubai Fusion Core
MBK Tower Views
by Daniel Cheong

One of the main interchange of Dubai on Sheikh Zayed Road

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In The Smoke
Souk
by Daniel Cheong

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Something different for a change. Went to one of the Dubai's souk for some street shots. This is not my comfort zone but I am quite happy with this one!

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Thanks to all Phoide contributors to United Arab Emirates!
Most notably Daniel Cheong, Frank Voigtländer, Joao Eduardo Figueiredo, Jiri Hajek, Adelheid Smitt, Jorge Císcar, George Kurzik and Kari Siren.