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
Sheikh-Zayed-Moschee
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For a change, I decided to freeze the cars instead of having the usual light trails :)
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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.
A third photo of the Dubai Marina shot at 6:43 pm, from Palm Jumeirah.
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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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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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Hotel Emirates Palace, Etihad Towers
Etihad Towers (links) und Hotel Khalidiya Palace Rayhaan (rechts)
Hotel Khalidiya Palace Rayhaan
An old spot revisited with my D800 & Nikkor 14-24mm :)
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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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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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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!
The Dubai marina at Blue Hour with the well known Infinity Tower in the centre. Stitched from 3 vertical images.
Shot with the Fuji X-E1 & Fujinon 14mm.
An awesome compact camera with DSLR image quality!
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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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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.
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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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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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"! ;-)
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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Shot from the 77th floor of the Index Tower in Dubai.
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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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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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Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi
Burj Khalifa
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.
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Early morning fog shot from the 76th floor of Burj Khalifa in Dubai.
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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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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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One of the main interchange of Dubai on Sheikh Zayed Road
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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.