Bur Dubai
Bur Dubai is a historic district in Dubai that is known for its traditional architecture, bustling souks, and vibrant cultural scene. This area is a popular destination for photographers who are looking to capture the essence of old Dubai. The narrow streets, colorful buildings, and lively markets provide endless opportunities for capturing stunning images. Some of the most popular photography locations in Bur Dubai include the Dubai Museum, the Al Fahidi Historical Neighborhood, the Textile Souk, and the Dubai Creek.
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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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.
Early morning fog shot from the 76th floor of Burj Khalifa in Dubai.
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Continuing my 'Dark Hour' exploration of the Burj Khalifa. I guess this shot would be great at the blue hour, but at that time this area will be very crowded (and I don't feel like cloning out all the people!).
Digital Blending, Vertorama. a total of 7 exposures used. The Vertorama part was very tideous, for the first time I had to use the 'Warp' function of the Transform tools to deal with the optical distortion.
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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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'L' for the high definition view!
Clouds are so rare in Dubai, no need to tell you how glad I was to have some over the Burj Khalifa yesterday morning at 6am!
Vertorama + Digital Blending.
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Shot from the 77th floor of the Index Tower in Dubai.
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The entrance to the Palace Hotel in Dubai with Burj Khalifa in the background.
My dear Friends, after a rather long flickr break, I am back! I still don't have enough 'flickr worthy' material to post regularly, but I've started going out again to shoot, despite the heat here in Dubai.
Note: I was planning to come back with shots of the inauguration of the Burj Dubai on 9-9-9, but unfortunately the tallest tower in the world is still not completed. Hopefully it will be by the end of this year!
I'll be slowly catching up on your streams, so please bear with me!
Wish you all a great week end!
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The fog season should soon come (my first Dubai fog shot ever was shot on October 10th 2012), in the meantime allow me to post an old shot from February this year (never posted yet). Nikon D800 & Nikkor 14-24mm & LucrOit Filter System (ND 9 stops). ISO 100 f/22 40s.
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Experimenting some monochrome processing on my latest fog shots.
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First sunlight on the top of Burj Khalifa (where the rising sun is already visible from this height of 828 meters). On ground level you have to wait a little more :)
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My Dear Friends, I am not very active on flickr these days...Not very inspired to be honest, may be time to have a little photo trip outside Dubai!
Well I managed to motivate myself today, and here is the catch of the day!
Wish you all a great week end!
For a change, I decided to freeze the cars instead of having the usual light trails :)
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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.
Type 'L' for the mandatory LARGE view!
Another 'forgotten' shot from my archives, taken in July last year. A non blue hour view of Burj Khalifa for a change :)
Please check the same view at the blue hour, 20 minutes later.
Obviously the most predominant building in Dubai's skyline, Burj Khalifa is 828 meters high and has 162 habitable floors.
Taken from one of the terraces of the Address Hotel (you can see the swimming pool in the foreground). On the right side is the gigantic Dubai Mall, and on the left side is the Souk Al Bahar with its traditional architecture.
Digital Blending + Vertorama
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It is more and more challenging to get a clear open view on Burj Khalifa and its surrounding, as new constructions are obstructing the view from many viewpoints. This shot is a digital blending of 4 exposures: 2 exposures at ISO 100 f/8 to capture the cityscape, and 2 exposures at high ISO to capture the fast moving LED illumination on Burj Khalifa, and the fountains.
There are 70,000 LED bulbs illuminating Burj Khalifa, covering an area of over 32,000 sq. metres.
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The iconic twin Jumeirah Towers on the foreground, and of course Burj Khalifa on the background.
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Shot from the Address Skyview
Dubai engulfed with fog during sunrise. Long exposure with ND1000 filter.
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Another fog shot from that epic fog day in Dubai on May 12th. Shot from the 79th floor of the Index Tower.
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Welcome to the latest shot of the series!
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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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Burj Khalifa
Shot with the Fuji X-E1 & Fujinon 14mm.
An awesome compact camera with DSLR image quality!
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Must be viewed LARGE! Just type L
I took a similar shot in the past, but this one is better in my humble opinion, in the previous one the vertorama stitching was a bit dodgy and the fountains over exposed :)
Technical deconstruction of this shot:
- Vertical Panorama
- The buildings were shot at ISO 200 f/5.6 (3 exposures: 1, 2, 4 sec shutter speed) - Digital Blending
- The fountains were shot at ISO 800 f/2.8 1/200 sec shutter speed and added to the buildings shot.
I am still not very active on flickr these days, but I am looking forward to visiting your streams!
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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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The sun reflecting off the highest building in the world. Burj Khalifa with it's almost 830m, has held that status since 2010, but there are rumours of even taller buildings in the planning stage.
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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I love to shot the fog in long exposure. This one is a 40s exposure shot with my Nikon D800, Nikkor 14-24mm & LucrOit Filter holder and HiTech ND400 filter.
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Dubai engulfed with early morning fog, shot with a long exposure. Taken from the rooftop (80th floor) of the Index Tower.
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This is the view from the other side of the tower from which I took my previous fog shots of Burj Khalifa
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Shot a few hours before the fireworks shot I posted previously.
D800 & Nikkor 14-24mm
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Thanks to all Phoide contributors to Bur Dubai!
Most notably Daniel Cheong, Jiri Hajek, Kari Siren, Frank Voigtländer and Rob Oo.