Dubai Marina
Dubai Marina is a stunning waterfront district in Dubai, known for its luxurious lifestyle, high-end shopping, and dining options. It is also a popular destination for photography enthusiasts, offering a plethora of picturesque locations to capture stunning shots. The marina's skyline is dotted with towering skyscrapers, including the iconic Burj Al Arab, which provides a stunning backdrop for photography. The marina's promenade is another popular spot for photography, with its stunning views of the yachts and boats docked in the marina. The Dubai Marina Mall is also a great location for photography, with its modern architecture and stunning interior design. Overall, Dubai Marina is a must-visit destination for anyone looking to capture the beauty of Dubai through their lens.
The Dubai marina at Blue Hour with the well known Infinity Tower in the centre. Stitched from 3 vertical images.
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A traditional dhow boat cruising in the Dubai futuristic marina. I always wanted to do this shot, but it was always a challenge to get the timing right, i.e. having the dhow boat to be in this spot during the blue hour.
Multi-exposures Digital Blending, the boat had to be shot at high ISO, high aperture, high shutter speed, and I also wanted a silky water effect with a very long exposure. In the end, a shot that no human eye can ever experience in real :-)
Deconstruction of the shot: Water: 15 sec at f/8 ISO 200 Buildings: 1, 4 & 8 sec at f/8 ISO 200 Boat: 1/8 sec at f/4 ISO 1000, shot 8 minutes before the other exposures (when there was still more light which was good, but I did not have a choice anyway!)
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Today, a good friend of mine gave me access to the 79th floor of a newly built tower ("The Torch") in Dubai Marina. An opportunity to add a new shot to the Veins of Dubai collection. :-)
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I hope you are not bored with my Dubai Marina shots, but that's all I can offer now due to lack of time, since this is the closest place from home I can shoot! ;-) The building where I live is visible on this shot (see note).
Well at last a blue hour shot with some moving clouds!
My typical Digital Blending recipe: one long exposure for at f/22 for the sky, two exposures at f/8 for the buildings, one exposure at f/2.8 ISO 800 for the boats (they were moving quite a bit).
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A more conventional view than my previous fisheye shot Planet Marina
This is a Vertorama with some stitching and optical distortion challenges because of the UWA (Ultra Wide Angle)
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Testing my new Nikkor 16mm f/2.8 Fisheye
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It's fog season in Dubai! But it only lasts for 3 days or so. This was shot from the 85th floor of the Princess Tower in Dubai Marina.
It is a Vertical Panorama shot with the D800 & Nikkor 14-24mm HDR tonemapped with Oloneo PhotoEngine
My dear friends, sorry for not visiting your streams recently. I have been ramping up my photography activities in Dubai (giving workshops, selling prints, shooting for a book, Facebook), and my 'official' job still keeps me busy. Hence not much time left for commenting your photos.
Shot from the world's tallest residential building, the Princess Tower in Dubai Marina. I was on the 84th floor, the building has 101 floors.
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Another shot from my latest Dubai Fog series.
D800 & Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8
5 exposures HDR, tonemapped with Oloneo PhotoEngine, converted to B&W with Nik Silver Efex
A different view of Dubai Marina
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This panorama was made in the evening using 6 stitched photos each made from 3 bracketed images.
A view of Dubai from ground level for a change.
My first panorama using my Nikon D810, the Nikkor 24mm PC-E Tilt Shift lens, the RRS Nodal Rail and the Photo Clam Multiflex head. Fantastic combination! This is made with 5 x 3 bracketed exposures
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10 handheld vertical shots stitched with PTGui programme. Laowa 15mm
A few weeks ago I posted a same view (Infinity Vertigo), but shot with the Fuji X-E2 and Fujinon 14mm. This one was shot with the D800 & Nikkor 16mm Fisheye.
This was shot from the 73th floor rooftop of the Cayan Tower (formerly known as Infinity Tower) in Dubai Marina.
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Shot from the 73th floor rooftop of the twisted Cayan Tower in Dubai Marina.
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Fisheye view from the 85th floor of Princess Tower in Dubai Marina
Dubai Marina is a canal city, carved along a two mile (3 km) stretch of Arab Gulf shoreline. It has been my home for the past four and a half years now.
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Fujifilm Middle East & Africa kindly loaned me their latest X-E2, with the Fujinon 14mm. They promised me the 10-24mm when it will be available, sometime in February.
So this is my first shot with the Fujifilm X-E2 & Fujinon 14mm
This is shot from the 73th floor rooftop of the twisted Cayan Tower (formerly known as Infinity Tower) in Dubai Marina.You can clearly see the twisting angle, even though it is not as dramatic as seen from the ground level.
This is a shot I always wanted to do, but I could only do it with very light camera such as the Fujifilm X-E2. This was shot handheld, using a monopod, and me holding the monopod 1.5 meters away from the building. Hence I had to shoot at a minimum shutter speed of 1/30s, I had to push the X-E2 to its limits. This is a Vertical Panorama, 2 shots at f/2.8, 1/30s, ISO 3200!
I used a climbing rope to secure the camera to the monopod, and the monopod to my body, to avoid any catastrophic event.
It was fun yet challenging, no way to compose the shot, so I had to shoot 'blindly' and try several orientations of the camera.
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I had the chance to get access to the 101th floor of a building under construction in Dubai Marina. Amazing 360 views from there. I will start with a non blue hour shot for a change :)
You can clearly see the fully illuminated Palm Jumeirah Island on the background. The tower on the left is the Princess Tower (95 floors), from which I took the fog shots. The cool shaped tower on the right is Ocean Heights (83 floors), from which I also have a series of shots. And the tower in the middle is the Elite Residence (91 floors).
The world's tallest residential building ("Pentominium") is currently under construction in Dubai Marina and will have 122 floors.
Nikon D800 + Nikkor 14-24mm Vertorama / Digital Blending
Panoramic view of Dubai Marina and all its glitter and extravaganza! Shot from the balcony of an apartment located on the 90th floor.
Panorama shot with the Nikkor 19mm Tilt Shift, full resolution 180 Megapixels
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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My first shot using a fisheye, thanks to my buddy Rajesh who sold it to me (he does not need it anymore for his full frame D700 camera). Very challenging indeed to find a suitable composition for this lens. This tiny lens is really razor sharp, I am very impressed.
I am again not very active on flickr these days and lagging behind comments. Sorry about that! I'll catch up, but slowly! ;-)
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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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Continuing my experiments with the Nikon D810 & Nikkor 24mm PC-E Tilt Shift lens. This is a 4x2 Pano, full resolution is 106 Mpix.
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Extreme weather in Dubai these past days, thunderstorms, heavy rain, floods, and fog. Was lucky enough to be awake at 3am and noticed the fog building up in Dubai Marina. Went to the rooftop (73rd floor) of Cayan Tower to capture this dreamy scenery.
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At last the fog season has started in Dubai! Shot from the 73th floor rooftop of the Cayan Tower in Dubai Marina. 92 Mpix panorama shot with the Nikon D810 & Nikkor 24mm PC-E Tilt Shift.
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JBR: Jumeirah Beach Residence, a huge residential complex that stretches on almost 2kms. This shot was taken this evening 15 minutes after sunset, from a new marina under construction, hence the absence of boats. And no it's not because of the financial crisis that all the yachts have left Dubai! ;-)
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LARGE View is mandatory! You don't want to miss any details.
Almost one month since my last post! I should not leave for such a long period!
Taken from a friend's balcony, 27th floor, great view on Dubai Marina. I had to fisheye it!
I hope all is well my friends, I am still very busy at work. Will visit your streams soon.
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'L' for the best view with all the details!
An old shot I thought it could be worth posting! ;-)
This is a non fisheye version of a similar shot I posted a few monthsago.
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Today I was craving to shoot a seascape, therefore I went to the beach right after I came back from work. The colors were great, too bad it was cloudless as always!
Thanks to all Phoide contributors to Dubai Marina!
Most notably Daniel Cheong, Adelheid Smitt and George Kurzik.