Burj Khalifa
Burj Khalifa, located in Dubai, is the tallest building in the world, standing at a height of 828 meters. It is a popular tourist destination and a must-visit for anyone traveling to Dubai. The building offers breathtaking views of the city and the surrounding landscape, making it a perfect location for photography enthusiasts. The observation deck on the 124th floor, known as the At the Top, provides a panoramic view of the city, while the 148th floor, known as the At the Top Sky, offers a more exclusive experience with a higher vantage point. The Dubai Fountain, located at the base of the building, is also a popular spot for photography, especially during the evening when the fountain is illuminated with colorful lights.
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.
Shot with the Fuji X-E1 & Fujinon 14mm.
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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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Sometimes it's good to scan through my old shots, this is one I completely missed to process a year and a half ago :)
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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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Low clouds and haze during sunrise in Dubai.
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Shot from the 77th floor of the Index Tower in Dubai.
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One of those rare cloudy nights in Dubai. I was also lucky with the reflections, just after I took this shot, the wind kicked in and the reflections were gone. I waited for 30 minutes for the wind to go down and take more shots but then I gave up.
Special thanks to my new photog buddy Sebastian who had the great idea of bringing me to this place that cloudy night.
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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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Rare moving clouds in Dubai, calling all enthusiastic photographers to go out shooting that day!
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Experimenting some monochrome processing on my latest fog shots.
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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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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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Shot a few hours before the fireworks shot I posted previously.
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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!
Burj Khalifa Photography Guide
The Burj Khalifa is a skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. With a total height of 829.8 m and a roof height of 828 m, the Burj Khalifa has been the tallest structure and building in the world since its topping out in 2009, supplanting Taipei 101, the previous holder of that status. (Wikipedia)
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So here is the blue hour version of the night shot I posted a few days ago. Not the nice blue that I wanted, but it's a bit hazy now. Only one exposure. I could have selectively changed the white balance of the sky to make it more blue, but I was a bit lazy! ;-)
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I will be offline for the next 6 days as I will be discovering and exploring the Incredible India. I've already arranged a meeting with some of my New Delhi flickr friends. It's just so great to have flickr connections all over the world now!
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An unusual harsh light shot on my photo stream! I thought I could get away with it by creating a tone-mapped HDR, use a very long exposure for the water, and convert it to B&W. And as a bonus you get some clouds, another rarity in Dubai!
Technical stuff: 7 exposures tone-mapped HDR with Oloneo Photo Engine, water replaced with a single exposure shot with ND400+ND8 stacked (f/22, 4 minutes), final composite image converted to B&W with Nik SilverEfex Pro.
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Panorama of Dubai skyline from the marina in Business Bay
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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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Vertical Panorama & Digital Blending. Original full size: 7034 x 12546px. I have uploaded a smaller size of 2243 x 4000px. Below is a 100% crop of the original full size photo.
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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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I know I posted a similar shot in 2010, actually I was hoping to get a cloudy sunset for this shot, unfortunately the clouds cleared out :-(
It has been quite chilly in Dubai these days, between 14 to 18 Celsius. I am not going to complain though :)
Digital Blending and Vertical Panorama, a total of 8 exposures used: 2 for the top part of the vertorama, 6 for the bottom part.
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Panorama of the Dubai downtown area where Burj Khalifa is located. A stitch of 7 horizontal images.
Dubai engulfed with fog during sunrise. Long exposure with ND1000 filter.
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It's fog season in Dubai, I won't get much sleep this week, already spent two nights shooting it. This one was shot from the 80th floor rooftop of the Index Tower.
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Shot from the 77th floor of Index Tower during that epic morning fog on February 22nd.
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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.
Early morning fog shot from the 76th floor of Burj Khalifa in Dubai.
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7 exposures HDR created with Oloneo PhotoEngine (the best HDR software IMHO). And one special exposure for the highway done with the LucrOit Filter system and ND400 filter.
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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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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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Hello my dear friends! Well, it's been a while since my last upload, almost a month! Mostly due to lack of motivation and inspiration to go out shooting.
But tonight I had a good reason to go out for a shooting since my long time flickr friend Aubrey Stoll from UK was visiting Dubai.
There is a sand storm at the moment, hence a very dense haze, and quite unusual colors for my night shots.
It's good to be back anyway! See you on your streams soon!
5 exposures Digital Blending, shot with my Nikkor Fisheye lens.
The entrance to the Palace Hotel in Dubai with Burj Khalifa in the background.
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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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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Epic fog in Dubai this morning. And I was lucky to be in this unplanned location, just because I was invited for dinner in a residence on the top floor (77th floor).
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Epic fog this morning in Dubai. I shot all the stages of light, from the morning blue hour to the full daylight, so please expect many more Dubai fog shots :)
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Thanks to all Phoide contributors to Burj Khalifa!
Most notably Daniel Cheong, Jiri Hajek and Joao Eduardo Figueiredo.