Thursday, 16 December 2010

Burj Khalifa

After 3 weeks at sea I've not had a huge amount of time to get the camera out unfortunately. This was a picture I took last winter in Dubai, not long after the Burj Khalifa was competed. At 828 m (2,717 ft) it's the tallest man made structure ever built (for now at least). It was quite a hazy shot to begin with and I've been playing around with layer modes in photoshop lately and thought it could improve this image. I used a copy layer with hard light style at 100% opacity and then another copy layer set to multiply at 35% opacity. The original is below for comparison.
Canon 7D, Canon 18-135 @ 118mm, ISO 100, f5.5, 1/640
Posted by Synflame at 12:42

9 comments:

  1. jennyfreckles16 December 2010 at 13:10

    Blending modes are interesting; they need a bit of experimenting with, I'm finding. I like both these shots but the top one has more punch so it's interesting to know that's how you did it. The tower is certainly distinctive. What is it used for? Offices?

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  2. J_on_tour16 December 2010 at 14:41

    Stunning skies. You seem to have taken the top one into a different dimension.

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  3. ADRIAN16 December 2010 at 20:47

    Nicely done............Amazing how many ways there are of achieving similar results. I'll give this a whirl. Thanks.

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  4. Scriptor Senex17 December 2010 at 01:43

    Gosh, nearly as tall as Scafell Pike (For non-UK residents Scafell Pike is England's highest mountain). That's almost unbelievable.

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  5. GB17 December 2010 at 03:30

    I know which one I'd rather walk up. I think I should feel rather vulnerable at the top of that structure. The effect after your 'adjustments' is certainly very much more arresting.

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  6. Lasse20 December 2010 at 11:50

    Nice blog with great pictures. I signed up and wish you a Merry Christmas,

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  7. DawnTreader27 December 2010 at 08:24

    Magic light and silhouette... Looks like it could belong in fantasy movie. (Man never stops building that tower of Babel...)

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  8. Anonymous12 January 2011 at 10:20

    The resulting picture is beautiful, Gareth, and I am glad to see also the original photo. The prominent colours and contrast have been hidden there, isn't it fascinating? This is what I love about digital photography. So many pictures can be saved, so many picture can be improved...

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  9. Matt and Kathleen Brennan27 January 2011 at 19:40

    Beautiful pictures!!!

    Looking forward to seeing more of your imagery.

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