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

9 comments:

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

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

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

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  7. 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. 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. Beautiful pictures!!!

    Looking forward to seeing more of your imagery.

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