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Old May 15th, 2009, 06:12 AM   #101
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Old May 15th, 2009, 11:10 AM   #102
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Old May 21st, 2009, 08:13 AM   #103
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Some new pics of Burj Dubai

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Old May 21st, 2009, 08:21 AM   #104
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Old May 21st, 2009, 08:27 AM   #105
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Old May 21st, 2009, 08:31 AM   #106
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Dubai Marina, seen from Crescent West of Palm Jumeirah



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Old May 21st, 2009, 08:31 AM   #107
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Fantastic fotos, great contribution. Thanks a lot.
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Old May 21st, 2009, 08:39 AM   #108
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Jumeirah Lakes Towers, seen from Meadows and Jumeirah Islands:

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From Jumeirah Islands:



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Old May 21st, 2009, 08:39 AM   #109
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Old May 21st, 2009, 10:10 AM   #110
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AMAZING pics Desert Diver, esp the night shots. May I ask what camera you use?... I want one!
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Old May 21st, 2009, 12:08 PM   #111
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Thanks I use a Nikon D300, usually with the 18-200mm f3,5-5,6 VR Nikkor. Night shots are my passion
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Old May 24th, 2009, 10:08 PM   #112
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More pics of Jumeirah Lakes Towers seen from Jumeirah Islands













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Atlantis Hotel on Palm Jumeirah. I just dont like it anymore. Ridiculous prices, annoying security, a sad whaleshark in captivity, cheesy interior, exaggerated promises of the palm views from the bars on their website just to name a few reasons.













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Old May 24th, 2009, 10:37 PM   #114
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Some pics from "The Walk" at Dubai Marina





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My first HDR picture. Construction site of Dubai Pearl with Media City and Dubai Marina in the background.

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More pics fom today's sunset at The Meadows.



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More HDR pics from today's sunset seen from Jumeirah Islands



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Here some HDR pics I took just now at Business Bay







And a panorama stitched from 2 HDR pics:



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Old June 18th, 2009, 12:34 PM   #119
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I figured the HDR version of the Business Bay panorama is not as good as one of the respective basic pictures with 15s at f11. Since I really loved the view from that spot (and I hope some of you did too) I thought I'd provide more versions of that panorama

A panorama without HDR merging (from the pics with 15s at f11):



Click on the above picture for the large version of 5416x2200

And for those of you who use two widescreens as a desktop here comes a split version in 1920x1200 each for left and right screen



Click on the left and the right picture to download them for your desktop as a wallpaper.

Unfortunately I had to cut the water reflections in order to fit it to the widescreen format. And only because Burj Dubai is so damn tall
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Yesterday's sunset on Dubai Marina seen from Crescent West of Palm Jumeirah



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