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Well I've just been on a landscape and cityscape course, which involved a couple of hours in the desert and in Bastakiya in Dubai.

The dune bashing in 4x4s was fun, but the light wasn't the best and there were no clouds at all, followed up by a typical murky Dubai sunset. Plenty of featureless skies!

We were asked to bring a prop along so at a stop off at a gas station I picked up a can of soda - we were then encouraged to get down low to change perspective - ok in the city, but the fine sand of the desert gets everywhere! As the sun falls and light changes, so does the colour of the sand.

Here are a couple from the desert:

Awesome shots!
I really like the composition in the first one!

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Victor
Nikon D300 - Nikkor 16-85 VR - Nikkor 70-200 2.8 VR I
www.victorhoffmann.com

simply impressive

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Sony α580 dSLR
Tamron 17-50 2.8, Sony 18-55 kit lens, Minolta AF 50mm 1.7, Minolta 28-105mm xi zoom, Minolta 35-70mm 3.5-4.5, Minolta 75-300mm 4.5-5.6
Kata 3n1-22

My short photostream: ivandegi

Very simple to view and Veryyyy Nice !!!

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Canon EOS 7D + Red Canon IXUS 300HS.
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L,Canon EF 100mm F/2.8L IS USM.
Sigma 70-200mm F/2.8 APO EX DG OS HSM, Sigma 50mm F/1.4 HSM
Canon Speedlite 480EX II + Tripod+ B+W MRC (2x77+67), hoya HD UV (77) B+W MRC 77mm(CPL slim+10 ND).

I really like the first one but they are all great!

This isn't really a complaint or criticism but I notice a slight halo effect around the man in the second picture. Do you know what is causing this? I've noticed this recently in some my shots where I've used the fill light adjustment in LR but it's not consistent between shots so I'm not really sure.

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Graham
Flickr

Thanks for the comments, guys.

It's probably my poor attempts at layering and masking, Graham, to try to add a bit of contrast to the scene. I can't see it clearly on my laptop though.

I'm using an old version of Photoshop (CS) so I'm having to convert from RAW in Adobe Camera Raw in Photoshop Elements 7 to 16 bit tiff, then use Photoshop CS for pp, and then converting into 8 bit jpegs for the web. That conversion and resizing may have caused the problem...

I'm waiting on a bonus before I upgrade hardware, then there'll be no faffing about like this! CS4 or 5 and away I go...!

Thanks Phil

To be honest it's not that obvious. I'm probably quite sensitive to it at the moment because it's been of nuisance to me recently although it is a lot worse in my shots.

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Graham
Flickr

Love the first one! What are those magenta spots in the bottom half of the image though?

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damn - well spotted, evo (excuse the pun!)

They're a couple of areas where i missed the mask when bringing out the sky a little

Love all the photos. However my favourite is definitely the first one. Congratulations.

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Camera: Canon 550D with battery grip
Lenses: Canon 24-105mm f/4L, Canon 50mm f1.4, Canon 18-55mm, Tamron 70-300mm,
Accessories: Manfrotto 055XPROB with 808RC4 head, Canon 430ex II speedlite, Lowepro Nova 180AW and Lowepro Pro Runner 450AW

Oh that is so lame, every hot girl who can aim a camera thinks she’s a photographer -Stewie Griffin

Haha, love the Coke can! I wish that there were deserts like that where I lived!

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-Evan

Gear: 7 Nikon Nikkor AI-S and AF-S lenses, SB-700 flash, Nikon D7000, Nikon FM, variety of accessories

"There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs."
- Ansel Adams

Very nice pics! The halo effect is barely noticeable. You really have to stare at it to notice. I have noticed that this happens where two color opposite to each other meet. Like in your pic, the black and light blue.

Great pics non the less.

Great, astonishing shots!

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Canon 5D Mark II
Canon 24-105mm f/4.0 L

Well done.

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Pentax K-5
Pentax 18-55mm,Pentax 50-200mm,Sigma 17-70mm,Sigma 70-300mm, Sigma 50-500mm

I'm still wondering, where did you get the idea to take photos of a Coke can is some dunes?

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-Evan

Gear: 7 Nikon Nikkor AI-S and AF-S lenses, SB-700 flash, Nikon D7000, Nikon FM, variety of accessories

"There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs."
- Ansel Adams