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I visited the 124th floor of the Burj Khalifa again last weekend as I had visitors with me. From the ground the visibility looked good, but 8-10km visibility when you're 600m up doesn't make for good sweeping panoramas!

To give you an idea of the visilibity (and height), here's my brother-in-law shooting the view over the Dubai Fountain and Address Downtown Hotel



As you can see, the desert equivalent of a snowy whiteout

The only thing to do was stop down a little, hope the 35mm Distagon captured the microcontrast its good for, convert to black and white and boost the contrast and saturation a little. Hey presto, Toytown!

BW first and third are amazing. Overall very nice shots.

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D5000 16-85mm f/3.5-5.6G and 50mm f/1.4G

They look great in B&W, good contrast.

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Thanks guys

wow they have come up a treat.

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Canon Powershot S95, Canon 7D, 15-85, Canon 85 1.8 USM, Sigma 30 1.4, 50mm 1.8, Canon 100 2.8L IS Macro, Canon 70-300L IS USM+Kenko 1.4 Pro 300DGX, Canon 430EX II and RS 4 Classic

Thanks maxjj - unfortunately this is standard visibility and flat light, espsecially in the summer. Going on holiday to different areas of the world make you think you've had a cataract operation!

Excellent shots! The 3rd B&W one with all of the roads is beautiful, very nice contrast.

I'd love to travel to Dubai some day, and to travel the UAE. What an experience it must be to live there!

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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

Thanks EvanK.

After living here for 6 years I can't see much of the appeal of visiting, myself! You get accustomed to your surroundings and take things for granted, I suppose.

I really feel for the families staying in hotels and getting hit with the extortionate rates for food and beverage. Like all cities, once you know where to go you avoid these places and go to the few places that offer good value for money and service.

Maybe I'm spoilt though, but 1 week into Ramadan things start to get to you!

Fantastic set. Well done.

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Rui

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Nikon D90 w/ Nikkor AF-S 16-85mm f/3.5-5.6 VR II DX, Nikkor AF 50mm f/1.8 D, Nikkor af-s 35mm f/1.8G DX
Nikkor AF 70-300 f/4-5.6 D, Nikkor AF 80-400 f/4.5-5.6 D ED VR