The mirage of the city

July 10th, 2012

There’s been a couple of strange days in Dubai this week with temperatures soaring well into the 40s (Celsius that is!), with some very unusual heavy rains coming down yesterday – if you’re not familiar with this part of the world, rain is pretty much non-existent in the summer months! Just as with the last image I posted, all this weather got me thinking about another shot that I’ve been meaning to post for a while, an image of the Burj Khalifa and other buildings in the Business Bay area of Dubai, reflected in the waters of the creek.

It was taken a few months ago, very early in the morning and as with quite a few of my recent images, I really struggled in post-processing to decide if I should go with the colour version or the black and white one. The colour version definitely has its merits, particularly because the sky was so blue. However, in the end, I went for the black and white version as I really liked the simplicity of it all. Of course I would be happy to hear which one you would have gone for.

Shot with NIKON D300S | 58mm | ƒ/8

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Dubai, Middle East, United Arab Emirates

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  • Don Moraes

    Very creative…! I think I prefer it in colour though. Would have loved it even more if it was flipped upside down…

  • http://www.momentaryawe.com/blog Catalin

    Thanks Don! I suspect there will be more people preferring the colour one. I’m not sure about the flipping though as it wouldn’t work as a reflection anymore..

  • pfn

    The color version is so good! Much better than the bw.

  • http://www.momentaryawe.com/blog Catalin

    Thanks. It seems most people prefer the colour one judging by the comments here, on Facebook and on Twitter… Ah well, I still like the bw :)

  • http://twitter.com/iathomson Ian Thomson

    Really cool!

  • http://www.markpauldaphoto.com/ Mark

    Even though I have travled alot, I have yet to travel to Dubai. perhaps in the near future, I hear that the architecture is superb! You can view my travel photos at http://www.markpauldaphoto.com. Enjoy, and see you in Dubai (I hope)!

  • http://www.kriskoeller.com Kris Koeller

    Clever composition. Very cool. Just got my D800, btw. Excited to try it out.

  • http://www.momentaryawe.com/blog Catalin

    Thanks Kris! Congratulations on the new D800. I’m still waiting for mine!