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#Photo: Road to nowhere (crop)

2012-02-25T15:53:00.001+04:00

I think this works a little better.

#Photo: Road to nowhere

2012-02-25T13:44:00.001+04:00

Not telling where this is :)

#Copyright: How to takedown @Pinterest. Correction to earlier post. #DMCA

2012-02-21T17:58:00.001+04:00

Correction to my earlier post ( http://dubai.posterous.com/rant-how-to-deal-with-copyright-infringement )

The correct email address to send the DMCA takedowns to is:

Reminder of what to send:

With this subject:

Infringement of intellectual property rights

And this in the body:

1. Digital signature: {YOUR NAME GOES HERE}

2. Copyrighted work: {A LINK TO WHERE YOU HAVE UPLOADED YOUR WORK GOES HERE}

3. Infringing material: {A LINK TO THE DIRECT URL FOR WHERE YOUR WORK IS HOSTED ON PINTEREST GOES HERE}

4.My contact details: {YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS GOES HERE}

5.I have good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.

6. The information in this notice is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, I am authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

That's all there is to it.

If you're unsure as to how to find the link to the direct URL where your work is hosted on Pinterest, it's simple.

When you see your image in a search result, click on it, then right-click on the image that opens up in the sub-window and select "Copy image URL".

#Photo: The #BurjKhalifa is NOT on fire.

2012-02-19T23:48:00.001+04:00

Still from an upcoming timelapse.

Rant: How to deal with copyright infringement on #pinterest.com. Do NOT serve them with a #DMCA takedown notice.

2012-02-18T19:44:00.001+04:00

There are of course many "social networking" websites out there that allow you (and others) to upload your work and share it.

Very few however seem to be quite so blatant at encouraging people to upload infringing copyrighted material to their "service" as Pinterest.com.

I'd noticed a few of my Twitter and Facebook friends start to post things via Pinterest, but had not until today actually bothered to go and check the site out to see what it is all about.

In their own words:

"Pinterest is an online pinboard. Organise and share things you love".

The choice of words here is interesting. It's not "organise and share the things you have created yourself".

It's "organise and share the things you love".

And you have absolutely no right to organise and share the things you love on their website. You only have a right to organise and share the things that other people have explicitly granted you rights to organise and share.

Chances are, the vast majority of people using this service "love" things that other people have created, and just the merest of scratches beneath the surface shows this to be the case.

Pick a subject, any subject, and do a enter it into the search box at http://www.pinterest.com.

Those who actively follow me on places such as Twitter or Facebook will be well aware that I am not entirely enamored with companies or individuals who profit off the back of my work, and that I have had particular problems with certain images that I have taken in Dubai.

I thought I'd do a seach for "Burj Khalifa" and see what turned up.

http://pinterest.com/search/?q=burj+khalifa

Sure enough, it didn't take much scrolling down to find an example of one of my images being ripped off.

Here's the relevant "pin":

http://pinterest.com/pin/160300067956220514/ ***

And here's MY image being stored on pinterest's hosting company's server:

***

Read the small print buried many paragraphs down the page, and this is what pinterest say about what you should, and should not, upload onto their site:

http://pinterest.com/about/terms/

General Prohibitions

You agree not to do any of the following:

Post, upload, publish, submit, provide access to or transmit any Content that: (i) infringes, misappropriates or violates a third party’s patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, moral rights or other intellectual property rights, or rights of publicity or privacy;

But let's be realistic here. What percentage of pinterest's userbase do you think actually bother to read the terms of using the site. 1%? 0.1% 0.01%?

Whatever the percentage is, it will be miniscule. The most that they're are ever going to pay attention to is this, which is far more prominently displayed here:

http://pinterest.com/about/

What is Pinterest?

Pinterest is a Virtual Pinboard.

Pinterest lets you organize and share all the beautiful things you find on the web.

Bit of a difference there, no? In fact, we've moved on from "things you love" to simply "things you FIND on the web".

Pinterest are quite clearly encourange their users to share stuff they "find on the web". NOT images that they actually own the intellectual property rights to. Stuff they "find on the web".

Again - you have NO rights whatsoever to share and upload to Pinterest's hosting company's servers things that you "find on the web".

And of course the people behind Pinterest know this only too well.

Their entire business plan is predicated on the following two facts:

1. They know damn well that the general public do not understand even the simplest, most basic, facts about intellectual property rights.

2. They know damn well that they can get away with illegally infringing the intellectual property rights of individuals and companies and only have to do anything about it when served with a DMCA takedown notice.

Which, if you ask me, stinks. The people behind this site are deliberately encouraging people to upload and share the property of others.

The process behind DMCA takedowns exists so that those who have worked hard to create intellectual property have a way of getting companies and sites who infringe their rights to remove the work from their servers.

Pinterest have on their site a page devoted to explaining what you should do if you find your work infringed on their site. Don't thank for them for this - they no doubt would rather not have this page if they could get away with it, but if they didn't you could probably get the site shut down overnight.

Here's their copyright page:

http://pinterest.com/about/copyright/

Scroll down, and you'll find a link to their web-based Copyright Infringement Form:

http://pinterest.com/about/copyright/dmca/

My strong recommendation to anyone finding their work illegally hosted on Pinterest's site is DO NOT USE THIS FORM.

If you use this form, then the communication goes direct to Pinterest. What are they going to do? Realistically?

Well, one thing they may do is to terminate the account of an individual who has uploaded infringing material to their site.

But that's as far as it will ever go. It will NOT stop them from allowing other people to upload copyrighted work, because they quite clearly reckon they can get away with it.

Let's be honest here. If there's one fundamental flaw in Pinterest's business model, it is this:

They assume that they can get away with infringing the intellectual property of others without serious problems.

And if there's one fundamental fact about Pinterest's business model, it is this:

If they were not able to get away with infringing the intellectual property of others, they wouldn't have a business.

This is very easy to prove. Remember - uploading images to their site that you do not have the rights to is illegal. They have NO RIGHT WHATSOEVER to host that work.

Here's that Burj Khalifa search again:

http://pinterest.com/search/?q=burj+khalifa

Every single image you see resulting from that search is hosted on their site. Click a few of them. Ask yourself this question:

What proportion of those images do you think have been uploaded by the copyright owner?

I am extremely familiar with images of the Burj Khalifa, and also with the names of the individuals who took the images.

I'd put good money on less than 5% of those images having been uploaded to Pinterest's hosting company's servers by the copyright owner. I'd have a sportsman's bet on less than 1% of them having been uploaded to the website legally. And these percentages probably hold true across the entire site.

So what should you do?

Well, as stated above, my view is that simply DMCA'ing Pinterest directly will not stop this from happening. Their entire business model assumes that they can continue to get away with infringing your rights.

What you need to do is to DMCA Pinterest's hosting company.

The agreement that Pinterest would have signed up to with their hosting company will be very similar to the agreement that users of Pinterest have signed up with Pinterest. Which, in very simple terms, comes down to this:

Do not host/upload other people's intellectual property onto our servers/websites. If you do, and we get a significant number of DMCA takedown notices issued to us, then we reserve the right to terminate your account.

Here's another percentage guestimate for you.

I reckon that if just 0.1% of the photographer's whose rights are being infringed by Pinterest were to issue DMCA takedown notices to Amazon, Pinterest would be kicked off the servers. It's the law.

Here's how to do it. It's VERY simple. I'll save you the hassle of tracking back through whois searches to find the right address to issue this to.

Send an email to this address:

hostmaster@amazon.com

With this subject:

Infringement of intellectual property rights

And this in the body:

1. Digital signature: {YOUR NAME GOES HERE}

2. Copyrighted work: {A LINK TO WHERE YOU HAVE UPLOADED YOUR WORK GOES HERE}

3. Infringing material: {A LINK TO THE DIRECT URL FOR WHERE YOUR WORK IS HOSTED ON PINTEREST GOES HERE}

4.My contact details: {YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS GOES HERE}

5.I have good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.

6. The information in this notice is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, I am authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

That's all there is to it.

If you're unsure as to how to find the link to the direct URL where your work is hosted on Pinterest, it's simple.

When you see your image in a search result, click on it, then right-click on the image that opens up in the sub-window and select "Copy image URL".

***

Note - these links will probably turn up blank results within the next 72 hours as Amazon will have to comply with the DMCA notice.

#Photo: #BurjKhalifa engulfed in the clouds at night

2012-02-12T09:57:00.001+04:00

Big scare on Twitter last night as folks thought the Burj was on fire. Actually it was just a case of low clouds.

@rascottdotcom on Twitter posted some images he took at the time of the scare to try to explain to people what was going on.

Here's one of mine showing a similar event on February 22nd last year.

Some frame grabs from this morning's #timelapse experiments

2012-02-08T16:04:00.001+04:00

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Free demo #iBook featuring small panoramic tour of Sheikh Zayed Mosque!

2012-02-05T09:49:00.001+04:00

If you have an iPad...

Simply open the following link in Safari, and when prompted, open in iBooks, and it will be saved to your library.

http://08.ae/demo_ibook/Sheikh_Zayed_Mosque.ibooks

Enjoy!

#Photos from a new world record indoor 360° #panorama. Sheikh Zayed Mosque 60 #gigapixels.

2012-02-02T11:03:00.001+04:00

See the full gallery on Posterous

OK, so hosting could be a bit of a challenge I guess...

2012-01-31T22:44:00.001+04:00

#Panorama: So, erm. Yeah. Here we go. This is it. Job done.

2012-01-31T22:33:00.001+04:00

See the full gallery on Posterous

#Panorama - 2.6 #gigapixel photo of the #Dubai skyline from Jumeirah

2012-01-29T16:58:00.001+04:00

http://08.ae/panos/Jumeirah300/DubaifromJumeirah.html

1.8 #Gigapixel #panorama of the start of the 10k race at #Dubai #Marathon

2012-01-28T19:11:00.001+04:00

http://08.ae/panos/marathon/start10k/startof10k.html

#Photo: Start of the 10k race at the #DubaiMarathon

2012-01-28T12:36:00.001+04:00

Pano coming up later

1.8 #Gigapixel #Panorama of the start of the 2012 #Dubai #Marathon

2012-01-27T18:11:00.001+04:00

Very challenging pano this - the sun hadn't even risen when this was taken, and as you can see, it was a very hazy day.

Shot with a 200mm lens.

I'm pretty please with the way it turned out, even if the resolution/quality isn't quite good enough to be able to recognise everyone!

http://08.ae/panos/marathon/start/DubaiMarathonStart.html

#Photo: Don't worry chaps. I'm sure no-one can see you there. #DubaiMarathon

2012-01-27T17:56:00.001+04:00

#Photo: Incoming....

2012-01-27T17:30:00.001+04:00

#Photo: Sneak peak of an upcoming pano of the start of the #DubaiMarathon

2012-01-27T15:20:00.001+04:00

1 megapixel.

#Photo: #BurjKhalifa exterior - 7 shot #HDR

2012-01-26T20:46:00.001+04:00

24mm TS-E

f/8.0

0.4 seconds up to 25 seconds

#Photo: Practicing using tilt for what it is meant to be used for :)

2012-01-26T20:18:00.001+04:00

45mm TS-E

f/9.0

1/100

Upcoming #panorama: From Jumeirah, #Dubai Wide and tele shots.

2012-01-25T23:30:00.001+04:00

See the full gallery on Posterous

#Photo: Another pan of the same #Lamborghini. #Dubai24

2012-01-25T14:53:00.001+04:00

Loads more where these came from, but I won't bore you with them all!

#Photo: Panning a #Lambo at #Dubai24

2012-01-25T14:47:00.001+04:00

300mm

f/8

1/125

#Photo: One for @donohof - a #Mini leading the pack at #Dubai24!

2012-01-25T14:40:00.001+04:00

(OK, so it's probably been lapped a few times...)

#Photo: Dodge Viper at #Dubai24

2012-01-25T14:35:00.001+04:00

Haven't posted much in a while because my computer has been working on a panorama for three weeks. Without actually succeeding.

Which, naturally, is a bit of a PITA. So I've decided to give it a break and just chuck up a few of the photos that I am now catching up with processing.

#Panorama: Three-shot panoramic tour of the grid at the #Dubai24 hour race

2012-01-15T08:50:00.001+04:00

http://dxbae.com/panos/dxb24htour/Dubai24grid.html

#Photos: 3 more from the #Dubai 24 hours. #Lamborghini #Ferrari #Nissan

2012-01-14T16:56:00.001+04:00

Loads more where this came from, but too much of a pain to process through iPhoto. The rest will have to wait until my PC is freed up from its current task.

See the full gallery on Posterous

#Panorama: Cars on the grid for the start of the #Dubai24 Hours

2012-01-14T09:20:00.001+04:00

http://dxbae.com/panos/dxb24h/DXB24H.html

#Photo: Full size Lambo at the Dubai 24 Hour race #Dubai24

2012-01-13T19:44:00.001+04:00

#Photo: The #Dubai 24 hour toy car race #Dubai24

2012-01-13T19:43:00.001+04:00

#Photo: Burj Khalifa "Rule of thirds" number 2

2012-01-12T19:12:00.001+04:00

So yeah, I think the just-after-sunset shot works a little better. Will probably enter this one.

#Photo: #BurjKhalifa "rule of thirds"

2012-01-12T13:31:00.001+04:00

Shot this for the Gizmodo rule of thirds competition. I may actually go and re-shoot it at sunset though as the light will be a lot more interesting then.

17mm TS-E shifted diagonally to place the horizon on the bottom horizontal third, and the Burj Khalifa axis on the right third. The Burj just fits in the frame :)

#Photo: #LittlePlanet of the main prayer hall of Sheikh Zayed Mosque #UAE #panorama

2012-01-08T19:42:00.001+04:00

Just a little bit of fun whilst I'm working on the main event :)

#Photos: 3 more colourful fireworks photos of #Dubai celebrating #NYE , and 1 shot showing the detail in all pics #2012

2012-01-01T18:15:00.001+04:00

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Three timelapses from New Year's Eve in Downtown #Dubai #NYE #2012

2012-01-01T17:44:00.001+04:00

#Photo set: Quick process job on 8 #Dubai #NYE #2012 shots from this evening. Happy New Year :)

2012-01-01T01:59:00.001+04:00

Feel free to share. Publication permitted with copyright credit.

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#Photo: Last one for the night: #BurjKhalifa fireworks for #NYE #2012 #Dubai

2012-01-01T01:46:00.001+04:00

Photo copyright Gerald Donovan 2012

Feel free to share. Publication permitted with copyright credit.

#Photos: Multi-coloured fireworks at the #BurjKhalifa in #Dubai to celebrate the New Year. RT! #NYE #2012

2012-01-01T00:32:00.001+04:00

Feel free to share. Publication permitted with copyright credit.

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#Photo: Fireworks at the #BurjKhalifa in #Dubai to celebrate the New Year. RT!

2012-01-01T00:06:00.001+04:00

Photo copyright Gerald Donovan 2012.

Feel free to share. Publication permitted with copyright credit.

#Photo: A sneak peek of a work in progress ;)

2011-12-26T14:21:00.001+04:00

Oops, let's try that again. #photos: Couple of shots from a recent #panorama

2011-12-25T18:55:00.001+04:00

Always fun to take a full 360 degree panorama in detail. So much potential for exploration later :)

See the full gallery on Posterous

#Photos: Couple of screenshots from a recent #panorama

2011-12-25T18:52:00.001+04:00

Always fun to capture an entire 360 degree view in detail. So much potential for exploring later on :)

See the full gallery on Posterous

#Photo: Now this is what you call a lucky shot in a 17.5 #gigapixel panorama

2011-12-25T17:33:00.001+04:00

Just testing out the latest version of Autopano Giga and the new XML export from the VR Drive 2, and what do I find?

#Photo: My #top10 of 2011. Number 8 - Large format film photo of my cat, Moet

2011-12-24T13:23:00.001+04:00

A photo taken using a 5x7 large format camera of my cat, Moet.

Given the process behind taking shots with a large format camera, cat's don't make the easiest of subjects, so I was delighted that this came out as planned!

See the original post for a shot of the set-up.

http://dubai.posterous.com/photo-large-format-5x7-velvia-of-my-cat-moet

Walker Titan XL 5x7

Schneider-Kreuznach APO-Symmar L 210mm f/5.6

Fuji Velvia 100F

Can't remember the shutter speed, but it was slow!

f/5.6

#Photo: My #top10 of 2011. Number 9 - DIFC Gate in #Dubai (the "money shot")

2011-12-23T15:30:00.001+04:00

It's not easy getting this exactly right straight out of the camera. I think I nailed the perspective on this across all three axes.

Obviously any error could be fixed very simply in post, but I like to take the time to get it right :)

HDR'd from 5 exposures.

Canon 5D Mk II

Canon TS-E 17mm f/4.0L

ISO 100

f/8.0

1/60, 1/125, 1/250, 1/500, 1/1000

#Photo: My #top10 of 2011. Number 10 - #AlFursan performing at the Dubai Air Show

2011-12-22T18:57:00.001+04:00

So here we are once again. 22nd of December, so it's time to do my annual count-down of my favourite snaps of the year. One per day over the next 10 days, in reverse order.

A quick glimpse at the post prior to this one will reveal what will be number 1, but for obvious reasons I couldn't hold that back until December 31st, so no suspense this year I'm afraid!

At number 10, it's a shot of the incredible Al Fursan ("The Knights") - the UAE's very own aerobatic display team who formed in 2010. One of 447 shots taken at this year's Dubai Air Show that I've got keyworded with their name (I still haven't got around to reviewing them all!).

It was my first time at an airshow, and I have to say I had a great time, firing off close to 2,000 shots in just 2 days. I'm more used to photographing buildings, so shooting fast moving jets was a new challenge, and one that I thoroughly enjoyed.

This was Al Fursan's first official public demonstration of their aerobatic display, and what a display it was. I couldn't help feeling that these guys didn't really get the exposure they deserved - certainly everyone in the UAE should be very proud of their talents.

Canon 1D MK IV

Canon 300mm f/2.8

ISO 100

f/5.0

1/1250

Buy a print what I consider to be my best photo of the year. Help save a life. #PCRF #SaveSamar

2011-12-21T20:25:00.001+04:00

Last year your generosity saved Ola.

This year we need you to dig deep again to save Samar.

Read her story here:

http://fakeplasticsouks.blogspot.com/2011/12/dying.html

I will print 10 copies of this image - the photograph I consider to be the best I took this year - sized 16 inches by 12.

1000 AED each.

First come. First served. Don't hang about.

ALL proceeds to the PCRF. Every single dirham - I will pay for the prints myself.

#Photo: Another Little Planet from Jumeirah Lakes Towers

2011-12-20T08:00:00.001+04:00

#Photo: Another Lunar #Eclipse shot from this evening. #Moon

2011-12-11T01:16:00.001+04:00

Taken a couple of minutes after totality had finished.

#Photo: #Eclipse of the #Moon

2011-12-10T21:06:00.001+04:00

Just one for now. Lots more to follow.

#Photo: Full resolution crop of the Moon in that previous post

2011-12-10T11:36:00.001+04:00

The silhouette of the very top of the Burj Khalifa can be seen at the bottom of the image.

#Photo: #BurjKhalifa pinnacle and the Moon #Dubai (2)

2011-12-10T11:18:00.001+04:00

Another shot from last night.

Comments pretty much as per earlier example, except I applied a curve and some gamma correction to try to bring the Moon out a bit more.

If anyone has any recommendations on how to process Moon shots, I'm all ears!

#Photo: #BurjKhalifa pinnacle and the Moon. #Dubai

2011-12-09T21:06:00.001+04:00

Been waiting over a year to have another crack at this.

Just a test shot in advance of the eclipse tomorrow night, but I thought it worth sharing.

This time I shot with 600mm focal length (300mm f/2.8 + 2x teleconverter). Also, the Burj pinnacle is now lit up, which it wasn't last year.

Shot is blended from two exposures - one exposed and focused on the Moon, and one exposed and focused on the Burj.

#Photo: Trees. Well, it makes a change from buildings!

2011-12-08T12:09:00.001+04:00

Previously unpublished #photos of @TomCruise filming @GhostProtocol on the #BurjKhalifa #DIFF @DubaiFilm

2011-12-07T11:23:00.001+04:00

Absolutely NO reproduction anywhere without permission.

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#Photo: Much as I love the Miura, there can only be one winner this year

2011-12-01T20:18:00.001+04:00

#Photo: What a wonderful pair of backsides

2011-12-01T20:03:00.003+04:00

Marvelous to see these two together. A real treat!

#Photo: She's back, and looking even more gorgeous than ever.

2011-12-01T20:03:00.001+04:00

#Photo: Jumeriah Lakes Towers Little Planet. #Dubai

2011-11-29T18:53:00.001+04:00

Another set of 4x 5 gigapixel panos in the bag :)

#Photo: #Dubai Day to night 24 hour photo - horizontal version

2011-11-27T10:18:00.001+04:00

The previous one of these went down quite well, so I thought I'd do one where the change is blended horizontally, rather than vertically.

#Photo: Sunbeams in #Dubai

2011-11-27T08:03:00.001+04:00

Could have done with being out and about this morning!

#Photo: #Dubai Day to night 24 hour photo

2011-11-23T12:31:00.001+04:00

OK. Now I'm happy with it.

#Photo: Dubai "Day to night 1" 24 hour shot, with apologies to Stephen Wilkes

2011-11-21T21:12:00.001+04:00

This is a blend of 30 separate photos (48 minutes between each photo), from my Dubai 24 hour timelapse.

Stephen Wilkes does this much better than I do.

#Photo: One last shot of #AlFursan at the Dubai Air Show #DXB2011 #UAE40

2011-11-20T13:44:00.001+04:00

#Photo: Lovely clouds at sunset today in #Dubai

2011-11-17T19:58:00.001+04:00

#Photo: #AlFursan escort #EK 777. #DXB11 #UAE30

2011-11-17T19:37:00.001+04:00

What I'd give to be in the camera plane!

#Photo: #AlFursan fly-over #Meydan #Dubai #UAE40

2011-11-17T19:32:00.001+04:00

#Photo: Now here's something you don't see every day. #BurjKhalifa +#EK 777 +#AlFursan

2011-11-17T19:30:00.001+04:00

#Photo: Al Fursan #BurjKhalifa fly-by

2011-11-15T11:46:00.001+04:00

#Photo: A still image from my Dubai 24 hour timelapse

2011-11-15T11:13:00.001+04:00

6:01pm - the Moon has just risen.

#Photo: Another shot of the Patrouille de France at the #Dubai Airshow #DXB11

2011-11-15T10:21:00.001+04:00

Uncropped - just managed to squeeze them into the frame!

#Photo: Patrouille de France at Dubai Airshow 2011 #DXB11

2011-11-14T19:52:00.001+04:00

#Photo: Afterburner 2 #DXB11

2011-11-14T19:22:00.001+04:00

#Photo: Afterburner :) #DXB11

2011-11-14T19:16:00.001+04:00

#Photo: So I went back to the Dubai Airshow today and slapped the 2x converter on the 300mm f/2.8...

2011-11-14T19:09:00.001+04:00

oops.

#Photos: The incredible #UAE Al Fursan display team at Dubai Airshow 2011 #DXB11

2011-11-14T11:37:00.001+04:00

These guys are amazing!

See the full gallery on Posterous

#Photo: Dubai Air Show 2011 (2) #DXB11

2011-11-14T11:22:00.001+04:00

C27J Spartan flying upside down!

#Photo: Dubai Air Show 2011 (1) #DXB11

2011-11-14T11:16:00.001+04:00

Not sure which plane this is, but I'm sure someone will fill me in :)

#Video: 24 hour #timelapse of Downtown #Dubai. #1d6c

2011-11-12T12:52:00.001+04:00

Shot from 4am local time on 11/11/11 (00:00 11/11/11 UTC).

Make sure you watch it in 1080p so that you can see everything that's going on!

#Video: Timelapse of sunset and moonrise in #Dubai for 1Day6Cities #1d6c #1d6cD #BurjKhalifa

2011-11-12T08:56:00.001+04:00

4pm-8pm local time. The reflection of the setting sun on the Burj Khalifa, with the Moon rising behind.

Make sure you watch it in 1080p!

#Photo: Last one for the night. #Jumeirah Little Planet :) (#Dubai, #UAE)

2011-11-11T00:04:00.001+04:00

Busy day today!

#Photo: Last one for now from #DubaiMotorShow. If you're on the Sheikh Zayed Road and see this in your mirror, best get out of the way.

2011-11-10T23:41:00.001+04:00

#Photo: Under the bonnet of the #Brabus SLR at the #Dubai Motor Show (2)

2011-11-10T23:38:00.001+04:00

#Photo: #Lamborghini #Aventador at the #DubaiMotorShow (2)

2011-11-10T23:32:00.001+04:00

#Photo: #McLaren MP4-12C at #DubaiMotorShow (2)

2011-11-10T23:28:00.001+04:00

So much better in the flesh than in any photo I've seen to date (including mine!)

#Photo: #BMW #Vision concept #DubaiMotorShow

2011-11-10T23:25:00.001+04:00

#Photo: The second best arse at the #DubaiMotorShow

2011-11-10T23:18:00.001+04:00

Who needs booth-babes when you've got a butt like this to show off?

#Photo: Take one Mercedes #SLS. Add some #Hamann seasoning. And throw up.

2011-11-10T23:16:00.001+04:00

The Hamann Hawk.

No, no, a thousand times no.

See the Brabus take on the gorgeous SLS as an example of how to do aftermarket right.

#Photo: #LandRover concept (for Dale!)

2011-11-10T23:07:00.001+04:00

#Photo: #Mini #Paceman concept at #DubaiMotorShow (for @donohof)

2011-11-10T23:04:00.001+04:00

#Photos: #Aston Martin #Zagato at #DubaiMotorShow (1,2,3)

2011-11-10T22:58:00.001+04:00

Car of the show for me. And that's saying something coming from someone who has loved Lambos since 1971 and saw the Aventador in the flesh for the first time.

Just check out that arse!

See the full gallery on Posterous

#Photo: #Lamborghini #Aventador at the #DubaiMotorShow (1)

2011-11-10T22:51:00.001+04:00

#Photo: #McLaren MP4-12C at #DubaiMotorShow (1)

2011-11-10T22:47:00.001+04:00

#Photo: #Brabus SLR at the #Dubai Motor Show (1)

2011-11-10T22:43:00.001+04:00

#Photo: The view of the Burj Al Arab that you don't see photos of quite so often

2011-11-09T17:17:00.001+04:00

And there's a very good reason why not...

#Photo: Aerial shot of Union House and the #UAE flag in #Dubai. #UAE40

2011-11-08T10:31:00.001+04:00

#Photo: No neighbours to worry about! #Dubai

2011-11-08T00:56:00.001+04:00

Clearly there are some advantages to having the only developed island on The World off the coast of Dubai.

Must get a bit lonely sometime though.

#Photo: #Dubai sunset panorama

2011-10-25T13:23:00.001+04:00

This is actually a snapshot from a 5 gigapixel panorama - you will be able to make out the blending of the separate photographs in the sky (unfortunately!).

#Photo: #Dubai in the early morning fog in black and white

2011-10-23T12:23:00.001+04:00

Image number 639 of a 2019 shot timelapse.

Decided to crop it a bit (the original framing was done to take into account production to 16x9 HD) and see how it came out in black and white.

#Photo: One last LF 5x7 Velvia test shot at Sheikh Zayed Mosque, Abu Dhabi, #UAE

2011-10-23T11:27:00.001+04:00

Trying to get my head around what went wrong here. The bottom centimeter or so of film didn't get exposed, but I can't work out how that could happen!

Other than that, pretty happy with it.

Looking forward to going back to the mosque in a month or so to shoot some more in less oppressive temperature and humidity.