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Posted By: MBrannon, 06-11-2010, 08:21 PM

I just got back from a great trip to Egypt. We saw Cairo, Aswan, Luxor, Hurghada and the Red Sea. We cruised the Nile, and I even took a sunrise hot air balloon ride over the West Bank. I've just started playing with Photomatix doing HDRs. Here are a few pics from the trip. Some are 3 exposure HDRs, and some are HDRs from a single RAW file. I hope you like them. More images are on my flickr

1. Statue of Ramesses II (Mit Rahina museum) Memphis, Egypt


2. The Temple of Rameses II at Abu Sinbel


3. Karnak Temple (Luxor) Egypt


4. Karnak Temple (Luxor) Egypt


5. Ballooning Egypt's West Bank (ancient Thebes)


6. Karnak Temple (Luxor) Egypt


7. The Temple of Kom Ombo, Aswan


8. Karnak Temple (Luxor) Egypt


9. Cruising the Nile (taken with Sigma 70 - 300mm APO)


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Great series. I really like the last image. JIM
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Incredible! Beautiful Egypt pictures. I showed them to my family and they oohed & ahhed! Simply amazing. Excellent use of flaring.
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Great series, some nice images. It really reminded my last year's holiday at those places...

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Superb travel series! Not just the ordinary snaps i would say. Very nice work!
Love the flare shot
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Thanks everyone. I just started using photomatix, and I'm really liking it. Some of these shots just wouldn't have been possible without it. I would have ended up with silhouettes with no shadow detail. I like the effect it gives to the single RAWs as well. It makes them look film-like.

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I for one am not too keen on the flare shots, it's bit too much for my taste but that's just my personal opinion... could I just aks what lens was used?

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QuoteOriginally posted by axl Quote
I for one am not too keen on the flare shots, it's bit too much for my taste but that's just my personal opinion... could I just aks what lens was used?
No problem axl. Everyone has their own taste. If we all liked the same thing, everyone's photos would look the same. What fun would that be?

The lens was a Sigma DC 18-50 f/2.8, and the last photo was with a Sigma 70-300mm APO.
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Fantastic series...I was blown away!
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wonderful perspectives you've used michael... and i like the flare in 3... reminds me of motion picture shots where this is commonly seen.... adds a touch of reality (at least in my mind, lol)
thanks for sharing this series..... dave m
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