World's largest Mosque HDR try

Awais Yaqub

Today i went there for HDR try . this is Shah Faisal Mosque built by Saudi Arabia for Pakistanis .4 minartes are holding the internal structure and it is made like a desert arab tent . every metalalic inside mosque's main hall including on top of minarets is Gold plated :huh other 2 are not HDR

Shot through brown tinted glass yes those all metal things are gold plated

A huge Holy Quran and people offering prayers . Cameras are not allowed inside mosque's main hall . there is a lot of calligraphy inside you can see wall in background .


You may be thinking all decoration is cumpuslory for prayers or for mosque no it is not so

You can see old images of same mosque non HDR and other islamic architecture here

Skippy

Awais Yaqub wrote:

Today i went there for HDR try . this is Shah Faisal Mosque built by Saudi Arabia for Pakistanis .4 minartes are holding the internal structure and it is made like a desert arab tent . every metalalic inside mosque's main hall including on top of minarets is Gold plated other 2 are not HDR

Shot through brown tinted glass yes those all metal things are gold plated



A huge Holy Quran and people offering prayers . Cameras are not allowed inside mosque's main hall . there is a lot of calligraphy inside you can see wall in background .
You may be thinking all decoration is cumpuslory for prayers or for mosque no it is not so
You can see old images of same mosque non HDR and other islamic architecture here

Hi Awais, what an amazing building, love the light that hangs in the second image.....thanks you for sharing your culture with us ... Skippy
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Awais Yaqub

Skippy wrote:

Hi Awais, what an amazing building, love the light that hangs in the second image.....thanks you for sharing your culture with us ... Skippy
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Thanks Skippy always love to hear from you

mmroden

very cool! I can never seem to get HDR to work right at night, especially around light blooms. Good job on yours

DoctorIt

great shot Awais!

do you want to share your HDR processing and shooting technique with us?

Awais Yaqub

Thanks

Its so simple


Take several photos at different exposure very bright to very dark. Put all photos into HDR merger. I used photoshop merger. Which gave very drastic results with too much contrast just click OK and then it gives options of gamma etc adjust them and photo will trun sweet slowly


I used trial version of Photomatix it is so sweet! Gave cool result automatically!

My tripod is really pathetic it moves with every slightest wind or touch .Auto photo alignment fixed that problem. if your camera can go less then 1/8 in bracketing it will do the job without touching camera again and again .

I don’t know what is differences in dslr in exposure controls I used H5 with limited bracketing function.

this was done with 4 photos at 8 sec 4 sec 2 sec and 1 sec

I hope you understand

Seneca

Ok you lost me after you said..."Its so simple..."

Just kidding...nonetheless...your photos area always so beautiful!

Awais Yaqub wrote:

Thanks

Its so simple


Take several photos at different exposure very bright to very dark. Put all photos into HDR merger. I used photoshop merger. Which gave very drastic results with too much contrast just click OK and then it gives options of gamma etc adjust them and photo will trun sweet slowly


I used trial version of Photomatix it is so sweet! Gave cool result automatically!

My tripod is really pathetic it moves with every slightest wind or touch .Auto photo alignment fixed that problem. if your camera can go less then 1/8 in bracketing it will do the job without touching camera again and again .

I don’t know what is differences in dslr in exposure controls I used H5 with limited bracketing function.

this was done with 4 photos at 8 sec 4 sec 2 sec and 1 sec

I hope you understand

Awais Yaqub

Seneca wrote:

Ok you lost me after you said..."Its so simple..."

Just kidding...nonetheless...your photos area always so beautiful!

Thanks Senece
its so simple ....Should i explain it again ?

ultravox

Thank you Awais for the getting me "inside" Shah Faisal.
Best regards.

Awais Yaqub

ultravox wrote:

Thank you Awais for the getting me "inside" Shah Faisal.
Best regards.

No problem Cristian you are always welcome

JGD

That Building and the shot are both very impressive

Jim

Awais Yaqub

JGD wrote:

That Building and the shot are both very impressive

Jim

Thanks a lot Jim i am glad you loved them

Seefutlung

Nice Awais ... both the structure and your photo. For my tastes the shot has too much blue (maybe if the sky was a darker blue for contrast)... I really like the red shot with the black sky which is in your gallery. When I see your photos ... I ache to visit places like Pakistan which has such different photographic opportunites than found in Los Angeles ... I was just wondering if people in other countries felt the same way ... that they desire to travel to the United States for the unusual photo opps not found at home ... Or is the US considered bland and boring?

Gary

Awais Yaqub

Seefutlung wrote:

Nice Awais ... both the structure and your photo. For my tastes the shot has too much blue (maybe if the sky was a darker blue for contrast)... I really like the red shot with the black sky which is in your gallery. When I see your photos ... I ache to visit places like Pakistan which has such different photographic opportunites than found in Los Angeles ... I was just wondering if people in other countries felt the same way ... that they desire to travel to the United States for the unusual photo opps not found at home ... Or is the US considered bland and boring?

Gary

Thanks Gary
Yes Pakistanis love to travel around the only reason they don't is Budget that is very low and getting visa of USA UK is very very difficult so no one try for only taking photos Just for study or earning good money .
say 1000$ is just a ticket from Pakistan to USA and in 1000$ you can travel from one corner of Pakistan to other watching everything in Pakistan .
I have not seen a single Pakistani who goes abroad just for visiting or for fun
No Pakistanis don't consider those countries boring they admire it .Definatly there are issues everywhere
If you are serious to visit Pakistan someday let me know ! lets plan

BigAl

Great shots Awais! The blue doesn't bug me at all, it adds to the mood.

I always thought that the Blue Mosque in Istanbul was the biggest outside of Mecca??

http://bigal-sa.smugmug.com/photos/102360137-M.jpg

Awais Yaqub

BigAl wrote:

Great shots Awais! The blue doesn't bug me at all, it adds to the mood.

I always thought that the Blue Mosque in Istanbul was the biggest outside of Mecca??

http://bigal-sa.smugmug.com/photos/102360137-M.jpg

Thanks big Faisal Mosque is largest then comes Badshahi mosque in Lahore Pakistan which was built in Mughal time
Turkey have most beautiful mosques . Faisal mosque was designed by Turkish Architect

Dalantech

I like the exposure in the first image Awais!

Awais Yaqub

Dalantech wrote:

I like the exposure in the first image Awais!

Thanks Dalan HDR is really fun !