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Continuing on my daily photo project.  Unfortunately I left my tripod at the office and decided to get a bit creative with a photo for today.

This is a coaster which we purchased from a crafts store in Cairo (Korba district).  The image was shot on a kitchen counter-top in total darkness over a very long exposure.  I used a torch to paint some light over to bring out the wood.  Final touch up in photoshop involved cropping and overlaying a duplicate layer (screen blend)

Technical details: F/8 at 13seconds. ISO 100 & 47mm focal length

If reading Arabic calligraphy is tricky, the text reads Hubb wa Mawaddah (Love & Friendship)

arabic wooden coaster

The fourth day of my little ‘daily photo’ project. I’m quite pleased with this one.   There  are heaps of urban grunge and textures nearby the office while back home we have more  softer eastern Islamic shapes and textures.  Expect to see more of this in coming days.

This image is a close up shot of an incense burner, I shot in total darkness, the light inside the burner comes from a tiny candle. No image adjustments were made apart from cropping out much of the background.

As for the image details, shot manually F6.4 at 30sec. ISO 100 with a 32mm focal length

30second exposure shot of an incense burner

Below is the paintwork done on the inside dome of the Masjid across the road from home. This picture shows the detail of the inner dome which covers the main prayer area.

As for the photograph
Shot manually: F16 at 1/61second. 55mm, Iso 100

intricate work on the outside walls of the masjid

During our stay in Egypt earlier this year, we took a short weekend break to the coastal town of Alexandria. The must-see is the amazing bibliotheca, however in these pictures I’ve put together a few snapshots of Alexandria city-life, the boats & beaches as well as Pompeii’s pillar.

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So after posting this twitter status,  I’m going to do the cliched photo-a-day project for this site.   Lets see how this pans out.  Have a ton of great ideas ranging from Islamic patterns, grunge textures, skylines and the obligatory automotive images.

Below is today’s image.

A left hand drive Volkswagen Corrado,  we (autostyle) purchased this about 8 months ago and slowly but surely restoring it to its former glory.  Shot manually on a Canon 1000D F/11 – 1/15sec @ ISO 100. Bunch of photoshop gradients, overlays & cropping to give the final result below:

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