Thanks for the comments! It's an amazing building!

I'd be worried about condensation inside the bottle......any moisture inside, or on the lens, would be trapped there. I certainly wouldn't risk long-term storage in there, unless you chuck a couple of silicon pouches in there too.

The brightness on the horizon has been toned down loads already; it was one of the few days we get in Doha with a blue sky rather than a beige one.

I've been experimenting for a while with exposing to the left, or even deliberately under-exposing, shots that have a huge dynamic range, contrary to the usual advice of exposing to the right. All of these were under-exposed by 1-2 stops (with the exception of the GR shot). It's easier to pull back detail from shadows than highlights, and Lightroom or even more so Optics Pro have such good noise-reduction nowadays that it's a viable alternative to bracketing in many cases. A "normal" exposure would have completely blown-out the windows.

Michael, why not start your own thread rather than hijacking someone elses?

I agree with Vic, I really like the idea of this project, and you seem to be really getting the hang of it, but if you're going to take shots like this of people on the street I think they would look better warts 'n all. You could always send the subjects edited along with unedited images if they ask for them.

I've been thinking about getting a Tamron 70-300, you might just have persuaded me.

It's been done before, as you said, but the shadows make these stand out. The WB looks a bit off in all of them to me, there's a cyan/greenish tinge to them which I'm pretty sure isn't my monitor. #5 would look great in mono imo.

What an amazing project! I look forward to seeing how it develops. We're planning a holiday down that way some time, perhaps in June, would love to come and see the studio.

I finally got the opportunity to give my new K3 a good try-out the other day, visiting the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha. The building was designed by IM Pei, who was coaxed out of retirement at the age of 91 to design it. After a 6 month trip visiting various heritage sights in many Muslim countries, he designed this building, which is quite extraordinary. In fact, it's the only building in Doha I really like.

The first shot is taken with my Ricoh GR, to give an impression of the exterior.






The rest of the images are taken with the K3 and Sigma 8-16mm, with lens corrections in Lightroom after correcting the exif with PTGui (thanks for the heads-up, Karel!. I'm really liking the K3.

Just inside the entrance






From the 2nd floor; the galleries are all behind the stairways at the right and left hand sides.





Ceiling











View with a room (had to remove a lot of moire on this one).






Outside, looking toward West Bay

I find my kevlar motorcycle jeans, which have removable knee-pads, are also very useful for photography and gardening....