Fun shoots whilst killing time in Dubai

Between meetings, I ended up with a few hours to kill today, so I took a few shots for fun .... 

 This was taken on Jumeirah Public Beach without any filters ....

(Nikon D700 : Nikkor 28-300mm VR f3.5-5.6 : f16 : 1/500" : 55mm : ISO 400: 20.01.2013 16:18:43)

..... and this was taken with 3x neutral density filters, giving a total reduction of 32 stops of light.

Not quite the effect I was after, and there is some flare on the horizon at the right, so I need to make up a sunshield for the filter holder and try again :-)

(Nikon D700 : Nikkor 28-300mm VR f3.5-5.6 : f32 : 30" : 105mm : ISO 200: 20.01.2013 13:48:59)

 Here is a pirate on the roof of a restaurant in Dubai Marina at sunset :-)

(Nikon D700 : Nikkor 28-300mm VR f3.5-5.6 : f5 : 1/15" : 85mm : ISO 1600: 20.01.2013 18:05:31)