Are you afraid of :
1. Heights
2. Flights
You are not alone !
Well, I am afraid of both...actually, I am scared to death...but I had to fly and I have to work...
Responsibilities are more and I have to grow up.
When will we have that Star Trek kind of transport, withing a flash, a human get transported !
Remember that, you stand below some strange light and whopppp....
Anyways, here is one scary experience, take off from Barcelona
My wife and entire family loves the video
Beautiful Madrid
A few good ones, did go to Barcelona during second visit, but those photos in different blog:
I like this one
May be this one
May be this one...
No this one
Ok I admit I like all and the album link is here
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| From Madrid - 4-5-2006 |
I like this one
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| From Madrid - 4-5-2006 |
May be this one
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| From Madrid - 4-5-2006 |
May be this one...
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| From Madrid - 4-5-2006 |
No this one
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| From Madrid - 4-5-2006 |
Ok I admit I like all and the album link is here
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| Madrid - 4-5-2006 |
Beautiful China
I visited China during Feb-March, not too good weather around, but the country and people are sufficiently beautiful to keep me interested.
Cities rather port cities I visited are:
1. Beijing
2. Shanghai
3. Lian yung gang
4. Tianjin
5. Tangu
The main attraction was The Great Wall of China indeed. Was not able to visit The Forbidden City, but its next on the list !
A few of my favs here, rest are links to albums...
It was too cold ! and I was too tired climbing those as well (yes, I prefer to walk!)
Look at the angle !! I like this shot because it shows the structure so prominently
Same with this one, just wanted to show how massive it is and how small we are :)
Lianyunggang, you will appreciate this more if I tell you its hand held shot...actually it is, no kidding.
Handheld again, I deserve some respect, and so do my camera
Yes, yes yes !!!
Now will you stop it!
Links to albums:
Tianjin:
The Great Wall:
Lianyunggang:
Cities rather port cities I visited are:
1. Beijing
2. Shanghai
3. Lian yung gang
4. Tianjin
5. Tangu
The main attraction was The Great Wall of China indeed. Was not able to visit The Forbidden City, but its next on the list !
A few of my favs here, rest are links to albums...
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| From The Great Wall |
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| From The Great Wall |
It was too cold ! and I was too tired climbing those as well (yes, I prefer to walk!)
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| From The Great Wall |
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| From The Great Wall |
Look at the angle !! I like this shot because it shows the structure so prominently
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| From The Great Wall |
Same with this one, just wanted to show how massive it is and how small we are :)
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| From Lianyungang |
Lianyunggang, you will appreciate this more if I tell you its hand held shot...actually it is, no kidding.
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| From Lianyungang |
Handheld again, I deserve some respect, and so do my camera
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| From Lianyungang |
Yes, yes yes !!!
Now will you stop it!
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| From Lianyungang |
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| From Tianjin |
Links to albums:
Tianjin:
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| Tianjin |
The Great Wall:
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| The Great Wall |
Lianyunggang:
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| Lianyungang |
Beautiful Norway
A very beautiful country up-up north of Europe...
I visited Norway in all seasons, super summer and chilling winters.
Here is a snapshot of few good shots, but the rest lie in the album links...if interested, feel free to visit.
Here is the chilling winter, 4 PM afternoon... :)
But life is beautiful
Albums:
I visited Norway in all seasons, super summer and chilling winters.
Here is a snapshot of few good shots, but the rest lie in the album links...if interested, feel free to visit.
Here is the chilling winter, 4 PM afternoon... :)
But life is beautiful
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| From Norway - National Day |
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| From Norway |
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| From Oslo |
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| From Horten - first day |
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| From Norway - National Day |
Albums:
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| Norway |
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| Oslo |
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| Vists to Moss-Norway |
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| Tongsberg |
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| summer festival - Norway |
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| Norway - National Day |
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| Norway - 2-5-2007 |
The tigers of Karmazari
Hello there, I am one lucky one...and I am serious.
With the tiger count in India tumbling, thanks to our great leaders and utter disrespect to Nature, tiger sighting is rare.
I was with my wife and incredible stuff happened. We saw tigers !
Not two, 5 !!
4 fully grown cubs and the mother...Now you know I was serious from the first line.
The video is embedded:
The entire album:
With the tiger count in India tumbling, thanks to our great leaders and utter disrespect to Nature, tiger sighting is rare.
I was with my wife and incredible stuff happened. We saw tigers !
Not two, 5 !!
4 fully grown cubs and the mother...Now you know I was serious from the first line.
The video is embedded:
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| From OnlyTigers |
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| From OnlyTigers |
The entire album:
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| OnlyTigers |
Nature trail - Karmazari, India
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| From Karmazari - Nature Trail |
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| From Karmazari - Nature Trail |
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| From Karmazari - Nature Trail |
Link to entire album:
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| Karmazari - Nature Trail |
Nature Trail - Nagzira, India
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| From Nagzira18042008 |
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| From Nagzira18042008 |
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| From Nagzira18042008 |
Entire album
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| Nagzira18042008 |
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| Nagzira - 27-5-2007 |
Nature trail - Pench, India
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| From Pench-Nov-22-2008 |
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| From Pench-Nov-22-2008 |
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| From Pench-Nov-22-2008 |
The entire album:
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| Pench-Nov-22-2008 |
Photoshop trick - Sharp photos
Used from:
The Digital Photography Book: The Step-By-Step Secrets for How to Make Your Photos Look Like the Pros'!
By Scott Kelby
You can make your photos look even that much sharper by adding sharpening in either Adobe Photoshop
Now, which photos need to be sharpened using Photo-shop? All of them. We sharpen every single photo we shoot using Photoshop's Unsharp Mask filter.
Okay, it sounds like something named "unsharp" would make your photos blurry, but it doesn'tthe name is a holdover from traditional darkroom techniques, so don't let that throw you. Using it is easy. Just open your photo in Photoshop, then go under Photoshop's Filter menu, under Sharpen, and choose Unsharp Mask. When the dialog appears, there are three sliders for applying different sharpening parameters, but rather than going through all that technical stuff, I'm going to give you three sets of settings that I've found work wonders.
For people: Amount 150%, Radius 1, Threshold 10
For cityscapes, urban photography, or travel: Amount 65%, Radius 3, Threshold 2
For general everyday use: Amount 85%, Radius 1, Threshold 4
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Another trick using LAB mode:
1. Go under the Image menu, under Mode, and choose Lab Color.
2. Go to the Channels palette and click on the Lightness channel. (Note: This Lightness channel contains only the detail and not the color in the photo, which is why you sidestep some of the color problems you get by sharpening the full-color photo.)
3. Now apply the Unsharp Mask filter using the settings mentioned above.
4. Try applying the Unsharp Mask filter again, using the same settings. If your photo appears too sharp, before you do anything else, go under the Edit menu and choose Fade Unsharp Mask. In the Fade dialog, lower the Opacity slider to 50%, so you only get half-strength on the second application of the filter.
5. Now go back under the Image menu, under Mode, and choose RGB Color.
Here are the images, post processing.
No significant difference can be noticed without careful observation, as I chose a difficult image:
Original:
.jpg)
Sharpened
+copy.jpg)
Cropped left part of original image
-original-crop.jpg)
Cropped left part of sharpened image
-Sharpness.jpg)
The Digital Photography Book: The Step-By-Step Secrets for How to Make Your Photos Look Like the Pros'!
By Scott Kelby
You can make your photos look even that much sharper by adding sharpening in either Adobe Photoshop
Now, which photos need to be sharpened using Photo-shop? All of them. We sharpen every single photo we shoot using Photoshop's Unsharp Mask filter.
Okay, it sounds like something named "unsharp" would make your photos blurry, but it doesn'tthe name is a holdover from traditional darkroom techniques, so don't let that throw you. Using it is easy. Just open your photo in Photoshop, then go under Photoshop's Filter menu, under Sharpen, and choose Unsharp Mask. When the dialog appears, there are three sliders for applying different sharpening parameters, but rather than going through all that technical stuff, I'm going to give you three sets of settings that I've found work wonders.
For people: Amount 150%, Radius 1, Threshold 10
For cityscapes, urban photography, or travel: Amount 65%, Radius 3, Threshold 2
For general everyday use: Amount 85%, Radius 1, Threshold 4
-----------------
Another trick using LAB mode:
1. Go under the Image menu, under Mode, and choose Lab Color.
2. Go to the Channels palette and click on the Lightness channel. (Note: This Lightness channel contains only the detail and not the color in the photo, which is why you sidestep some of the color problems you get by sharpening the full-color photo.)
3. Now apply the Unsharp Mask filter using the settings mentioned above.
4. Try applying the Unsharp Mask filter again, using the same settings. If your photo appears too sharp, before you do anything else, go under the Edit menu and choose Fade Unsharp Mask. In the Fade dialog, lower the Opacity slider to 50%, so you only get half-strength on the second application of the filter.
5. Now go back under the Image menu, under Mode, and choose RGB Color.
Here are the images, post processing.
No significant difference can be noticed without careful observation, as I chose a difficult image:
Original:
.jpg)
Sharpened
+copy.jpg)
Cropped left part of original image
-original-crop.jpg)
Cropped left part of sharpened image
-Sharpness.jpg)
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