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Another warm yet breezy evening

1/4000s . f/4 . ISO 100 . 150mm While sitting on the rocks enjoying the view i was waiting for this boat to come in the camera frame.  These guys were speeding towards the docking area. I just love capturing sunsets and the good thing about them is that they appear in such a variety of colors.  Everytime i go …

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Is that yawn big enough?

Just as the cat got up ….a BIG yawn. The shot is a bit over sharpened due to flickr. 1/160s . f/1.8 . ISO 200 . 50 mm Animal torture is cruelty STOP the madness. Love animals, they deserve it. Siamese (cat) - one of the first distinctly recognized breeds of

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Animal Face-Off:Tortoise vs. Cat

Round one ! FIGHT ! 1/250s . f/3.2 . ISO 400 . 200 mm I was able to capture this really unusual moment between the Greek Tortoise and this kitten. Capturing such moments reminds me how amazing wildlife really is.  So many animals are getting extinct a sad reality which we are facing these days. …

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A Simple Life …

“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.” ~Confucius 1/200s . f/10 . ISO 100 . 28 mm   We have made our lives complicated there is so much materialism in our lives that we have lost that simplicity which was once a source of

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Time for Manicure already?

“Life is full of beauty. Notice it…”  - Ashley Smith 1/80s . f/4 . ISO 200 . 200 mm (x1.6 crop factor) I loved the expression on the bears face and on the lighter side I thought so much glamor these days is making the bears beauty conscious as well.  The bear was cooling down …

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FREE: Texture Stock Images

FREE STOCK IMAGES Download Now I decided to give some of my stock images for FREE ! These are from my earliest archives. The texture pack can be downloaded from the link given. You can use these images where ever you want. Commercial use is permitted however you cannot sell these images or the texture …

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Circular Polarizing Filter and UV Filter

Hey guys hope you are enjoying and having fun. I wasn’t able to upload anything on the blog anyways I’ll try to be regular. Today I have something interesting to share; we will be learning about circular polarizer filters, I bought my circular polarizer filter recently. Information presented here is mostly based on my experience …

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MINI MACRO STUDIO

There was an interesting post at the Stroboscope blog (http://www.strobist.blogspot.com/2006/07/how-to-diy-10-macro-photo-studio.html), so I thought of making my own version. This is another extremely cheap way of getting good results while doing product photography. This project practically cost me nothing, since I got most of stuff for free. The total cost for me was about $3. Pre-requisites …

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HOME MADE MACRO LENS

This is my first tutorial, before we proceed I would like to thank photophool for the amazing idea. I took that as a starting point and made my own version of the lens. I named it MagnifiXtreme. Anyways for many people buying a macro lens is not affordable. At least for starters it’s really hard …

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