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Copyright © Dipali S Photography 2013-2018. All Rights Reserved. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03746179499188038212noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1634621741290035894.post-5841139701267516022016-02-15T16:02:00.001-08:002016-02-15T16:03:15.855-08:0015th February 201615th February 2016<br />
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It's been a mild winter. Mild winter in Michigan is like very cold winter with fewer snow storms. So, there is no relief from the cold but still the cold is bearable. Is this just a temporary thing or is the climate changing for good , I wonder sometimes. It's good to have a mild winter but that brings in lesser snow and hence lesser water to the Great Lakes which in worst case can turn to drought in the summers.<br />
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The image is of a bridge over a creek in the winter in a park. It was quite a day after the storm. Loved the freshly fallen snow on the branches of the trees.<br />
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Just in the park is a river which looked really beautiful after the fresh snow and the blue sky.<br />
You can see the reflections of the trees in the water which is very still. It was just heavenly.<br />
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Rest of the days when we do not have snow, we have rains. This picture is of the windscreen f my car on a rainy day.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03746179499188038212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1634621741290035894.post-80484233116587135272015-07-06T14:40:00.001-07:002015-07-06T14:40:55.462-07:006th July 2015 - Visit to the desert.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The best time to visit the desert is spring time. Arizona feels so pleasant and Utah's arid region so cooling.<br />
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The adjacent image is from Zion, Utah. It is a postcard site. The cool breeze, the cool waters and the greenery of Spring is awesome. I had a feeling i would be coming back to this place again. Last time I was there I felt like spending some more time there. There are so many beautiful places to unwind and view the place made just for you.<br />
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Here are a few Spring flowers that were growing in my backyard.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03746179499188038212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1634621741290035894.post-91862423137670991942015-02-08T21:41:00.004-08:002015-02-08T21:51:31.000-08:009th February 2015 - Waiting for Spring<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This one is of Grand Haven, some forty five minutes away from my place.<br />
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A lot of times we get sub zero temps. We've had a few winter storms and few are still on their way. Winter is just not the cold that hinders us from moving but also the load of clothes we have to wear to keep us warm. Just a few more days, I tell myself and then we will step into Spring.<br />
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This one shows how the beach has transformed into an icy shore. It was windy and cold. My hand were numbed by the cold. Being a photographer, I had to use my fingers, though I was wearing gloves that have your fingertips out.<br />
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There is one more thing to share. I was given the opportunity to judge a worldwide photography contest sponsored by Pixoto.<br />
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Submission Deadline: 2/15/2015<br />
Winners Announced: 2/20/2015<br />
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Judge's Award: One Year of Pixoto Pro (a $95.40 value)<br />
plus 1 Pixoto credit for each image entered (currently 119)<br />
2nd Place Award: 10,000 Pixoto Credits (a $75.00 value)<br />
plus 0.6 Pixoto credits for each image entered (currently 71)<br />
3rd Place Award: 5,000 Pixoto Credits (a $40.00 value)<br />
plus 0.4 Pixoto credits for each image entered (currently 48)<br />
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If interested you can visit the link below.<br />
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<a href="http://www.pixoto.com/challenges/pwc-140-flowers-arrangements">http://www.pixoto.com/challenges/pwc-140-flowers-arrangements</a><br />
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Hope you all will have a great week and a great February.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03746179499188038212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1634621741290035894.post-59433553768051708232014-11-09T18:24:00.000-08:002014-11-09T18:56:18.516-08:009th November 2014 - Winter is here.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">Winters are here as we have a forecast of snowfall this week. Now you will hear me complaining about the weather for a few months, well, to be precise for six months. At least we have great weather for the rest of the six months. One should always see the half full glass and not the half empty glass. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">As the weather will not always permit photography outdoors one has to find other avenues for indoor photography. One subject never gets boring or out of date and that is Food . Any weather is good for this kind of photography. This post is dedicated to Food </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">photography</span>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Who does not love to eat. Well, I do and therefore I cook a lot. Most of the times , I get tired while cooking and therefore there is no time left to take a shot of it and also it is consumed so quickly by my family. So, you will see very few prepared food shots. I will try to take pictures from my proper camera. I use Cellphone for my instant recording of a view of food to share with family and friends on <a href="http://instagram.com/ikshvaku" target="_blank">Instagram</a>. So, if you are on Instagram you can <a href="http://instagram.com/ikshvaku" target="_blank">follow </a><a href="http://instagram.com/ikshvaku" target="_blank">me there</a> for my food adventures and more. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I had bought mushrooms and peppers and thought that they would make a good stir fry. They are still sitting in my fridge waiting to be cooked after being clicked. :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The mushrooms give a good color and tone to a picture. Vegetables have so much color and they are good for your health too. The more colorful the healthier they are. We all should eat a lot of vegetables to steer away from cancer, the deadliest killer of these times. I really feel we should be aware of the foods that prevent the cancer from forming in our cells. The free radical damage to our cells down to the DNA level results in some cells to mutate into cancer cells. </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">The harmful chemicals and toxins causes the free radicals to form in the cells which is present in all the processed foods. </span>The antioxidants take away the free radicals formed in the cells. Antioxidants are present in these colorful fruits and vegetables. Color is in so much abundance. Lets just indulge in it.</span>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Okay, that was a lot of science for one day. If you are interested to read more on Cancer here is a link to "<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/05/sunday-review/why-everyone-seems-to-have-cancer.html" target="_blank">Why everyone seems to have cancer.</a>" Hope that these pictures would bring freshness and joy in your lives. Have a great week.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03746179499188038212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1634621741290035894.post-39536458658357947142014-10-17T16:49:00.001-07:002014-10-17T19:11:18.703-07:00October 17th 2014 - Welcome Autumn!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's been a while again since I've penned down my thoughts and displayed painting with light of some fleeting moments of life. At the end of each post I always say to myself that I would write more often but juggling all the balls of life and not letting them fall in the wrong places is what every human being that takes birth on this plane has to accomplish. This is the way life is. That was some serious stuff, but once in a while you have to ponder on such things. Let's take some time to admire the painting that is set before our eyes at the moment. It is that time of the year when it is colorful again like spring, only difference is that the trees and plants are not sprouting leaves but shedding them after they have colored the landscape in the most artistic way.<br />
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The above pictures have been taken last week when the Fall had started. The gorgeous fall colors of Michigan are here to stay for some while. The whole place is lighted up with yellow and orange red leaves. I tried slow shutter speed in the creek pictures.<br />
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I had fun taking slow shutter speed pictures. I stood in the middle of the creek for some shots. It was fun. My shoes caught some mud as the soil around this time of the year is slushy and mushy.<br />
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The train tracks pictures is a bracketed shot. I love my wide angle lens. Just makes you see the world in a different perspective.<br />
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The next picture is of a path with leaves fallen on the path. Autumn is
so colorful. It has been rightly said by Stanley Horowitz- "Winter is an
etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting and autumn a
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This picture is of a small reservoir of water separated from the main river. The beautiful Maple
leaves make it so lively. I was lucky to see a few floating leaves in water
near some rocks in the Thornapple River.<br />
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The adjacent picture is of a fire pit in a park.The rocks act like benches people have bonfire in the center.<br />
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I love the view we have here and to tell you the truth this is the most spectacular view I have seen in years here in Michigan.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">This post comes after a long break. I have been on my toes the past few months. A lot happened during these months. I was out of the country, visiting family and friends, which was fun, then my kid's vacations started, which is by the way, my full time working period. I have to keep them busy and a whole lot needs to be done during those times. When my kid's vacations ended in September, mine started. Phew... Even if you work like a dog during their school days, it's nothing compared to having school going kids at home. I think I have done enough of whining. Let's get back to business.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I have been clicking pictures, though they were more of family and friends. Just this week I clicked a few nature pictures. It's been such a nice summer. Even in September we have an extended summer month going on. Just loving the weather out here, but I am too afraid of the winter. In no case do I want an extended winter.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The dew drops have started appearing in the mornings. It's a little chilly, temperatures going down to 50 F, so what, the days a warm and cozy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Hope these pictures would bring some freshness in your lives. Will be back with some more soon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The first picture is of a Poppy flower with rain drops.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The next picture is of the Tulip flowers. A few miles from my place is the city, Holland. Few Dutch settlers from the country Holland founded the city and a large percentage of people here follow Dutch traditions and culture even today. Such a cool way to preserve your culture. They even have a Tulip festival. The picture is from the Tulips gardens of Holland Michigan.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">This next picture is of the trees in my backyard which were snow capped in the winters and now every branch brimming with life. It's a refreshing site. The breeze has a melody - the melody of the summer and with every whiff of air you can smell the fragrant flowers. Lots of song birds have nests in these trees. It becomes the busiest place. The blue skies, the green rustling leaves, can bring life back into your life. With all the busy birds, I was also busy at home doing all the pending jobs which were back logged during the winters. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">This summer I was in no case going to miss taking shots of the baby
birds, so one day I went in search of goslings and chicks. I found a few
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<span style="font-size: small;">This is all for now from me, but I have taken lots of flower pictures which I will definitely share with you in my coming posts. Hope you all are keeping yourselves safe in the summers by keeping hydrated. Have a great week!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03746179499188038212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1634621741290035894.post-32409432046583562872014-04-28T16:30:00.002-07:002014-04-28T19:20:22.242-07:00April 28th 20014 - My work published in an online magazine.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">I have sold a few pictures but have never found out where they were being used until today. Today, I stumbled upon one of my shots on the web in an online magazine - "Stunning Places Magazine". They have given due credits and also bought from one of the websites I publish my work on. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">It's nice to know that the work which is also my passion is being used by people. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The shot is of the Grand Canyon, Arizona.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03746179499188038212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1634621741290035894.post-70478396422771142622014-04-26T15:21:00.001-07:002014-04-26T15:21:30.063-07:00April 26th 2014 - The new look and feel of my website.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">I went on a vacation to National Parks in the state Utah - the most wonderful wonderland. It was a long drive from my place but worth it. As an incentive I got to pass many different states along the way. I had been longing to do something like this for a while. Believe me, you learn a lot by traveling through different terrains and when the summit is Utah, you don't even get tired. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I passed through the busy - Illinois, the windmill state - Iowa, the lush green - Nebraska and the colorful Colorado along the way. In all, I covered I,807 miles (2,908 km) one way. </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">This is a little more than Delhi, India to Kanyakumari, India one way. </span>Do the math - a total of 3614 miles (5,816 km) on wheels but for the experience and the views it's worth it. The picture above is of the snow capped La Sal mountains in the Arches National Park.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Utah has snow and desert at one place. The air is so pure, and the silence of the place is divine, the best part is the view. How can Nature make all these sculptures by itself? Once again I am in awe of Nature.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">The adjacent picture is of the Double Arch.The blue sky against the red sandstone looked very beautiful as it looks great in the picture. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The most strenuous hike was the hike to the Delicate arch. Man, how I wished I had not embarked on the trail. A very long and steep trail that too without water but if I had not undertaken that trail, I would have missed one of the most breathtaking views of Utah. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I was so out of breath and so out of water when I reached the top but by just looking at it, I did not hesitate to go further to take a closeup. Man seems so small in front of this magnificent structure. The calmness, stillness and colors were too much to imbibe in one day. I wished to stay a little longer but had to visit a few more sites, so had to leave that peaceful place.</span>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Another visit was to the Zion National Park, a five hour drive from the Arches National Park. It was like an oasis in the desert. Red sandstone rocks with rivers and trees. It is called the "Hanging gardens" as the Juniper trees seem to hang from the mountain tops. If only I could have stayed there forever. Never seen anything like it before. I found a desert Lizard and a herd of Deer very close to me in the wild and of course squirrels - who behaved like people, asking for food from the passers-by on the trail.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">There are way too many pictures for one blog post, so I will be sharing them in my next one. Hope you all are having a nice week. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The picture on the right is of the Virgin river flowing through the Zion National Park.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">We have had the official first day of Spring, but here in Michigan it seems that Spring is far from near. Though the piles of snow have melted to some extent, even then we have occasional snow flurries here and there. Ugh... now I am getting impatient. Cannot wait for the Spring break to take some time off from this daily humdrum. When you have school going kids, you feel their Spring break is like yours, though that is just an illusion, but this time I might just get a chance to go out for a long road trip. Fingers crossed. It is said that the darkest hour is just before dawn. I love to read quotes. They give you courage to fight the adverse conditions, in my case - the weather. I know.. I know.. this is nothing as compared to the misery in this world. Wish I could do something about that too. Sometimes I enjoy this roller coaster ride of weather that was this year. Still cannot wait for the daily dose of sunshine and the warmth that it brings with it. I love the mild summers of Michigan. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Since the weather is such, I got a bit bored of shooting the cold, grey and very rarely blue sky landscapes, city-scapes so mostly I went again to my indoor subjects.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Yet another quote comes to my mind - Necessity is the mother of invention. I discovered some new things not inventions, but new ideas. My sessions of long hours on different kinds of softwares to make Illustrations was also a part of my new discoveries. Played with them to make something interesting. Also as I have been designing and developing websites for long, I designed a few templates. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Please click on the image to view full size. The image on the right is a collage of a few templates.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Now you know who to call when you need a website. :) Sorry, if you think this was soliciting. ;)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hope some of you on the other side of the globe are enjoying the onset of summers while I am still waiting for Spring. This was not sarcasm, just enjoy life whatever may come. Live in the moment. Have a nice week!</span></span><br />
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There is not much to do in these winter storms apart from staying warm
and healthy. Just an occasional outing for pictures is all that can be
done. The scenes of winter are picturesque only when the sun is out and
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv8Lof2J-5paAvKeb-OixBoZpIRBwdoOgkj7wNY582y90GsX_bzK_qEpGDK2JgfiHW0LAMPbmcK9X0Z3j0mdWbbMJmDzK9bqgwu32JPdP7VYA8hNHCoKkZitmIw-vARwXd8-YCeyMiKeE/s1600/aIMG_9204_tm_cr_tn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv8Lof2J-5paAvKeb-OixBoZpIRBwdoOgkj7wNY582y90GsX_bzK_qEpGDK2JgfiHW0LAMPbmcK9X0Z3j0mdWbbMJmDzK9bqgwu32JPdP7VYA8hNHCoKkZitmIw-vARwXd8-YCeyMiKeE/s1600/aIMG_9204_tm_cr_tn.jpg" height="385" width="400" /></a></span><span style="font-size: small;">In the same park I saw this Coniferous tree. It was huge. Really loved the blue sky which we rarely see here at this time of the year. It is always greyish and cloudy. You can imagine how huge it must have been. It is so surprising that some trees just stand in the adversities to grow and flourish. Kind of like the quote - "When the going gets tough, the tough gets going". Also reminds me Kelly Clarkson's - "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger". I love this song. One can also say that they are made tough genetically. So standing strong in adversity is not their property but their genes are like that. Anyway, they are a delight to the eyes amongst the white snow.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Below is a shot from a road over a highway. This is what I am talking about -the cloudy, gloomy but this one has a little sun shining through the clouds at sunset like hope in despair.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Well, this is </span>exactly what I am doing. With this optimistic note I end this post. Hope you all will stay warm . Have a nice week!</span><span style="font-size: small;"></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03746179499188038212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1634621741290035894.post-88645597289444737612014-01-14T09:12:00.003-08:002014-01-14T09:40:44.394-08:00January 14th 2014 - Happy New Year!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">A very Happy new year to you all! Hope everyone started the New Year with making new resolutions! As for me I made a resolution that I will make resolutions all throughout the year and follow them as they are made. Ha Ha! No worries and no hassles. As for the artistic side of me, I have been bitten by the creative bug. I had always loved designing things on the web -websites, images and the likes. I gave it a break for sometime, but the creative bug has bitten me again. I made a lot of illustrations in the past few days which I will be sharing with you in this post. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">This is just plain and simple New year Image I designed in Photoshop.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I have seen many Christmas ornaments and the fact is that I just wanted some thing to hang by the side next to the new year text and this came out not to be a Christmas ornament but lights you could say. I really liked the way they came out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">As for the weather out here, it remained deadly. We experienced the Polar Vortex which is unusual for my place. Temperatures below -30F, so low that there was complete shutdown of the educational institutions, flights were halted and warnings of frost bite were swarming my email. Just to make our heads spin, yesterday we had temperatures of 45F which can be called as a heat wave for Michiganders. Something is seriously wrong with this weather. If things do not improve we might see winters in summers and summers in winters. No, it hasn't changed at present, it's still icy all around.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">These are a few shots taken of the nasty weather. The berries are somehow surviving the cold temperatures. Three shots with three diffferent cameras. A cellphone, a Panasonic and a Canon. Please click on the pictures to get a better view.</span>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Enough of the weather report. This weather just makes you open other options for your creative
self. As of now I have indulged into Illustrations. Photography is a
part of me but since the weather outside is not feasible, there are
limited outdoor options. I mostly designed products, logos, typography, backgrounds, and abstract art.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">These are a few of those. I have been posting pictures on Pixoto. We will be getting the yearly awards. I am very excited and anxious. So this is all from my side. Hope you all will have a nice week ahead and hope you all are abiding by your resolutions. Smile!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03746179499188038212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1634621741290035894.post-64127815899377808202013-12-29T14:14:00.002-08:002013-12-29T14:37:41.107-08:00December 29th 2013 - Good Bye 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">We have come to the end of the year 2013. A lot happened
to everyone this year, there were some good moments and some not so
good. For me, photographically, it's been a kind year. I accomplished a
lot in my own standards. I thank God for all the accomplishments. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">This is a shot of some place near where I live. The snow had turned into ice and the branches were drooping down by their weight.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd1Bx3FUCfSY9IAZ7jlTe6tMUGmSjEatYKA7sAbhKWUTWlAYt0VUrHRFkZD_i1zp94zWNbkYgEIGY7FmoElhhAsKTsPj8_e7G8IeJkGTp0jef1AsS46C3ZIVRZ_LpK7ZuSAGamOA7Xd6U/s1600/aIMG_6323_tn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd1Bx3FUCfSY9IAZ7jlTe6tMUGmSjEatYKA7sAbhKWUTWlAYt0VUrHRFkZD_i1zp94zWNbkYgEIGY7FmoElhhAsKTsPj8_e7G8IeJkGTp0jef1AsS46C3ZIVRZ_LpK7ZuSAGamOA7Xd6U/s400/aIMG_6323_tn.jpg" width="400" /></a></span><span style="font-size: small;">As the year comes to an end, I saw the most beautiful winter I had ever
seen. Usually I sit in my cozy home but this winter I made an effort and
clicked a lot of pictures outdoors. All this was only possible with
the help of my better half who drove me to places where I couldn't have
embarked on my own.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The blue sky with the icy branches.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Shutter speed : 1/200 sec</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">To top it all<i> </i>off, I went for a vacation to Chicago and for the first time captured The Bean in the dark. I am very fascinated by this piece of architecture so I click it whenever I get a chance. It was a cold evening but worth all the walk down to the Millennium park. Captured a lot of city images too which I promise to share in my future posts. Here is a shot of The Bean handheld, with the buildings in the background in Black and white.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">A very Happy new beginning to the coming New Year 2014. Have a blessed year. See you all in the New Year!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03746179499188038212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1634621741290035894.post-54628463596116729882013-12-18T19:41:00.002-08:002013-12-19T22:10:29.665-08:00December 18th 2013 - The winter fever.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: small;">The winter fever is here. We got our first spell of Lake Snow Effect. </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">This phenomenon is very usual </span> near the Great lakes. We can get cozy in our homes till March ... or is it June? I keep my spirits up and therefore I say that this is the time of the year when I can practice a lot, I mean, REALLY A LOT (since it is such a long period of time and not otherwise ;)) on my indoor photography skills.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I was lucky one day when I was at my kid's bus stop to have my ordinary pocket camera with me from which I took this picture of snow flakes. Not a very good shot but good for an ordinary camera. At the time I took this picture, I had a high fever - when am I not feeling under the weather, ugh? Since I had to pick my kid, I wrapped my self up and went to the bus stop. No one would believe, that a person shaking with fever the previous day had rolled down windows and was taking shots of snow. You see, I also have a different kind of fever - the photography fever. Anyway, one thing is for sure, as I am unable to catch up with the flu season, from now on I am also going to get the seasonal flu shots. Bring it on!!! I am not scared.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">What will a person do sitting in bed all day? Work - of course, this time on my computer. And I did a lot of illustrations. Just a few are here as I had mentioned in my previous post. Please give your feedback below in the comments. These are best viewed at full size.</span><br />
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Just one fine day I thought to myself
- that's enough and took a few indoor shots. Here are the perfect ingredients for a tomato soup, my favorite.<br />Keep yourself upbeat, as winters are here to stay. With this healthy soup and a splash of colors I end this post to meet you soon. Hope you all will have a nice week.</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03746179499188038212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1634621741290035894.post-45170154364467689882013-12-03T19:33:00.002-08:002013-12-03T20:22:23.132-08:00December 3rd 2013 - World in Black and White.<div style="text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">There was a time when photography had no color. Since the discovery of color in photography we have been seeing color everywhere. Black and white still captures the world in all it's essence and beauty. Even today when we revisit pictures in black and white, a sense of purity and simplicity prevails. So, on one hand, color attracts the viewer with its catchy designs and color, black and white attracts the viewers by it's composition, lighting, focus and the story in the picture. A beautiful excellently executed black and white picture can surely beat a flashy color picture. I love color and capturing it is just what I do, but lately I've been attracted to the black and white. There are so many tones to black and white and capturing the right one for the right thing is just as important.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The topmost picture is of Holland Beach. It is a sunset at the Great lakes. The colorful sunset can be captured in black and white with equal drama even without color. Click on the images to view a larger version.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The picture on the right is of Fredrick Meijer Garden. It has sculptures of various artists. That day, when I reached the garden it was closed , so I could only take shots from outside.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">This is a picture from the Zoo. This is the African elephant. Note the skin has come out beautifully in the black and white version. The wrinkles in the skin have come out perfect. They give the texture to the picture against the blur background. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I have even added a new gallery for black and white on my website <a href="http://www.dipalis.com/" target="_blank">www.dipalis.com</a>. Feel free to<a href="http://www.dipalis.com/" target="_blank"> visit </a>and leave your feedback. </span>
<span style="font-size: small;">The other thing I've been working on in the last few weeks is Illustration. Hope to share a few in the next posts.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Hope you all will enjoy these pictures as much as I did capturing them. </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03746179499188038212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1634621741290035894.post-24118476464577480342013-11-15T07:40:00.000-08:002013-11-15T07:46:26.074-08:00November 15th 2013 - The first snow fall of the season.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Taking a picture in studio is like creating art, while capturing something in nature, or architecture or landscape is like capturing art. I like to do both the things but some photographers think that in studio pictures do not take much effort. It is more difficult to create than to capture , I believe. I say this because the past week I have been trying to create and for that you need fresh ideas and fresh mind, which were both not possible this week as I have exhausted myself with work. This is a random thought which came to my mind, anyway I was lucky to take a few pictures of the first snowfall we had this season. Here are a few...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In this picture I found a few leaves on the path leading to the woods which I thought would look good in SC.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As this was the first snowfall , there are a few brown, red leaves on the Oak trees even now. So this shot is of 8:00 am in the morning when the sun was lighting up the leaves on the top of the trees. The golden hour light is always considered the best time to take pictures outdoors. The pictures are soft and magical. I usually miss this time when I am not on vacation, which means I am working as this is the busiest time. That day I left everything and shot a few first snow pictures. It looked magical. Being a photographer you are blessed with such views and feelings. Very often you can just admire the beauty that surrounds us. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This picture is of the snow on the deck. Just loved how the leaves are sitting there and the sun rays dancing it's way through the railings of the deck. You will be seeing a lot more snow pictures from me as it's here to stay for some four-five months. Hope you enjoyed the view too and hope you all will have a nice weekend.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Temperatures are dropping and it's raining outside - it's time to stay indoors. Would <span>definitely </span>want to go to some warmer place for a vacation. Thanks giving is around the corner and I might as well plan for one. Lets see how it goes. For now I am stuck indoors as it's not very feasible to go out to take pictures. A very good way to entertain is to cook food, take some pictures and then consume the food. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This picture is of before cooking the food - the ingredients for a hot cup of tea.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I end this post with a goodbye to fall season with a basket full of fruits very common in fall. Will be seeing snow very soon. Make some nice pumpkin pies and pumpkin curries to take relief from the flurries. Have a nice weekend!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Saw the first frost last week in the morning. Beautiful fall colors are covering the paths. The leaves which have fallen from the trees are no longer with us but they have transformed the place into beautiful paintings.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Love the Oak leaves. They have lots of curves and are bold in shape.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">A path in the park will give you a good idea of what the fall in Michigan is like this year. This was taken in the evening at the time of the golden light. </span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">This is a short post as I have been busy with kid's stuff. Not much accomplished in the field of photography this week. Just working on my other passion and that is web designing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Hope to get some pictures for my next post. Wish you all a happy Festival season. From the place where I come, we have Diwali - festival of lights, which is a four to five days long festival. Wish you all a very Happy Diwali!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">A photographer should literally have a backbone. How cheap can one sell? Jokes apart... I mean seriously, having a backbone is so very important for a photographer. I realized this when I fell yesterday, flat on the ground, on my back, and now have a back pain, not a severe one just a nagging pain which won't let me bend and take pictures. I can sit for a bit and do some work on the computer, that's all. So here's a post with animal shots which I clicked last week. These guys were roaming everywhere in the Zoo. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I have always known from my experience, that animals are the greatest
posers and great subjects to take pictures of. So, I went to a Zoo, yes I
do not live in a forest to capture wild life.</span><br />
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so I am not very good at people portraits, though, I would like a few
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<span style="font-size: small;">To the left is the King of the jungle - The Lion King. Lazing on a rock with no worries. Could hear an occasional call back to it's mate. This is the most powerful animal after Man I know of, you can see that in it's eyes. Man is even more powerful than any creature on Earth, I believe, not by muscle but by brain. This is why this great powerful beauty is in a Zoo and Man is not. Well, this is what I think, others may differ on this.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">This is all for now. Hope everyone will stay safe and have a nice weekend.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03746179499188038212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1634621741290035894.post-87371730867697545992013-10-15T13:26:00.002-07:002013-10-15T21:30:22.956-07:00October - 15-2013 - Another post on woods and Mushrooms.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">It's something about Nature that it draws you to it. This is a trail at the back of my house. Don't you think it's inviting? The fresh green color and the breeze, with wet leaves fallen on the ground. It is this time of the year when dew drops are very common on leaves and trees. This year we are witnessing a very beautiful Autumn or Fall season. Love all the colored leaves. The play of light and shadow on the leaves makes it even more dramatic.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">So this weekend I stepped out into the woods even deeper, looking for mushrooms as this is the season for mushrooms.</span><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I saw this growing on the wood chips. Looked papery and the light falling from above gave this a lighted look.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I love the way the bokeh has formed in the background by the shadow and light passing through the leaves of the woods.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Some of the fallen leaves. They can glow in moonlight. All the yellow leaves glow when there is moonlight. Looks beautiful even in the night.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">This is all for now. Have a nice week!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03746179499188038212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1634621741290035894.post-76476959651875016122013-10-08T11:27:00.002-07:002013-10-08T11:32:00.970-07:00October-08-2013 - A walk in the woods. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">As Autumn arrives, you see all the beautiful colors of goldens, reds, purples and browns. Another thing that crops up during this time of the year are Mushrooms. Yesterday, I went for a walk in the woods and found lots of different types of Mushrooms growing in the woods. As the plant world prepares itself for the winters by making an abscission layer in their leaves and shedding them, here are some living things which grow like it were Spring.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Above is an Elegant Stinkhorn -Mutinus caninus, said to be having antibiotic properties. These beautiful pink things are pretty to look at but have an awful smell. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">These are the delicate Parasol mushrooms. If you touch with your finger they might fall apart. There was little sunshine and therefore couldn't take any dramatic pictures of them and I was short on my gear. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">This was a giant one sitting next to my kid's playset and was so camouflaged with the surrounding fallen leaves that I could've stepped over it.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">I loved the sturdy look it gave. Nature has got so many beautiful things that never a day passes by when you do not get amazed by it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Here is a fallen leaf to end the post whichever way you want to put it, you can say it's the end or just freedom, it's for you to decide. Hope you all are having a nice week. Enjoy all the colors that life has to offer.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03746179499188038212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1634621741290035894.post-68562992667247285202013-09-28T17:57:00.003-07:002013-10-02T11:06:39.127-07:0028th September 2013 - Art Prize<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">This weekend I went to Art Prize - The Art of ArtPrizing - Every year, artists from all over the world fill hundreds of venues all around the city -Grand rapids, with their artwork. The work of most of the Artists was stunning. Here are some of the Photographs I took of the artwork and the city.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">This artwork is called Myth Or Logic. It is made of Bamboo pieces, suspended on lines. This was jaw dropping.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">A chandelier in the Amway Hotel. Loved the way light shines in the night, each little lamp and each little glass piece throwing light in all directions. I clicked a few of them. This shot is one of the few.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">This is a sculpture of Einstien named - "Between Theorems" by Montana artist Jim Dolan. C</span><span style="font-size: small;">reated from welded steel and powder-coated in gold, this is an exemplary piece of artwork of one of the greatest scientists we've had till now. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">"Between Theorems" shows Professor Einstein throwing a frisbee, taking a moment for light-hearted joy amidst his important work. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">This was in the exhibit for 2012 and now placed in Grand Rapids, Downtown. I loved it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I've visited the Downtown several times and everytime I see a new face. The Grand river passing through the tall buildings and the clouds and sunset give it a pleasant look. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">This picture is of Downtown and the Grand river in the evening with another artwork called the - "Silk waves in the Grand" by AI & Laurie Roberts. These are the rapid waves of silk feathers that fly in the Grand River. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Lucky Dog by artist</span><span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b>Ritch Branstrom</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">is made by 4 Cedar trees, a boat and </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">license plates as </span>siding which are re-recycled </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">license plates of</span></span> 1930s .</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Wish we could get these kinds of things in shops. Would be a nice piece of garden decoration. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">A tie collection that was started over 55 years ago, was the inspiration for Gravy Stains. How creative people can get? You have no idea! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Grand Rapids at night with camera without a tripod and slow shutter speed - the last one in this blog. This is all for this week. Hope you are enjoying your weekend.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03746179499188038212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1634621741290035894.post-73157093026738203682013-09-25T15:23:00.001-07:002013-09-26T10:36:38.690-07:00September 25th 1013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">This week I mostly worked on two websites and the rest of the time was spent taking indoor pictures and editing some of the them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">As Summer is working it's way to Fall, these greens will turn into yellows, browns and oranges. Will have to wait for 5-6 months to see them green again. So I clicked a few. These leaves are from the giant Oak trees we have here.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I had Photoshop since quite some time but have not been using it for heavy editing. I like to enhance the image rather than create composites. Digital Photography and Editing cannot be separated. Some photo purists are strong believers that Photoshopping should remain separate from </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Photography. </span>I stand in the middle and believe that taking a picture from your camera is 85% of the job and the rest is enhancing your work to make it more appealing. This is the edit I did this week. I have given the Daisies a rustic look. I am not sure what you think of it. I like it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">This is a hairy leaf which had a shiny look to it. I edited it to some extent .</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">This is all for today. Comments are welcome! Hope you all are having a nice week.</span><br />
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