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Sydney ushering in the new year with style. This is from the 9pm fireworks show which is a teaser for the main event at midnight.
Sydney New Years Eve Fireworks 2008 (#1), originally uploaded by Christopher Chan

have a wonderful year in 2009. best wishes to all my flickr friends
happy new year 2009, originally uploaded by basibanget

Red colour flowing into the waters of Sydney

It takes fifteen months of planning to deliver the world’s greatest pyrotechnic display; Sydney’s own Midnight fireworks. (Official Site)
Sydney New Years Eve Fireworks 2008 (#309), originally uploaded by Christopher Chan

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This is how Taj looked before getting attacked by the Terrorists on 26/11/08.
The Taj Hotel not on fire, originally uploaded by thepetecom

Roof of the Taj Hotel on fire.
Mumbai Terrorist attack on 26th November, 2008, originally uploaded by Soumik Kar

Taj on fire after the attack on 26th November, 2008
Mumbai Terrorist attack on 26th November, 2008, originally uploaded by Soumik Kar

The central dome of Taj burning.
A fire breaks out of the dome of the Taj hotel in Mumbai, originally uploaded by scriptingnews

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Sunset @ Lake Washington, originally uploaded by sanyam.

Sitting by the lake can be so relaxing, still remember the good’ol days back in Bhopal. After every major exam got over, we (school friends) would all go and sit by the lake for an hour and watch sunset.

Bhopal Lake isnt this Gorgeous but yeah it scores much above the Hussainsagar Pond in Hyderabad.

This has been my wallpaper for quite sometime, shot from a lake side park in Kirkland and processed as an HDR with variably exposed images from a single RAW file. This was not the shot of the day and I think other shots came out better than this, but there’s something in this image which catches the moment. Specially the girl and her mother sitting calmly and watching the far end.

Seattle Westlake Center, originally uploaded by sanyam.

Shot near Westlake Center, Downtown Seattle.

4 diff. exposures from a single Raw file, processed and tonemapped with Photomatix, adjusted with LightRoom.

Since I was a little kid I have loved taking photographs, Dad’s Ricoh was the first film camera I laid my hands on. Those days an SLR was only seen with photographers and people didnt really care about its capabilities. Automatic cameras was the buzzword then.

Today the scene is a little changed, photography is very cheap these days with everything moving from analog to digital. A one time investment in a Digital Camera, Rechargeble batteries, Memory Cards and the ability to view on computer has brought down the cost for Film rolls, Developing and Printing to absolute Zero. And as they are becoming cheaper and smaller they are penetrating more pockets and travel kits. Shooting in digital also opens tons of post-processing abilities which add a whole new dimension to photography.

In couple of months, we will see mobile phones with 5 Mega Pixel resolution cameras which will be enough to capture pictures with okay quality and size to get nice printouts. Anyways majority of the junta is moving from developed printout’s to just keeping and sharing eCopies.

But, having a digital camera does’nt always implies taking good pictures. And likewise just taking photographs doesnt mean one knows photography.

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