Remembring Sep 11th

Eight years after the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001, we remember and here, take a look back, and a look at the present. This year's remembrance is emphasizing volunteerism and service, honoring the private citizens that volunteered after the attacks and encouraging the observance of the anniversary to be a day of service. Construction at Ground Zero, the site of the former twin towers, is years behind because of construction delays, design disputes and litigation involving developers, state and local officials and insurance companies. At this point, One World Trade Center (formerly the Freedom Tower), the 120-story anchor building on the site, is scheduled for a 2013 completion. (38 photos total)

Via : Big Picture

RAW vs. JPEG : Which format to Shoot ?

Here is a very good writeup, which explaines how RAW is a better format for shooting pics.

"So, you’ve forked over at least $600 (but probably $1000) for your first DSLR camera. You have more buttons, dials, and menus than you know what to do with, even after reading through the fat booklet that came with your camera and explains its usage in ten differnent languages.

It’s all you can do to understand ISO, shutter speed, and how less is more when it comes to aperture. This beast of a camera can produce files in a Raw format, whatever that means, but it also has the nice comfortable JPEG format that we all know and love.

Like me you probably happily shoot in JPEG for quite awhile - getting used to the myriad of options available to you. One day you look at that Raw setting and ask, “should I be using Raw for the best quality? What is Raw, exactly?”

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Ganesh Chaturthi Photos

Many Hindus throughout India recently celebrated Ganesha Chaturthi, a 10-day festival celebrating the birth of Ganesh, their supreme god of wisdom, prosperity and good fortune. Hinduism, the predominant religion in India, is rich with traditional festivals and rituals, celebrated in many ways and locations around the world. Collected here are a few photographs from recent Hindu festivals and of Hindu devotees worshipping and practicing ritual ceremonies in India, England, Nepal and Indonesia.

Here are some pics of the event.

Via Big Picture.

Get EXIF information of Photo : Online

Exchangeable Image File Format (Exif) - is a specification for the image file format used by digital cameras. The specification uses the existing JPEG, TIFF Rev. 6.0, and RIFF WAV file formats, with the addition of specific metadata tags. It is not supported in JPEG 2000, PNG, or GIF.

EXIF information is a good way to find out the tech. detail of a snap clicked by Anybody. It gives a full detail of

The metadata tags defined in the Exif standard cover a broad spectrum:
- Date and time information. Digital cameras will record the current date and time and save this in the metadata.
- Camera settings. This includes static information such as the camera model and make, and information that varies with each image such as orientation (rotation), aperture, shutter speed, focal length, metering mode, and ISO speed information.
- A thumbnail for previewing the picture on the camera's LCD screen, in file managers, or in photo manipulation software. - Descriptions and copyright information.

Get EXIF Info

Amazingly Hillarious Photograph

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10 Most Amazing Photographs on the Web

Here are 10 most Amazing photographs on the Web. Some of them are Photoshoped. Do comment how you liked it.

How to Do the One Camera Magic Illusion

How to Do the One Camera Magic Illusion

Nikon D3000 | Affordable D-SLR

Pitched squarely at the base of the DSLR market, Nikon's new D3000 made its official debut this month.The company wants the D3000 to be "the DSLR made simple" and as such has implemented a simple-to-use menu system.

The camera will set you back £430, while there'll be a kit available featuring the D3000 plus the 18-55mm VR lens for £500.(Nearly Rs. 30000/- INR.).

It's available from 28 August and replaces the existing and hugely popular D60, which is being discontinued. It seems very similar to that model in terms of feel, yet looks more like its more expensive stablemate, the D5000.

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Photoshop Tutorials at one Place

If you like to keep on learning new tricks and tips of most famous photo editing software, Photoshop. Then TutFactory is the place for you. Here you get a great compilation of Photoshop tutorials from around the net.

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Today in Pictures

A Riddle Wrapped In A Mystery

The 2,500 year-old mummified body of an Egyptian female known as Tahemaa is scanned at the Saad Centre of Radiography at City University in London.

Via: TIME

Twitter Can make you a better Photographer...!!!

Here is a compilation by Steve Berardi , where he explains how the social networking site Twitter can be used to make you a better photographer !

You can read the write-up here at Digital Photography School.

How to Photograph a Solar Eclipse

On 22nd July the world will witness the longest total solar eclipse of the century.

The internet, as well, is buzzing with all the news and views related with this topic.

Here is a nice writeup which will guide about photographing the Eclipse.

How to Photograph a Solar Eclipse

You can find some more info here.

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Amazing Forced Prespective Technique

Little Push by Chaval Brasil

Here is an compilation of 15 amazing examples of Forced Prespective Technique.

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35 Beautiful Photography Websites

It's a very nice compilation by Andrew Gibson of Smashing Magazine.

Checkout it, HERE.

Today in Pictures

A magnifying glass shows individual paintings forming a puzzle mosaic of the Mona Lisa at the International Tokyo Toy Show.

TIME Photos

HDR Camera for Just $15...!

From a Polaroid X530 to HDR, the results are impreesive...!!!

Check out the story at PanoCamera

Million Doller Pic

In a competition in Italy this picture won the 500.000 $ ...!!

Inspiration for EXPLORING PHOTOGRAPHY

I love photography, although I don’t have any formal training of it. But then it’s an ongoing, learning process.You learn something new each day, while “fiddling” with your camera or surfing the net and reading your feeds.
So the basic idea is to compile all those information at one single place, so that it could be shared with all others.This is how EXPLORING PHOTOGRAPHY came into existence.