Solar Eclipse 22nd July 2009
Eclipse time again. These celestial happenings are among the most watched in the world, and I like to watch them too. Some photos: More photos below, click to enlarge: When viewed from the Earth, the apparent size of the sun and the moon is the same. If the sun were smaller, the Bailey’s beads would [...]
Of famous backgrounds
This photo was never intended for my blog: I never considered it quality enough – but lets start at the beginning. I saw that computer generated art is quite popular on Flickr – so I said why not? I spent all of 5 minutes in creating a piece of ‘art’. When finished, to me it [...]
Creating a ‘difference’ in portraits
I was reading a magazine where each article had the photo of the author besides it, but in a unique way: looking like something like on the right. How to get this effect yourself? I will show you today. In addition to Photoshop you need Microsoft Photo Editor to get this effect. You may have [...]
Making letter portraits
Having been impressed by letter portraits (see right), I wanted to figure out how to do them myself. In addition, I have shown you a lot of my own photos on this blog, without making the readers any wiser on how to do stuff. Better late than never, they say – so lets get started. [...]
India Gate
India Gate is a war memorial situated at New Delhi, India. Since India’s independence, India Gate has become the site of the Indian Army’s Tomb of the Immortal Soldier, known as the Amar Jawan Jyoti. Want to share some of my photos of the memorial below. Unlike the rest of this blog, these images are [...]
