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Travel Photography | Istanbul Turkey | Aya Sofya | Hagia Sophia in False Color
© 2012 Wazari Wazir | Aya Sofya | Hagia Sophia | Istanbul Turkey I know that this kind of colors does not goes well for many travel photographer because, it was unrealistic but, Aya Sofya or Hagia Sophia has been photographs for more than a million times from every possible imaginable angle and I think this kind of false color treatment will bring a new look to this iconic building. When most visitors spend one or two hours here, inside the Aya Sofya, I spent more than four hours inside and try to photograph as much as I can because I cannot came here everyday and I don’t know when…
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Low Light Photography | ISO 12800 Field Test at 25th World Gas Conference Kuala Lumpur
© Wazari Wazir | Malaysia’s Prime Minister, Najib Razak (Red Tie) watch a stage performance after launching the 25th World Gas Conference in Kuala Lumpur, June 4 2012. I’ve a bit of fun testing the performance of Nikon newest professional camera D4 at high ISO, yes I know it can go further but I just wanted to test it at ISO 12800. I took this shot during 25th World Gas Conference here in Kuala Lumpur and what you see here is that, our Prime Minister watch a stage performance after launching the opening ceremony. This picture is nothing, I mean it will never be used but I took it anyway…
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Photography and Photoshop Editing | Before and After | It’s a Matter of Taste
© 2012 Wazari Wazir | Shikara and Dal Lake | Srinagar Kashmir | Left – RAW SOOC | Right – After Photoshop Editing Sometimes, when we are talking about editing, it’s a matter of taste. On the left side of the picture is a RAW file or SOOC, straight out of the camera, just convert it to JPEG and on the right after minor adjustment in Photoshop. I did clone out and clean out the image and enhance the colors. Yes there is a slight magenta, green and yellow caste in the edited image but like I said sometimes editing is a mater of taste and there is no point…
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Black and White Photography | Lonesome Jogger | Kinabalu Pine Resort | Sabah
© 2012 Wazari Wazir | Lonesome Jogger | Kinabalu Pine Resort | Sabah “We run, not because we think it is doing us good, but because we enjoy it and cannot help ourselves. The more restricted our society and work become, the more necessary it will be to find some outlet for this craving for freedom. No one can say, ‘You must not run faster than this, or jump higher than that.’ The human spirit is indomitable.” – Sir Roger Bannister – Tweet news and informationbusiness,health,entertainment,technology automotive,business,crime,health,life,politics,science,technology,travel
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Portrait From Kashmir | The Mountain Man
© 2012 Wazari Wazir | The Mountain Man of Sonamarg | Kashmir | February 2012 When Jack London had his portrait made by the noted San Francisco photographer Arnold Genthe, London began the encounter with effusive praise for the photographic art of his friend and fellow bohemian, Genthe. “You must have a wonderful camera…It must be the best camera in the world…You must show me your camera.” Genthe then used his standard studio camera to make what has since become a classic picture of Jack London. When the sitting was finished, Genthe could not contain himself: “I have read your books, Jack, and I think they are important works of…