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Travel Photography | Istanbul | Turkey 2012
© 2012 Wazari Wazir | iPhoneography | Photograph Taken From Galata Tower | Istanbul “Either I conquer Istanbul or Istanbul conquers me.” – Fatih Sultan Mehmet – Tweet news and informationbusiness,health,entertainment,technology automotive,business,crime,health,life,politics,science,technology,travel
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Travel Photography | Istanbul, Once Upon a Time
© 2012 Wazari Wazir | Istanbul Turkey “If the earth was a single state, Istanbul would be its capital.” – Napoleon Bonaparte – “If one had but a single glance to give the world, one should gaze on Istanbul.” – Alphonse de Lamartine – “If they say “you have your last chance to look at the world”, I wish that look would from Çamlıca of Istanbul.” – Alphonse de Lamartine – “All other cities are doomed, but I imagine that as long as people exist, Constantinople will exist.” – Petrus Gyllius – “Istanbul, a universal beauty where poet and archeologist, diplomat and merchant, princess and sailor, northerner and westerner screams with same…
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Travel Photography | Friday Prayer at Hazratbal Mosque | Srinagar Kashmir
© 2012 Wazari Wazir | iPhoneography | Kashmiri Man and Women Perform Friday Prayer at Hazratbal Mosque | Srinagar Kashmir | 3rd February 2012 It is indeed a rare experience for me to perform Friday Prayer here in Hazratbal Mosque, Srinagar Kashmir. The Hazratbal mosque is situated in Srinagar only 8 Kms from Lal Chowk, on the western banks of the picturesque Dal Lake. Facing the beautiful Nishat Bagh, the mosque offers a spectacular view of the lake and the mountain afar. The building which is known as shrine today was actually built as a pleasure house by Sadiq Khan, subedar of Shah Jahan in 1623. When Shah Jahan came to…
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Travel The World | Live a Life Without Regrets
© 2012 Wazari Wazir | Taj Mahal | Agra | India “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” – Mark Twain – “Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, “Wow! What a Ride!” – Hunter S. Thompson – “Travel changes you. As you…
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Photoshop Tips and Tricks | Faded Memories | Muted Colors
© 2012 Wazari Wazir | Muted Colors Step One | The Original (Left) | Vintage Version (Right) I Just wanted to share my little secrets on how I did my tone in Photoshop, yes there are many ways to scan a cat and yes there are many ways to get this effect in Photoshop and I’ve tried some of them and sometimes I like one way more than the others. On the left photograph above is the original picture, just minor editing done, it was taken in late afternoon just before sunset in New Delhi, for those who doesn’t know what’s the monument is that, it is the famous India…