Prashant's Web Den http://www.thumma.org Photo journal of Prashant Thumma Fri, 20 Apr 2012 21:53:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 First HDR http://www.thumma.org/2012/04/03/first-hdr/ http://www.thumma.org/2012/04/03/first-hdr/#comments Tue, 03 Apr 2012 13:41:05 +0000 Prashant http://www.thumma.org/?p=1201 My first attempt to use HDR technique to boost the dynamic range of this B&W picture. The source was a single image of Bryant Part.

]]> http://www.thumma.org/2012/04/03/first-hdr/feed/ 0 New York! New York! http://www.thumma.org/2012/03/28/new-york-new-york/ http://www.thumma.org/2012/03/28/new-york-new-york/#comments Wed, 28 Mar 2012 12:31:09 +0000 Prashant http://www.thumma.org/?p=1162 A few friends and I headed down to NY on St. Patrick’s Day. We had a good time. Walked a lot! I had my camera in hand to capture something different. Few attempts to do that follow…

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Update: I received very useful feedback from Marian, a good friend of mine, to reduce the contrast on the mountains and the skies to add more depth to the picture. Here is my second take incorporating this feedback.

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The China Man


Indian Temple Art


Violinist in Marble

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  • Nature – A nature photo that follows the PSA rules which prohibit the use of any post-processing that could not be done in a film dark room.  Also, the photo should not contain any human made objects.
  • Country Road – A landscape containing a country road.
  • Open -  Anything goes…!

My entries …

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My first blog post of sports event …
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