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It is quiet difficult to capture an image or scenary that is detail in every element. Try to capture a building in a shadow, when the building detail can be seen, the sky and clouds will look flat white. When the sky and clouds detail can be seen, the building will look flat dark. This is where high dynamic range (HDR) photography has a high value. HDR will make all, the building, sky and cloud, highly contrast and detail. HDR photography is actually a type of creative photography process. There are several softwares that can be used to process the photo either freely available in the internet as a shareware or require purchase from commercial source. Normal exposed (0).....sky (left upper corner) is too bright.....people in the stall (right lower corner) is too dark.....only the front part of the stall is nicely highlighted. Under-exposed (-2)......sky (left upper corner) is higlighted.....others become too dark. Over-exposed (+2).......the people in t...

Raya is over….pocket is almost empty….. now, have to look who would like to donate for the next Raya plan…. changing the tiles may be……lol Usually, tile is the preferred form of flooring for kitchen and bathroom. Suitable tile will enhance the kitchen and bathroom beautifully.   When choosing the tile consider where it is going to go….to the floor….or to the wall etc.   Glossy tile is more suitable for wall and may not be safe for flooring. Here I share several tips in choosing the perfect tile….(this can be my personal view only): Glass tile...modern and young...suitable for backsplash and bathroom Before select a material, you should decide what surface the tile will be applied to.   Tile can act as a backsplash, or on the wall located underside of the upper wall cabinets. Tile is a popular countertop material too. For kitchens, best materials would be from stone like granite, vinyl, ceramic, porcelain and glass. Granite, ceramic, and porcelain can be used for c...

Tagliatelle pasta.....from durum wheat Pasta bolognese.... lasagna... .pizza..... all are yummy Italian dishes. The majority of Italian pastas have similar ingredient, taste, texture and colour. The main ingredient of pasta is the durum wheat. There are hundreds of different shapes of pasta with at least locally recognised names; spaghetti (thin strings), maccheroni (tubes or cylinders), tagliatelle (flat noodle), fusilli (swirls), and lasagne (sheets). The main component of Italian dishes that makes each dish different is the sauce accompanied them. How to prepare your own tastalicious tomato based pasta sauce? Here I share a simple recipe for the pasta sauce either by itself or can be added with meat i.e. chicken or beef.   Try this if you want to impress your spouse or friends. Diced Holland onions Italian spice.......a mixture of dried basil, majoram, oregano, sage You required the following ingredients: two large Holland onions (yellow onion, coarsely diced...

Two guys are sitting on a bar stool. One starts to insult the other one. He screams, “ I slept with your mother! ” The bar gets quiet as everyone listens to see what the other weasel will do. The first again yells, “ I SLEPT WITH YOUR MOTHER!!!!!! ”  The other says, “ Go home dad you’re drunk .”

Few of my friends have asked the following questions: Why we need to edit the photo? Why don’t we just print the photo directly from the camera without any image editing? My answer is simple, “it is up to you”. My personal view on any image that I captured is that, if the image by itself did not carry any strong story or beauty in composition then I will edit them so that I can highlight what is interesting in the image. If the image has a strong story and level of beauty then I might just crop the image or print them as it is. Usually, these types of images have excellent composition and colour tone which is partly due to the camera settings. As such before you capture any image, plan in your head how you want the image to be at printing. Get some ideas from magazines, books, flickr or even your friends that have similar interest. Then try to set your camera to achieve the aim. Redang Island Terengganu....with minor saturation editing How much is too much in editing? No exact...

The Hari Raya Aidilfitri is coming closer. The city dwellers are busy shopping like crazy....sales are every where. Just a brief introduction, Hari Raya Aidilfitri or Eid ul-Fitr  is a Muslim holiday  that marks the end of Ramadhan , the holy month of Islam. Eid is an Arabic word meaning "festivity," while Fitr or fitrah means "nature of origin". The holiday celebrates the conclusion of the thirty days of dawn-to-sunset fasting . The first day of Eid falls on the first day of the month Syawal. The Putra Mosque of Putrajaya, Malaysia In the early morning of Syawal, people will visits their relatives and asking for forgiving. This is reflected in the popular slogan of Aidifitri which is "Maaf Zahir dan Batin" or "forgive my physical and emotional wrongdoings". In Malaysia, Aidilfitri is strongly associated with ketupat (packed rice), lemang ( made of glutinous rice and coconut milk and cooked in a hollowed bamboo) and rendang (special ...

A  girl is overweight, so her doctor puts her on a diet. "I want you to eat regularly for two days, then SKIP a day, and repeat the procedure for two weeks" The next time I see you, you'll have lost at least 2 kilos." said the doctor. When the girl returns, she's lost nearly 6 kilos. "Amazing!" the doctor says. "Did you follow my instructions?" The girl nods and says "I'll tell you, though, I thought I was going to drop DEAD that third day." "From hunger, you mean?" said the doctor. "No, from SKIPping," replied the girl.