Great Masters: Ansel Adams

Adams, Ansel (Feb. 20 1902 — Apr. 22, 1984), photographer and environmentalist, was born in San Francisco, California, the son of Charles Hitchcock Adams, a businessman, and Olive Bray. The grandson of a wealthy timber baron, Adams grew up in a house set amid the sand dunes of the Golden Gate. When Adams was only four, an aftershock...

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Photoshop : Content Aware Fill Tool

There are times while capturing some very important moments or may be a picturesque location you find some unwanted objects filling in your image.For example you want to take a picture of your friend standing near a monument or a beautiful fountain but you notice a herd of people hogging the focus of your image. Not to worry just photoshop...

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Jabulani

The Adidas Jabulani is the official match ball for the FIFA 2010 World Cup.Now lets have a look at some fun facts about the ball.Jabulani means rejoice or bring joy and happiness in Zulu.Its not the debut cup of this ball.Previously,it was the match ball for the 2009 FIFA World Cup at United Arab Emirates,2010 African Cup of Nations and in...

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The Letter from "The Bet"

 I have many times thought why some people read a lot.As a matter of fact while pondering over this thought I remembered a short story taught to us in my school.The story was ingeniously written by Anton Chekhov who was a master story teller.In his short story "The Bet" he has subtly delivered the answer to my question. The story begins...

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Rainy Season

         "Oh, dear, now the kingly monsoon is onset with its clouds containing raindrops, as its ruttish elephants in its convoy, and with skyey flashes of lighting as its pennants and buntings, and with the thunders of thunderbolts as its percussive drumbeats, thus this rainy season has come to pass, radiately...

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Monsoon

The first drops of rain...Nostalgia embraces me...The melodious sound of raindrops falling near my window as I sit there and gaze at the hills shying like a  newly wed bride hiding under the veil of ..The gentle breeze of air...the fresh aroma of the earth...the lush greenery everywhere that follows it..Nothing rejuvenates more than...

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