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Flickr Explore # 1 (13th Sep, 2011). I take a bow!

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Bare tree stumps stand silhouetted against the serene Banasura Sagar dam reservoir in the state of Kerala in India.

After a long long break, I thought of getting back into the Flickr social scene with this picture taken more than a year back. This is 2nd in a series of shots that I had taken during a 2 day trip to this beautiful South Indian state. More to come later.
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[Photo Specs]
- Single RAW adjusted for exposure, contrast and saturation
- Slight white balance adjustment to make the skies stand out
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PLEASE, NO MULTIGROUP INVITES. THANKS.

On our trip to the Grand Canyon last year, I and my wife woke up to a cloudy morning. As our chances of catching the early rays of the sun lighting up the canyon walls grew dim, we headed out and chanced upon this spot where it appeared there were layers and layers of canyon walls one behind the other. The clouds relented for a brief moment and the sun rays made a spectacular entry to light up the canyon.

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[Photo Specs]
- Single RAW adjusted for exposure and contrast in LR
- Selective desaturation and color adjustments to get the steel grey effect
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Gazebo at the North Lake in Woodbridge, Irvine dazzles at the blue hour
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[Photo Specs]
- Manual blending of 2 exposures (10 sec at f/4, 30 sec at f/8) in PS.
- Original RAWs first adjusted for saturation and curves in Lightroom.
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PLEASE, NO MULTIGROUP INVITES. THANKS.

This is the Shanti Stupa (or Peace Pagoda) at the Dhauligiri hills in Bhubaneswar, India. It was here at Dhauligiri that emperor Ashok laid down the weapons of violence and accepted a life of Ahimsa in the form of Buddhism after the Kalinga war. This Buddhist structure was built jointly in 1972 by the Japan Buddha Sangh and the Kalinga Nippon Buddha Sangh.
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[Photo Specs]
- Single RAW adjusted for contrast and saturation
- Layer of curves in PS
- Some cropping and lens distortion correction in PS
- Unsharp mask at the end
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PLEASE, NO MULTIGROUP INVITES. THANKS.