Victoria Memorial
Originally uploaded by haobam.

This is a little experiment with HDRI (High dynamic range imaging) achieved using Photoshop. I’d used this old picture of Victoria Memorial, Kolkata, India, which I shot with a Nikon analog SLR on a visit to the wonderful city.

I’ve simulated multi-exposure shot through duplicating the same image, treating with different levels to suit the various areas. The shot originally shot on very low light, I haven’t concentrated much on the trees, in the foreground.

Every person, at some point of a time, as a kid, dreamed of becoming an astronaut. Well I ended being a Web designer is another story ;)

Some people like Anousheh travel to space to realize that dream. I followed every entry of her space blog while she was up in space. But then she, reportedly, paid huge amount to book her seat.

Now the good news even lesser mortal, who can shell out a cool $200,000, will be able to experience space, with the new Virgin Galactic – THE FUTURE IS NOW: Booking Open.

And if you heard renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking is planning a ride to space, the news might just be true.

As for me I’d to wait till the next celestial rendezvous and hit a jackpot. Wish me luck. And after all, a 2 hr trip is not my liking. Yuk! the grape is definitely sour today ;)

Our band Sonic Flare performing live one of our original “Still”. I wrote the lyrics based on a riff composed by Neeraj.

Great plug in for Firefox, to switch between different version of Flash players. A must tool for any web developer.

I face some initial hiccup but after a while its smooth sailing. Sometime, it takes a little while when changing Flash player versions. And it normally work after restarting the browser. So please use it at your own discretion.

Download Switcher here