Bellagio at night

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Many of you asked if I had taken any night shots in Las Vegas. I did take many night shots, but only a few came out well.

Bellagio has many different night colors on different nights. When we were there, the night lights were very simple. The first one is of the tower zoomed in. I am posting the second one just for perspective purposes. I personally did not like the way the second one came out. But what the heck, it is something!

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There is spark between us..

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Another one of lake carlyle sunsets. No post processing on this one either.

Your thoughts are welcome! Thanks for taking time to comment on yesterday's post.

Deep in the woods

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I would like to say I had to go deep into the woods to get a shot of this beautiful waterfall.. I would also like to say that this place was not easy to reach.. But unfortunately that would be twisting the truth (a lot!).. Anyway, this shot was taken at St.Louis Zoo (so much for being adventurous). This is a beautiful place. This is an artificial (and yet realistic) waterfall. I love this shot because looking at it gives you a feeling that this location is infact deep in the woods! I have not done any post processing on this shot. Let me know if you think that it needs one!

As always, thanks for visiting and sharing your thoughts!

Caution - Pirates Ahead!

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Lots of comments yesterday! Thanks to all of you who took time to do so!

This shot was taken in Las Vegas too. As you can see, it is from Treasure Island. I wanted to take a shot with the skull facing the camera, but there was too much distraction in the background. This was the best possible angle with the least distraction. I wanted it that way so that the skull would stand out! Again, this shot is coming straight from the camera. But the more I look at it, I think I should trim it a little bit.

Please share your thoughts!

 

Sunset Canoeing

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This shot was taken at the Creve Coeur Lake. Many of my sunset shots come from this lake. Eventhough, I have scores of sunset shots taken, this one holds a special spot because it reminds me of a poem called "Paddle your own Canoe". I wonder how refreshing it would have felt to the guy in the canoe after he finished paddling across this lake! It was so refreshing just to see him go across.

This picture is coming straight from the camera. No picassa touch. Thats one more reason why I love it. I feel it is perfect the way it is! Let me know your thoughts!

Thanks to all of you who took time to comment on yesterdays post.

Pipe Dreams

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This picture was taken at Laumeier Sculpture Park. This place is a photographer's dream. It has lots of beautiful sculptures, very colorful ones too. If you cannot make it from this picture, the arrangement here, called The Way is made up of 18 salvaged steel oil tanks and is 65 feet tall, 102 feet long, and weighs 50 tons. I have visited this place only once. I want to go back there again because they have new additions to the park every year.

I like the way this shot came out, especially since, all you see in this shot is green, red and blue (maybe a little bit of black)! Hope you like it as much as I did.

For tomorrows post, you are going to see one of my favorite sunset photos! I am sure you will like it..

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What do you want?

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Wow, the numer of comments yesterday was awesome! Thanks to all of you who take time to visit this blog.

I took this picture in the summer of 04. I kind'a thought that this dog was too big for the car he was peeping out of. He was looking all over the place, until he saw me with a camera. Then he would not take his eyes off the camera with a "don't mess with me" stare! That was great because I could get an awesome shot! I did add a little soft focus with picassa to make him stand out in this picture. Hope you like it!

Sunset at Lake Carlyle

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This shot was taken at another lake near (50 miles!) from our home. My wife and I love this place. The drive to this place is awesome too. Its been a long time since we have been there. This shot was taken sometime in 2003. The little spect that you are seeing at the center of this shot is a bird. You can see it better zoom on this image (after clicking on it). I have not done any post processing on this picture. It is coming straight from the camera. One of these days we might plan a trip to this lake. I am sure it has changed a lot since our last visit.

Let me know how you like it. Btw, a very BIG THANKS to all of you taking your time to comment!

If you liked this shot, you will like the following as well, check it out:
1. Golden Lake One Last Swim

2. Sunset Splash
3. Sunset
4. One more Sunset

5. Storm Clouds

6. Silhoutte

7. Sunrise

I think you get the idea, I like Sunsets/Sunrises!

Queen of Las Vegas

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Thanks for all the folks who took time to comment yesterday! Please know that your opinions are valued.

I shot this picture while we were in Las Vegas. Las Vegas is a photographers paradise (along with being many other peoples paradise). I have many that I had taken in Las Vegas, like this one, I posted a few weeks ago. Hope you like it as much as I do.

Btw, I don't know if any of you are experiencing trouble with the photo upload feature of blogger, I had a hard time uploading this image. I had to do it multiple times to get it going.

Colorful fountain

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I shot this picture near our house at a local shopping center. The have this colorful fountain during the off-winter seasons. This particular day when I went to take a couple of shots of this place, it was really windy. And the water from the fountain was sprinkling all over. It was a nice scene. I wanted to capture the fountain with its colors, but the street light at the back kept distracting this view and spoiling my shots. I finally settled for this one. 

Thai chakra

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I took this shot at a local Thai restaurant. The decor here is simply beautiful. I took many shots that day, in between my bites, especially because it was unusually empty. The color of the wall here is red. As you can see, I did not use any filters to get the shine off the wall. This shine was caused due to the lights that were directly projected on these artifacts. The details on this one is simply beautiful. I did add some picassa touch to this image to reduce the effects of the lights, but for some reason couldn't get rid of the shine from the wall.

If you have not noticed yet, I have started blogrolling 'My Favorite' links. I think it is a great tool. As always thanks for your kind comments yesterday. Thats what keeps me going! 

Cricket in the green

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This picture was taken at Nevelle resort, NY. It reminds me so much of how the resort was nestled between mountains. It was lush green everywhere. There is nothing like playing cricket surrounded this awesome green. We had a ball!

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Its my lake!

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This shot was taken at the same lake. This bird(I dont know what kind it is, but it is supposedly a famous breed in Missouri) was looking majestic! I actually wanted to take a shot while it was flying, but could not get any decent shot. It was walking on the wooden wall for a while as if it owned the lake and merrily fishing. Eventhough I like this shot, it cannot do justice to the actual experience. Hope you will like it as much as I do.

Also, Check out the 'My Favorite blogs' section. I have links to some cool blogs that I visit almost daily.

Ok, I found what this bird is. Its an Egret.

Sunset Splash

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I am back from NY trip. Here is another one of my shots from the Creve Coeur lake. It was shot on the same day as this shot. This was my wife's idea. Throw a stone and capture the splash. I had many of these shots taken, but I like this one the most. As you can see, there are ripples from a previous throw; but it looks like as if the ripple came befor the splash! We had a great time that day!
As always, many thanks for those of you who take your valuable time to visit my humble blog and on top of that take time to add comments!
I have many beautiful shots from the trip from NY,but not gotten a chance to load it to my computer. They are still in my camera.

Silhoutte

This is one of my favorite shots. I love the way the silhoutte of this tree looks with the background color of the sky. It just came out well. No Picassa touch on this one either. This is coming straight from the camera. Click on the photo and zoom to see the details.

Big thanks to all of you who took your time to comment on yesterday's post. You guys definitely add value to my blog. Thanks for taking your time to comment!

I am off to New York for this weekend. There will be no post for tomorrow. Hopefully, I will catch some good shots while I am in New York. Will be back in the swing of things on Monday. Have a great weekend!

Golden Lake - One last swim

I took this picture at a local lake near our home. It is called Creve Coeur lake. This lake is small but beautiful. Summer time sunsets are gorgeous here. I have a bunch of pictures that I took at this lake. I will post it in the next few days (maybe inbetween other posts). Though this lake has blue waters, the sunset made it golden. This photo is coming straight from the camera, no Picassa touch.. Click on the photo and zoom to see a larger resolution version. Let me know how you like it.

Thanks for all of you who have been visiting regularly. I am in the process of consolidating the 'Links' section. Let me know if it is ok to add you in this section.

Lonely Barn

First of , thanks for all the comments on yesterday's post. I took this shot somewhere in Kentucky. I have been through this barn many times, because this one is right on the exit. Since this exit is one with most restaurants, it is frequented by many and yet this barn, i guess is kind of abondoned. Atleast, I have not seen anybody here during any of my vists to the restaurants in this exit. Hope you like it. I added very little 'fill light' with Picasa. Click on the image and zoom to see the details of this photo. 

Sunrise

This is one of favorite shots. I love the color of this morning sky. It was perfect. Click on the image and zoom to see the details.

Green reflections

This was shot at Nevelle Resort, NY. This was absolutley serene. The water was still and the reflection was just perfect. Click on the image and zoom to view the details. 

Rooftop celebration

I took this shot in Las Vegas a couple of years ago. I think it is either at the venetian resort or at ceasers palace, but I cant remember. Click on the photo and zoom to see the details. You will love it. 

Big feet

This is my wife's cozy winter wear.. It is really colorful (comfortable too). This picture doesn't do much justice to how it really looks. Its the best I could do so far. Maybe one of these days I will experiment with caputuring it better. Click on the image and zoom in to see the details.. 

Fruits

I took this at a local market.. Flash from my camera gives these fruits a distinct glow.. Click on the image and zoom to see the details

sunset

I shot this picture from our car. My wife was driving the car. The sunset was so gorgeous, I did not want to miss shooting it.

Fired up!!

Sunset on a building.. Looks like it is on fire.. Click on the image and zoom in to see the details..

Wet Leaf

I took this outside my house just after it rained.. Click on the image and then zoom it to full size to see the details.. I love it..