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Wild Flowers in Oman, Stamp Art

March 18, 2012 1 comment



Stamps from Oman First Issue in 1982.07.01 presenting the Wild Flowers under Natures category, here are two
the 10 B Wild Flowers in Oman, The Dionysia Mira.



















And the 20 B Wild Flowers in Oman, The Teucrium Mascatense.



















Ali,

Marina Mall in Kuwait

March 16, 2012 Leave a comment



Last week I been to Kuwait for one week Course, I will post some photos from my visit; I used my Sony T100 camera.

Marina Mall is one of Shopping Malls located on the Arabian Gulf ST, on the sea; two floors the second one is for restaurants, were the first one contain a lots of brands.

This is the first photo..

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Coming photos are for the Marina outside the Shopping mall, containing cafes and restaurants.

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Another Photo..
















Ali;

The White Roses

March 14, 2012 1 comment



I miss the first week of it’s life, it’s clear that some part of it been wilted. The White Roses in our house garden in Essex UK 2010.



:: Camera Setting ::
Camera :Nikon D90
Exposure :1/4000 sec
Aperture :f/2.8
Focal Length :35 mm [Nikon 35mm]
ISO Speed :400
Exposure Bias :+2/3 EV
Flash :No Flash









Ali,

Hilton Vienna, Am Stadtpark 1.. Great Location

March 13, 2012 Leave a comment




This photo goes back Austria 1998 [My honeymoon trip], we stay in The Hilton Vienna great Location the Stadpark is just cross the street and the rail station is 20m a way.
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At that time i was using normal film camera just point and shoot! no control on any things! and i was happy with it. I start to think on converting my films Negative to digital format and so i start this project in November 2010.

Click for More Details on How to: Convert the Negative to JPG files.

Other photos of Austria 1998 trip.

The Horse Shoer

March 12, 2012 1 comment


A photo of tow horses waiting for the Horse Shoer. This photo is one of more than 1000 photos that i take when we went to shoot my cousin horses. Other photos will be posted soon..


This is another photo of same session..Click Here


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Ali,

The Bee and the Pink Flower

March 11, 2012 2 comments



About 5 minutes waiting for this little Bee to get in side the pink flower, after all i get some 15 shoots and select four of them.
This photo goes back to London 2010 trip, where I was using my Toshiba Netbook and couldn’t change the water mark on the photos to be 2010 and i was publishing photos to my flickr, you can see the 2008 mark.

Here is the photo..



:Camera Setting:
Camera Nikon D90
Exposure 0.008 sec (1/125)
Aperture f/13.0
Focal Length 35 mm
ISO Speed 400
Exposure Bias +4/3 EV
Flash No Flash


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Ali,

The Bicycle, Sample Shoot..

March 9, 2012 1 comment




In London 2010, I used my Nikon 35mm lens as the primary lens for my all-day on camera lens, this bicycle was 3ft away I used the Nikon 35mm @ f/2 as a lens sample shoot.
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:: More Information ::
Exposure : 1/1250″
Lens : 35mm [f/1.8]
f Number : F2
Exposure Mode : Manual
ISO : 200
Date Time : 2010-07-06 13:48:22, London.
Exposure Base : +2.67EV
Metering Mode : Pattern
Light source : Cloudy weather
Flash : Off

Ruler of Qatar 1960 – 1972

March 8, 2012 2 comments



Here are two stamps from Qatar back to 1960-1972 In the reign of the ruler of Qatar H.H: Ahmad Bin Ali Al-Thani.



The first one issued 01-Oct-1966 with the new currency denominations – Dirhams instead of Naye Paise and Rials instead of Rupees.
















The second one also issued 01-Oct-1966 both are the 1961 Definitive Issue – NEW CURRENCY – 1966.













The full set that i have are published in the menu> My Stamps> Qatar. or just Click Here, and go for [1960th].

Deutsche Demokratische Republik




This stamp is one of my German collection; it’s back to 1951 and i have no more information about it, see all collection Here



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Ali,

Macor on Mulberry

March 6, 2012 1 comment



This is one of my macro photos back to 2009 when I was plying with my new Nikon 105mm macro lens it is a Red Mulberry.



















Here is the camera setting..
Camera: Nikon D90
Exposure: 0.006 sec (1/160)
Aperture: f/3.5
Focal Length: 105 mm .. [Nikon 105mm Macro lens]
ISO Speed: 1000
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: No Flash

Ali,