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The Sun-Spots @ 9-9-2011 16:11:51pm GMT+3
Here are three Sun-Spots i fond on the sun of the 9th of Sep. 2011 16:11pm GMT+3 QATAR Sky. I use the Nikon D90 with Sigma 50-500mm and x2 Teleconverter with Home made sun filter.
To be able to take a shot of the sun i create what i can call it “Sun Eclipse Lens Cover” it is very simple and easy to build it at home read the details of How to create a Sun Eclipse Lens cover on my Blog.
Water Drops from the Bottle…More result..
More Photos of the ‘Water Drops from the Bottle..’ all the photos been edited by me in the photoshop..
read more on How To…. Click Here

Flash Color [White Balance] Temperature
[o] Information
Subject: Small Eiffel Tower and a Milk pot.
Studio: Home Made LightBox.
Flash: Normal Room light + Camera Flash
[o] Camera Setting
Camera: Nikon D90
Exposure: 0.033 sec (1/30)
Aperture: f/3.2
Focal Length: 35 mm
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: On, Return not detected
One of the features in the ‘almost all’ new digital cameras the you can change the White Balance colors Temperature to get colors atmosphere in your shot, In each shot of this image I changed the flash color temperature (White Balance) to get different colors and merged them all in one picture ..
starting from the left..
1. White Balance Red, Blue Coefficients = 485/256, 316/256, 256/256, 256/256
2. White Balance Red, Blue Coefficients = 422/256, 263/256, 256/256, 256/256
3. White Balance Red, Blue Coefficients = 579/256, 341/256, 256/256, 256/256
4. White Balance Red, Blue Coefficients = 411/256, 309/256, 256/256, 256/256
Changing the Focus Point.. ‘Screws Wood’
I used some screws to make this ‘Screws Wood” in my lightbox and with my Nikon D90 & 35mm f/1.8 lens start taking some photos with different focus point, here are some result..[Click the image to enlarge]

Another one..

And the last photo..

My old Minolta 500si Dynax.
Minolta Dynax 500si was my first 35mm film SLR camera, I bought it in 2004 from UK with a TAMRON 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 lens, am not using it anymore. In this shot I merge two photos to get this result. and I use my Nikon D90 with SB900 and the lightbox to take the pictures.
[Click the image to enlarge]

If you want to see the lightbox in action Click Here..
illy… The coffee you need..
illy is a coffee brand it is the best.. Here are two photos and i used my homemade lightbox [another example here]

Camera Setting..
Model = NIKON D90
Date Time = 2011-08-05 23:08:33
Exposure Time = 1/50″
F Number = F1.8
Exposure Program = Manual
Exposure Bias Value = ±0EV
Flash = Flash fired, compulsory flash mode, return light not detected
Focal Length = 35mm
Here is the studio setup and the Lightbox..[Click the image to read more on How to Create one]

Another Sample for the Green Preset..
Some time you may want to add more Green colors to your photos, here is a LightRoom 2 preset file that i create to do this and you can see the sample shot on the left the Yellow rose without the Green Preset filter and on the right is the same shot after applying the filter..[Click the image to enlarge]

you can download this preset from The Download Section..
Macro on ‘Pierre Cardin’
This is a Macro shot on a ‘Pierre Cardin’ Watch, i used my Nikon 105mm Macro lens with the camera flash.

This is the Camera setting for the shot..
Model = NIKON D90
Date Time = 2011-07-30 14:39:22
Exposure Time = 1/60″
F Number = F4.5
Exposure Program = Manual
Exposure Bias Value = +5EV
Max Aperture Value = F4.29
Flash = Flash fired, compulsory flash mode, return light not detected
Focal Length = 105mm
Exposure Mode = Manual exposure
MoneyArt 500QR
This is a shot of the 500 Qatari Riyal [1$ = 3.65QR], it’s a Blue money paper with some draws.
It shows two buildings first one [rear] is the Amiri Diwan or the Ruler Office, in the front you can see a traditional building, on the next part of the paper you will find a head of Arabian Falcon.
This is part of the money paper, the other half dose’t show any art
You can find a list of all BankNotes graphics on this link.
Three colored Bottles..
This is one of the Water drops from bottle project results, i edit the photo in the photoshop to colored the red water into blue and mauve.








