Happy Republic Day 2008

This is as close to the Republic Day as I can get.


Back in school days, they made us sing all the patriotic songs. I still remember how I and everyone else around me used to get pumped up with patriotism. I dunno what happened to that passion. I don't wanna say that it diminished in any way. I just don't know what happened of it.

The Belly Dancer

Place : 42nd street and Madison Ave, NYC
Occasion: India Day Parade

It was a wonderful event to visit. Although I seriously could never figure out what a belly dancer was doing in India day parade.

Original Picture:

The following changes were made to the image:

1. Popping out of colors by using the Lab Color mode in photoshop. This is shown in this wonderful tutorial by some user:

2. Adding vignette to the picture. One of the ways to do this is shown in this second wonderful tutorial posted by some other youtube user:

Please let me know of any questions or comments. Thanks!