Another night at the mall

Another Saturday went by and nothing new happened. I was originally going to Atlantic City but then all the other people I was planning to go with bailed out. So all I have to look forward to is the Snow Boarding trip next weekend to the Blue Mountain from which as of now "I have bailed out".

Like always I went to the King of Prussia mall but this time with the camera. I always wanted to take pictures of the giant Christmas reindeers at the mall but was too lazy to take my camera. At last when I did, the reindeers were gone. It was cold outside anyway and the environment and weather were too non-conducive for taking pictures. But I still did take a few.

The problem in taking pics at the mall is that you become too noticeable. I have rarely seen anyone taking pictures at the mall and if I do see anyone, I make sure that he knows that I am seeing him. The roles just reverse up when I'm taking the pictures. It has been around a year since I have owned a good camera. But sadly I have not used it much. I also have couple of lenses on my to-buy list but at this time buying any of those would not make much sense since I don't take pictures as often as I would want to. I guess I will work on that first.

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!