FREE SOFTWARE FOR RAW FILE VIEWING
Recently I came across this wonderful piece of free software called FastStone Image Viewer and I must say I am impressed. It can open any RAW file (be it NEF, ARW, CR2, ORF, DNG or whatever!) And, it isn’t like Picasa that it will automatically change its colour-tone (I think this has been a long pending bug in Picasa). If you haven’t used FastStone earlier, I recommend you at least try it once. (Hey, it’s Free! What do you have to lose?) Click here to get it now. Oh BTW, this isn’t a sponsored post in anyway. Moreover, it fills the whole screen with the image and when you hover your mouse to the ends of the screen you can see the metadata and all such essential information.
PRAY FOR ME BROTHER
I will dedicate this post to the recent school shootings in Connecticut, US. What a shame it is, these gun shootings and the loss of so many innocent lives! How many of you have listened to the Oscar-winning musician A.R. Rahman’s song called “Pray For me Brother” (If you haven’t, just click on the link and listen to it. It’s melodious.) Sometimes I am worried if we humans have lost faith and compassion in ourselves.
Earlier this year, I met a photographer-friend from Nova Scotia who was here for a Discovery Channel project. It was his first time in India. What he told really touched me. He spoke of his extraordinary interactions with the common people and how humble and compassionate they were. No matter how much they had, they always had a smile on their face and tried their best to help him and he was moved by that. Whenever I look at this picture, I can sense what he meant. Every time I passed by this lady, she had a gentle smile and always wished the best for you. Such a beautiful soul!
Hopping Across Cultures 
Interestingly, people who pray have open and calm, smiling face, it is clear that thanks to the help of God. More interesting is the fact that some people are the same face, even if they do not pray. Perhaps God lives in their hearts?
Lovely! ð
it captured the essence or the poor. nice pic
For editing your photos in RAW I would suggest using Darktable. It is a free open source photo editor similar to Lightroom. Works on all platforms.
That is a wonderful song, thanks for the link!
Oh! I dance with the song while boiling an egg today. Many wonderful moments to explore with you in your B-(eautiful)-LOGGING.
Hahahaha…so sweet of you, Jane! ð
Today you’re boiling an egg, someday we will dance together with this same song over a BBQ ð
Great song, Ankur! Thanks, too, for liking one of my recent posts “Infrared”. Will come back a and visit soon.
Thank you for visiting my blog, and leading me to yours! I like the way you weave photos and words into one enriched story. This is a stunning photo, and it illustrates exactly the point your new Nova Scotia friend was making. (Now I’ll give you a cultural extra: a nickname for someone from Nova Scotia is “a Bluenoser,” in memory of the famed N.S. fishing boat The Bluenose, which was a fishing and racing schooner that for 18 years straight early in the 20th c. won the international Fishermen’s Trophy, a race for working boats not rich men’s toys. No wonder she’s been celebrated on our coinage, and in song!).
Oh, thank you so much for the Cultural Cue. Ehh, I missed calling him ‘The Blue-nosed Pinocchio’ hehe ð Maybe next time.
Your blog is really wonderful. I loved reading it!
I listen to A.R Rahman Music way before today, he’s inspiring, his music touch beyond culture! Thank’s for sharing this. I like the photo U’ve taken! Once again… Greetings and thank you for visiting me ð