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Dubai Desert Safari with Flippers

March 28th, 2009

For past three weeks Sheeban was bugging everyone that we should be going out somewhere on a weekend. Last week we decided that we go for Desert Safari. The next issue which travel agency was cheap and good. After the hunt we found Oasis Palm Tourism was a good option. After discount they charged 160 AED per head, which included whole lot of options. It was a real good deal. We started today afternoon around 3:00 PM from Al Ghurair City. They took us somewhere near Hatta – Oman highway around 40 km drive from Dubai.

On the way we visited the entrance of Sheikh’s palace. The whole place was flooded with peacocks and it was an amazing scene.

We halted for sometime before the ride in the sand dunes and took some nice pictures. To be honest it was little scary when the car was sliding on the dune slopes. I managed to take few shots even though it was impossible to hold the camera as the whole car was shaking a lot.

Next halt was for dune surfing and almost everyone tried except me :-( as I have very bad experience with skiing. After that we went for some more rounds and saw camel farm on the way to the camp.

The final stop was at the camp where we had snacks, shisha, dinner and the most awaited “Belly Dancing;-)

I should thank the whole team for making to this trip. It was a very good experience.

P.S: I have more nice pictures at very high resolution and if anyone wants can contact me personally ;-)

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High dynamic range (HDR) imaging using Olympus e500

January 17th, 2009

I was trying to take one High dynamic range (HDR) image using my Olympus e500 camera. Since there was not many options for bracketing I used manual methods to get different exposure of the same location. I had to use the stand so that the images were looking the same.

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After that I used Photomatix to create the HDR image using tone mapped technique. The picture has come out well but long way to go when I compare to other professional HDR images ;-)

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With Flip Media Bombay Team

November 24th, 2008

For past 2 years I wanted to go and meet our Flip Bombay team. Last week I had the chance to go !!! Had a very good time with the team. We went for dinner in couple good restaurants like OnToes, Barbecue Nation, Mahesh Lunch Home and JW Marriott Hotel Mumbai (Thank Iyad Saab for lovely breakfast !!!).

Flip Media Bombay Office EntranceWith Flip Media Bombay team With Sameer Shetye

Pictures courtesy : Iyad Tibi :-P

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Flip Media Trivandrum one day trip to Kumarakom

November 9th, 2008

Last Friday the whole Flip Media Trivandrum office team went for one day trip to Kumarakom. It was an excellent experience and we all had a wonderful time. Some cool pictures of the trip .

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Foreigner Iyad Saab had great fun !!! He took some amazing HDR photos of the boat .!!!!

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Indian House Boat by Dido©, on Flickr

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One day trip to Munnar in Kerela

October 31st, 2008

Last week the whole office team was planning to attend one of our colleague wedding. Nishanth, Sebi and Nygil were planning for a one day trip to Munnar a day before the wedding. Me and Iyad joined them and went to this wonderful place. It was around 300 Kilometers from Trivandrum. The sad part was we spend the whole day reaching there ;-) . It was good fun driving all the way to place. We spend the night at Munnar and roamed around the market place. The place was simply amazing and very good climate!!!

Group picture : Iyad, Nygil, Sebi and NishanthGroup picture : Imthi, Nygil, Sebi and NishanthIyad Tibi on the way to Munnar

Three musketeers of Flip Trivandrum : Nygil, Sebi and NishanthGroup picture: Imthi, Nishanth, Sebi and NygilIyad Tibi at waterfalls

Photographer Iyad Tibi taking picture while it was raining..!!Group picture: Iyad, Nishanth, Sebi and NygilGroup picture: Iyad, Imthi, Sebi and Nygil

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Thanks to the three musketeers ( Nishanth , Sebi and Nygil ) for clubbing us with them for the trip :-D

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Weekend at Preeth Beach Resort – Varkala

August 30th, 2008

It was weekend and suddenly I decided to go out somewhere from the boring Ginger Hotel. I called up Pradeep and asked whether he was ready to go with me to some place. He was cool and we decided we go to some resort in Varkala. We went to Preeth Beach Resort in Varkala. It was an amazing place to spend your time. Had nice massage and was spending most of time in pool.

If anyone planning to spent some quality time with your friends at Varaka, Preeth beach resort is one of the good options ;-)

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