Gogol Chilling.
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Post – Processing Notes:
I shot this image in RAW mode and used Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 for my post-processing. After importing the photos into Lightroom and keywording them. I used the following presets for this photograph apart from the lightroom basic tools panel Soft Highlights by Joop Snijder and BW1 .

Here is the sample image and download link at Joop’s blog. This

Wild berries on the Ohlone Trail to Murietta Falls. Late spring, a friend convinced me to hike the 12mile round trip to Murietta falls in the Ohlone Wilderness. Didn’t make it to the falls, but the approx. 10 miles of the hike was a butt kicker – with about 4000ft vertical elevation gain. The next day, walking up and down stairs seemed much harder than the hike itself!

We started the hike at a trail at Del Valle Regional Park in Livermore. Here is the Del Valle Regional Park website link. For more information about this hike check out Kevin Gong’s account of his hike to Murietta Falls.

Post – Processing Notes:
I shot this image in RAW mode and used Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 for my post-processing. After importing the photos

Wildflowers on the Ohlone Trail to Murietta Falls. Late spring, a friend convinced me to hike the 12mile round trip to Murietta falls in the Ohlone Wilderness. Didn’t make it to the falls, but the approx. 10 miles of the hike was a butt kicker – with about 4000ft vertical elevation gain. The next day, walking up and down stairs seemed much harder than the hike itself!

We started the hike at a trail at Del Valle Regional Park in Livermore. Here is the Del Valle Regional Park website link. For more information about this hike check out Kevin Gong’s account of his hike to Murietta Falls.

Post – Processing Notes:
I shot this image in RAW mode and used Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 for my post-processing. After importing the photos

On our way out from Chichen Itza, we stopped to eat lunch in Piste at the Resturante Fiesta. The walls of the entire restaurant are painted with murals – Maya Gods and popular Maya themed paintings. Here is another mural from this restaurant.

Post – Processing Notes:
I shot this image in RAW mode and used Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2.7 for my post-processing. After importing the photos into Lightroom and keywording them. I played around with the clarity, vibrance, exposure and curves settings for this photograph.

On our way out from Chichen Itza, we stopped to eat lunch in Piste at the Resturante Fiesta. The walls of the entire restaurant are painted with murals – Maya Gods and popular Maya themed paintings. While we were eating, the multiple controls for ceiling fans against the bright bright wall colors caught my eye.

Post – Processing Notes:
I shot this image in RAW mode and used Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2.7 for my post-processing. After importing the photos into Lightroom and keywording them. I played around with the

Our last day in Merida, I was walking along the Paseo de Montejo. I decided to eat some honey-dew flavored ice cream (which by the way was awesome) at a local ice cream parlor on the street. The street was lined with stores on the pavement selling different kinds of art – paintings, pottery, sketches, sculptures, photographs. Enjoying an ice cream looking at a city go about its leisurely business was very pleasant.

Walking back to the hotel, I saw these buildings which looked like they were starting to go under renovation. The way the buildings looked in the mid-day sun reminded me of the painting: pastel colors and beautiful rough textures.