Legal Sea Foods

Legal Sea Foods restaurants are a chain of more than 30 establishments located in nine states on the Eastern coast of the United States and Washington DC. It's not franchise but a family owned business, and perhaps this is one of the reasons for its success. According of the Legal Sea Foods motto, if it's not fresh, it's not legal. Legal Sea Foods offers unmistakably American cuisine and a good one with its focus on value and quality of food. 05/28/2009 by Val

National Aquarium in Baltimore - Glass and Pier 3 Pavilions

Although National Aquarium in Baltimore is not the largest one in the world or even in the United States, it's big and interesting enough to attract huge crowds of visitors not only from places close to Baltimore but also from all the United States and other many countries. Today (2009), the Aquarium is a home to about 16,500 specimens and more than 660 species of animals. National Aquarium in Baltimore is a wonderful opportunity to spend quality time with your family and at the same time expand the knowledge about life on Earth. It's entertaining and educational - come and you will not regret. 05/18/2009 by Val

1. High Dynamic Range Photography Simplified

High Dynamic Range imaging (HDRI or simply HDR) has become recently a very popular technique of post-processing photos to enhance them and achieve a desired artistic effect. It attempts to deal with the fact that photographic pictures are not as powerful as human eye in displaying both dark and light objects in photos since photo cameras have a limited dynamic range. This article is the first in a series dedicated to HDR photography describing general HDR concepts and HDR processing using Photoshop. In future articles I will review most popular HDR software tools.
Part I - High Dynamic Range Photography Simplified
Part II - High Dynamic Range Photography - Photomatix Pro
Part III - High Dynamic Range Photography - "HDR Look" and Pseudo HDR vs. HDR 05/17/2009 by Serge

One Day in Baltimore Harbor - Part 1, Inner Harbor and USS Constellation

Many years ago, the Baltimore Inner Harbor and area surrounding it were not pretty. However, some two decades ago, Baltimore waterfront underwent a renaissance with the creation of Harborplace, which evokes more than a century of history and urban lore. Today, Baltimore Inner Harbor is a vibrant location attracting annually hundreds of thousands of people with its nice and clean environment, more than a hundred dining and shopping establishments, several modern hotels, National Aquarium, the Maryland Science Center, and several ships accessible to public: USS Constellation - the last all sail warship built by the US Navy, USS Torsk - submarine SS-423, US Coastal Guart Taney and Lightship Chesapeake. This three-part article with photo galleries is dedicated to these four ships and the opportunity they provide to learn more about related chapters in the US history and what life could be on ships like this.

One Day in Baltimore Harbor - Part 1, Inner Harbor and USS Constellation
One Day in Baltimore Harbor - Part 2, Submarine USS Torsk SS-423
One Day in Baltimore Harbor - Part 3, Lightship Chesapeake and USCGC Taney
One Day in Baltimore Harbor - Part 4, Walking Inner Harbor

05/10/2009 by Shekn

Nepal Journey: Let's Go!

We are publishing here chronicles written by Sergey Boyko - Russian journalist, editor and photographer who traveled recently in Nepal - a country in South Asia and the world's youngest republic. His notes, originally written in Russian, are not only about everyday details of his adventure through the Annapurna Conservation Area and the so-called Annapurna Circuit, a 300 km trek around the Annapurna Massif. With his keen eye and quick wits, you may find this account of Nepal's highly diverse geography and culture, both, educational and entertaining.

Nepal Journey pages:
Let's Go!
Day 2 - Conventional Stereotypes and Wrung Necks

04/25/2009 by Serge

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