Kathmandu Sunset

Pashupatinath, Kathmandu Nepal 2017 from www.awaisyaqub.com

Pakistani Fine Art Prints

Dear Admirers, i am introducing range of fine art prints framed and shipped through out Pakistan. Size ranges from 10x15inch upto 20x30inch or larger depending on photograph.

If you are not in Pakistan, all you have to do is order print online from www.awaisyaqub.com which is printed and shipped from USA through Smugmug and Bayphoto.

For price and details email: awais@awaisyaqub.com or call +923455400315

The Walking tree printed and framed, standard frame style with boarder. 

Buy 2011 Calendar "Forms of Nature"

I have made a calendar using print on demand service, you can buy it online from RedBubble. Good thing is that you can choose starting month!

Click the link to buy 2011 "Forms of Nature" Only 28$

Milky Way spotted in Pakistan

Hi folks ! during my visit to northern areas of Pakistan, i spotted Milky Way. It was a breathtaking view. Like billions of stars worshiping planet earth. People who don't know what Milky Way is, well it is cluster of planets and stars billions of them. Our planet earth is located in it. It appears like hazy substance on night sky. In urdu it is called "Kehkashan". These were shot using Canon Digital SLR camera and 17-40L, 100mm lens.
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Long Exposure of stars in milky way make them appear like trails

Milky way appears like a dust in night

Please don't distribute, alter, sale or use these images in anyway without my permission, these are copyright protected images. Contact me if you need any info: Cell # +92 345 5400315, Email: awais@awaisyaqub.com Website: www.awaisyaqub.com

New Fine art print added

Hello people i have added new classic black and white image to fine art gallery from where you can order the print of your preferred size. It is simple, easy and secure with money back guarantee. Thanks to SmugMug and their professionalism printed and shipped from USA

Click the link and click on "buy" button to order the print

Don't worry about watermark it don't appears on final print it is just to save picture from thieves. Write to me in case of difficulty awais[at]awaisyaqub.com

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Lovely Flowers for your Home

Decorate your home with beautiful prints of FLOWERS !!

Click Here to order print from gallery.

Prints in USA at pro lab ships directly to your door.

Or purchase license of the image to use for your promotional materials.

Join my FaceBook Group !

Facebook is excellent website to stay connected ! now you can join my facebook group to stay updated about my photographic trips and new photos !
Come Jump In and invite your friends !

Here is link to the Group

Fine art dedicated to Palestine

"Isolated" dedicated to people living under occupation. Buy fine art by clicking the image and follow procedure.

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Flower Exhibition in Islamabad

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Beautiful Chrysantimum flower exhibition is going on at Islamabad's Fatima Jinnah Park. Sunday is last day. Spending a time with flower was great experience great treat for eyes.

The moment finally captured !

I love the way of nature and capturing special moments. Well i was after the moment when one ant transfers food to other. Due to extremely small size and very high magnification and difficult technique of reverse lens chances of getting sharp picture are very mild. After hundreds of wasted tries since past season and hours of observation i was lucky to get these pictures.

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So what is happening there ?

Well these ants obtain some wax produced by mealy bug (those white things in picture) in exchange ants provide security to the bugs. This happens in monsoon season.

Philosophy

I was surprised to observe this whole system of ants society. And i was amazed to see many things which i missed to shoot. It was amazing demonstration of management !

How i got them ?

I used historic 50mm Yashica lens in reverse on my sony cybershot H5 camera. Focus was set to infinity and focus was acheived by moving back and forth. Lens was tapped infront of the camera. Do not be surprised this technique is been around for quite some time.

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Month to Celebrate Pakistan Independence !!

Well audience it was August and 14th was the date when Pakistan got independence from British rule.  Pakistanis saw light of independence due to devoted person who fought for free country for he was non other then Muhammad Ali Jinnah also known as Quaid-e-Azam ( Great leader)

To Celebrate Independence day i am giving away my fine art work on 25% discount for all orders placed in August and September 2008.

Images are printed and shipped from USA. Printing is handled by professionals assuring high Quality. Discount is on Standard sizes. 12 x 18 , 16 x 24 , 24x36 all sizes in Inches. Watermark which you can see accross the image is not printed on actual image it is just to keep thieves away to preserve uniqueness of the prints

If required image is not in Fine art prints gallery throw me an email i will place it there.

So hurry up own a piece of Pakistan in form of fine art print

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Email me at awaisyaqub@gmail.com

talk to me : +92.345.5400315

Located in Islamabad Pakistan.

Pakistani customers email or call me 0345-5400315 for purchase info.

Purchasing method is simple as you purcahse other goods from internet and secure  SmugMug handles it all so don't worry

In case of confusion contact me

To all editors of news or advertising agencies and picture theives in case you stole my images and printed without permission you will face lawsuit and negative social marketing so becareful while taking such a stupid step

Kitty lens is not that kitty !!

I use Canon EOS 400D with EF-S 18-55 f3.5-5.6 supplied kit lens. Lovely colors of flowers always attract me and i decided to shoot closeup of the sunflower with this lens. At 55mm and aperture set to f/8 while iso set to 200. I kept moving closer and closer to the flower and kept focusing and discover how close this kit lens can actually focus !(0.92 ft)  image came our pretty good with lots of colors and detail. Click the image to purchase the print. It came out too good i decided to put into my fine art gallery.

I have been very satisfied with this lens and have used it to make a lot photos. It is not much good at focusing and very cheaply built but, it will keep happy a lot budget shooters if they use it carefully. This was not planned test shot just one from random daily shots so i decided to post.

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Capturing flow of water

It has been always in my wish list to shoot flowing water ! Well visit to northern areas of Pakistan this summer gave me chance to fulfill my desire. I shot a lot flowing water scape there, i shot a lot of images. This is daring Kunhar river that flows through Kaghan Valley. It is known as killer river that will take everything in its way. Crashing water on rocks create horrifying sound that can lead to river phobia ! Rocks ah what a beautiful piece of art full of textures and perfect in shape. I decided to make them part of scene.

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The Technique

Before any body asks here is what i did to sucessfully capture these images.

To capture flowing water you got to have set your camera for slow shutter settings. I used canon Kit Lens 18-55 at f/8 and f/11. I had 58mm ND 8 Sony filter on it to stop down the light.  Keep shutter speed lower then 1/8, 1/6 sec. The last one was shot at 13 sec with kit lens. If you don't have an ND filter wait till sun goes down and very little light of day is left, this may give focusing tough time so becareful with focusing.

North of Pakistan is Beautiful !!

Well after long time i got chance to visit northern areas of Pakistan. Kaghan, Naran, Lake saif al Malook and Lalazar. Places are full of beauty and traveling over there is amazingly easy. I will highly recommend you to spend your next vacations over there. Perfect place for camping and hiking.

Get up early in the morning to see dramatic light on mountains, That is real time to enjoy scenery and Photography and if you care about your health ! ;-)

If you love life i am sorry to say roads are very dangerous if you are planning to go to Lalazar. But good news is that you can hike and camp over there !.  Main road which bring you to Naran and Kaghan valley is very good for even large cars and jeeps. On Lalazar's jeep track only small light jeeps can pass through.

If you are small group it is much better and easy if you chose local transport to Naran, Where you can spend a night in a hotel oryou can camp there. From Naran there is no shortage of Jeeps and driver on rent, they will take you to Lake saif al malook and Lalazar one day is sufficient to see both places. I spent 2500 Rs or 40$ for 3 days including jeep rent, food and traveling expenses from and to Islamabad. these exclude hotel i got lucky and found good place to sleep.

If you are a Photographer

Well as most of you know i am one crazy photographer more then anything else. I will highly recommend you to have loads of memory cards and battery !!. I lost many photos as my battery fully drained in middle of the day. And had to delete a lot photos which i loved to clear memory.

I was loaded with Canon 18-55 kit lens, My buddy was loaded with 70-200 f/4L IS. I will recommend you to bag wide lens and telephoto 70-200 range you will enjoy it. It is wise to have good protective bag for your gear because drive won't be smooth and air won't be dust free. I bagged few polythene bags as well.

When to Visit

June July or August anywhere in these 3 months is considered best time. You should have jacket as it was really freezing in the morning.

Here are some images click images to go to full galleries

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Fine Art Prints at your door !!!

Hello

To order fine art prints for your beautiful interiors  visit my Website

High Quality printing done by professionals and guaranteed. Incase you don't like your print you can send it back for full refund

Pakistani Interested people contact me on cell phone 03455400315 and email AwaisYaqub@gmail.com

Also offering photographic Services such as Commercial, Documentary, Fine Art Prints, stock Images details in my website www.AwaisYaqub.com

Muree

Went to Muree to shoot some landscapes but came back with street photos of Muree. Muree is popular tourist spot of Pakistan nearly every Pakistani visit it once in a life it is near Islamabad and quite easy to reach there.









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Hail Storm in Islamabad like never before Pictures !

10th January 2008 Islamabad experienced hail storm like never before.

kids who went to School in morning unprepared rushing back home (All with canon Kit lens @f8 iso 400)

These kids who seems to be brothers were watching something that you can see in next images

Flower Land

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There is misconception among people that Pakistan is desert and dry country. Thats not true ! Pakistan is filled with greenery and beautiful mountains. Islamabad is known for its greenery.