sufi//ned - blog http://www.sufined.com/blog this blog includes some random emotions and talks of my daily life from my original diary ;) Mon, 30 Aug 2010 06:00:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 50mm f1.8 and Qatar http://www.sufined.com/blog/2010/08/30/50mm-f1-8-and-qatar/ http://www.sufined.com/blog/2010/08/30/50mm-f1-8-and-qatar/#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2010 06:00:52 +0000 Naveed http://www.sufined.com/blog/?p=1028 okay friends here is the all new 50mm f1.8 and the heat of Qatar, this is my very first short with my new lens :) the challenge was to capture beauty even in this heat and here are the photographs :) hope you will like em and will give you sense of freshness and happiness too :) enjoy

Qatar Airways in Landing Gear
Qatar Airways in Landing Gear

Fallen off the trees
Fallen off the trees

Feel it
Feel it

the aftermath
The Aftermath

a peep into the green world
A peep into the green world

Red Gold
Red Gold

light me up
Light Me Up

Aint Dead Yet
Aint Dead Yet

What can i say about life
What can i say about life

i am the ocean
the love thing

magical sideways
Magical Sideways

i know you dnt miss me, but sadly i still do
i know you dont miss me, but sadly i do..

horizons
Horizons

all these photographs were taken on 26th August 2010 in extreme heat conditions but i took it as challenge to show a fair and beautiful weather in my photographs :) , my first with shot with the canon 50mm F1.8 :)

for more catch me on flickr and see more from this series then be my fan on Facebook and check this gallery here

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Leaves were falling, just like embers,
In colors red and gold, they set us on fire
Burning just like moonbeams in our eyes.

Somebody said they saw me, swinging the world by the tail
Bouncing over a white cloud, killing the blues.

Now I’m guilty of something…
I hope you never do
Because there is nothing
Any sadder than losing yourself in love.

And then you’ve ask me… just to leave you
To set out on my own
And get what I needed.
You want me to find what I’ve already had.

a song by  Alison Krauss and Robert Plant listen online at youtube

at time some melodies are just words of your own heart and mind , the same way as this song is for me specially the last lines, the music the composition matches so to what is in my heart and soul

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Pakistan i m very very sorry for the mess that i have created.. i m ashamed of what i did as nation. we as nation really dnt deserve to be forgiven but again with this believe that our Allah is Rehman and Rahem he will surely forgive us in this blessed month of Ramadan.. everyone please pray for Pakistan.. May Allah Bless Pakistan.

today as of 14th August its raining in Islamabad and i dnt feel like going out and taking some photos so i have here some photographs that i took last night :) hope you like em and enjoy em, stay Blessed :)

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میں گھر کہ ایک کونے میں جھولی پہلاہے کھڑا ہوں، میں نے بڑی مشکل سے اپنے آنسو روک رکھے ہیں کہ کوئی دیکھ نہ لے . لکین لاوا کسی بھی وقت پھٹ سکتا ہے
میں ڈھاڑیں مار مار کر رونا چاہتا ہوں لکین مدینہ دور بوہت دور ہے

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9:00 AM

i woke up late, rushed towards the car to drive uni. got a bit more late cuz of rain while on my way i saw a plane heading towards Islamabad’s residential area.

9:35 AM

enter the uni campus and was running towards the lecture room, just before entering i saw the same plane in landing gear heading towards margallah hills, for a moment i thought hey is he mad or what..

9:50 AM

got an sms from a friend saying plane crash in Islamabad please pray i fear my cousin was on this flight !!!, but later she was confirmed of her cousin not on board !!

later the day..no one survives, the next day it rained as if its the last day on earth to rain in Islamabad

then on Friday 30th July 2010 i went to see the crash area along with my friends Basit and Atif


from the roads which goes up to Daman-e-Koh


after a long 1 hour hike you reach to this place and from there you had to climb up the hill without any track or trail


a closer view of the crash site


another view of the crash site


got no words to describe this…


a view from the crash site

there are many other photographs that i cant share with you all :( the thing which really broke my heart was the smell of burnt flesh, blood spatters over the stones and heavy aircraft fuel spread all over..

May Allah save the whole Muslim Ummah From such disaster in future Amen

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for me it was an awesome experience while attending his lecture live for the first time ever in my life :) i am very much great-full to my friend at NICS “Adnan” who led me to him for a more personalized meeting later on :)
i asked him some questions and a few exchange of words, i still cant believe that this episode has actually taken place :D

later on i took his autograph on one of his book which will remain a precious thing for me for my life inshallah :)

in the end i would like to quote his beautiful words that he said during his lecture regarding death and grave

Grave is the gateway to Galaxies

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all this began when our team (Payaam) went to Singhori for our Free Medical Camp. after the camp we all decided to pay a visit to Shaheeds memorable built by the army and there we found his son who himself is a devish too ;)

for me it was one amazing life time experience that i may never be able to have without payaam team :)


Payaam Team After the Free Medical Camp

Road

Way To Serwar Muhammad Shaheed’s Masjid

Serwar Muhammad Shaheed's Masjid

Serwar Muhammad Shaheed’s Masjid

Shaheed's Home Gate

Main Gate of the House

Pakistan First Ever Nishaan-e-Haider

Original Nishaan-e-Haider

Serwer Muhammad Shaheed's Son

Shaheed’s Son

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went to Lahore last week with my dear for his debut video edit, Lahore for me is always fascinating ;) have no idea why since this is my 2nd visit ever in my life, my trip was quite short went on friday came back on sunday. but hoping to go there again soon for a longer period of time inshallah :)

below are only two pics that i shoot in Lahore of my two buddies Asad and Affan :)

and

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Soorah Takkasur

Please Mr. President – I beg you to leave the Presidential house, YOU KNOW that you do not deserve it
please I beg you on behalf of the 18 carore people of Pakistan
we love you Mr. President but think about Pakistan
you love America, go you America – we have no problems with America
or with any one
America is a friend
no issues
but
we want a stronger Pakistan
does America want a weaker Pakistan
?
??
no America says we want a stable Pakistan in the region
so
let us make it stronger
lets us take these words from a Friend
let us hand in hand with America
Make Pakistan Stronger
even better
so please leave the seat and let us young Pakistanis solve our problems

you want money, take as much money as you want.. but please leave the house and let us do our job

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The human being is ever carving for company in this seven colored world. O Lord ! where is a companion for the soul? Let this world descend from my sight, the way sun and moon descend beneath the horizon, let a day appear before me that does not belong to the passing time.

O Lord ! You are my beloved. Your face is my faith and my Quran. Let me see it, for the sun doesnt lose anything by giving out its rays. A passionate soul like mine is not to be found in this age when people are held back by reason. So light up the darkness of my heart with your light like a moon.

O Lord ! we yearn to see you but cannot see. Take away our blindness, speak to us and take us beyond the world of today and tomorrow! take us beyond the world of the moon and stars.

O Lord ! i am a mortal and my light is like a short lived spark before your everlasting illumination. Make me imortal and grant me the strength to tread upon the path that you have laid open before me.

Make my book easy for the youth to understand, for I am going to tell of another world. (Allama Iqbal, excerpt from Javiad Nama)

- what a beautiful piece of writing.

yes friends you guessed it right !! , i am going to start writing again :) the above lines gave me great source of inspiration to come back to what i used to do before, writing has always been a great way of experessing my inner self and illuminating the light of my soul :) thank you Dear Iqbal :) i wish to see my self as your Shaheen Inshallah :)

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