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Some weeks ago we visited the Caledonian waterfalls, a famous scenery trail that many people local and tourists visit it. Caledonia Waterfalls are located near in the village of Platres in Cyprus. It is a beautiful waterfall located in Mount Troodos in Cyprus and is surrounded by forest. It is very popular especially in summer when it offers a cool and shady retreat from the powerful midday sun. The Trail is around 3.5km usually takes 2 hours of walking to go through it. The trail is split into two parts, before and after the waterfall. Some areas of the trails are not easy, and it is unsuitable for people not in good health. Here are some photos: Driving to the Platres Village in Cyprus. Note that that you to drive slowly in some parts of the road. Map and instructions at the beginning of the Caledonian waterfall. Caledonian waterfall in Cyprus. Caledonian waterfall in Cyprus. Parts of the trail in Caledonian waterfalls at Mount Troodos, Cyprus...

Kakopetria is a Town in Cyprus located 55 kilometers southwest of the capital, Nicosia, on the north facing foothills of the Troodos Mountains. It takes around 40' to drive from Nicosia to Kakopetria and the road is quite easy. There are two small rivers running the village, so i took some pictures. Although this year wasn't so good in terms of water. River next to Kakopetria village, in mountain Troodos, Cyprus. River next to Kakopetria village, in mountain Troodos, Cyprus. Apart from the rivers, there is old village of Kakopetria that is well preserved. Although  there are modern additions, the aesthetic remains like a traditional village in the mount of Troodos in Cyprus. Part of the old village of  Kakopetria  , in mountain Troodos, Cyprus. Part of the old traditional village of Kakopetria , in mountain Troodos, Cyprus. Part of the old traditional village of Kakopetria , in mountain Troodos, Cyprus. Part of the old tra...

I guess the climate conditions benefits the creation of fog these days. High temperature with humid environment create some very interesting views of the city.   Heavy fog in Nicosia, Cyprus. Photo from Back of our home. Heavy fog in Nicosia, Cyprus. Photo from Larnakos street looking north east. Heavy fog in Nicosia, Cyprus. Photo from Larnakos street looking southwest.

Yesterday night i went to the kitchen for some water. I saw the light outside and it was... cloudy or something like that. I went to the balcony and i realized that we had a heavy fog in our neighbor. I grab my camera and took some photos: Heavy fog in Nicosia, Cyprus. Photo from Larnakos street. Photo of   Photo from Larnakos street without the fog for comparison. Heavy fog in Nicosia, Cyprus. Photo from Larnakos street. Photo of   Photo from Larnakos street without the fog for comparison.

Most of my time i 'm using the RawTherapee conversion tool to convert from RAW photos produced from my Nikon D3200 to jpg. RawTherapee is a cross-platform and it is released under the GNU General Public License Version 3 from January 2010. During the years the application attracted many programmers and photographers. It is really a powerful tool, how something it started to bothering me after checked the latest version. First lets see what Lightroom offers to the photographer: Lightroom toolbar, screenshot taken from Lightroom Fanatic. There are some interesting names that needs more explaining, such as how the shadows and highlights bars work or what is clarity, but nothing extreme complicated. Now lets see what RawTherapee offers: Toolbar of RawTherapee for the Exposure settings. This is the first thing that the user edits. It offers an "Auto Levels" that automatic expands the histogram based on the % of clipped pixels. And then there are bars, a lot of b...