Filed under: DailyPhotos, Photography | Tags: cauvery river, muthati, panorama, panoramic images, Photography
First time experimenting in panorama photograhy, it came up well at last. I had difficultly in stitching the 3 photos. I had no experinece in use Adobe Photoshop & no intension to use buzzy application. I have always worked on GIMP for general photo editing & and it satisfy my basic editing need. This was the first time i was experiment with stitching photos. I googled and got some info on using Pandora plugin with Gimp for panorama photography. How to make panoramic images article in Linux Journal.
Filed under: DailyPhotos, Photography | Tags: canon, Doddabetta, Ooty, rainbow
Photo taken on the way to Doddabetta, highest peak in Ooty
Once left the highway for Hunsur the ride was little bit bumpy, could not sleep at all. We reached Srimangala , our lodging place by 5 am in the morning. Its was beautifully view of the hills in the morning .
Saturday day one, we planned to make a short trek to near by hill in Srimangala and then will go to Irpu water fall. After having our breakfast, we went for a short trek near by hill.
We returned back to our base-camp by eventing, At the basecamp they arranged for bonefire , played Antaksari and danced to Bollywood tunes.
Sunday, After breakfast …….all of us were geared up for the real task ……..trek to Brahmagiri. we reached Irpu fall by 9:30am. As to enter into the Brahmagiri Wildlife Sanctuary, you need to be escorted by a forest guard(our guide for the trek). we started trekking for brahmagiri. As we entered the forest area we are greeted by leeches. Around 3 to 4 km stretch was full with leeches, could not enjoy the scenic beauty, most of the time busy removing leeches form our shoes.
Once we cross this stretch ……..we were in green grass covering all the hills……..its just looks awesome. “Welcome to heaven ” any where you look……….greenery……..and greenery.
we spotted some wild animals, but before i could capture dome photos with my camera …….run away seeing humans entering there area. Most of the trek was easy not much difficult for second timer trek. Only the last part of the trek was steep and taken real energy to climb to the top.
we reached at the top by 2:30 pm. Clouds are passing by……..sudden drop in temperature…..little bit rain……….poring down. We stayed there for an hour …….enjoying the beautiful scenery of western ghat.
It took less time to get down……..back at irpu fall…….had a chilled bath. Then had for Bangalore …………………..
Recently i purchased Canon PowerShot S3-IS. Its a good camera but lacks raw picture format support in it. But now i find a way to get the raw support in my camera.
CHDK Firmware is now available for some Canon P&S digital cameras. This firmware hack supports the following features:
* Shooting in RAW
* Live histogram (RGB, blended, luminance and for each RGB channel)
* Zebra mode (blinking highlights and shadows)
* DOF-calculator
* Battery indicator
* Scripts execution (exposure/focus/… bracketing, intervalometer and more)
* File browser
* Text reader
* Calendar
* Some fun tools and games 
The firmware is available for the following Canon digital camera models:
* A610, Fw: 1.00D (with CHDK version for 1.00E), 1.00E, 1.00F
* A620, Fw: 1.00F ( 1.00E is not compatible. You must upgrade to 1.00F first )
* A630, Fw: 1.00C
* A640, Fw: 1.00B
* A710 IS, Fw: 1.00A
* S2 IS, Fw: 1.00E, 1.00F, 1.00G, 1.00I (with CHDK version for 1.00G)
* S3 IS, Fw: 1.00A
Just go through the CHDK FAQ will will find lot of information regarding this.
Some screenshots in action:
Main menu
Raw parameter menu
many more screen shots are there in CHDK firmware usage page.
Don’t worry it won’t do anything to your original firmware. You have to just copy CHDK firmware to the SD card, step by step configuration details are there in the CHDK faq.
Right now i am experimenting with my camera, now i know what i was missing in those photos.
Filed under: Photography
I have always wanted to purchase one good camera, thats needs extensive search when you are spending a a lot on the camera. Searching through lots of sites, magazines and friends opinion,going through lots of reviews about the camera and its features. Comparing with other brands camera of same range. Finally decided to go for Canon PowerShot S3 IS.
The PowerShot S3 IS features:
- 12x optical zoom lens with USM and UD lens element
- Optical Image Stabilizer
- 6.0 Megapixel CCD
- Larger size 2.0” Vari-angle LCD
- 30fps VGA movies with stereo sound and Photo in Movie feature
- DIGIC II, iSAPS and Flexizone AF/AE for fast, precise results and 2.3 fps continuous shooting performance
- 20 shooting modes and My Colors photo effects
- High ISO Auto and ISO 800 for low light flexibility
- Widescreen (16:9) recording
Canon PowerShot S3 IS specifications
| Sensor | • 1/2.5 ” Type CCD • 6.0 million effective pixels |
|---|---|
| Image sizes | • 2816 x 2112 • 2816 x 1584 • 2272 x 1704 • 1600 x 1200 • 640 x 480 |
| Movie clips | • 640 x 480 @ 30 / 15fps • 320 x 240 @ 60 / 30 / 15fps • WAVE (stereo) |
| File formats | • Still: JPEG (Exif 2.2) • Movie: AVI (Motion JPEG compression) |
| Lens | • 36-432mm equiv • 12x Optical zoom • F2.7-3.5 (max) |
| Image stabilization | Yes (Lens shift-type) |
| Conversion lenses | Yes |
| Digital zoom | up to 4x |
| Focus | • TTL • 1 point AF (any position) • Single • Continuous • Manual |
| AF assist lamp | Yes |
| Focus distance | Closest 0cm |
| Metering | • Evaluative • Center-weighted average • Spot (centre or linked to focusing frame) |
| ISO sensitivity | • Auto • High ISO Auto • ISO 80 • ISO 100 • ISO 200 • ISO 400 • ISO 800 |
| Exposure compensation | • +/- 2EV • 1/3 stop increments |
| Exposure bracketing | • 1/3-2EV • 1/3 stop increments |
| Shuttter speed | 15 – 1/3200 sec |
| Aperture | F2.7-3.5 (max) |
| Modes | • Auto • Program AE • Shutter Priority AE • Aperture Priority AE • Manual • Custom • Portrait • Landscape • Night Scene • Sports • Stitch Assist • Special Scene |
| Scene modes | • Foliage • Snow • Beach • Fireworks • Indoor • Night Snapshot • Color Accent • Color Swap |
| White balance | • TTL • Auto • Daylight • Cloudy • Tungsten • Fluorescent • Fluorescent H • Flash • Custom |
| Self timer | • 2 or 10secs • Custom |
| Continuous shooting | • High Speed approx. 2.3fps • Normal approx. 1.5fps |
| Image parameters | My Colors (Off, Vivid, Neutral, Sepia, B&W, Positive film, Lighter skin tone, Darker skin tone, Vivid blue, Vivid red, Vivid Green, Custom color) |
| Flash | • Auto • Manual Flash On / Off • Slow Synch • Red eye reduction • Flash exposure lock • Flash Exposure Compensation +/- 2EV in 1/3 stop increments • Manual Power adjustment • Second Curtain Synch • Range: 50cm-5.2m (wide) / 90cm-4.0m (tele) |
| Viewfinder | • EVF (0.33″ type) • 115,000 pixels |
| LCD monitor | • Vari-angle 2.0-inch Low Temp P-Si TFT • 115,000 pixels • Adjustable Brightness |
| Connectivity | • USB 2.0 Hi-Speed • AV out |
| Print compliance | • PictBridge • Canon SELPHY Compact Photo Printers and PIXMA Printers supporting PictBridge (ID Photo Print, Movie Print supported on SELPHY CP printers only) |
| Storage | • SD / MMC compatible • 16MB card supplied |
| Power | • 4x AA Alkaline battery supplied or NiMH batteries • Optional AC adapter |
| Weight (no batt) | 410 g |
| Dimensions | 113.4 x 78 x 75.5 mm |
Some More Photos:
Front View
Back view
now taking lots of photo ………………………..have to learn tips and trick of photography.
