Re: [silk] pic of the year

2007-12-18 Thread Vardhini Shankar
@lists.hserus.net Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 6:33:04 PM Subject: [silk] pic of the year Since several folks here are photo geeks, I thought you might appreciate this. Anindo, whom several of you know, has apparently turned professional photographer. If this is representative of his work then I

Re: [silk] pic of the year

2007-12-17 Thread Abhijit Menon-Sen
At 2007-12-18 09:47:04 +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wasn't able to get anything but a thin sliver of photograph! Click on the VIEW IN LARGEST SIZE thing. -- ams

Re: [silk] pic of the year

2007-12-17 Thread Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan
Personally, I think going this far wide doesn't help in this case. The whole pink against grey/dirt thing is lost. If he'd gotten a little closer and had only a 180 deg pan (3-4 images at most), this photo would have been much better. But then, that's my opinion. And photography is pretty

Re: [silk] pic of the year

2007-12-17 Thread Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan
Having said that, I do know it is difficult getting a decent panorama. I've tried a hundred times, and only managed to get 1 or 2 which I liked. C -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ravages http://www.linkedin.com/in/ravages http://www.selectiveamnesia.org/ +91-9884467463

Re: [silk] pic of the year

2007-12-17 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
On Dec 18, 2007 10:54 AM, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Having said that, I do know it is difficult getting a decent panorama. I've tried a hundred times, and only managed to get 1 or 2 which I liked. Really? I can't imagine it being so with the new generation of

Re: [silk] pic of the year

2007-12-17 Thread Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan
On 18/12/2007, Srini Ramakrishnan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Really? I can't imagine it being so with the new generation of digital cameras some of which even come with a pano mode. I've had pretty decent success with these cameras even when shooting without a tripod. Perhaps you refer to the