On Dec 18, 2007 8:03 AM, Udhay Shankar N <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 think > he'll do all right. > > Udhay > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/anindo/458928848/ > > Pink Flamingo Panorama > > *** VIEW IN LARGEST SIZE! *** > > Every year, tens of thousands of pink flamingos stop over in Mumbai > on their annual migration, making the Sewri mud flats their transit > camp for a couple of months. As soon as the news of their arrival > comes out, thousands of migratory photographers descend on Sewri, to > photograph these oddly coloured birds doing their thing. > > After having spent a fair amount of time, and many rolls of film, in > capturing these birds, in trying to isolate a handful from amongst > the thousands using longer and longer lenses, I figured that to truly > evoke a sense of the vast numbers involved, no conventional > photograph would do. So, here is a 270 degree panorama of the > flamingo vista, taken from the tip of the Sewri jetty, for those who > couldn't make it in person. The original panoramic image is over 40 > MB in JPG, so it isn't going to get uploaded anywhere soon, but this > scaled down edition hopefully provides a sufficiently detailed view. > > Of course, there is no point viewing this photo in anything but full size! > > 66 frames of 8 MP each, taken with a Minolta DiMAGE A200, and > stitched in Panorama Factory 4.4. > > [Sewri Mud Flats, Mumbai, India] > > > -- > ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
Wasn't able to get anything but a thin sliver of photograph....! Would have loved to have had a good look...if it's possible some other way, Anindo, do let us know. Deepa. > > >
