Context photgraphy [ Cyclops /Bruce Dickinson ]

Once again, I come up with more pictures to share, taken by my trusty mobile phone. No, I am not here to promote the unique strength of the super-ferrari-N95-8GB, but to promote the thought that our every day scenarios do offer some amazing moments which can be captured if we just open our eye to the possibilities. The snaps are taken from my office -just beside my room. All of them focuses on the under-construct building near the place, but also integrates the surrounding in to it.

Besides the first two pictures also gives a sort of zooming effect Check them out and let me know what you think. Sometimes you have to be a one-eyed cyclops to get a knack of these things. Look all around you with a different eye and you will see what I mean. Maybe, this is the miracle of life. Bruce’s Cyclops have no relation with photgraphy however

Ugly /Bon Jovi [ Panaroma's of Meghalaya ]

I admit it. I am new to this stitching panaroma things. Still I can’t help sharing these two I have made of the snaps taken in Meghalaya. The one on top is of the Shillong City, taken from the Shillong point (which is inside an airbase mind you) and the other one is from the outskirts of the Sacred forest of the Khasis (the local ethnic tribe that lives in the region).

As you can see, there is a local football field being developed at the side of the Sacred forest. But there are also prehistoric stones and stone furnitures (dolemons, chairs, markers) at the far side of the field. Enough chit chat -on with more practice to get the panaromas right. Thats why I am naming this ‘ugly’ -which it is not, if you get what Bon Jovi is trying to say.

If you are interested in making these panaroma’s, I would like to direct you to use Autostitch and Hugin -both softwares are wonderful in their work. Autostitch does most of the work for you, but the end result may not always be as big as you would have liked it to be. While Hugin can make Big Big pictures, but there are lot of options that needs to be tweaked, otherwise you will have a messy picture in your hand. My advice? Go for Autostitch for quick and dirty job -and handle the good ones the pain-staking way in Hugin.