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Shishir taking out his ultra zoom camera



Demonstrating the zooming capabilities of the camera





The zoomed in photo of the cricket ground in Shishir's previous post is marked and the pic was taken from here.



Descending the hill

[guyfrmblr]

Originally Posted by shishir_bn

That place has too many bird sightings also.

Correct . But I can't see any birds in the pic?

[vinu_h]

Originally Posted by shishir_bn

This pic is specially for Vinu

All our cars were parked here

This snap was taken when we were almost at the centre of the hill

One more ..

Some guys were playing cricket and the same can be seen here

This cricket ground looked like this from the top of the hill

Despite the distance; vertical and horizontal, the picture of our cars has come out very well. You could spot an ant on the car if you tried.

Really good pictures Shishir.

[KarthikK]

Originally Posted by brraj

Can't we take a pano shot which is wider and longer? I see most of the pano shots to be wider only and length wise very less, i am a newbie here.

Cannot.
The inbuilt panorama mode in most cameras works by taking multiple snaps as you move the camera from one side to another, and then stitching them together to produce 1 single photo.

To still be able to fit the panorama photo into the same resolution as other pics without compressing/stretching anything, the stitched photo has to be reduced in width (zoomed out effect) if you were to include the entire total stitched length of all photos put together.

If you want to get around this problem, you can manually take multiple snaps and then stitch them together on your computer using certain image editing software.

[shishir_bn]

So now since this meet and trekking has been accomplished. Can someone plan for the next round of drive meet.

[vinu_h]

Originally Posted by shishir_bn

So now since this meet and trekking has been accomplished. Can someone plan for the next round of drive meet.

Let's go see some Black Bucks this time, but lets start at 6 instead of 10 AM . We could combine it with any other activity close by if we have time left. Driving in the cold and through the fog is a different experience altogether.

[shishir_bn]

Originally Posted by vinu_h

Let's go see some Black Bucks this time, but lets start at 6 instead of 10 AM . We could combine it with any other activity close by if we have time left. Driving in the cold and through the fog is a different experience altogether.

It is almost 100kms and by the time you reach there you won't find any fog.

It is always better to assemble 5am and start at 5.30am so that by 7am you are at the start of the reserve. That is the time you can get too many animals or birds. Just IMO.

[vinu_h]

Originally Posted by shishir_bn

It is almost 100kms and by the time you reach there you won't find any fog.

It is always better to assemble 5am and start at 5.30am so that by 7am you are at the start of the reserve. That is the time you can get too many animals or birds. Just IMO.

I agree. Earlier = more fog. We could do it on any of the 4 weekends between now and Christmas.

[guyfrmblr]

Originally Posted by shishir_bn

It is always better to assemble 5am and start at 5.30am so that by 7am you are at the start of the reserve. That is the time you can get too many animals or birds. Just IMO.

I completely agree with you Sir. We need to leave by 5 30 am. This time we left too late. My black car was almost like a furnace by the time we reached Madhugiri. AC could have saved but I usually don't like to switch ON the AC in rural areas as I can enjoy the pure oxygen and natural air which one doesn't find in Bangalore city.

[addyhemmige]

Originally Posted by ampere

Nice report guys! Must have been fun, with early morning chill. But that must have vanished with the heat

It was quite late when we reached there. Around 11 am I think. Byt that time the sun was up and pretty hot. The only saving grace was teh cool wind as we climbed up.

Originally Posted by ampere

When I went first time, I saw folks with Bazooka lenses and was thinking, what is that ! All I had was a 3MP Nokia cell phone camera !

That was hilarious. I can imagine how you felt (I always feel that way when I use a puny P&S camera when others bring their bazookas to any wildlife safari)

Originally Posted by shishir_bn

So now since this meet and trekking has been accomplished. Can someone plan for the next round of drive meet.

Originally Posted by vinu_h

Let's go see some Black Bucks this time, but lets start at 6 instead of 10 AM . We could combine it with any other activity close by if we have time left. Driving in the cold and through the fog is a different experience altogether.

Good idea, its better to start early. But I don't think there'll be fog

Originally Posted by guyfrmblr

Correct . But I can't see any birds in the pic?
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Super catch guyfrmblr. Shishir is never far away from birds at any time.