5D Mark II Now Allows Manually Control Exposure in Video

Canon announced that it will release a firmware update for the EOS 5D Mark II allowing users to manually control exposure when shooting video. The new firmware will be available for download from 2 June 2009 on Canon web site. Following the launch of the EOS 5D Mark II in September 2008, Canon’s Research and … Read more

Plain Tiger

I used Canon EF 400mm f/5.6 L USM with 36mm of extension tube to shoot this Plain Tiger butterfly only very cloudy evening. The Plain Tiger is a medium sized butterfly with a wingspan of about 7–8 cm. The body is black with many white spots. The wings are tawny the upper side being brighter … Read more

St. Aloysius Chapel HDR 3

As it is IPL 2 season I am running a hat-trick here with 3 HDR’s in a row. Here is the 3rd and the final part of St. Aloysius Chapel. You can check the HDR’s here. Here I concentrated on the alter of the chapel and wanted the stained glass panels to come out. The … Read more

St. Aloysius Chapel HDR 1

For this HDR image of St. Aloysius Chapel I used 3 shots taken at 2 stop bracketing and used Photoshop to do the HDR. St. Aloysius Chapel, or the chapel of St. Aloysius College, is a Christian chapel in Mangalore in the state of Karnataka in southwest India. The St Aloysius Chapel in Mangalore was … Read more

Breakfast

I was strolling in my backyard trying to get some bird with my Canon EF 400mm f/5.6 L USM. Birds were elusive on that day. What I saw was this dragonfly, but since I had not taken my macro lens with me, I quickly fixed 36mm extension tube to 400mm lens so as to make … Read more