Launching Rain Covers for camera equipment

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Now drive in a rain, wade through puddles or trek through a rain forest, without soaking your equipment. Venture out freely with your camera this season and capture that perfect rainbow, a streak of lightning or nature, dancing to the tunes of rain and thunder.

Features:

  1. Light weight ( ~150 gms)
  2. Takes less than a minute to put it on the equipment
  3. Taper design for easy handling
  4. Easily folds into your palm and slips into your pocket
  5. Seam and branding is also weather sealed
  6. Stretchable string to seal both ends with bottle locks in no time
  7. Rigorous testing with in-house photographers’ equipment
  8. Also prevents dust from sneaking in
  9. Available in black color to protect your expensive equipment from prying eyes

Size and Price:

  1. Extra Small: Rs 500.00 (Good for 100mm range of lenses)
  2. Small: Rs 600.00 (Good for 70-200mm range of lenses)
  3. Medium Rs 700.00 (Good for 80-400mm, 100-400mm range of lenses)
  4. Large: Rs 800.00 (Good for 200-400mm, 500mm, 600 mm range of lenses)

Complete details available at www.naturelounge.in. For orders, send in your requirements to “natureloungein(at) gmail (dot) com


Unique July month in 2011

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This year, July has 5 Fridays, 5 Saturdays and 5 Sundays. This happens once every 823 years.


Sharing a frame with Dr John Warnock

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In one the recent technology summits by Adobe, I was lucky to share a frame with Dr John Warnock.

Dr John Warnock and myself

Dr John Warnock and myself

Dr John Warnock along with Chuck Geschke started Adobe in 1982.


India Tiger census 2011 show 15% rise in population

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Tiger journey from 1411 to 1706!
There are good news from Environment and Forests Minister Jairam Ramesh releasing an increased figure of Tiger count in India.
It is the first time the tiger mapping was done in Sunderbans using camera traps, after which certain tigers were collared as well.
Below information is sourced from NDTV.com
Highlights of Tiger census 2010-11:
  • Population estimate of tigers at 1706, up by 295
  • Tiger estimate in Shivalik-Gangetic plains: 353, up by 56
  • Tiger population estimate in Central and Eastern Ghats: 601
  • Tiger population estimate in Western Ghats: 534, up by 132
  • Estimate in Brahmaputra flood plains, North-east hills: 148, up by 48
  • Tiger population estimate in Sunderbans: 70

UPDATE:
The official actual count has been released as 1636.There are 39 Tiger reserves in India and about 30% of the tiger population is outside this territory.

  1. The southern state of Karnataka shows the maximum rise in Tigers with the figure at 320. Tiger enthusiasts, please head to the state of Karnataka and get ready for a  visual treat!
  2. Total of 550 tigers were captured via the camera traps
  3. Total expenditure for the census was about 9.1 crore.

More facts and details on the official figure can be read here.


Movie review: I am number four

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John is an extra terrestrial human like creature living a nomadic life hiding his true identity. He is amongst a series of countable people alive from a different planet. They are being slowly killed one by one and he is the fourth in series. Unknown of the others, he is guarded by a person whom the world knows as his father. He is the guardian angel for John from the race trying to eliminate the existence of his species.

Running away to save himself and his race, he reaches the city of Ohio as a student in the college meeting up with a female photographer and grows close to her. He is always under strict observation in college with a “check” call every hour with absolute control to not expose his super powers. The city of Ohio turns into a battlefield where he is identified by the enemies.

A not so engaging experience with the fighting and super fast run chases. I felt the camera work could have been done better in cases where motion was involved as it resulted in strained eyes. The effects were good on occasions like the breathing through the alien like organs near nose for super senses. It ends unlike a melodramatic sequence where he takes off to a new destination with a newly found friend and number 6 in the series of race.

If you have some time at hand and have nothing to do, it is a good watch with not much thinking with high intensity. The camera work is nice with the landscape shots with vast expanse of green grasslands. At times there are interesting surprises around to add some spice to the movie and keep the audience engrossed.