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Canon EF-S 24mm f/2.8 STM Lens Pancake Lens

canon pancake lenses are small but highly valued tools.it's small in size and also less expensive and worth for the price ,  Specifications   Pancake lenses are smaller in size and light weigted  but pictures are clean and sharp, good for quick snaps ,  recomended for street photography. Canon EF-S 24mm f/2.8 STM Pancake Specifications   focal length conversion 38.4 mm  1 piece using high-precision glass molded aspherical lens  full-time manual focus  shortest shooting distance is 0.16 M  maximum magnification is 0.27X 22.8 mm thickness Weight 125g Build Quality Although its small but its build quality is reasonably high , with having a metal mount. but rest of the body seems to be plasticy  Picture Quality It's Appature is not high as expected but pictures are sharp and detailed, and its a wide angle lens good for panaromas and landscape shots and also for street photography. can find some of the pictures from flicker pool u

Little monk shining a begging bowl

This was taken in Ampara , Sri Lanka, Main Town in Ampara District and one of the major cities in Eastern Province Sri Lanka. and the place was Bddhangala temple.Buddangala temple located little far from Ampara town and it's nearly a 45 mins journey from the town. Buddhangala Temple is clearly a sight to visit in Ampara , located on top of a little cliff and surrounding is amazing on the way to temple. Normally in Sri Lanka , monks don't go around the village for to get foods like in Thailand or Myanmar.but Sri Lankan monks will use these beggin bowls to eat their foods during local arms giving s, and this little monk is shining a copper begging bowl using braso, 

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5 Tips for Gothic Photography ( with Images)

Tip 1  Colour Control When doing Gothic photography colours have major role to play , because there are certain colours that can emphasize the gothicness within the picture .It's not the colours you see in your day to day life , thus it's far beyond from reality and some where along side with fantasy , but not every Gothic art is fantasy there are many situations where reality it self giving the Goth effects , examples like , Misty mountain ranges , pinkish sun set , ...etc. but mostly the colours are grey/ash/black and plus any  saturated single colour like Purple,Red,Green,Blue ,  Tip 2 Location Next best factor would be a suitable location , not all of the places you see are look haunted but there are certain places that do , such as monuments, old buildings , abounded places ... etc. and even the place wasn't that gothy, you can make it by taking the shot in a artistic way such as focusing on a tree branch or capturing a window would give some haun

Canon 5D Mark IV

Canon announced 5Dmark iii way back in 2012 and they released it on the same year  and its now been a lengthy cycle without an update for the 5D series , so most probably there will be a 5D mark iv in early 2015 to replace this full frame giant from canon . Canon 5D Mark IV 5D mark iii specs ( 2012) Sensor Resolution 22.3 Megapixel Optical Sensor Type CMOS Total Pixels 23,400,000 pixels pixels Effective Sensor Resolution 22,300,000 pixels pixels Optical Sensor Size 24 x 36mm Field of View Crop Factor 1.0 Sensor Dust Reduction Yes Sensor Features EOS Integrated Cleaning System Image Processor Dual DIGIC 5+ Auto Focus TTL phase detection Auto Focus Points (Zones) Qty 61 AE/AF Control Predictive AI Servo AF Face Detection Live Face detection AF mode Digital Video Format MOV Image Recording Format RAW + JPEG Max Video Resolution 1920 x 1080 AV Interfaces composite video/audio Although another fact for canon to release 5Dmark iii is that l

Nuwara Eliya Sri Lanka

During the colonial era , it was called by "Little England" because of its unique climates which is different from most of Sri lank-an city climates. Nuwara Eliya town was founded in the 19th century by the British,  Even after the Colonial period still the remaining s of the buildings features the Architectural aspects of Colonial period , and even most of the new building still tries to retain the old glory as well. Probably the best time to visit Nuwara Eliya would be April-May Season and August -September , where the flowers blooms. Activities / Places Horse Riding Boat Riding Local Foods Flower Gardens ( Victoria & Haggala) Water falls  and there are mainly two ways to get to the City , one is via Colombo -Kandy road  and other is to travel from Awissawella -Haton -Nuwara Eliya  Village Life of Nuwara Eliya Village life of Nuwara Eliya mainly scattered around local plantation of Tea , which is one of the best in the world and their life is

Canon 5D Mark IV & Canon 1Dx mark ii ( Canon Rumours )

Canon 5D mark iii and Canon 1Dx both p ro level cameras from Canon  are more likely to be replaced in 2015 , 5D mark iii which was introduced in 2012 is to be replaced first and the 1Dx will soon follow which was introduced on 2013 , both cameras will have the new advanced sensor technology. Normally Canon continuing to have lengthy update cycles for their high end pro series cameras but as the 7D mark ii ( the replacement of the 7D ) these two full frame pro cameras will have their successors in next year ,   Canon 1Dx    Canon 5D mark iii Canon road map of DSLR cameras