Steel test

My dad has worked for more than 30 years in a Steel plant and surprisingly, I have never ventured inside to see his environs though I know that they have made him the hardened man that he is (pun intended).
I was testing the hardyness of my S5IS to perform in this dusty, hot surrounding. I got a chance to carry it through a lot of situations. I list the departments and the challenges they pose

• The Sinter plant - red oxide dust of ... microns with a density of ... basically u turn red if u just stand half hour there.

• Blast Furnace - The hottest place in the plant obviously to combine various components of the alloy to make steel.

• Rolling Mills -  A little less hot than hell, where steel is shaped into sheets, rods, rails etc. However there is too much Infra-red around that can melt a camera which is not watercooled like your body. IR also affects ur shots.

• Coke Ovens - Straight out of a Noir comic in looks, this place is where the coal is made worthy of being put in the furnace. Carbon dust is anywhere, even in your lungs within five minutes.

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Rainbow with Polariser

On my trip to Bihar for the Eclipse I was carrying my self made polariser. The purpose had been to take pics of the corona's polarised light. Of course the rains having just given us a raw deal (but a lucky peek at the eclipse too), we could not take those pics. However, during the train trip  back, We saw his amazing double rainbow out of the window and I attempted some shots from the moving train. I experimented with the polariser too and here are the results.

Nanda Devi Panorama

Rarerly does one get an occasion that deserves only a pan shot and nothing else. Today, me and some students from Aarohi took an early cab to reach the Nainital observatory in the morning. Turning around a bend we were treated to this amazing sight of teh Nanda Devi range. I got just that and the pan turned out to be really good. I have tried photoshop and the Canon photomerge tools both and I find the Canon one better.