Cities and monuments the world over struggle with the problems of birds trying to sit on them. The birds leave feathers, twigs, and droppings all over, and can damage the structures. The Jaipur City Palace, otherwise beautiful, does not make any attempt to prevent these pigeons.

Labels: Beautiful, Bird, Jaipur, Palace

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A photo of a ornate and decorated chandelier hanging inside the Jaipur City Palace, inside the audience hall. It looks a bit old now, but one can only imagine how beautiful it would have been when lighted.

Tip (Shooting panoramas vertically rather than horizontally): Shooting panoramas normally is done by shooting the segments in landscape mode; an alternative model is to shoot vertically (in portrait orientation) rather than horizontally (in landscape orientation). It is supposed to have end up in less edge distortion and maybe a better looking panorama overall.

Labels: Beautiful, Jaipur, Light, Objects, Palace, Structure

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Here, you can see the large display of weapons, all mounted on a smooth red wall inside the Jaipur City Palace. The exhibit is a mark of the historical background of the whole region.

Tip (Extent of overlap of the panorama segments): When you are shooting the segments that make up a panorama, you have to decide the overlap for each segment. You should overlap each shot by at least 30 percent. If you are shooting a row of buildings, then the next shot should include the last building that was there in the previous shot. Some cameras provide a panorama mode that displays a portion of the previous shot in the monitor so that you can see where to align the next shot in the series. If your camera doesn’t offer this feature, you need to make a mental note of where each picture ends so that you know where the next picture should begin.

Labels: Exhibit, History, Jaipur, Structure, Weapons

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A photo of a display of swords, arrows and shields inside the Jaipur City Palace. Given the history of the region, where warfare and fighting was common, such a display of weapons is not exceptional.

Tip (Camera supporting exposure lock): Like many camera functions that are not so easily known, many cameras offer an exposure lock function that is overlooked. An exposure lock function is useful for panoramas. The best way of finding out whether your camera has an exposure lock is to review the manual (you might find additional functions while reviewing the manual)

Labels: Display, Exhibit, History, Jaipur, Palace, Structure, Weapons

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The Jaipur City Palace has this inside hall with a smooth marble finish, and where there is a lot of silence. Here, you can see this pigeon slowly walking on the floor of the smooth floor.

Tip (Moving objects in the panorama): Do your best to prevent having moving objects in the shot. They not only distract from the main objects, but can unknowingly appear in another shot. In addition, moving objects can have an effect on the focus.

Labels: Architecture, Bird, Building, Jaipur, Light, Palace, Structure

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From the doorway, you can get a view of the inside of the Jaipur City Palace. The place and structure is so well maintained, you would think that it is painted every few months (and maybe it is being painted every few months, since I don't know enough about its maintenance).

Tip (Consistent focus): Make sure that your focusing is consistent. If you lock the focus on the foreground in one shot, don’t change your approach and decide to focus on the background in the next segment.

Labels: Architecture, Beautiful, Doorway, Jaipur, Palace, Structure

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