Behind the lens

a blog every Friday on a specific species of animal or bird and stories of photos

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Dark Skies of Gundala

There are few views as awe-inspiring as seeing the Milky Way from a dark site. If someone unfamiliar with it sees a picture of the milky way without a terrestrial reference point, they might assume it was taken with a telescope. But the scale of the milky way is huge!

Once again in collaboration with HyTiCos I was at the Gond village of Gundala in north Telangana. The light pollution here is a Bortle 2 and allows for some beautiful views of the night sky. Read more in the Blog.

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Stork-billed Kingfisher

A massive tree kingfisher widely but sparsely distributed in the tropical Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. It sports a large scarlet bill, olive-brown head with dark green-blue upperparts & buff underparts. Its regular contact call is a loud laughing “ka-ka-ka” repeated 6-10 times. It prefers large streams, rivers, and the edges of large water bodies with vegetated banks.

#wildartworks, #Canon, #PromediagearTR424L, #Bird, #Birdinginthewild, #BirdWatching, #Wildlife, #WildBirds, #naturephotography, #your_best_birds, #planetbirds, #earthcapture, #photo_pond, #earthpix, #naturyst, #conservationphotography, #wildlifeonearth, #bbcearth, #natgeowild, #natgeoindia, #animalsofinstagram, @globalcapture, #singapore, #storkbilledkingfisher, #kingfisher, #treekingfisher, #sungeibulohwetlands,

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Milky Way Timelapse - Jaubari

Milky Way timelapses are a timeless way to capture the natural beauty of our galaxy. Milky Way photographs, either stacked or single, can only capture a single moment in time. Whereas a timelapse can provide a real sense of how large and beautiful the band looks as it crosses the night sky in video format. Discover what gear you need, what settings to use for Milky Way time-lapse videos, and tips for how to create a time-lapse.

#wildartworks, #Canon, #PromediagearTR424L, #milkyway, #milkywayphotography, #Longexposure, #ETTR, #ZeroLightPollution, #LongExposureTimelapse, #Timelapse, #MilkyWayTimelapse, #MilkyWayTimelapsevideo, #Astrophotography, #SingalilaRidge, #SingalilaNationalPark, #WildSoundWorks, #Bortle1, #meteors, #Jaubari, #Ilam, #Nepal,

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Multicoloured Star Trails

Continuing from last week, today is about photographing Multicoloured Star Trails on the Singalila Ridge. Late in March I had explored some dark sky sites at Nirmal, in collaboration with HyTiCos, but those were from Light Polluted areas. The Singalila Ridge in contrast is a Bortle 1 Sky which allows for some spectacular multi coloured star trails. Read to know how.

#wildartworks, #Canon, #PromediagearTR424L, #startrails, #multicolouredstartrails, #Longexposure, #ETTR, #LightPollution, #LongExposureTimelapse, #Timelapse, #startrailphotography, #startrails, #Astrophotography, #SingalilaRidge, #SingalilaNationalPark, #WildSoundWorks, #Bortle1, #meteors, #Tumling, #Tonglu,

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