This is the first Star-Trail photography workshop that I conducted. Wonderful location, food and super enthusiastic participants. We had Star gazing sessions through my telescope, tea/coffee and lot of star trail images till 3.30 am in the morning. Photo on the left is by one of the participant, Shalmali Kale. To see all images read on..

My next Star Trail photography workshop is scheduled on 22-23 Feb 2014 in Pune. Details here

Pollen grain dispertion

I feel images are made first in your mind and the camera simply translates your imagination. This is a photograph of pollen grain dispersion from a grass blade. This grass is found all around the area in my region. For naked eyes the pollen grains appear to be like a white powder falling off from the seeds when you tap the grass blades. I first visualized this image in my mind and planned the technique. Used a off-camera flash to freeze the pollens mid air. I visited the forest area for two consecutive days to get the perfect picture which was technically perfect and more importantly, aesthetically pleasing. Click on the image for a larger view.

After using mouse heavily on a computer generally the left click gets damaged and inadvertently double clicks.

To fix this problem I followed these steps:

Comet Lovejoy is currently high up in the morning sky visible through binoculars. Here is the skymap for next 2 days. Click on the thumbnail for larger view.