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Sunday, 22 February 2009

Some Sunset Snaps
Category: Nature 'n Landscapes

Early summer is the best time for sunset snaps. Now that I've moved to a new apartment in Ulsoor / Halasuru with a nice terrace, its become even more easy:

I guess, the bird in the picture is a crow ... and hopefully it looks prettier than a crow :) The pic is taken using the Canon EF 400mm f/5.6L telephoto lens, handheld, full manual mode, f/32, 1/4000s and ISO-100. In short, the sun was pretty bright when I took this shot and I used the tiniest aperture and the shortest shutter available! Being a prime lens, the lens should not have any chromatic abberation even @ f/32. Even if it is there, I didnt have any other options :(

In the second picture, the bird is an eagle :) With the sun settling among the trees, I used a slightly longer exposure - 1/3200s. Every other stays same as the first picture. Both the pics are as it is, except for a 60% crop (3888px to 2400px).

I am planning to post more sunset pictures in the next few days! Some from my weekend trek to Vavul Mala and some more from the terrace.

Posted by usandeep at 12:01 AM

Updated: Tuesday, 10 March 2009 10:36 AM

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Wednesday, 4 March 2009 - 9:44 PM

Name: "Dhanya"
Home Page: http://itsmyownspace.blogspot.com/

wow both pics are fantastic :)

n u moved to Ulsoor? So can I say we are neighbours now ;)

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Saturday, 7 March 2009 - 11:18 PM

Name: "Sridevi R"

Sandeep,

I am reminded of these lines from ‘Hawk Roosting’ by Ted Hughes

“The sun is behind me.
Nothing has changed since I began.
My eye has permitted no change.
I am going to keep things like this.”

I don’t know what is more majestic…the sun or the bird! I have always dreamed of taking such a picture. But when the sun is red and round…the birds are not around...or I am elsewhere. So this has indirectly fulfilled my wish. Thanks.

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Tuesday, 10 March 2009 - 10:04 AM

Name: "Mridula"
Home Page: http://www.gonomad.com/traveltalesfromindia/

Lovely sunset pictures Sandeep. I specially liked the first one. And as you said, even if it is a crow it looks pretty indeed!

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Wednesday, 25 March 2009 - 12:57 PM

Name: "sandeep"
Home Page: http://usandeep.com

Dhanya: Thnx neighbour!

Sridevi: Its a small window for a few days in Feb - March. The sky was clear of clouds and birds were around for a few minutes before sunset ... I just got lucky :) U'll get it too!

Mridula: I wud've liked a tiger, elephant or a camel as the foreground ;-) But I'll take the crow for now :)

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