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Humankind has always been curious about the mysteries of the Universe and of what lies beyond. The need to see and capture the night sky with its resplendent elements has given rise to astrophotography. Chiiz hosted an astrophotography workshop in the quaint hills of Majkhali. This astrophotography workshop called ‘Sky Photo Trip’ was exactly that- a trip to the night…

Photographing Star Trails: Part 4

Ajay TalwarJune 28, 2019

Post Processing of Star Trail Images Here’s my workflow post-processing of Star Trail images. I empty the storage card of all the cameras onto the desktop, and into the solid state drive so that the processing of a large number of files is quick. There are always many sets of star trails that Neelam & me have captured on site.…

TIPS & TRICK TOURS WORKSHOPS

Photographing Star Trails: Part 3

Ajay TalwarJune 27, 2019

Method of Star Trail Photography Star trails are mesmerising. It is as if the spirals made of bright stars are trapping people’s eyes. You’re showing something remarkable to the world. Something that’s happening out there, in the universe, but no one can see with the naked eye: In your endeavour to shoot star trails, you are on a beautiful location,…

TIPS & TRICK TOURS WORKSHOPS

Photographing Star Trails: Part 2

mukesh@chiiz.comJune 26, 2019

The first part of the series ‘Photographing Star Trails’ dealt with an introduction and prerequisites of star trail photography. While the star trails photography looks amazingly easy to capture, there is a lot of planning that goes behind creating those stunning images that make everyone go “Wow!”. The travails and travels of star trail photos A surprisingly satisfying amount of…

TIPS & TRICK TOURS WORKSHOPS

Photographing Star Trails: Part 1

Ajay TalwarJune 25, 2019

Every photographer, at some point or the other, has thought of capturing one of those hypnotic star trail images. What most of us fail to understand is that a star trail requires more than just long exposures. Here is a brief introduction to star trails and the prerequisites to capture them. What is a Star Trail? Many people see a…