I tried my hand to click the night sky at Hail Himalayas this time. The night sky had about a million more stars at Hail Himalayas than I see in the cities. In the city sometimes I have to search really hard to find even a few stars. I have always been fascinated by the night sky in smaller places but before this trip near Shimla I was never able to click them properly. I started drooling as soon as it became dark and the stars came out. However my first attempt was to click the camp at night. As I said before, Hail Himalayas has tented huts. I wish I was skilled enough to click the night sky along with the tents. But this time I got the tents and the stars separately.
It was difficult to be out at night for a long time as it was cold in December in Himachal Pradesh. Everyone at home was apprehensive as to how would I cope with cold. But I managed fine as there was a blower in the tent and they would light a bonfire in the evening. So this is how the camp looked at the night. I was in the second tent of the first row. The bright lights you see are the lamp posts.
These were the millions that came out every night while I was there. I was so happy that I could see once again that how beautiful the night sky looks when there are no harsh lights. Now that I have got a basic hang of clicking the night sky, of course I am going to try it out more and more. I clicked many shots but some I took while I stood close to a lamp post. That is not a good strategy. The 2-3 shots that came out well were those where I went and clicked away from any bright source of light. Also, I thought the camera would not catch the electric wires at night. Of course that was stupid reasoning and I was wrong. Can’t wait to get away to other such places where a million and more stars come out at night.
That second picture…. i loveee
Thank you Shazi.
A million dollar sight I swear! Loved the post!
Thank you Shilpi.
Happy New Year.
Wish you a very happy 2014.
Nice start to night sky captures!
Thank you Niranjan.
Wonderful starry shots!
Thank you Lady Fi.
Amazing captures.
Thank you Rupam.
Ethereal Captures Mridula…
I loved the way the camp lights look in the photo. How nice it would be if all lights appeared like this to normal sight.
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Preethi if only my camera could see like my eyes! 😀
Oh the second picture is a very clear night shot.Which lenses?
Ankita it is a Tokina 11-16 f2.8 😀
The pictures are so alluring. The night starry sky shot is a rare picture.
Thank you Rama.
Great shot! Night photography is little tricky. You need to have a good sturdy Tripod and need to turn your camera into Bulb mode. If your camera does not have, put in Manual mode and expose it for 30 seconds or so. Normally, I expose for a 30 and sometimes up to a 1 minute.
Thank you Rajesh for the tips. Am going to try it more and more.
The night sky with the stars…so beautiful Mridula!
Thank you Aditi.
That is beautiful Mri! Its like being in the milky way 🙂
Thank you Pallavi. 😀
Lovely captures!
Thank you Chitra.
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I love those star gazing
amazing
cheers!!
Thank you Aparna. I am going to make it a habit.
Unbelievably beautiful shots, Mridula! Breathtaking…
Thank you Amit.
Learning night photography is on top of my wishlist this year !
I would also love to capture some shots like you have done.
Samanvay if you use a SLR it is not that difficult. Just Google it.
wow…..the Second pic is just fantabulous ….i can spend the entire night just gazing at the sky ….
It was way too cold in December in Himachal Pradesh to do that 😀 Just kidding, I know what you are saying.