Photoblog - Suprada Urval

White Mountain Sunset

Suprada — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:46:59 +0000

Sunset on White Mountain, View from above Barcroft Station, California

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In August (2011), I attended a workshop – “Dark of the Night Star Photography”. This was organized by the Pt. Reyes National Seashore Association and the instructors were the really good Harold Davis, Steven Christenson and Eric Harness. (Side Note: Check this interview I did with Harold Davis a while back – its an awesome read.)

On Day 2 of the workshop, we drove up to the Barcroft Research Station at 12500ft, and got a tour of the facility. After that we hiked up about 3/4th of a mile to a view point to see sunset on white mountain. I made it up there with difficult due to a bad case of altitude sickness. However once up there, I recovered pretty fast. It was a spectacular sunset.

Technical Details:

Camera: Canon EOS 50D 15.1MP Digital SLR Camera
Exposure: 1/20 at f/14.0
Focal Length: 40mm
Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f4.0 L
ISO: 1250
WB: Daylight
Date: August 27, 2011

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Bristlecone Pine and Blue Skies

Suprada — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:47:00 +0000

Bristlecone Pine and Blue Skies, Patriarch Grove, Ancient Bristlecone pines.

In August (2011), I attended a workshop – “Dark of the Night Star Photography”. This was organized by the Pt. Reyes National Seashore Association and the instructors were the really good Harold Davis, Steven Christenson and Eric Harness. (Side Note: Check this interview I did with Harold Davis a while back – its an awesome read.)

On this workshop, we stayed at the Crooked Creek Research Station at 10,200 feet altitude. The accomodation was good – clean, warm. Not your luxury accommodation you would find at a five star hotel, but dorm style with very clean bathrooms, and beds, and a heater and with a very nice view – just perfect for people on a photography workshop.

The point of the workshop – of course was night photography. However, one afternoon, my room mate (for the workshop) Debbie and I drove up to Patriarch grove to enjoy the place in daylight. This was a photograph taken then.

Technical Details:

Camera: Canon EOS 50D 15.1MP Digital SLR Camera
Exposure: 1/125 at f/16.0
Focal Length: 24mm
Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f4.0 L
ISO: 100
WB: Daylight
Date: August 28, 2011

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Bristlecone Pine Star Trail

Suprada — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 03:32:33 +0000

Star Trail midst the Bristlecone pines, Patriarch Grove, Ancient Bristlecone pines.

Here is the star trail at the Bristlecone Pine – White Mountains in California.

The classroom area was pretty nice and comfortable as well. We did have intermittent cell phone service (AT&T and Verizon) in some areas. We also had satellite Internet and wifi – though only from 2.00am till 9.30am – which really sucked. I do wish we had 24 hr internet access.

The point of the workshop – of course was night photography. We went to Patrirach Grove on Friday night, Saturday night and Sunday night. This photograph was taken at the Patriarch grove. It is a stack of about 23 images, hand blended with one more for foreground detail. The different colors of circles in the star trail are due to the different colors of stars. Isn’t that amazing?

Below are some links to tutorials about Star Trails for those interested:
Star Circle Academy star trails – http://blog.starcircleacademy.com/2011/03/star-trail-creation/
Photo extremist – some tricks – http://photoextremist.com/star-trails-tutorial
Another nice tutorial – http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/725769/0

Technical Details:

Camera: Canon EOS 50D 15.1MP Digital SLR Camera
Exposure: 30s (aperture manual)
Focal Length: 8mm
Lens: Peleng 8mm f3.5 Fisheye for Canon
ISO: 1600
WB: Daylight
Date: August 28, 2011

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Milky Way and Bristlecone Pine

Suprada — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:20:08 +0000

Milky Way, Patriarch Grove, Ancient Bristlecone pines.

Here is another photograph of the Milky way at the Bristlecone Pine – White Mountains in California.

This August (2011), I attended a workshop – “Dark of the Night Star Photography”. This was organized by the Pt. Reyes National Seashore Association and the instructors were the really good Harold Davis, Steven Christenson and Eric Harness. (Side Note: Check this interview I did with Harold Davis a while back – its an awesome read.)

The point of the workshop – of course was night photography. We went to Patrirach Grove on Friday night, Saturday night and Sunday night. This photograph was taken on the last night at the Patriarch grove. I really wanted to get a shot of the milky way and here it is!

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The Milky Way

Suprada — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:19:38 +0000

Milky Way, Patriarch Grove, Ancient Bristlecone pines.

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Fire Dragon (Fire Dancers – 15)

Suprada — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 23:46:47 +0000

Fire Dancers, Surfers Museum, Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk.

On Sunday Oct 23, I went for a photo shoot with the Bay Area Night Photography meetup group. The plan was to shoot the Santa Cruz beach boardwalk amusement park at around sunset. While there, the organizers told us about this event – a bunch of fire-dancers were supposed to dance with fire on the lawns of the Surfing Museum near Light House Field State Park on Cliff drive.

Other posts in this series:
Fire Dancers – 1 : http://www.suprada.com/photoblog/archives/1873
Fire Dancers – 2 : http://www.suprada.com/photoblog/archives/1876
Fire Dancers – 3 : http://www.suprada.com/photoblog/archives/1880
Fire Dancers – 4 : http://www.suprada.com/photoblog/archives/1883
Fire Dancers – 5 : http://www.suprada.com/photoblog/archives/1890
Fire Dancers – 6 : http://www.suprada.com/photoblog/archives/1894
Fire Dancers – 7 : http://www.suprada.com/photoblog/archives/1898

Fire Dancers – 8 : http://www.suprada.com/photoblog/archives/1902
Fire Dancers – 9 : http://www.suprada.com/photoblog/archives/1904
Fire Dancers – 10 : http://www.suprada.com/photoblog/archives/1906
Fire Dancers – 11 : http://www.suprada.com/photoblog/archives/1910
Fire Dancers – 12 : http://www.suprada.com/photoblog/archives/1912
Fire Dancers – 13 : http://www.suprada.com/photoblog/archives/1914
Fire Dancers – 14 : http://www.suprada.com/photoblog/archives/1916

Technical Details:

Camera: Canon EOS 50D 15.1MP Digital SLR Camera
Exposure: 2s (aperture manual)
Focal Length: 85mm
Lens: Rokinon 85M-C 85mm F1.4 Aspherical
ISO: 100
WB: Daylight
Date: October 23, 2011

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Looking On

Suprada — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 07:50:59 +0000

Looking On, San Diego

I was in a restaurant sometime last week, alone enjoying my pizza and beer. I also had my new Olympus E-PL3 with the Konica Hexanon 40mm f1.8 on it. With the tilting LCD, it was easy to pretend to be not taking photos while taking photos. I never realized what a tough job being a hostess in a restaurant is… Everybody is there eating, drinking enjoying, while they have to stand by the door hungry and cold and bored… Tough job indeed!

Technical Details:

Camera: Olympus E-PL3
Exposure: 1/15s (manual aperture at f 1.8, manual focus)
Focal Length: 40mm
Lens: Konica Hexanon AR 40mm f1.8
ISO: 400

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Fire Dancers – 14

Suprada — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 06:32:30 +0000

Fire Dancers, Surfers Museum, Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk.

Technical Details:

Camera: Canon EOS 50D 15.1MP Digital SLR Camera
Exposure: 1s at F/8
Focal Length: 50mm
Lens: Canon EF 50mm F1.8
ISO: 100
WB: Daylight
Date: October 23, 2011

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Chameleon in Modhera – Happy 2012

Suprada — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:29:57 +0000

My my! 2012 is already here – 16 days ago! And here I am still posting old old photos

2011 was a pretty good year photographically. I shot a lot of images I really liked. However it really sucked for photo editing – and writing posts – and letting the world know what I was upto photographically (yeah yeah..I know the world hardly cares…) I am so tempted to say that 2012 is going to be different, that I will post regularly, that I will keep my editing on par with what I shoot…

2011 was a fun year for phtography – I started having fun with photography again shooting with the camera on my phone (Samsung Galaxy SII) and using different photos apps – I fell in love with the wide angle lens in the camera. And then I went and bought the Olympus E-PL3 and now, I’m shooting with all manual Konica Hexanon prime lenses with a Micro Four thirds adaptor – go figure…and I’m totally enjoying it. I went so far as to leave my Canon 50D at home and took the Olympus on my trip to India and Thailand in December. And now, I am having traitorous thoughts about abandoning my Canon system all together – we’ll see how it goes.

And if I get down it, I will write a post on this whole Olympus system plus Konica lenses (yes – I ended up buying a few ) craze.

For 2012, I have the following projects in mind – one is a series called “The Pigeons of Modhera” – photographs taken in the Sun Temple of Modhera, Gujarat in Dec 2011. Another one on my list is to submit photographs of Gogol, and photographs from my ‘After Sunset” ebook and try to get published. Three goals for the year – achievable, I hope.

So, I’ll leave you with a new photo shot in December before I resum,e the older posts . The below photo is taken with the Konica hexanon 50mm f1.7 lens in Modhera, India.
Technical Details:

Camera: Olympus E-PL3
Exposure: 1/320s (aperture manual – f1.7)
Focal Length: 50mm
Lens: Konica Hexanon AR 50mm f1.7
ISO: 200
WB: Daylight
Date: December 17, 2011 (India Time)

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Fire Dancers – 9

Suprada — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:19:36 +0000

Fire Dancers, Surfers Museum, Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk.

Fire Dancers – 5 : http://www.suprada.com/photoblog/archives/1890
Fire Dancers – 6 : http://www.suprada.com/photoblog/archives/1894
Fire Dancers – 7 : http://www.suprada.com/photoblog/archives/1898
Fire Dancers – 8 : http://www.suprada.com/photoblog/archives/1902

Technical Details:

Camera: Canon EOS 50D 15.1MP Digital SLR Camera
Exposure: 1/6s at F/6.3
Focal Length: 50mm
Lens: Canon EF 50mm F1.8
ISO: 100
WB: Daylight
Date: October 23, 2011

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