Casting The Net

It is always a delight to witness a scene like this and happiness manifolds when one can photograph it. I was following this boat for quite sometime, knowing for sure that the fisherman will cast off his net. With One eye in the viewfinder I kept following the boat for about 20 minutes and when I was about to give up, the net was cast and I was more than willing to click the shutter. Since the light was in the background I kept exposure on auto and pattern metering, knowing that it would underexpose the boat creating a Silhouette effect. Just like I wanted.

Awaiting Dusk

What amused me was the colour of the sky, pretty unnatural , more pinkish than red and it really looked cool.

Once in A Blue moon

Photographed this moon in Twilight with Light setting on Fluorescent.

Greased Lightning

Well, how did I manage this picture? First find a Dry location to keep the camera, cos Lighting and rain generally go hand in hand.Then Locate the Cumulonimbus cloud that creates the Bolts. Then focus the camera in that direction , keep the shutter open to the maximum duration possible with the camera (in this case 30 sec) and click, if a bolt hits at this time viola, u got a picture, Else try try and try again. Its Ideal to have a location far away from city lights , moonless night. In this case the picture was taken in the middle of the India ocean. Ideally suited for a shot like this.
Ride Into the Lightning- This was Photographed in the Malacca straits. The bright light is the stern of another ship, on close inspection you can see that she is being hit by one of the lightning Bolts

Ride the Lightning

These were captured off Minicoy Isalnd in the Lakshdweep.

City Lights Hong Kong

the lights of Hong Kong are masked by Smog or Mist and after 9Pm most of the lights are turned off as the offices close down. So i had a small window period to get this Picture. The mist dimmed the light and hence required longer exposure. But longer exposure created problems on a ship which was rolling slighty. The solution was to Boost the ISO levels , here I increased it to 200 and shuter speed of 1.2 sec

Blue Dusk

The Cyan effect was achieved by selecting the White Balance setting as Fluorescent light. The picture was taken While the Ship was Underway and hence could not increase the exposure level to create the flow effect of water. Exp 1/15 sec.