Author name: Satish

Photographer, blogger, traveller. Addicted to yoga. Alumnus of College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram and Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai. Born in /Kerala. Resident of Mumbai.

Low Tide

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The challenge here for me was to get the composition right so that I could depict vastness of the beach. I positioned the boat towards the bottom left corner. From there, the eye is drawn by the water line towards the far distance. It also helped that there were no people in the frame.

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Low Tide
Location

The location is Kalamb beach near Nallasopara in Maharashtra. The beach extends for a few kilometres. At low tide, it is quite wide. There are not many tourists at the beach so usually it is not crowded.

Camera Info

It was sunny and bright when I took the shot. So I could afford to use a shutter speed of 1/800 sec. Focal length was 33 mm and aperture was set to f/6.3.

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Translucence

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It was a sunny evening at the beach. Although it was close to 5 pm, the sun was still shining brightly. The challenge here was to get the exposure right since  I was directing the camera at the sun.

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Location

Location is Kalamb beach near Vasai in Maharashtra. Kalamb is also not far from Nallasopara station on Western Railway. It is a beautiful beach. The sand here has a grey colour, may be because of the minerals in it. The beach is very wide at low tide, but the water comes in a quite a bit when the tide is high.

Technical Data

I used a high shutter speed of 1/4000 sec. to get the exposure right. The active focal point was on the boat so that it retained details and was not just a silhouette. I used evaluative metering in RAW format. Flash was not fired.

 

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Road to Kalamb Gaon

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This is a recent photo taken near Vasai. The road was straight and empty. The sun was going down. The sky was clear but for clouds low on the horizon. It was a good time to shoot the photo.

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Road to Kalamb Beach
Location

The road connects Vasai and Nallasopara. Near Nallasopara is Kalamb Gaon where there is a beautiful beach.

Camera Info

I shot the image with my Canon PowerShot S110 camera. It is a small camera and can be easily carried in the pocket. It has many advanced features and one among them is the ability to shoot in RAW format. I chose RAW format for this picture. This resulted in better highlights in the clouds and nicer colours. I have shown the JPEG version below and you can see the differences.

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 I shot in manual mode with an aperture of f/8 and shutter speed of 1/60 sec. ISO speed rating was 80.

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Airport Tower Mumbai

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The new ATC tower in Mumbai was commissioned last month. At 83.8 metres, it is as tall as a 30-storey building. It is now the tallest airport tower in India and gives a 360 degree view with five-mile visibility. The new ATC has the capacity to handle 46 flight operations per hour.

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Airport-Tower Mumbai
Location

The ATC tower is in front of the domestic terminal at Santa Cruz. It stands tall above the terminal building. The evening sun lit up the building very well. When I took the shot, I was mid way between Jet Airways and Indian Airlines arrival halls.

Camera Data

I made use of my new Canon PowerShot S 110 camera for capturing the image. The aperture was f/3.2 and I was able to use a fast shutter speed of 1/1000 sec. Focal length was 8.0 mm and ISO speed 100.

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Churchgate Fast

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Local trains in Mumbai carry more than 7.24 million passengers every day. The passenger density is unparalleled in any city railway system. The entire route is electrified and there are trains running every 3-4 minutes during peak hours.

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Location

The shot was taken in Vasai. The train was headed to Churchgate which is the last station in Western Railway on South Mumbai side. At the other end is Virar. Services in Western Railway have been now extended from Virar to Dahanu.

Technical Data

Shutter speed was 1/500 sec. at f/3.3.  Focal length was 9.3 mm at an ISO speed of 100.

You can see the photo on my photostream in Flickr.

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