Behind the lens

a blog every Friday on a specific species of animal or bird and stories of photos

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Landscape, Infrared Photography Siddhartha Mukherjee Landscape, Infrared Photography Siddhartha Mukherjee

The Beauty of Infrared Photography

One of the most charming contrasting color effects you can get in photography is by using infrared. An easy way to understand near-infrared light is to think of it as the color of the rainbow next to red, a color that is invisible to the human eye. But near-infrared is not the same as thermal imaging which is far-infrared. What I have done here in my photographs is leverage the near-infrared spectrum and have tried to provide a look into an invisible world present in the visible around us. #wildartworks, #infraredphotography, #longexposurephotography

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Wildlife, Bird Photography Siddhartha Mukherjee Wildlife, Bird Photography Siddhartha Mukherjee

Blakiston's Fish Owl/ Blackiston’s Eagle Owl

Blakiston’s fish owls, the largest living species of #owls in the world, an endangered species that lives in some of the hardest-to-reach corners of northeast Asia. There are thought to be less than 1000 pairs of these birds remaining in the wild, with very few individuals held in captivity. Found only in northeast Asia, this secretive species has a fragmented distribution in the remote forests of Hokkaido in northern Japan, the Russian Far East, and northeastern China. #wildartworks, #Bubo_blakistoni, #birdinginthewild, #birdphotography, #nature, #wildlife, #raptor, #owl, #endangered

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Astrophotography Siddhartha Mukherjee Astrophotography Siddhartha Mukherjee

Man, on the Moon

The Moon with every man landing mapped!

Some time back I had photographed the full #Moon and realised all the landing spots were visible. So I decided to plot all the 6 human moon landings and map them out on the image and put it together as a video. Incidentally all of these were, I think, on the near side of the Moon. I wonder where the 7th will be?

#wildartworks, #moonlanding, #apolloprogram, #manonthemoon

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Astrophotography Siddhartha Mukherjee Astrophotography Siddhartha Mukherjee

Jupiter and its Moons

#Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest in the Solar System. It is one of the brightest objects visible to the naked eye in the night sky, and has been known to ancient civilizations since before recorded history. It is named after the Roman god Jupiter. 

There are many interesting #moons orbiting the planet, but the ones of most scientific interest are the first four moons discovered beyond Earth — the #GalileanSatellites. They can be glimpsed with binoculars, a telescope, a dslr and lens

#wildartworks, #Jupiter, #GalileanMoons, #Satellites, #Astrophotography

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