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Astrophotography Siddhartha Mukherjee Astrophotography Siddhartha Mukherjee

Searching for Comets Lemmon & SWAN

What promised to be a spectacular celestial event turned into a cloudy and frustrating two-night affair on Oct 21 and 22. Despite ideal conditions coinciding with the new moon and the Orionid meteor shower, the rare appearance of two distinct comets, C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) and C/2025 R2 (SWAN), was ultimately obscured by inclement weather over areas in and around Hyderabad. The Orionid meteor shower too peaked on the same nights.

#wildartworks #canon #PromediagearTR424L, #naturephotography, #Astrophotography, #c2025A6Lemmon, #c2025R2SWAN, #Comet, #cometphotography, #sunset, #timelapse, #holygrailtimelapse, #daytonighttransition, #daytonighttimelapse, #sunsettimelapse, #october2025, #2025comets, #lemmon, #swan, #cometlemmon, #cometswan, #YenkathalaGrasslands #ramnathgudpalle, #EnkathalaGrasslands, #yenkathala, #Grasslands 

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Timelapse Photography, Landscape Siddhartha Mukherjee Timelapse Photography, Landscape Siddhartha Mukherjee

Kangchendzönga - Sunrise & Sunset Timelapses

Spectacular locations often make for some spectacular photographic opportunities. These timelapses are from the Singalila Ridge - noted for its views of Kanchenjunga and Mount Everest - and feature the Kanchenjunga sleeping Buddha peaks. The Singalila National Park encompasses the ridge.

#wildartworks, #Canon, #PromediagearTR424L, #holygrailtimelapse, #LandscapePhotography, #Longexposure, #ETTR, #Sunrise, #Sunset, #LongExposureTimelapse, #Timelapse, #timelapseplus, #holygrailphotography, #SingalilaRidge, #SingalilaNationalPark, #Tumling, #Tonglu, #Kanchenjunga, #Kangchendzonga, #SleepingBuddhaPeaks, #Sandakphu, #WestBengal

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Panchgani - Holy Grail Timelapse

Spectacular locations often make for some spectacular photographic opportunities. The stunning hill station of Panchgani is one such location which offers a huge array of opportunities. On this trip I spent time doing day to night timelapses - the Holy Grail. A Holy Grail timelapse is a one where you go from day to night or from night to day. It gets the “Holy Grail” epithet because of just how insanely difficult it is to make given how the ambient light changes SO DRAMATICALLY from the beginning up until the end of the shoot. Luckily for us today, camera technology has caught up and it’s made shooting and editing a holy grail timelapse almost as simple as any ordinary timelapse.

#wildartworks, #Canon, #PromediagearTR424L, #holygrailtimelapse, #LandscapePhotography, #Longexposure, #ETTR, #Sunset, #SunsetTimelapse, #LongExposureTimelapse, #Timelapse, #timelapseplus, #holygrailphotography, #Panchgani, #KrishnaRiver, #DhomDam, #MountViewHeritageHotel, #KatesPoint, #SydneyPoint,

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