Rajesh Kharat

I love myself.

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\ Excursion - 03 \ with @pushkar98_ ____________________________ #541 #556+3(+101) •• Time: 0740hrs \\ July 25th, 2020 Location: 18.6684017, 73.7700069 × . ÷ = * & ^ . #nigdi #pune #igpune #testing #fade #numberified_rajsh #itonecurves_rajsh #itonecurves (at Bhakti Shakti Garden, Nigadi Pune) https://www.instagram.com/p/CE0ghMYDiJI/?igshid=1gxbloghjj4vv

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\ Repost - 04 \ Reposting because the difference is day and night, and this photo is a significant one, in terms of my ability to process it. It had a lot of purple-green blotches, I used Siril to remove them to some extent and then a little more in Photoshop. This is the second time I was taking photos, hoping I'd get galaxy in frame, cause I had unknowingly got it partially while capturing Scorpius constellation. There was a constant thin layer of haze and some clouds at the end of the session. Image 2: single image (680 of these) Image 3: comparision with old photo - post #519 Slide 4: transition from single to stacked linear to final Details: Stacked-Untracked SS- 2.5secs ISO- 1000 D7200 - 35mm @ f2.0 Total number of images: 681 Software: Sequator, SIRIL, Photoshop, Starnet++, Darktable ___________________________ #538 #534(+100) •• Time: 0052hrs \\ May 29th, 2020 Location: PUNE, MH, India + H _ * . . #astrophotography #astrophotographyindia #pune #punecity #d7200 #nikond7200 #nikon #nikonindia #nebulae #milkyway #milkywaychasers #milkywaygalaxy #repost #reprocess #siril #sequator (at PUNE पुणे MH 12) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEgVPvBDZe5/?igshid=zxu79cpl02f4

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\ Repost - 03 \ Milkyway along with Andromeda Again there was Milkyway Galaxy in the photo and I took it as artifact!!!? Damn! Galaxy is very grainy, as some aggressive processing had to be done to bring it out. Image 2: single raw (750 of these) Image 3: ran the image in nova.astrometry.net Image 4&5: comparison with old post #527 Details: Stacked SS- 3 seconds ISO- 1250 Number of frames: 750 Software: Sequator and Photoshop, Darktable ___________________________________ #536 #532(+99) •• Time: 0302hrs \\ June 24th, 2020 . . . . . #m31 #andromeda #moon #comparision #processing #nikon #nikond7200 #astrophotography #astrophotographyindia #astrometry #cassiopeia https://www.instagram.com/p/CEWmzR8Dybx/?igshid=48b59xwaswdw

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\ Repost - 02 \ My first ever proper astrophoto. Reposting because what I thought were stacking artifacts and tried to get rid off, turned out to something major in space - our whole galaxy, and Rho Ophiuchi complex, The blue horse head nebula and what not. Reprocessed it, unaware of what was hiding in plain sight. I'm blown away by everything camera has captured, and on the software side, all the complex stuff that happens in backend available to us as a few sliders! Image 2: single image (849 of these) Image 3: comparision with old post #519 and new edit Image 4: a very tight crop of Rho complex in both images Details: Stacked-Untracked SS: 2.5secs ISO: 1000 D7200 -35mm @ f2.0 Total frames integrated: 849 Softwares: Sequator, Photoshop, Lightroom mobile ______________________________ #535 #531(+99) •• Time: 0010hrs-0112hrs\\ May 25th, 2020 Location: Pune, MH, India . , > . . . #milkyway #milkywaychasers #astrophotography #astrophotographyindia #noob #beginner #nikond7200 #nikon #d7200 #night #sky #skyphotography #skywonders #universe #punecity #pune #sequator #igpune #indiapictures #nikonindia #rho #rhoophiuchi #rhocomplex #photoshop #scorpius #scorpiusconstellation #nebulae (at Pune, Maharashtra) https://www.instagram.com/p/CETj10iDaiH/?igshid=hpdhfev07f8k

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\ Smotion 02 \ This, on 18th July. 9 photos. _______________________ #534 #530×1(+98) •• > . . . . . https://www.instagram.com/p/CERz5pEDnde/?igshid=1icgkpok2hka2

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\ Smotion 01 \ I saw clouds taking interesting shape during sunset while waiting for skies to get clear to have a look at comet neowise, on 22nd July. I see a ball transforming into a woman, then child and then a dog, then again a child. . These are 10 images; aligned and rotated all of them to a common part - the orange cloud, in Photoshop. Made the video in DaVinci Resolve. Second image- is an average of all those 10 images. _________________________ #533 #529+1(+98) •• . . . #pink #orange #purple #yellow #goldenhour #blue #sunset #lapse #hyperlapse #clouds #shapes #interesting #reverse #average #davinciresolve #photoshop #lightroom #imagination #d7200 #nikond7200 #nikon https://www.instagram.com/p/CERtU_qDxui/?igshid=846am9bh3c66

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\ Repost - 01 \ Reposting, because the the difference between two, quality wise, is huge. Aesthetically, it can be tuned to whatever we imagine, but details - no. I have hardly done anything to process this image. It was all the camera and softwares. That's it. This is bonkers, in literal sense. Capturing Milky way Galaxy in city was insane enough!! Image 2: Single frame (700 of these) Image 3: comparision with old post (#526 - on left) Image 4: very tight crop of Lagoon Nebula from both images Image 5: another tight crop of Cat's paw and lobster nebula in both Image 6: tighter crop showing details of the two Details: Stacked-Untracked D7200 - 35mm @ F2.0 Shutter speed: 2.5seconds ISO: 1000 Number of total frames: 701 Software: Sequator and Photoshop __________________________ #532 #528(+97) •• Time: 0114hrs \\ June 24, 2020 Location: Pointing South-Westwards . . . . . #milkyway #milkywaychasers #astrophotography #astrophotographyindia #noob #beginner #nikond7200 #nikon #d7200 #night #sky #skyphotography #skywonders #universe #punecity #pune #sequator #igpune #indiapictures #nikonindia https://www.instagram.com/p/CENHxLEDo4c/?igshid=kvcy4i4moxsn

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// Pleiades Star cluster - Venus in same photo Venus: bright round object Pleiades: little above it towards left The approx similar positioning of Venus and Pleiades won't be until year 2255 Same 250 shots gave two different results!! Edits are different too. Probably best "at-the-right-time-in-the-right-place" shots I have got. I literally did nothing for these images except for processing them. But I now have an idea for something different. First image: I first put the 250 images in Deep Sky Stacker, and set it in a way to stack all 100% of them,.. let it run for about 2-3 hours.. and wake up to this (I had to process it to this, actually) Second image: I figured, I wasn't getting the Pleiades Star Cluster properly so made a star trail out of it. Edited it to this point. Details: ISO: 1000 SS: 2.5secs Frames: 250 Total time: 37mins 35mm, Nikon D7200 Software: Deep Sky Stacker and Lightroom Mobile. _______________________________ #528 #524(+91) •• Time: 0502hrs to 0539hrs \\ June 24th, 2020 Location: Eastwards . . . . . . #pleiades #pleiadesstarcluster #pleiadescluster #luckyshot #skywonders #skyscape #goldenhour #bluehour #startrails #stars #deepskystacker #lightroommobile #lightroom #dramatic #venus https://www.instagram.com/p/CCYqymWDMCf/?igshid=nplg2irrka4e

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// The Milkyway Galaxy, galactic center - Re-shot Re-shot and revised edits over 5 times, with just a little bit of gain in experience and knowledge, the results can vary by a lot!! It still is not up to the sharpness and quality I am used to and expect but, it's much better than last time I captured and edited Milkyway. I tried a 2 image panorama this time, or a 2 panel Mosaic, as they call it in astrophotography. But perhaps I was in a bit urgency, I didn't position the second panel to capture more of the sky, so, I ended up capturing just 20-30% more than what camera could capture in single frame, that's about whole of it in portrait mode, so it didn't go as planned. Left ¼th of the image is the 2nd panel Sky that day was exceptionally clear considering monsoon conditions, and it has not been ever since. Details: Stacked Shutter speed: 2.5seconds ISO: 1000 Number of total frames: 950 (Panel 2- 700, Panel 1- 250) Software: Deep sky stacker and Photoshop __________________________ #526 #522(+91) •• Time: 0114hrs June 24, 2020 Location: Pointing South-Westwards . . . . . #milkyway #milkywaychasers #astrophotography #astrophotographyindia #noob #beginner #nikond7200 #nikon #d7200 #night #sky #skyphotography #skywonders #universe #punecity #pune https://www.instagram.com/p/CCVDqfMDHew/?igshid=dujyamqral9r

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// Andromeda galaxy (M31) / Successfully shot (M31) at 50mm(FF equivalent) [Absolute beginner!!] 2nd attempt and 750 shots later. Moon vs M31: M31 is apparently larger than Moon in night sky. I superimposed a photo of moon I had taken by the same lens and positioned it next to the galaxy. With longer focal length (better zoom lens), this is bound to look absolutely amazing!! Last two photos in the slide are a comparison between before and after when I learnt new techniques. The M31 is much more clearer and much better defined in photo on right. Also, in the photo is M110, a satellite galaxy of Andromeda. From Wikipedia: "The Andromeda Galaxy, also known as Messier 31, M31, or NGC 224, is a barred spiral galaxy approximately 2.5 million light-years (770 kiloparsecs) from Earth and the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way. Has a diameter of about 2,20,000 light years." Details: Stacked SS- 3 seconds ISO- 1250 Number of frames: 750 Software: Deep sky stacker and photoshop ___________________________________ #527 #524(+91) •• Time: 0302hrs | June 24th, 2020 . . . . . #m31 #andromeda #moon #comparision #processing #nikon #nikond7200 #astrophotography #astrophotographyindia https://www.instagram.com/p/CCVSUhNDS7r/?igshid=113jpqh2cbujh

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This is basically how several of my nights start and end. From start to end, the wholes process is very much engaging. While the photos are being taken; just sitting back (or lying down) looking up at the night sky, understanding your own eyes as they accommodate. Wondering about why us, wondering about how us, wondering about how myself!! I have figured, I don't want to be a photographer, it seems good as a hobby, but that is it. It seems, once I dive into understanding the intricacies (thereby making them simplistic for me), or having something for myself as to it call my own, be it photograph of some beautiful thing. There's hardly any pause during the process. While it isn't bad or wrong to do it, it good to know all the technicalities that go into make a photograph look certain way, but the awe of it has become mechanised, this why I don't want to become a photographer. Is this just about photography!? I don't think so. Are we still using the tricks that helped us survive in the wild back then?!! Could be. (I could be wrong, maybe it too soon to jump to any conclusion or perhaps there is a certain fine line I am crossing, a missing link I haven't seen. And with time that may change.) . . ...Somewhere something was creeping up within me.. where have I seen this happen!!?... All my life (2 decades, not much), in most people around me. I feel good in realising that it is okay to not take that photo of something rare, it okay to let go of something that I feel the urge to contain. https://www.instagram.com/p/CCOVItujcEI/?igshid=17ad6i7cg0ee1

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// 1 photo, 1 video || Shots of shooting upper part of galactic core 47mins of movement, dragged. I'm completely in on astrophotography. Even if I don't get what I intended to capture due to atmospheric conditions or my camera's limitation, either way, I end up with something absolutely useful, absolutely. 30, 30sec exposures Milkyway Galaxy can be seen extremely extremely faintly in the video. Two brightest trails of all are of Jupiter and Saturn. This was #ShotOnOnePlus 3. Used Davinci Resolve to make that whole video, everything in it. Used StarTrails (a software), to automate the trails Used Lightroom to edit individual image to my taste. ________________________ #524 #520(+89) •• Time: Around 0415hrs | July 25, 2020 Location: pointing South-Eastwards > , . ° # #astrophotography #oneplus3 #oneplus #nikon #d7200 #punecity #pune #astrophotographyindia #blue #startrails #lightroommobile #davinciresolve #amazing #stars #jupiter #saturn https://www.instagram.com/p/CCEH3DnjgbS/?igshid=knsyl7e2pyfc

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// 3 photos || Car ________________ #523 #519+2(+86) •• Time: 1500hrs | Sept. 20th, 2019 Location: City Center Mall parking # - _ . ' #vintagecars #car #blue #chevy #vintagechevy #ambientlight #bluehue #oneplus3 #oneplus #hyderabad #banjarahills #lightroommobile #lightroompresets #itonecurves_rajsh #itonecurves (at City Centre Mall Hyderabad) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBuZ3NoDZoL/?igshid=1v139buijb7g4

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// 4 photos || Pretty intense, people here Very hypocritical, probably will beat one to death if someone says something not consensual. I don't believe this stuff, but people are inspirational. But I don't need to believe in it to understand what impact it has had on people for these many years, it perhaps, does mean something.. maybe figuratively, maybe a huge, elaborate, physical metaphor. Life seems big, yet seems small. _________________ #522 #518+3(+83) •• - _ H A S #indiapictures #ganapati #dagdusheth #pune #punecity #lightroommobile #lightroom #oneplus3 #oneplus #bw #blackandwhite #mystery #life #questions #beautiful #humans #dynamic https://www.instagram.com/p/CBtLhbMD5Bm/?igshid=1p2w79wzp08qr

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// 3 edits, same photo || Morning Crossing Ujani Dam, en-route to Hyderabad in a train. ___________ #521 #517+2(+81) | Time: 0720hrs | Jan. 3rd, 2020 Location: Ujani Dam Railway Bridge •• # * + - . #edits #itonecurves_rajsh #lightroommobile #lightroompresets #lightroom #adobe #indianrailways #indiapictures #oneplus #oneplus3 #morning #dam #waters #brigde #mutecolors #window #sunrise #sun #lights #shadows #simple #dramatic #blackandwhite #bw (at Bhigwan) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBkE8EYD0i8/?igshid=16y19ejtun25d

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// Same time, 2 edits || Minimal Post-processing is fun and engaging. ___________________ #520 #516+1(+80) •• Time: 1758hrs | Jan. 21st, 2020 Location: as stated : " ✓ \ ∆ #minimalism #minimalistic ##oneplus3 #oneplus @oneplus @faded #cairolook #lightroompresets #lightroom #lightroommobile #itonecurves_rajsh #blue #cyan #teal #orange #pink #editing #postprocessing (at Dr B R Ambedkar Auditorium, University of Hyderabad) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBDkjqoDasZ/?igshid=1bob7ic8jisfc

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// . _________________ #518 #514(+79) | Location: BITS Pilani Goa •• _ ~ ¡ [ ] #blackandwhite #architecture #pattern #oneplus3 #oneplus #lines #minimalism #minimalistic #simple (at Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani – Goa Campus) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAsE17xjiBE/?igshid=1o1k1obypv14v