Total Lunar Eclipse

eclipsed moon in front of the milky way.

27 minutes after start of totality.

stages of the eclipse. not true representation of the path of the moon.

12 minutes before start of totality.

27 minutes after start of totality.

time lapse. gaps and inconsistency is due to clouds and variable exposures.

occultation of star 51 ophiuchi by the moon. visible because of the eclipse. 

time-lapse video.

the total lunar eclipse from Majkhali, near Ranikhet. 15-16 June 2011. managed to get some shots before the clouds completely took over the proceedings a few minutes after the start of totality.

Living in Cities (Part2)

please see the rest of the series here.

Greetings Earthlings

Lightning over Delhi

time lapse video of lightning during a thunderstorm over Delhi. made from stills of 20sec exposures each. sound: Kunal Ahuja.

Maya

a print campaign for Maya Furniture. shot it myself. other credits: Satbir Singh, Saad Khan.

Colours of the Moon

shot the full moon yesterday during the 'Supermoon'. saturated the colours. though exaggerated, the colours are real. the different colors show the differences in the chemical makeup of the lunar surface - blue hues reveal titanium rich areas while orange and purple colors show regions relatively poor in titanium and iron.
Shot prime focus through Celestron Nexstar 4" telescope. Nikon D90. Focal Length: 1325mm. Stack of 35 stills. 1/400@ISO400. 19-3-2011.

Sleeping Pills? Part II

you can see the rest of the series here.

Night tree

Blue sky

Red, Blue, White

Santa

Sakras

stars rising at Sakras in Harayana. total exposure of 2 hours 40 minutes.

Untitled

Crater

Space Arcade

logo

stationery

packaging

catalogue

retail stall

website
some design work for Space Arcade. a company selling telescopes, binoculars and other astronomy and educational products.

As the Earth rotates

stars from Mcleodganj. total exposure of about 2 hours.

Exygra

an advertising campaign i shot for Publicis, Gurgaon. for a brand of virility tablets. art directors: Prasad Raghavan, Rohit Bagga. production: Stance.

I was here

people collecting memories in various cities in China.