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Image Title:: Shooting Stars

Image Description:: I had worked out the technical details of shooting this image so many times in my head that I would probably have done this half asleep!
All my prior attempts and the failures, the improvisations and learning from each failure, all meant that I had this image in my mind looking this way even before I tripped the shutters that night. All that was needed was for the meteors to start shooting, and they did! They set the night ablaze with streaks raining in various multicolored hues which would dwarf any firework display. Somewhere along the shoot the significance of such an event on our early ancestors suddenly dawned on me. I started associating the influence a visual like this would have on the early mythologies and doomsday prophesies, when one noticed the "stars" falling out of the skies. If stars can fall and die, why not us? Leaving the science of astronomy behind for a while, its not difficult to see how strong the cosmic forces are in moulding our spirituality and beliefs. No wonder we have so many cosmic gods!
Making this image was not just my photographic highlight, but I also gained immensely in the satisfaction of being witness to one of natures truly raw spectacles where humans have absolutely no say what so ever! All I did was just stay awake and keep my eyes open, the spirituality followed very soon.

The making of this image would not have been possible if not for the generous help from VMR Sir, who was extremely accommodating in agreeing for me to take this idea forward. Also the forest department staff were very co-operative and I have to thank Vishwanath the watcher of Jodigere in BRT and Ramu our driver for all their help. Also my wife Siri, who was my moral support all thorough the shoot.

A photo story of this shoot along with a brief timelapse of the showers can be seen on the BRT website at the link given below.
http://brt.gov.in/en/features/photo-ass ... al-shower/

Thanks for Looking.
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