Early Birds are often lucky. In terms of seating positions in conferences, bus seats, parking spots, catching the worms, virtually everything. Also, in photography. Try reaching a spot early in the morning, with the sun not yet shining brightly and the morning calm still being present, and you will see the spot in a completely new way.
The following shot, was at Varanasi. I left for the river banks while it was still dark. I had a 5 kms walk ahead of me. By the time I reached, the sun was coming up and the birds were still around. The sight was simply marvelous. Perks of being an early bird, I ll say 🙂
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Great captures! A 5-km early morning walk to the Varanasi river banks sounds lovely. I just checked out your other Varanasi pics too, and they’re all equally wonderful!
Thanks Ami! Yup, it was lovely, and it was a daily routine twice a day actually! I went in the evening for the Arati shots too! And topup there with awesome pizzas :p
Nice pictures of early birds!
Thank You 🙂
The first shot had me feeling the earth move, the second took my breath away. You have a wonderful eye and way of presenting an image. Thank you for sharing these with us, Lisa, co-host AtoZ 2015, @ http://www.lisabuiecollard.com
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If I put a link back to your blog, would you mind if I used one of your photos on my Facebook page? If you do, of course I will not use it. Just let me know, Lisa, co-host AtoZ 2015, @ http://www.lisabuiecollard.com
I don’t mind at all! Please go ahead 🙂
In my experience it’s not always just about waking up early, it’s also about getting to spots before anyone else. When I was in Paris shooting the eiffel tower at sunset, I got there an hour early to set up. No one was there at the time. Then, right before the sun went down, a whole bunch of tourists got off a bus and started using and shoving to get my spot/view for their pictures. Needless to say it was irritating.
I love your pictures of the birds. It gives me a very peaceful feeling. I love how you focused on them with this post rather than the sunrise, which is what I would have expected. Can’t wait to check out more of your photos!
Many thanks Mandy! I can totally feel your situation! Similar thing happened at the Darjeeling. Everyone jostled for a spot and ultimately no one was getting a good shot. I realized, I wont manage to get a shot of the sunrise anyway, so instead, i shot someone else shooting the sunrise, loved the photo.
Do have a look here :
https://senkaustav.wordpress.com/2015/03/17/ttl-darjeeling-iii/