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Faces of the Moon

by Puru

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Mar 2, 2014

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Give a blogger a moment of happiness and he will try to churn out a blog post from it. In this case, the happiness on my part was a clear sky with just the right amount of clouds, and a full bright moon. So while I was relaxing after an eventful day in Dandeli, pointed my camera upwards and started clicking. I was happier with the fact that I could take the photographs handheld without significant blur. Apparently the camera is good and am learning well … 🙂

The pics that follow are no example of great photography, just a memory of the peace and beauty up above in the sky …

“The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas” – The Highwayman

 

And BTW, full moon is my namesake – Purnendu = Purn (Full) + Indu (Moon)

Dandeli

The clouds look like Europe and Africa with the moon in the Atlantic..

Dandeli_3

The white glow with a hint of a rainbow made by the moonlight ..

Dandeli_6

Hidden under a thin veil of clouds and leaves of the trees making patterns at the base ..

Dandeli_Moon-5

This was my favorite of the lot, looks almost poetic !

Dandeli_Moon-4

This is what I saw when I went up close ! Sigh …

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Puru

Puru is an IT Project Manager from Pune, India and an avid blogger. He is passionate about travel, photography, cinema and books. He blogs on Shadows Galore, Art House Cinema, The Mutinous Indian and Antarnaad.

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12 Comments

  1. Arti
    Arti on March 3, 2014 at 7:56 am

    Thank you for sharing your moments of happiness ‘Purnendu’, this beauty, so pure and poetic and spectacular, made me happy as well. 🙂

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    • Puru
      Puru on March 3, 2014 at 8:03 am

      Thank you Arti. Glad that you liked it 🙂

      Reply
  2. magiceye
    magiceye on March 4, 2014 at 12:48 am

    Beautiful captures!!

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    • Puru
      Puru on March 6, 2014 at 12:57 pm

      Thanks Deepak 🙂

      Reply
  3. dNambiar
    dNambiar on March 4, 2014 at 2:03 am

    ‘I’ think those are some great shots of the full moon, Full moon. 🙂

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    • Puru
      Puru on March 6, 2014 at 12:58 pm

      Hehe .. Thanks Divya 🙂

      Reply
  4. Saru
    Saru on March 4, 2014 at 7:00 am

    Beautiful shots. There is a sense of mystic in it. And good to know about your namesake 🙂

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    • Puru
      Puru on March 6, 2014 at 12:58 pm

      Thank You Saru .. my namesake has to be beautiful 🙂

      Reply
  5. Amit Agarwal
    Amit Agarwal on March 5, 2014 at 6:17 am

    Great shots! I loved the 4th one though:)

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    • Puru
      Puru on March 6, 2014 at 12:59 pm

      Thanks Amit. the 4th one is my favorite too 🙂

      Reply
  6. Nikhil Chandra
    Nikhil Chandra on March 6, 2014 at 11:48 am

    Nicely captured considering you shot them with handheld camera! Which model do you use and could you please tell me the EXIF details for the last full moon pic… I’d like to do some experiments of my own 🙂

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    • Puru
      Puru on March 8, 2014 at 1:07 pm

      Hi Nikhil, Thanks ! Yes but I think it was more because of the camera than any skills of mine 😀

      The details which you needed:

      Camera Nikon D7000 + Nikkor 18-200 mm
      VR On
      Speed: 1/640
      F5.6
      ISO 125
      170 mm
      Exp comp -1.0, WB Sunlight (Had forgotten to change after shooting in the day)

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