{"id":158,"date":"2018-03-03T17:38:46","date_gmt":"2018-03-03T17:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pratapj.com\/journal\/?p=158"},"modified":"2018-03-04T11:46:43","modified_gmt":"2018-03-04T11:46:43","slug":"group-for-landscape-photographers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pratapj.com\/journal\/group-for-landscape-photographers\/","title":{"rendered":"A Group for Landscape Photographers"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I started photography, JJ Mehta Photograpy Forum (JJMPF) was a great place to hang out. Along with Bangalore Photography Forum (which is now extinct), JJMPF was where many of us used to post photos for critique. \u00a0After almost 10 years of interacting with members there, I finally met a few of them today. The meeting was planned on a Whatsapp group. We visited a beautiful lake off AH 48. \u00a0I had previously visited a hillock near the lake on Jan 31st for a super moon\/lunar eclipse shoot (video here<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The idea of forming a Whatsapp group for nature and outdoor photographers occurred to me when a post of mine on JJMPF saw queries about locations to shoot around Bangalore. These days here in India, WhatsApp groups are where the action is, albeit mostly the spammy kind. Unfortunately many of the photography groups have too many members with various agendas. I wanted to create a group for only like minded photographers. Having visited numerous lakes and hillocks, I have a fair idea of places for landscape and nature photography within 100km from the city. So after the interactions on JJMPF, I created a WA group and added photographers with the intention of planning and going on shoots together.<\/p>\n

Now, unlike regular photowalk groups, were a bunch of people get together and walk the lanes of Bangalore and shoot street photos, nature\/landscape\/outdoor photography is a different ballgame. For one, it involves heading out for shoots at unearthly hours (I was up by 3 am today). Since we go far away from the city, transport is something each person needs to have figured out. Lastly, it is difficult to shoot photos of nature when in a large group. Outings I have been on have always been in twos, threes or fours at the most.<\/p>\n

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Today for the first time, I was part of a larger group. We first did some planning on Whatsapp using Google maps. After checking out the blue hour and golden hour timings, we met up on the highway after the Tumkur Road toll booth. We were 7 of us in two cars, coming from different parts of the city. After chai on the highway and quick introductions, we continued to our location, even overshooting a right turn and missing our intended route. After making a U turn, we were back on track and at our destination by 6 am.<\/p>\n

It was a rather quiet and uneventful sunrise. I got to test the 6D which I have in mind as a second body (last week<\/a>, I tested the 6D Mark II with my Irix 15mm f2.5 lens). \u00a0I used the A7rII for shooting a time lapse.<\/p>\n

Here are two photos from today.<\/p>\n

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Personally, I am quite pleased with the results from the 6D. I even got a chance to fly my Mavic. One of the photographers in the group was shooting with an IR modified camera.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, summer is almost here. The transition from night to day and vice versa will only get increasingly quicker. The skies will mostly be boring. The next three months are not going to be conducive for landscape photography. Our only option would be to shoot the night sky. Places such as the one we visited today are potential spots for future Milky Way shoots. Let’s see if forming a group is going to help in going on more such fruitful trips. Definitely safer to be at remote locations at odd hours when in a larger group!<\/p>\n

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