Paradise is right here

Finally I was traveling to Mauritus. And was it really a paradise. I have no words to describe the place. A picture is worth a 1000 words indeed, but the beauty of the place is more than 1000 pictures. The long virgin beaches, the shore that extends deep into the Indian Ocean. The entire length of beach is pristine and they can only be etched in ones memory.

On the way, looking out of the window, all i could see was wings of steel.

wings in air

Couple on beach

The beaches take different shape and style during the night. In the day time, the sun, sand and the water adds beauty to the beach. While at night, its the lighting's add different glamor to the beaches.

Two to tango

The ocean is never without action. But at times it looks so tranquil. Just so peaceful, we could just sit on the beach the entire day, do nothing and stare and admire as the ocean takes different shapes at different times of day.

The boats, people and the skyline add their own charm to the Ocean. Capturing the different moods is fun in itself.
Clicking photos against with the sun infront was tricky. I had to play with exposure, and play fast. One of the toughest challenges while shooting during sunset is, the sun sets very fast. And the window is very small. A lot of things can go wrong. But when captured right, they are amazing postcards. One has very little time, when the sun starts its decent towards the horizon. Getting the exposure component right is the key. Many get it right at the first time, I had to play a bit to get the trick. Ones you have got it, it wont leave u. Just putting the exposure down by a couple of stops, and focusing on the right object will do the trick. Also the metering will play a part, but for all my sun set shots I preferred the matrix metering on Nikon.

Turtles are one of the best animals to have as subject to photograph. You will have your space, they are friendly and most of all you have tons of time when they are around.

Old and wise

The sea shore gives a field day for street photographers, it is never dull, and there will be lots of things catching our eyes. Just having the camera is the trick

I always wanted to get the color balance of the setting sun, and the sky without photoshop. I am very sure, there are experts out there who can turn the pics into mindblowing things. But I wanted to see how far can I push my camera to capture the right essence, without photoshop. But for this i had to just tweak the curve a little just to highlight the sky. Not that I am happy, but i wanted no photoshop, but gave myself an excuse of curves (who does not like some nice curves at right places and thats what i did, tweaked the curves so that it is proper in right areas).

setting sun