Shekhar Ghosh Photography

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"When the skies give you a window, you take it — rain, floodlights, and all. The journey has just begun. 🌌🚀" ⸻📂 Image Ca...
03/08/2025

"When the skies give you a window, you take it — rain, floodlights, and all. The journey has just begun. 🌌🚀"

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📂 Image Category — Stacked

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📖 Story —

"Sometimes, the best window opens when the clouds decide to pause.
With rain looming, a brief break allowed me to capture this — imperfections included, like the glaring floodlights nearby.

This is a journey, not a race. Tonight, it’s about showing up, embracing what the sky gives, and remembering that 2026 holds many more nights under the stars.”

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📸 EXIF Settings
• 📷 Camera: Sony A7RV
• 🔭 Lens: Sony FE 14mm f/1.8 GM
• 🌌 ISO: 3200
• 🔓 Aperture: f/1.8
• ⏱️ Shutter Speed: 13s
• 🖼️ Frames: 100 light ✨ + 40 dark 🌑

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🛠️ Edit Workflow
• 🌠 Stacking: Starry Landscape Stacker
• 🌈 Light Pollution Removal: PixInsight
• 🎨 Final Touches: Photoshop

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What if I told you… this isn’t a star circle — it’s the Earth spinning sideways? 🤯🌍✨Most startrails form spirals…But thi...
02/08/2025

What if I told you… this isn’t a star circle — it’s the Earth spinning sideways? 🤯🌍✨

Most startrails form spirals…
But this one’s different. 🔄💫
Facing West, I captured 682 light frames 📸, each 13 seconds ⏱️, as stars set across the sky — some curving upwards ⬆️, others downwards ⬇️.

This is the celestial equator 🌌 in motion — the rare line where northern & southern hemispheres meet 🌎↔️🌍, where trails bend in opposite arcs 🌀.
It’s not rotation around a pole… it’s the cosmic divide 🧭, unfolding over hours.⏳✨

And beneath it, an old mine tower 🏚️ stood still —
a forgotten monument under a sky that never forgets. 🌠

“The stars didn’t fall. They simply moved on… one glowing moment at a time.”🌟

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📸 Gear & Stats
📷 Sony A7R V + 🔭 Sony 14mm f/1.8 GM
🖼️ 682 light frames | ⏱️ 13s each | 🌌 ISO 3200 | 📏 f/1.8
🌑 30 dark frames
🧭 Direction: West
🧩 Stacked in StarStaX | 🎨 Final edit in Photoshop

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✨ Ever chased stars with someone who just gets it?When like-minded souls align under a single patch of sky, magic unfold...
31/07/2025

✨ Ever chased stars with someone who just gets it?
When like-minded souls align under a single patch of sky, magic unfolds — even in imperfection.

Stacked/Blend

With a massive rain band stretching across NSW, we found one rare pocket of clarity. Kitchener was our only shot — so Debojit and I took it.
Floodlights lit the horizon, painting the sky with haze. But sometimes, adapting to the chaos lets the experience shine through.

This frame is a quiet beginning — the first of many from that night, and a reminder that every star is worth chasing, no matter the conditions.

🛠️ EXIF Details:
📸 Sony A7R V + 14mm f/1.8 GM
⏱ 13s | f/1.8 | ISO 3200
🔭 26 light + 30 dark frames
📌 Stacked in Starry Landscape Stacker
🖌 Edited in PixInsight + Photoshop
🎯 Untracked

More frames to follow — slowly, soulfully. 🌌

📍Instagram:

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✨ Ever chased stars with someone who just gets it?When like-minded souls align under a single patch of sky, magic unfold...
31/07/2025

✨ Ever chased stars with someone who just gets it?
When like-minded souls align under a single patch of sky, magic unfolds — even in imperfection.

Stacked/Blend

With a massive rain band stretching across NSW, we found one rare pocket of clarity. Kitchener was our only shot — so Debojit and I took it.
Floodlights lit the horizon, painting the sky with haze. But sometimes, adapting to the chaos lets the experience shine through.

This frame is a quiet beginning — the first of many from that night, and a reminder that every star is worth chasing, no matter the conditions.

🛠️ EXIF Details:
📸 Sony A7R V + 14mm f/1.8 GM
⏱ 13s | f/1.8 | ISO 3200
🔭 26 light + 30 dark frames
📌 Stacked in Starry Landscape Stacker
🖌 Edited in PixInsight + Photoshop
🎯 Untracked

More frames to follow — slowly, soulfully. 🌌

📍Instagram:

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📡 “When Earth Listens to the Stars” 🌌The stars don’t shout. They hum.And beneath them, Earth listens.Captured under the ...
26/07/2025

📡 “When Earth Listens to the Stars” 🌌

The stars don’t shout. They hum.
And beneath them, Earth listens.

Captured under the whispering skies of Narrabri, the Australia Telescope Compact Array stands like a line of sentinels—each dish tuned to the ancient signals of the cosmos. Above them, the Milky Way blazes in all its galactic glory, unbothered by time or space.

This wasn’t just a photo. It was a quiet conversation between human curiosity and the universe.

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🔭 Gear & Settings
Sony A7R V | 14mm f/1.8
5 vertical frames | ISO 12800 | f/2.8 | 15s each
Edited in Lightroom → Stitched in PTGui Pro → Final touches in Photoshop with StarXTerminator.

✨ Category: Nightscape Panorama
📍 Location: Narrabri, NSW, Australia
🌌 Sky Condition: Bortle 1

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“Out here, the stars don’t just shine—they whisper. And sometimes, we answer back.”Under the shimmering dome of the Milk...
23/07/2025

“Out here, the stars don’t just shine—they whisper. And sometimes, we answer back.”
Under the shimmering dome of the Milky Way, science and silence meet. The radio telescopes below aren’t just staring—they’re listening to the ancient symphony of the universe. This isn’t just a photo, it’s a conversation between Earth and cosmos.

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🌌 Story Behind the Shot

Captured deep in the Australian Outback under pristine Bortle 1 skies, this image is a 20-frame vertical panorama of the Milky Way arching like a celestial bridge above a field of radio telescopes.

I waited for the galactic core to align perfectly with the dishes, creating a visual narrative where human curiosity meets cosmic mystery. The green glow? A touch of airglow adding surreal contrast to an already dreamlike night. Shooting in near darkness with minimal light pollution, each frame was individually tweaked to bring out maximum detail before stitching.

What you see is the result of planning, patience, and a deep reverence for the night sky.

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⚙️ Image Details (EXIF)—
📸 Camera: Sony A7R V
📷 Lens: Sony FE 14mm f/1.8 G-Master
🧩 Frames: 20 vertical shots
🌌 ISO: 12,800
⏱️ Shutter: 15 seconds per frame
📐 Tripod: Manfrotto

🛠️ Editing Workflow—
🪄 Adobe Lightroom: Individual frame corrections
🧵 PTGui Pro 13.2: Panorama stitching
🚫✨ StarXTerminator (RC Astro): Star removal for blending
🖌️ Adobe Photoshop: Final edit, contrast, and noise control.

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🌌 When the world slept, the sky came alive.Captured under the untouched skies of Outback NSW, where silence roars louder...
22/07/2025

🌌 When the world slept, the sky came alive.
Captured under the untouched skies of Outback NSW, where silence roars louder than the city ever could.
Just me, the stars, and the Milky Way stretching like a dream across the night.

✨ This is another one from the recent outback trip…
A frame that didn’t just happen — it was envisioned days before.
Milky Way shots like these aren’t just about showing up and hitting the shutter.
It takes scouting locations, tracking moon phases, framing potential compositions, and waiting for the right slice in the cosmic wheel of time.

This image captures the final segment of that night — a setting Milky Way arch gracefully bowing down over the horizon.🌟

🛠️ Gear & Settings:
📸 Sony A7R V + Sony FE 14mm GM
🔭 14mm | f/2.8 | 15 sec | ISO 6400
📐 9-panel panorama | Each panel stacked from 5 exposures

🧵 Editing Workflow:
📌 Stitched in PTGui Pro
📌 Final editing in Adobe Photoshop

📍Outback NSW
📷 Image Type: Panorama / Stacked Milky Way

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📍“Would you really drive 800 kms just for a photo?” No—I'd drive 800 kms for a moment that only the night sky can give.F...
21/07/2025

📍“Would you really drive 800 kms just for a photo?” No—
I'd drive 800 kms for a moment that only the night sky can give.

For a frame where the world below stands still,
while the universe above moves in ancient rhythm.

This shot wasn’t found—it was scouted.
Out there, beyond phone network and city lights,
Where a forgotten train carriage slept under the weight of galaxies.
And I stood in silence,
Gathering starlight one frame at a time.

📸 Sony A7R V | Sony FE 14mm GM
📷 50-image stack | f/2.8 | 15s exposure per frame
🌌 ISO mix: 6400 & 8000
🛣 Nearly 800 kms round-trip to scout this one location.
🖥️ Stacked and edited to bring the story sky wanted to tell.

Astrophotography isn’t just about capturing stars—
it’s about chasing stillness, and meeting the sky on its own terms.

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Some trips don’t start on a map.They begin with a feeling…That somewhere out there, under a Bortle 1 sky, the universe i...
19/07/2025

Some trips don’t start on a map.
They begin with a feeling…
That somewhere out there, under a Bortle 1 sky, the universe is waiting.

They say you don’t find the stars…
You travel far enough and let them find you. ✨

📍Narrabri, NSW
📷 Sony A7R V
🔭 Sony FE 14mm f/1.8
📸 25 x 15 secs stacked | ISO 6400

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Golden hues spilled over the horizon, casting a magical glow that made everything feel calm, warm, and full of possibili...
13/07/2025

Golden hues spilled over the horizon, casting a magical glow that made everything feel calm, warm, and full of possibility.

Moments capturing the beauty that the world gifts us every single day. Here’s to more golden mornings and chasing that perfect light. 🌞📸

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