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Abhin Sreedhar

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PHOTOGRAPHER
PROUD INDIAN🇮🇳
HIPA 2024 WINNER🥉
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Astrophotography is all about collecting photons. The more photons you collect, the more detail, color, and structure you can reveal from the night sky.

This image is a stack of 50 exposures, captured at 14mm, 15 seconds, f/1.8, from Al Qua, Abu Dhabi back in 2024 using my @sonymea A9 paired with the 14mm F1.8 GM.

The workflow doesn't end in the field. After capturing the frames, I stacked all 50 images to improve the signal-to-noise ratio, allowing the faint details of the Milky Way to stand out while significantly reducing noise. I then carefully processed the image by neutralizing the background, balancing the colors, enhancing the dust lanes and nebulae, and applying selective noise reduction and sharpening to preserve a natural look without overprocessing.

A small request to everyone who visits Al Qua: this is one of the last truly dark locations in the UAE where we can experience and photograph the Milky Way. Please avoid using high beams, floodlights, bright camping lights, or laser pointers unless absolutely necessary. Even a few minutes of unnecessary light can affect everyone's images and takes our eyes much longer to readapt to the darkness.

Let's all do our part to protect this incredible night sky so future visitors can enjoy it too. 🌌

#Astrophotography
#MilkyWay
#SonyAlpha
#AlQua
#UAEAstrophotography

@sonymea
@sonyalpha
@sony
@alphacollective
@sonyimages
@capturetheatlas
@nightskypix
@earthpix
@ourplanetdaily
@discoverearth
@natgeotravel
@natgeo
@milkywaychasers
@visitabudhabi
@visituae
@abudhabiculture
@dubaieye1038
@mydubai
@uaebarq
@astronomy by @ab_frame

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Previously posted the similar frame, but this time I have made some perspective correction and all the three boats are in frame.
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#burjkhalifa #burj #burjpark #dubaimall #dubaimallfountain #fountain #nightphotography #nightscapes #nightimages #dubainight #soukalbahar taken in The Dubai Mall - The World's Largest Shopping Mall! by @ab_frame

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5 years ago

Nature's force of destruction in action ⚡️🌩⛈️
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#burjkhalifa #burj #lightning #lightningstrike #lightningbolt #downtown #earthfocus #earthpix #dubaicity #downtowndubai #rain #rainyday #lightningstorm #rainy #sonyalpha #bealpha #dubai🇦🇪 #visitdubai taken in Dubai, United Arab Emirates by @ab_frame

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3 years ago

A quick dip, then straight back into the air. A bee-eater with water still trailing from its wings.

#BeeEater #BirdsInFlight #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #BirdsOfInstagram

@bird_brilliance @bestbirdshots @sonyalphain @sonymea @birdfreaks
@birdsonearth @best_birds_planet @best_birds_of_world @audubonsociety
@birds_adored @birds_captures @birds.nature @birds_illife @eye_spy_birds @best_birds_photography @naturein_focus @natgeowild
@bbcearth @wildlifeplanet @nature.ttl taken in Dubai, United Arab Emirates by @ab_frame

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5 days ago

A blue-tailed bee-eater in flight, with sunlight through its wings and water droplets still trailing behind.

#BlueTailedBeeEater #BirdsInFlight #BirdPhotography #natgeoyourshot #BirdsOfInstagram

@nikonmea Z8, 600mm F6.3

@bestbirdshots @bird_brilliance @birds_adored
@birds_captures @eye_spy_birds @planetbirds @bns_birds @best_birds_of_world
@feather_perfection @bbcearth @natgeoyourshot @natgeoanimals @wildlifeplanet
@naturein_focus @birdpoty @bbcwildlifemagazine @rspb_love_nature @audubonsociety taken in Dubai,UAE by @ab_frame

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9 days ago

A common kingfisher in flight, showing off those brilliant blues and a flash of orange.

#CommonKingfisher #Kingfisher #BirdsInFlight #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography

@bestbirdshots your_best_birds nuts_about_birds @bird_brilliance @birds_adored
@birds_captures @eye_spy_birds @planetbirds @best_birds_of_world @best_birds_planet
@birdfreaks @wildlife_inspired @naturein_focus @bbcearth @natgeowild
@natgeoyourshot @birdpoty @audubonsociety @birdlife.international @sanctuaryasia taken in Kerala, India by @ab_frame

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12 days ago

A common kingfisher leaving its perch, with those blue wings on full display.

#CommonKingfisher #Kingfisher #BirdsInFlight #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography

@bestbirdshots nuts_about_birds @planetbirds your_best_birds
@bird_brilliance @best_birds_of_world @birdfreaks @birdsonearth
@birds_adored @eye_spy_birds @birds_captures @audubonsociety
@bbcearth @natgeowild @natgeoyourshot @naturein_focus
@sanctuaryasia @birdpoty @sonyalpha @sonyalphain taken in Kannur,kerala by @ab_frame

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13 days ago

A bee-eater banking over the water, sunlight catching every feather.

#BeeEater #BirdsInFlight #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #BirdsOfInstagram

@bird_brilliance your_best_birds @bestbirdshots nuts_about_birds @birdfreaks
@best_birds_of_world @best_birds_planet @birdsonearth @birds_private @audubonsociety
@birdpoty @bbcearth @natgeo @natgeowild @natgeoyourshot
@naturein_focus @sanctuaryasia @nhm_wpy @sonyalpha @sonyalphain taken in Kerala, India by @ab_frame

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13 days ago

A blue-tailed bee-eater with wings spread and tail fanned, just above the water.

#BlueTailedBeeEater #BirdsInFlight #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #BeeEater

@bird_brilliance @bestbirdshots your_best_birds @birds_captures @best_birds_of_ig
@best_birds_of_world @birdsonearth @birdphotographyworld @birds_illife @birds_adored
@bbcearth @natgeowild @natgeoyourshot @naturein_focus @sanctuaryasia
@bbcwildlifemagazine @birdpoty @nhm_wpy @audubonsociety @sonyalpha taken in Kerala, India by @ab_frame

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15 days ago

Wings open, eyes fixed below. A common kingfisher caught at the edge of her perch.

Nikon Z8, 600mm F6.3

#CommonKingfisher #Kingfisher #BirdPhotography #BirdsInAction #WildlifePhotography

@bestbirdshots your_best_birds @bird_brilliance nuts_about_birds @best_birds_planet
@best_birds_of_world @birdfreaks @birdsonearth @audubonsociety @birds_adored
@birds_captures @eye_spy_birds @kings_birds_ @planetbirds @birds.nature
@jewels_of_nature @naturyst @bbcearth @natgeowild @naturein_focus taken in Kerala, India by @ab_frame

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16 days ago

A Malabar pit viper, resting on the forest floor. Its green and rust-red scales make a striking pattern, but they blend surprisingly well into the surroundings.

@snakes_of_indian_subcontinent · @snakes_of_india · @snakesofindia · @snakesofkarnataka · @thereptilereportofficial · @herp_club · @herptile_india · @naturein_focus · @natgeoindia · @natgeoyourshot · @natgeowild · @indianwildlifeofficial · @indian_wildlifes · @wildlife_photography_india · @wildlifeindia · @bbcwildlifemagazine · @sonybbcearth · @sanctuaryasia · @animalplanetindia · @wildlife_conservation_official

#MalabarPitViper #SnakesOfIndia #WesternGhats #Herpetology #WildlifePhotography taken in Kerala, India by @ab_frame

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20 days ago

Coiled like calligraphy, the green vine snake writes its own signature across the bark, that amber eye giving nothing away.

@sonyalphain A1 II, 100mm 2.8 GM, @radiantdiffuser

#GreenVineSnake #Ahaetulla #HerpingIndia #MacroPhotography #natgeoyourshot

1. @igherping
2. @herping_world
3. @reptiles_of_india
4. @indiansnakes
5. @snake_gram
6. @wildlife_of_india
7. @natgeoindia
8. @natgeowild
9. @macro_perfection
10. @wildlifeplanet
11. @earthfocus
12. @discovery
13. @bbcearth
14. @herpsofinstagram
15. @macro.vault
16. @indiawildlifeofficial
17. @wildlife.tribe
18. @kerala_wildlife
19. @westernghats.wild
20. @herpetology_photography taken in Vythiri, Wayanad by @ab_frame

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