Cochin University and its premises are quite beautiful at night. I have been collecting some night snaps of CUSAT campus for a while. It is quite difficult to take snaps at night. Two main problems were haunting me. One is that you cannot simply go out with a camera at night and take photos of the university campus. Who knows what will happen if a police patrol sees a guy taking photos of the campus, after all, at night!! You will be jailed at least one day for sure. And I certainly don’t want myself to be in such a fragile position. Even if the police patrol doesn’t come, the CUSAT security staff will find you. From my past experiences, I learned that it is quite a head ache trying to explain them the whole matter. They are always dubious and timid. The second problem is with my camera. As mine is not a DSLR camera, to take photos at night, I will have to expose the camera for a long time (otherwise the image will be full of noise). It compels me to use a tripod to avoid camera shake during the long exposure period. I have a tripod. But if I use it, it will inevitably bring me back to problem one.
So, I used tripod only a few times for taking photos for this post. At all other times, the camera was held in hand. I request you to kindly tolerate with the quality of the images. I expect your suggestions and comments.
HI cheta, i joined in here recently. Went through all your photographs. They are amazing. Cusat in night i have felt it like before. Actually i used to amble in the night, late at around 1 or 2 whenever i felt low. The walk used to recharge me. But to see it from ur point of view is still very memorable. Excellent work, keep clicking……….
Thank you Mani.. 🙂 Night walks r really cool.. We too often go Salam Ikka’s shop to have lime/Tea after midnight.. 🙂
wow..cusat nite life…nice shots..:) could have omitted the repeating scenes though.