Images and Photography by Mohit Khodidas

Images | Mohit Khodidas

Great White Pelican

Great White Pelican

These are at Khijadia Bird Sanctuary. Pelican are mostly migratory, arriving here in Gujarat in winter. But some of them have become residents, it seems. I wonder how they are adapting to the furnace life temperatures of the summer.

Jupiter in Chromatic Aberration

Jupiter in Chromatic Aberration

I went up last night to see a bright waxing gibbous moon in the clear winter night; positioned at near-zenith with Jupiter in the north-west. A serendipitous combination of a bright moon, close apparent proximity of Jupiter and moon, azimuth at zenith, and perhaps most importantly, chromatic aberrations of the

Winter Moon

Today is one those sleepless nights when my unbearable migraine takes me to the terrace. The black and blue sky before sunrise in winter is comforting and chilling at the same time. There was a halo around the waning gibbous moon today. I went to down to get my gear

Preface

The structure of the photograph is not an isolated structure; it is in communication with at least one other structure, namely the text. The totality of the information is thus carried by two different structures. These two structures are co-operative -Roland Barthes What is the content of the photographic message?

M15 - Globular Cluster in Pegasus

M15 - Globular Cluster in Pegasus

The central star cluster in this photo is the Globular Cluster in constellation Pegasus. This is my second cluster photo after Hercules Globular Cluster. I have been able to do a better job at the capturing the incredible star density. I do not wish to make technical observations. These photographs

M13 - Hercules Globular Cluster

M13 - Hercules Globular Cluster

So I had stopped photographing the skies for some months. I was not getting to a point of clicking any photos, let alone getting good ones. I simply couldn't set up the gear properly. Astrophotography is highly technical requiring complex and sensitive equipment and some very quaint softwares which seem