Overview
- Aerial content creator Srihari Karanth posted a one-minute video on X that condenses Bengaluru’s Diwali activity from 7 to 8 pm into a timelapse.
- The post drew over 400,000 views within hours, according to coverage by The Indian Express.
- Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman lauded the video on X, calling the result artistic and praising the camera exposure technique.
- Reports explain the visual was produced with long-exposure light painting, which records the paths of moving lights to create continuous trails.
- Karanth said he used a GoPro 11 in long-exposure mode for nearly an hour, and comments on the post ranged from celebrating Bengaluru’s festivities to raising pollution and AQI concerns.