Posted in Bangladesh, Dhaka, street photography, sunset on Dec 15th, 2008
A quick drive-around last evening to show a visitor a few sights in Dhaka….. negotiating Dhaka traffic, the Parliament Building at sunset and then we ended up at the Institute of Fine Arts at Dhaka University where a small skit was taking place. Takes a visitor to show you your own city!       Â
This new gem of a lens replaced my Nikkor 17-55 DX and the Nikkor AF-S 24-70mm ED zoom F/2.8 Nano has seen more usage in the short while I’ve had it than the lens it has replaced. The 17-55 on DX was the equivalent of 25.5-82.8 , and the 1.5mm additional width I get from the 24-70 [...]
Posted in Advit, celebration, ceremony, family, India, Juhi, New Delhi, wedding on Dec 14th, 2008
A wedding in the family, 4 days and nights of continual partying! Met up with some of the family I had not seen in YEARS. A fabulous event! A few photos           Advit and Juhi’s wedding. December 8th to December 11th 2008. New Delhi India.
Posted in Bangladesh, Black and White, Dhaka, experimental, night on Dec 2nd, 2008
Night shots…. Dhaka. Â Â Just playing around experimenting….
Posted in Arm-chair birding, Bangladesh, Bird, Dhaka, nature, Sunbird, Tailorbird on Dec 1st, 2008
The Tailorbird and the Sunbird are hyper-active little birds – constantly on the move and hardly ever still. They usually are on a branch or twig for just a few seconds before they move again. Both these birds are in the 10 to 14 cm size tip of beak to end of tail and weigh [...]
Posted in Bangladesh, Black and White, camera, Dhaka, Equipment, flash, Photography, Portrait on Nov 28th, 2008
Nikon’s CLS [Creative Lighting System] gives the freedom to shoot with remote speedlights, and the ability to control the master [on-camera] and remote [off-camera] flash units from a simple and quick menu system. High speed-sync high-speed flash-fill shooting in bright daylight is so easy with this system and the camera/flash units will sync perfectly all the [...]