Archive for March, 2009

Change…happens for the better

Today’s glorious sky in the evening

another shot and yet another
And a couple of evening’s ago…

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009 at 21:21 | 2 comments
Categories: Bangladesh, Dhaka, storm, sunset

Sunrise and a Sparrow

Up before dawn to try catch the early light. There was a bit of a rumble of distant thunder … though from the looks of the morning sky it seems unlikely there would be a sudden storm this morning [the season for the "Kaal Baisakh"  - violent Nor'wester storms is coming up soon]. Drove out [...]

Friday, March 27th, 2009 at 20:41 | 1 comment

“Project Rescue” by AISD Elementary School

“Project Rescue: Save The Planet”
A musical by the AISD Elementary School.
March 19th and 20th 2009.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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See the full slide-show here

Flash slideshow

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Friday, March 20th, 2009 at 00:35 | 0 comments

A chance visitor

Spotted this beauty of a wasp on the money-plant leaves this afternoon.  Got out a 105mm micro lens but could not position the tripod high enough…. so I got a few hand-held frames and surprisingly many were sharp enough. Used CLS fill-flash to bring out the detail and open up the shadows.
 
 
 
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Thursday, March 19th, 2009 at 15:53 | 0 comments
Categories: Insect, nature, wasp

Homeward bound…

Sunset and time for them to go where they go at dusk. Reminder of one from Ashulia.
 

Saturday, March 14th, 2009 at 18:43 | 0 comments
Categories: Bangladesh, Bird, Dhaka, sunset

under ~ METER ~ over. By Golly, she got it!

I had the camera with a 300mm lens, on a tripod faced out pointed at some shrubs waiting for a pair of Sunbirds. Mannat [our daughter] came by and peered through the viewfinder and wanted a few tips how to get the exposure right. Ok, here we go…. in theory the camera meter averages out [...]

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009 at 13:58 | 2 comments
Categories: Mannat, Photography

“Arm-chair” birding again

A nice morning for some arm-chair birding [the series of the Starlings were taken lying in bed and watching them through my bedroom window....AhHa!].  These photos were done with 2 SB800 speedlights in the Nikon CLS mode.. One SB800 on camera and one lying on the windowsill aimed into the tree. CLS allows for great [...]

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009 at 12:08 | 0 comments

Ashulia revisited… sort of

Have been travelling down this road to Ashulia and Savar for the past few weeks now, and every time I wished I had a camera with me.  Today I did, but could not get the images I wanted.
Here are a few “snapshots” from today taken from a moving car. Would have liked to have kept [...]

Sunday, March 8th, 2009 at 21:04 | 2 comments
Categories: Ashulia

Lensbaby sees green…ferns

Ferns, as seen by a Lensbaby.

Friday, March 6th, 2009 at 15:25 | 0 comments
Categories: Lensbaby, fun photo, nature
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