Change…happens for the better
Posted in Bangladesh, Dhaka, storm, sunset on Mar 31st, 2009
Today’s glorious sky in the evening another shot and yet another And a couple of evening’s ago…
A photo journal and some ramblings…
Posted in Bangladesh, Dhaka, storm, sunset on Mar 31st, 2009
Today’s glorious sky in the evening another shot and yet another And a couple of evening’s ago…
Posted in Arm-chair birding, Ashulia, Bird, Sparrow, nest, sunrise on Mar 27th, 2009
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"Â - violent Nor'wester storms is coming up soon]. Drove out [...]
Posted in AISD, Amani, Bangladesh, Dance, Dhaka, Erin, Mannat, Music, school on Mar 20th, 2009
“Project Rescue: Save The Planet” A musical by the AISD Elementary School. March 19th and 20th 2009.        . .      See the full slide-show here Flash slideshow Non-flash view -
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.    [...]
Posted in Bangladesh, Bird, Dhaka, sunset on Mar 14th, 2009
Sunset and time for them to go where they go at dusk. Reminder of one from Ashulia. Â
Posted in Mannat, Photography on Mar 11th, 2009
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 [...]
Posted in Bangladesh, Bird, Dhaka, Starling, Tailorbird, nature on Mar 10th, 2009
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 [...]
Posted in Ashulia on Mar 8th, 2009
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 [...]
Ferns, as seen by a Lensbaby.