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When I had sacked-off and traded-in a couple of DX lenses [Nikkor 17-55 f/2.8 and the 18-200 VR], I  bought a brand-new 24-70 f/2.8 Nano and a used 80-200 f/2.8 . The 24-70 performs well, as expected. But the lens that really shines out is this older 80-200.  When I tested it at the shop, [...]

…and flat nosed
 
Taby. A friends puppy. Really cute.

Which one? Often a difficult choice
 
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Ok. B&W it is for today. Low light. A small splash of light from an off-camera flash unit….
 

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 [...]

I was experimenting with two off-camera flash units placed low on the floor skimming the light of one off the ceramic tiles and one placed behind a white window curtain to diffuse it…. the “beep” from the remotely triggered flash units brought Mannat curiously checking what was going on. I turned and caught a quick [...]

A multi photographers bird-photography exhibition - I went to view Samiul Mohsanin’s photos today. A treat! Samiul is a student of Jahangirnagar University, extremely knowledgable about the habitat and birds, and has hosted us and been our guide on a previous birding visit.
Samiul Mohsanin:

The exhibition is being held at birder and naturalist Enam Ul Haque’s home / gallery [...]

Children from USTAV School Dhaka visit Radius Gallery to view the “Jhaal Muri” exhibition, and they all seem to have had a wonderful time. We asked them which pictures were their favourites – very diplomatically they said “ALL”! Apparently they then all sat on the floor and recited poetry and did a few dances, I [...]

Jhaal Muri artwork on diaplay at Radius Center gallery, the exhibition opened on 8th November.
Here is a catalog of the work by the artists, Kuhu, Rokeya, Smita and Ujwala. This is an incomplete listing, more to be added as soon as I get back to Dhaka and can photograph / upload the rest.
KUHU
   
 
ROKEYA
  
SMITA
       
UJWALA
           
ANIL [some of [...]

       Jhaal Muri
An Art & Photography Exhibition on Bangladesh Street Culture by
Rokeya ~ Kuhu  ~ Smita ~ Ujwala ~ Anil
 
His Excellency Mr. Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty, High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh,
will inaugurate the event.

 
8th November 2008 at 7:00 PM
 Bay’s Galleria 5th Floor 57 Gulshan Avenue Dhaka Bangladesh
 
The exhibition will remain open 8th to 23rd November [...]