Doha

A brilliant sunset as we come in to land at Doha.

Fuji X-E1 | Fuji 18-55 f2.8-4 OIS

Daybreak

Daybreak as the Emirates 777 from Dubai cruises on towards Calcutta.

Daybreak

Nikon D300 | Nikon 18-200 mm

Drive

Early morning drive to Al-Khobar last weekend.

Fuji X-E1 | Fujinon 18-55 mm f2.8-4.0 OIS

Doha marina

One brilliant morning as the Qatar Airways Doha-Dammam connection sets course for Dammam.

Moto G4 Plus

Final approach

Shot sometime in 2012 as our flight made the final approach to the Hazrat Shah Jalal International Airport in Dhaka on a rain swept morning.

Panasonic G1 | Panasonic 14-45 mm Vario

Contrails

Contrails from a plane high up juxtaposed with couple of dishes in the darkening sky.

Fuji X-E1 | Fujinon 18-55 f2.8-4 OIS

Sunrise

The sun rises somewhere over the Persian gulf as our flight roars on towards Doha.

Moto G4 Plus 

Mirror, mirror . . . who is the most handsome of them all?

Ringo. October 2016.

I have had several dogs in the past, but never one that spends so much time admiring himself in the mirror.

Fuji X-E1 | Fuji 18-55 f2.8-4.0 OIS

Durga Puja 2016 : Pandal Hopping | Abasar Sarbojanin

Close-up of the deity at Abasar Sarbojanin Durgotsav (Bhawanipur) on Mahasashti morning. Managed a few shots before we were asked to move out of the pandal since the judges had just arrived.

Fuji X-E1 | Fujinon 18-55 mm f2.8-4.0 OIS

Durga Puja 2016 | Maha Ashtami

Maha Asthumi puja at the New Alipore Association Durga Puja at New Alipore, Calcutta.

Nikon D610 | Nikon 24-85 f2.8-4.0 AFD

Durga Puja 2016 | Maha Astami

Maha Astumi arati at the New Alipore Association Durga Puja at New Alipore, Calcutta.

Nikon D610 | Nikon 24-85 f2.8-4.0 AFD

Durga Puja 2016 : Pandal Hopping | Abasar Sarbojanin

A girl looks quizzically at the white owl in front of Abasar Sarbojanin pandal.

Abasar Sarbojanin 2012

Fuji X-E1 | Fujinon 18-55 mm f2.8-4.0 OIS

Durga Puja 2016 : Pandal Hopping | Mudiali Club

Its tough taking pictures with the masses of people whipping out their mobile phones and jostling to take selfies.

Mudiali Club 2016

Fuji X-E1 | Fujinon 18-55 mm f2.8-4.0 OIS

Durga Puja 2016 : Pandal Hopping | Shibmandir

Shibmandir, South Calcutta on the morning of Maha Sasthi.

Shibmandir 2016

Fuji X-E1 | Fujinon 18-55 mm f2.8-4.0

Durga Pujo 2016 : Mahasashti

Abasar Sarbojanin Durgotsav (Bhawanipur) on Mahasashti morning. Managed a few shots before we were asked to move out of the pandal since the judges had just arrived.

Abasar Sarbojanin Durgotsav (Bhawanipur)

Fuji X-E1 | Fujinon 18-55 mm f2.8-4.0

Noooooooo. I will not look at the camera . .

Shot during my last trip home. My baby flatly refused to look at the camera just after I had dumped all my stuff in my suitcase to finish my packing.

Ringo. September 2016

Nikon D610 | Nikon 24-85 mm f2.8-4.0 D

Friday afternoon 4 pm

Al Khobar at 4 pm on Friday. We had just left IKEA for the long drive back to Al-Jubail.

Nikon D7000 | Nikkor 35mm f1.8 DX | Nik Silver Efex Pro 2

The Drive

Dammam – Jubail highway at dusk.
Shot during the drive back from Al-Khobar last evening.

Nikon D7000 | Nikkor 35mm f1.8 DX | Nik Silver Efex Pro 2

Clouds

Another one from the last flight to Calcutta. After the dry cloudless summer in the Gulf, its really nice to see rain clouds as we fly over central India.

Nikon D300 | Nikon 18-200 mm VR

Sunrise

The sun rises somewhere over India as the Emirates 777-300 continues on its journey towards Calcutta.

Nikon D300 | Nikon 18-200 mm VR

Dubai Airport

Two friends share their stories over a couple of glasses of beer at the Heineken Lounge, Dubai Airport.

Moto G Turbo

Conversations

Two cats and a hot summer morning!

Moto G Turbo

Goodbye

Its been a week and it is still difficult to come to terms that my friend is no more. I met him last on the 8th of July before I traveled and wished him well.

I knew that the prognosis was not good. His cancer had spread and the doctors had discontinued the chemotherapy and had started palliative medication. I still hoped that I would meet him again in September, during my trip home. But that was not to be. He left us at 6.00 am on the 22nd of July.

The picture is of the last road trip to Nah'riya in January 2015.

The last road trip with my friend and his wife

Nikon D7000 + Nikon 18-200 mm VR

Ratha-Yatra

The ISKCON Ratha yatra weaves through one of the main thoroughfares in Calcutta amid the devotees and onlookers.

Nikon D610 + Nikon 24-85 f2.8-4

Reflections

Departures.
Hamad International Airport, Doha, Qatar.

Moto G Turbo

Postcards from Calcutta

A light drizzle hits Calcutta.

Nikon D610 + Nikon 24-85 f2.8-4

Calcutta

The Victoria Memorial at Calcutta after a light drizzle.

Shot from a moving car at ISO 800, 24 mm, F4.0, 1/1250s.

Nikon D610 + Nikon 24-85 f2.8-4

The Great Divide

Decorations on a puja pandal, many eons ago.

Nikon D200 | Nikon 18-70 mm

Study in B&W

A hibiscus against the evening sky.  Edited in Lightroom and Silver Efex Pro 2.

Nikon D610 | Nikon 24-85 mm f2.8-4.0

Alone in a coffee shop

A lady lost in thought in an almost empty coffee shop in the Mumbai International Airport terminal.

Nikon D7000 | Sigma 10-20 mm

Empty Streets | More fun with the Nikon D610

Empty streets in Fanateer on a Ramadan evening.

Nikon D610 | Nikon 24-85 mm f2.8-4 AFD

Low light experiments with the Nikon D610

Parked in a lay-by, waiting to pick up a friend.

Nikon D610 | 24-85mm f2.8-4

Untitled

Postcards from Saudi Arabia.

Nikon D7000 | Nikon 24-85mm f2.8-4.0 AFD

Departures

Departures. Calcutta Airport T2. 1.30 am.

Moto G Turbo | Mobile click processed on Google Photo Editor.

Experiments in B&W

Flowers shot against a dark grey background. Processed in Nik Silver Efex Pro.

Nikon D7000 | Nikon 24-85 mm f2.8-4

Visit to the Pyramids

Trying out the Nik Silver Efex Pro on an old picture, taken during my trip to Egypt in May 2008. This is a tourist on a camel in front of the Pyramid of Khufu (or the Pyramid of Cheops).

Canon 400D | Canon 18-55 AF

Easter Lilies

Easter lilies in our terrace garden.

Nikon D7000 | Nikon 24-85 mm f2.8-4

Curves

Postcards from Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia.

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Nikon D7000 | Nikon 24-85 f2.4-4 AFD

Dusk at Al Khobar

A cloudless evening at Al Khobar yesterday during our weekend trip to Ikea and a couple of other shopping malls.

Nikon D7000 | Nikon 24-85 f2.4-4 AFD

Just out of Star Wars

Just out of Star Wars. A futuristic building at Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia.

Nikon D7000 | Nikon 24-85 f2.8-4 AFD

The Sky

On the way to Al-Khobar last Saturday. The normally blue sky was overcast due to an approaching cold front.
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Nikon D7000 | Nikon 24-85 f2.8-4 AF D

A desert sunset

Sunset in the desert framed by the lights of our desert camp.

Nikon D7000 | Nikon 18-200 VR

Orchids

The flowering orchids are the sign of the late arrival of winter in Calcutta.

Nikon D300 | Nikon 24-85 mm f2.8-4

Colors

A colorful hotel in the Cameron Highlands during my trip to Malaysia a couple of years ago.

Panasonic FX5