Close-up

Mother's garden on the terrace. The florets looked rather nice. Hence the picture.

Nikon D300 with the Tamron 70-300 AF on macro mode.

The raindrop

Taken just after the torrential rain on Thursday last in Calcutta.

A drop of rain on the wet sunflowers.

Nikon D300 | Nikon 85mm f1.8 shot at f2.

Satyanaran Pooja

At a recent Satyanarayan Pooja at a colleague's house.

Shot on the Panasonic G1 with the 14-45mm vario lens. Converted to B&W in Lightroom.

Flowers - More fun with the Panasonic G1

Photographs of flowers taken on the last trip home. Experimented with the Panasonic G1 and slight mods with Lightroom.

Panasonic Lumix G1 | 14-45 mm

Flowers under a blue sky

Taken with the Panasonic G1 with the 14-45 mm Panasonic kit lens on my trip to Calcutta. The Jarbera flowers were shot on the terrace of our residence in New Alipore.

Thankfully, the sky was deep blue as opposed to the usual grey !

Calcutta shining?

Calcutta shining?

Unfortunately, it is all from the sodium vapor street lamps !!!

Taken from inside a yellow cab near the Rashbehari crossing.

Panasonic G1

Dammam-Dubai-Kolkata

Some photos from my recent trip home. Cramped seats, lousy food and an excruciating six hour layover at Dubai airport summed up the flight home.

Dammam Airport, KSA through the dirty window of the Emirates Boeing 777-300 ER for the Dammam-Dubai connection

The Irish Pub @ Dubai Airport

A pub, a business class lounge and a smoking room - the three most important things!

The Irish Pub - another shot

Two shots from the waiting area of Gate 122 (DXB)

The business end of the Dubai Airport

Leaving Dubai

Dubai from the air

Dubai from the air as the plane gains altitude

Somewhere over India - the sunrise

The sun rises from beneath the clouds

The wing !

Coming into Calcutta - you can see the 2nd Hooghly Bridge next to the engine nacelle

Over Calcutta

The final bank before touchdown