Victoria Memorial, Kolkata

Lions guarding the Victoria Memorial in Calcutta. 8 PM on a rainy evening. Nikon D200 with 18-55 f3.5-5.6. 1000 ASA 1/8 sec handheld.

The lion statue at the right hand side of the gate.

Off centre . . . shot from a car window, just before the rains spoiled everything.

Victoria Memorial

Flowers with the Nikon D200

Some more pictures taken today morning with the Nikon D200 and the 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 ED II lens.

The flowers are from our terrace.

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Flower in bloom

Orka flower

A tendril making its way through the leaves

Close up of the inside of a flower against the light

Pollen grains

Nikon D200

Pictures taken with the Nikon D200 and the 18-55 f3.5-5.6 lens from a moving car.

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Victoria Memorial

Outside the Victoria Memorial. Tourists on horse-drawn carriages to remind them of a bygone era.

Victoria Memorial at dusk

Dark clouds over Calcutta

Calcutta sky

Flowers . . . shot at dusk

Yellow Hibiscus

Pogo

A rescued Cocker Spaniel - Pogo - spent a day with us, before I had to give her back for some avoidable incidence.

Pogo is 2.5 years old. A supremely intelligent dog. He hit off with us the day I went to see him. It broke my heart to give him back. I wish he had stayed with us. . .

Life under water

How would it astonish you to see a piece of a reef with live corals sitting in an aquarium in the middle of a living room?

The pictures tell the story . . .






Canon EOS 400D with 18-55 Canon lens at 1600 ASA

Photographed at Dipankar Ghosh's residence in New Alipore

Free

. . . and she's free there where
the light and the darkness divide . . .

Remembrance

How time flies . . .

My black doggie, who used to lay her gentle head upon my knee and share her silent thoughts with me, will no longer come to my call. She will no longer yearn to play with her favourite ball.

I thank her for the happy years and for her love and loyalty, that she freely gave to us.

Jeanie passed on 11 days ago.

Jeanie

10th October 2004 - 7th June 2008
RIP